2010 Wellington local elections

The 2010 Wellington Region local elections were part of the 2010 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 authority (city and district) councils, three district health boards, and various community boards and licensing trusts.

2010 Wellington local elections

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As per the Local Electoral Act 2001, all the elections occurred on Saturday 9 October 2010.[1] Voting was carried out by postal ballot, using one of two voting systems: Single Transferable Vote for the district health boards and three of the territorial authority councils, and First Past The Post for the remaining territorial authority councils, the regional council, and all the local boards and trusts.

Greater Wellington Regional Council

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The Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) is the regional council covering the whole Wellington Region. It represents a population of 478,600 as of the Statistics New Zealand's June 2009 estimate,[2] and consists of thirteen councillors elected from six constituencies (Wellington, Lower Hutt, Porirua-Tawa, Kāpiti Coast, Upper Hutt, Wairarapa) using the First Past The Post voting system.

Wellington constituency

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The Wellington constituency returns five members to the GWRC. At the close of nominations at 12 noon on 20 August 2010, the candidates nominated for the Wellington constituency were:[3]

Name Affiliation (if any) Notes
Judith Aitken Incumbent
Sally Baber Incumbent
Paul Bruce Green Incumbent
Dianne Buchan Independent
Charles Finny
Michael Gibson REFORM
Chris Laidlaw Independent Incumbent
Chris Lipscombe Labour
Terry McDavitt Independent
Daran Ponter Labour
Bill Rainey Independent
Fran Wilde Independent Incumbent, Regional Council Chair

Lower Hutt constituency

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Greater Wellington Regional Council Lower Hutt constituency councillor election, 2010[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Peter Glensor 15,600
Sandra Greig 14,643
Prue Lamason 13,866
John Terris 12,640
Rose Thomas 10,001

Porirua-Tawa constituency

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The Porirua-Tawa constituency returns two members to the GWRC. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Porirua-Tawa constituency were:[3]

Name Affiliation (if any) Notes
Jenny Brash Independent Current Porirua City Council mayor
John Burke Independent Incumbent
Barbara Donaldson Incumbent
Pat Hanley Independent

Kāpiti Coast constituency

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One member from the Kapiti constituency was elected to GWRC. Incumbent Nigel Wilson retained the seat against former Kāpiti Coast District councillor Ann Chapman.

Greater Wellington Regional Council Kapiti Coast constituency councillor election, 2010[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nigel Wilson 8427 54.69 +46.31
Ann Chapman 6982 45.31
Turnout 15,409

Upper Hutt constituency

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Greater Wellington Regional Council Upper Hutt constituency councillor election, 2010[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Paul Swain 5079 42.52
Rex Kirton 3764 31.51
Stephanie Lambert 1946 16.29
Alan Jefferies 1155 9.67
Turnout 11,994

Wairarapa constituency

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One member from the Wairarapa constituency was elected to GWRC. Former Carterton District Council mayor Gary McPhee won the constituency, defeating incumbent Ian Buchannan.

Greater Wellington Regional Council Wairarapa constituency councillor election, 2010[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Gary McPhee 6644 44.15
Ian Buchannan 5937 39.45 −37.11
Perry Cameron 2467 16.39 −32.69
Turnout 15,048

Territorial authority councils

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The Wellington Region contains eight second-tier territorial authority councils in their entirety and a small part of a ninth (Tararua District). The eight councils are Wellington City Council, Hutt City Council, Porirua City Council, Upper Hutt City Council, Kāpiti Coast District Council, Masterton District Council, Carterton District Council, and South Wairarapa District Council.

