2019 Wellington local elections
2019 Wellington local elections
The 2019 Wellington Region local elections were part of the wider 2019 New Zealand local elections , to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. These elections covered one regional council (the Greater Wellington Regional Council ), eight territorial authorities (city and district councils), three district health boards , and various community boards and licensing trusts .[ 1]
Greater Wellington Regional Council
Councillors standing down
By July 2019 four councillors had announced that they would not be standing for re-election to the Wellington Regional Council ; Sue Kedgley , Chris Laidlaw , Ian McKinnon and Paul Swain . The GWRC has been "under fire" for changes to the bus services, particularly in Wellington city.[ 2]
Ros Connelly
Mark Crofskey
Bill Hammond
Steve Pattinson
Jenny Brash Barbara Donaldson
Chris Kirk-Burnnand
Vaughn Liley
Phillip Marshall (Labour)
Natalie Repia
Roger Watkin
Leonie Dobbs
Peter Glensor
Ken Laban Pue Lamason
David Ogden
Josh van Lier
Roger Blakeley
Gavin Bruce
Tony de Lorenzo
Jill Ford
Alexander Garside
Glenda Hughes (Wellington Party)
Tony Jansen
John Klaphake
Anand Kochunny
David Lee
Yvonne Legarth
Troy Mihaka (Wellington Party)
Deane Milne
Thomas Nash (Green)
Philip O'Brien (Wellington Party)
Bryce Pender
Daran Ponter (Labour)Phil Quin
Victoria Rhodes-Carlin
Helene Ritchie Lesleigh Salinger
Sam Somers
Ray Wilson
Kapiti Coast District Council
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Upper Hutt City Council
Wayne Guppy
Angela McLeod
Steve Taylor
Michael Anderson
Dylan Bentley
Chris Carson
Luke Cooke
Ted Cooper
Blair Griffiths
Michael Hurle
Harry Dale Kent
Paul Lambert
Rebecca Macann
Glenn McArthur
Angela McLeod
D J McNicholas
Heather Newell
Michael Newell
Hellen Swales
Steve Taylor
Paul Thompson
Tracy Ultra
Dave Wheeler [ 3]
Hutt City Council
James Anderson
Campbell Barry (Labour)Josh Briggs
Brady Dyer
Simon Edwards
Michael Gray
Deborah Hislop
Tesh Kells
Michael Lulich
George MacKay
Chris Norton (Green)
Ashok Neil Parbhu
Joshua Peauafi
Shazly Rasheed
Naomi Shaw
Phil Sprey
Kamiria Mid Thomas-Savelio
Gabriel Tupou
Karen Yung
Incumbent councillor David Bassett was re-elected unopposed.
Glenda Barratt
Andy Mitchell
Tui Lewis
Simon Monrad
Gavin Murphy
Casey Diver
Julie Englebretsen
Leigh Sutton
Keri Brown (Labour)
Anania Randell
Margaret Cousins
Chris Milne
Chris Parkin [ 4]
Wellington City Council
Mayor
2019 Wellington City mayoral election (final results)[ 5]
Party
Candidate
FPv% Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Independent
Andy Foster 31.9
19,323
19,345
19,411
19,493
19,567
20,457
22,062
27,364
Labour
Justin Lester
34.4
20,830
20,845
20,904
20,965
21,084
22,446
24,620
27,302
Independent
Diane Calvert
13.8
8,385
8,405
8,429
8,493
8,584
9,335
11,471
Independent
Jenny Condie
9.7
5,901
5,925
5,957
6,005
6,143
7,227
Independent
Conor Hill
7.5
4,555
4,566
4,612
4,658
4,796
Independent
Norbert Hausberg
0.9
562
576
592
632
Independent
Ajay Rathod
0.6
399
406
426
Independent
Don McDonald
0.5
329
340
Independent
Andrew Cox
0.2
151
Electorate: Valid: 60,435 Quota: Turnout: 40.12%
The Motukairangi-Eastern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Sarah Free, Simon Marsh, and Chris Calvi-Freeman—Free and Calvi-Freeman sought re-election; Marsh did not.
Free was re-elected in the first count, and newcomer Teri O'Neill was elected in the fourth (after the elimination of Ajay Rathod, Bernard O'Shaughnessy, and Steph Edlin, in that order). The final seat was taken in the fifth count by Sean Rush, who had overtaken Calvi-Freeman after starting narrowly behind him.
2019 Wellington City Motukairangi-Eastern Ward[ 5]
Party
Candidate
FPv% Count
1
2
3
4
5
Green
Sarah Free
26.4
3,019
2,883
2,920
3,052
2,799
Labour
Teri O'Neill
19.3
2,204
2,305
2,408
2,872
2,895
Independent
Chris Calvi-Freeman
17.5
1,998
2,072
2,176
2,416
2,501
Wellington Party
Sean Rush
17.4
1,988
2,061
2,247
2,692
2,764
Independent
Steph Edlin
11.4
1,305
1,368
1,488
Independent
Bernard O'Shaughnessy
5.2
594
645
Independent
Ajay Rathod
2.6
295
Electorate: Valid: 11,403 Spoilt: 528 Quota: 2,739.83 (final) Turnout:
The Paekawakawa/Southern ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Fleur Fitzsimons and David Lee—Fitzsimons sought re-election; Lee did not.
Fitzsimons and newcomer Laurie Foon (from the same party as outgoing councillor Lee) were both elected in the first count. Since there were only two seats to be filled, no further counts were necessary.
2019 Wellington City Paekawakawa/Southern Ward[ 5]
Party
Candidate
FPv% Count
1
Labour
Fleur Fitzsimons
41.1
3,967
Green
Laurie Foon
39.4
3,805
Independent
Humphrey Hanley
12.9
1,249
Independent
Thomas Morgan
6.5
632
Electorate: Valid: 9653 Spoilt: 414 Quota: 3,217.67 (final) Turnout:
The Pukehīnau/Lambton ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Iona Pannett, Nicola Young, and Brian Dawson—all three sought re-election.
Pannett and Young received enough votes in the first count to be elected immediately. Dawson lost his seat in the sixth count to newcomer Tamatha Paul, after all other candidates (Harry Smith, Lee Orchard, and Shan Ng) had been eliminated.
2019 Wellington City Takapū/Northern Ward[ 5]
Party
Candidate
FPv% Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Green
Iona Pannett
31.8
3,220
2,539
2,578
2,512
2,607
2,571
Independent
Nicola Young
25.3
2,565
2,652
2,547
2,517
2,561
2,678
Independent
Tamatha Paul
19.2
1,947
2,134
2,253
2,279
2,483
2,770
Labour
Brian Dawson
12.0
1,219
1,431
1,500
1,530
1,624
1,758
Independent
Shan Ng
5.0
502
544
592
606
670
Independent
Lee Orchard
4.1
417
490
549
561
Independent
Harry Smith
2.6
263
290
Electorate: Valid: 10,133 Spoilt: 287 Quota: 2,444.18 (final) Turnout:
The Takapū/Northern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Jill Day, Malcolm Sparrow, and Peter Gilberd—all three sought re-election.
Day and Sparrow retained their seats (the former being re-elected in the first round). Gilberd was beaten for the last seat by a newcomer, Jenny Condie, after the elimination (in order) of Tracy Hurst-Porter, John Peters, Graeme Sawyer, and John Apanowicz.