Wellington City Council

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The Wellington City Council represents a population of 195,500 as of June 2009,[2] and consists of a mayor and fourteen councillors elected from five wards (Northern, Onslow-Western, Lambton, Eastern, Southern) using the Single Transferable Vote system.[5]

Mayor

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One mayor is elected at large from the entire Wellington City Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Mayor were:[6] Celia Wade-Brown won the election in the final round of the single transferable vote count by 24,881 to 24,705. She was ranked ahead of Kerry Prendergast on a significant number of ballots from the four trailing candidates after they were eliminated, which allowed her to overcome Prendergast's lead after the first round of counting (21,809 to 18,560),[7] although Kerry Prendergast was leading by 40 votes before special votes were counted.[8]

2010 Wellington mayoral election
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Independent  YCelia Wade-Brown 34.77 18,560 18,675 19,002 21,422 24,881
Independent Kerry Prendergast 40.86 21,809 21,863 22,021 22,899 24,705
Independent Jack Yan 10.89 5,817 5,924 6,144 7,426  
Independent Bryan Pepperell 10.41 5,560 5,652 5,954    
Independent Bernard O'Shaughnessy 2.02 1,081 1,174      
Independent Al Mansell 1.01 542        
Electorate: 135,556   Valid: 53,369   Spoilt: 1,005   Quota: 26,685   Turnout: 54,374 (40.11%)  

Eastern ward

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The Eastern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:

Eastern Ward (3 vacancies)[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Leonie Gill 2,866
Independent Ray Ahipene-Mercer 2,775
Independent Swampy Marsh 2,840
Independent Allan Probert 1,543
Independent Rob Goulden 1,317
Labour Taima Fagaloa 1,042
Independent Mike Mellor 774
Independent Amanda Nicolle 480
Independent Mike Fiechter 210
Independent Tony Travers 179
Independent Rosemary Russell 102
Informal votes 140
Turnout 11,162
Registered electors 26,963

Lambton Ward

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The Lambton ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:

Lambton Ward (3 vacancies)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ian McKinnon 2,868
Green Iona Pannett 2,502
Independent Stephanie Cook 2,302
Labour Marcus Ganley 2,085
Independent Michael Fowler 1,530
Independent Mark Greening 704
Independent John Bishop 594
Independent Adam Cunningham 457
Independent Kris Price 379
Informal votes 79
Turnout 10,440
Registered electors 28,268

Northern Ward

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The Northern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:

Northern Ward (3 vacancies)[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Justin Lester 3,039
Independent Ngaire Best 2,777
Independent Helene Ritchie 2,879
Independent Gareth R. Morgan 1,610
Independent Hayley Wain 1,435
Independent Camilia Chin 1,055
Independent Gary W. Roberts 523
Informal votes 61
Turnout 11,016
Registered electors 30,632

Onslow-Western Ward

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The Onslow-Western ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:

Onslow-Western Ward (3 vacancies)[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Andy Foster 4,350
Independent John Morrison 3,436
Independent Jo Coughlan 3,476
Labour Sharon Blaikie 2,493
Independent Jack Ruben 1,638
Independent Mike Fleming 572
Independent Ingrid Sage 462
Informal votes 68
Turnout 13,836
Registered electors 31,225

Southern Ward

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The Southern ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:

Southern Ward (2 vacancies)[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Eagle 2,354
Independent Bryan Pepperell 2,218
Independent Will Moore 1,774
Labour Keith Johnson 1,218
Independent Greg McPhee 821
Independent Ida Faiumu-Isa'ako 495
Independent Rex Nairn 431
Independent Bernard O'Shaughnessy 276
Independent Seann Paurini 189
Independent Thomas Morgan 96
Informal votes 84
Turnout 7,535
Registered electors 18,468

Hutt City Council

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The Hutt City Council represents a population of 102,100 as of June 2009,[2] and consists of a mayor and twelve councillors elected from six wards (Central, Eastern, Harbour, Northern, Wainuiomata, Western) elected using the First Past The Post system.[14]

Mayor

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One mayor is elected at large from the entire Hutt City Council area. At close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Mayor were:[15]

Name Affiliation (if any) Notes
David Ogden City Vision Incumbent
Ray Wallace Independent Current Wainuiomata ward councillor

Central ward

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The Central ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council. At close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Central ward were:[15]

Name Affiliation (if any) Notes
Glenda Barratt Independent
David Bassett Incumbent
Steven Lulich
Chris Milne City Vision

Eastern ward

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The Eastern ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Eastern ward were:[15]

Name Affiliation (if any) Notes
Paul Alcock Independent
Barbara Bialy
Barbara Branch City Vision Incumbent
Lisa Bridson
Ephraim Gazo Independent
Grant Brookes Valley Action Network
Roger Styles City Vision Incumbent
Nick Ursin Independent Action