2019 Wellington City Takapū/Northern Ward[ 5]
Party
Candidate
FPv% Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Independent
Jill Day 27.8
3,404
3,065
3,125
3,125
3,134
2,981
3,316
Moderate Independent
Malcolm Sparrow
17.1
2,098
2,173
2,220
2,322
2,507
2,546
2,997
YIMBY Futureproof Wellington
Jenny Condie
16.4
2,007
2,079
2,136
2,220
2,367
2,402
2,900
Labour
Peter Gilberd
13.3
1,635
1,717
1,761
1,859
1,989
2,029
2,259
Wellington Party
John Apanowicz
12.2
1,500
1,533
1,598
1,664
1,925
1,944
Political Parties have NO PLACE in Local Govt
Graeme Sawyer
6.0
731
747
818
866
Independent
John Peters
3.9
482
493
519
Independent
Tracy Hurst-Porter
3.3
401
420
Electorate: Valid: 12,258 Spoilt: 452 Quota: 2,868.02 (final) Turnout:
The Wharangi/Onslow-Western ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Andy Foster , Simon Woolf, and Diane Calvert—all three were on the ballot again, although Foster's candidacy was superseded by his victory in the mayoral race, and his votes were redistributed according to next preferences.
Calvert was re-elected in the first count. Woolf was re-elected in the seventh, after Ray Chung, Richard McIntosh, and Rohan Biggs were eliminated. Newcomer Rebecca Matthews was elected in the tenth, after the elimination of Conor Hill and over Michelle Rush, the other remaining candidate.
2019 Wellington City Wharangi/Onslow-Western Ward[ 5]
Party
Candidate
FPv% Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Your Advocate
Diane Calvert
26.9
4,141
3,846
4,082
3,793
3,904
3,756
4,133
3,714
3,724
3,945
Independent
Simon Woolf
19.0
2,923
3,014
3,211
3,306
3,398
3,447
3,756
3,852
3,684
3,916
Labour
Rebecca Matthews
14.6
2,243
2,277
2,358
2,393
2,896
2,916
3,073
3,142
3,166
3,815
Green
Richard McIntosh
8.4
1,293
1,307
1,359
1,374
Independent
Rohan Biggs
8.3
1,274
1,307
1,426
1,464
1,549
1,569
For a Better Wellington
Conor Hill
8.1
1,239
1,269
1,365
1,396
1,597
1,614
1,867
1,932
1,959
Independent
Michelle Rush
7.8
1,196
1,232
1,372
1,412
1,680
1,703
1,946
2,036
2,073
2,472
Independent
Ray Chung
7.0
1,073
1,108
Electorate: Valid: 15,382 Spoilt: 310 Quota: 3,536.95 (final) Turnout:
Masterton District Council
Cory Burling
Graeme Farr
Tina Nixon
Lyn Patterson
Gary Caffell
Deborah Davidson
Brent Gare
Carys Gibbs
David Holmes
Jonathan Hooker
Peter James
Bex Johnson
Ronald Karaitiana
Donna Laing
John Lapslie
Britt Leveridge
Frazer Mailman
Graham McClymont
Isabella McClymont
Tim Nelson
Tina Nixon
Chris Peterson
Sandy Ryan
David Wright
[ 6]
Carterton District Council
Bernard Bottrill
Graeme Farr
Jill Greathead
Greg Lang
Dalina Armstrong
Steffen Bertram
Bernard Bottrill
Roger Boulter
Ruth Carter
Robyn Cherry-Campbell
Steve Cretney
Brian Deller
John Fairbrother
Jill Greathead
Jenna Hagan
Russell Keys
Douge Mende
Hank Optland
Mike Osborne
Marty Sebire
Ron Shaw
Rob Stockley
Rebecca Vergunst
Justus Verheij
Dale Williams
[ 7]
South Wairarapa District Council
Beijen Alex
Graeme Farr
Dayle Harwood
Viv Napier
James Bicknall
Rebecca Fox
Leigh Hay
Alistair Plimmer
Warren Woodgyer
Garrick Emms
Colin Olds
Ross Vickery
Brenda West
Pam Colenso
Daphne Geisler
Jason Jackson
Brian Jepson
Pip Maynard [ 8]
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