Harbour ward

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The Harbour ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Harbour ward were:[15]

Name Affiliation (if any) Notes
Robert Ashe Green
Joy Baird Independent Incumbent
Mason Branch Independent
Michelle Ducat Valley Action Network
Daniel Glover Independent
Pam Hanna Independent
Ross Jamieson Independent Incumbent
Michael Lulich

Northern ward

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The Northern ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Northern ward were:[15]

Name Affiliation (if any) Notes
Fred Allen Independent
Julie Englebretsen Independent
Angus Finlayson Independent Incumbent
Omar Hamed Valley Action Network
Leole Malama
Gwen McDonald Independent Incumbent
Graeme Sharman

Wainuiomata ward

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The Wainuiomata ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Wainuiomata ward were:[15]

Name Affiliation (if any) Notes
Ken Laban Labour
Jim Manu
Reg Moore Wainuiomata First
Ray Wallace Independent Incumbent
Margaret Willard Independent

Western ward

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The Western ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Western ward were:[15]

Name Affiliation (if any) Notes
Margaret Cousins Independent Incumbent
Max Shierlaw Independent Incumbent
Lynette Vigrass Independent

Porirua City Council

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The Porirua City Council represents a population of 51,500 as of June 2009,[2] and consists of a mayor and thirteen councillors elected from three wards: Eastern, Northern, and Western, using the Single Transferable Vote system.[16]

Mayor

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One mayor is elected at large from the entire Porirua City Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Mayor were:[17]

Name Affiliation (if any) Notes
Litea Ah Hoi Current Eastern ward councillor
Brian Collins Independent
Mike Duncan
Gregory Fortuin Independent
Piripi Gray
Liz Kelly Independent Current Western ward councillor
Nick Leggett Independent Current Northern ward councillor
Russell Marshall Former MP
Peter Windsor

Eastern ward

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The Eastern ward returns five councillors to the Porirua City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Eastern ward were:[17]

Name Affiliation (if any) Notes
Litea Ah Hoi Incumbent
Jude Barlow Independent
Dave Cochran
Piripi Gray
Denys Latham Independent Incumbent
Tim Salelea Manu Independent Incumbent
Hayden Nash Independent Labour
Wayne Poutoa
Robert Rangi Independent
Maria Salu-Burgess
Faafoi Seiuli

Northern ward

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The Northern ward returns five councillors to the Porirua City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Northern ward were:[17]

Name Affiliation (if any) Notes
Anita Baker
Sue Dow Independent Incumbent
Bronwyn Kropp Independent
Pauline Morse
Euon Murrell Independent Incumbent
Tim Sheppard Incumbent

Western ward

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The Western ward returns three councillors to the Porirua City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Western ward are:[17]

Name Affiliation (if any) Notes
'Ana Coffey Independent
Ken Douglas Labour Incumbent
Graeme Ebbett
Victoria Jakobs Victoria's Facebook Page
Liz Kelly Independent Incumbent
Henry Smith Labour Incumbent
Toni Tana

Upper Hutt City Council

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The Upper Hutt City Council represents a population of 40,600 as of June 2009,[2] and consists of a mayor and ten councillors elected using the First Past the Post system.[18]

Mayor

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One mayor is elected at large from the entire Upper Hutt City Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Mayor were:[18]

Name Affiliation (if any) Notes
Wayne Guppy Incumbent
Adrian Sparrow
Hellen Swales

Councillors at large

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Ten councillors are elected at large from the entire Upper Hutt City Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Councillors at large were:[18]

Name Affiliation (if any) Notes
Michael Anderson
Mary Archibald Incumbent
Katy Austin Incumbent
Christine Balzer-Gibbs
Paul Brown
Mark Carter
Dean Chandler-Mills
Pat Christianson Incumbent
Nellie Gillies
Chris Gleeson
John Gwilliam Incumbent
Bob Lendrum
Glenn McArthur
Peter McCardle Incumbent
Angela McLeod
Heather Newell Incumbent
Rattan Prakash
Dean Rabbitt Incumbent
Adrian Sparrow
Hellen Swales
Nick Thomas
Barry Timms Incumbent
Dave Wheeler

Kāpiti Coast District Council

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The Kāpiti Coast District Council represents a population of ,[2] and consists of a mayor, five councillors elected at large, and five councillors elected from four wards: Ōtaki, Paekākāriki-Raumati, Paraparaumu, and Waikanae, using the Single Transferable Vote system.[19]

Mayor

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One mayor is elected at large from the entire Kāpiti Coast District Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Mayor are:[20]

Name Party/Affiliation Notes
Ross Church
Mike Clulee
Chris Glover
David Mitchell
Jenny Rowan Incumbent
Chris Turver

Councillors at large

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Five councillors are elected at large from the entire Kāpiti Coast District Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Councillors at large were:[20]

Name Party/Affiliation Notes
Diane Ammundsen Incumbent
Roger Booth
Don Briggs
Mike Cardiff
Ross Church
Hone Davis
Helene Donaldson
Peter Ellis Incumbent
Nick Fisher
Glen Hooker
Tony Jack Incumbent
Iride McCloy
David Mitchell
Don Moselen
Michael Scott
Doris Zuur

Ōtaki ward

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The Ōtaki ward returns one councillor to the Kāpiti Coast District Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Ōtaki ward were:[20]

Name Party/Affiliation Notes
Andre Baker
Penny Gaylor

Paekākāriki-Raumati ward

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The Paekākāriki-Raumati ward returns one councillor to the Kāpiti Coast District Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Paekākāriki-Raumati ward were:[20]

Name Party/Affiliation Notes
C J Glover
Janet Holborow
Hilary Wooding Incumbent

Paraparaumu ward

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The Paraparaumu ward returns two councillors to the Kāpiti Coast District Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Paraparaumu ward were:[20]

Name Party/Affiliation Notes
Beryl Barr
Mark Benton
Peter Daniel Incumbent
K (Guru) Gurunathan
Louella Jensen
Tony Lester
David Scott Incumbent
Marilyn Stephens

Waikanae ward

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The Waikanae ward returns one councillor to the Kāpiti Coast District Council. At the close of nominations the, candidates nominated for the Waikanae ward were:[20]

Name Party/Affiliation Notes
Eric Gregory
Richard Halliday
Tony Lloyd
Marie O'Sullivan
Jocelyn Prvanov
Harold Thomas

Masterton District Council

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The Masterton District Council represents a population of 23,300 as of July 2009,[2] and consists of a mayor, five councillors elected at large, and five councillors elected from two wards: Rural and Urban, using the First Past the Post system.[21]

Mayor

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One mayor is elected at large from the entire Masterton District Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Mayor are:[22]

Name Affiliation (if any) Notes
Gary Caffell
Garry Daniell Incumbent
David Holmes Current councillor at large
Chris Peterson Current councillor at large
Toi Walker

Councillors at large

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Five councillors are elected at large from the entire Masterton District Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Councillors at large were:[22]

Name Affiliation (if any) Notes
Alan Bohm
Judith Callaghan Incumbent
Peter Debney
Brent Goodwin Incumbent
Pip Hannon
David Holmes Incumbent
Bruce Laing
Edwin Perry Current Urban ward councillor, former MP (New Zealand First, list)
Chris Peterson Incumbent
Jane Terpstra Incumbent
Toi Walker Māori

Rural ward

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The Rural ward returns one councillor to the Masterton District Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Rural ward were:[22]

Name Affiliation (if any) Notes
Karen Barbour
Graham McClymont

Urban ward

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The Urban ward returns four councillors to the Masterton District Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Councillors at large were:[22]

Name Affiliation (if any) Notes
Doug Bracewell
Gary Caffell
Dingo Nick Dench
Steph Gundersen-Reid
Jonathan Hooker Incumbent
PJ Hunt
Ronald Karaitiana Independent
Mark McGrath
O'Dowd, Jim
Lyn Patterson Incumbent

Carterton District Council

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The Carterton District Council represents a population of 9,480,[2] and consists of a mayor and eight councillors elected from two wards: Rural and Urban, using the First Past the Post system.[23]

South Wairarapa District Council

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