Auckland local elections, 2013

The Auckland local elections, 2013 took place between 20 September and 12 October and were conducted by postal vote. The elections were the second since the merger of seven councils into the Auckland Council, composed of the mayor, 20 members of the Council, and 149 members of 21 Local Boards. Twenty-one district health board members and 41 licensing trust members were also elected. The previous elections were in 2010. Early (not final) voting figures are below. The overall effect of the election was a shift of the Auckland Council to the right.[1]

Mayoral election

Incumbent Len Brown was re-elected.[2][3]

Auckland Mayor

Auckland mayoral election, 2013[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Len Brown 164,338 47.78 -1.46
Independent John Palino 108,928 31.67
Affordable Auckland Stephen Berry 13,650 3.97
Independent Penny Bright 11,723 3.41 +2.85
Mana John Minto 11,591 3.37
Independent Uesifili Unasa 8,040 2.34
Working for the Homeless Wayne Young 3,943 1.15 +1.03
Independent Reuben Shadbolt 3,152 0.92
None Paul Duffy 3,083 0.90
Christians Against Abortion Phil O'Connor 3,032 0.88 +0.61
Independent Emmett Hussey 2,974 0.86
Independent Susanna Susara Kruger 2,173 0.63
None Matthew Goode 2,116 0.62
Roads First David Willmott 1,647 0.48 +0.37
None Jesse Butler 1,465 0.43
None Tricia Cheel 1,214 0.35
Communist League Annalucia Vermunt 856 0.25 +0.16
Majority 55,410 16.11 +2.44
Total valid votes 343,925 99.54
Informal votes 1,584 0.46
Turnout 345,509 34.72 -15.45
Registered electors 995,206

Governing body elections

20 members were elected to governing body of the Auckland Council across thirteen wards.[6][7][8]

Rodney (1)

Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Independent Penny Webster 8587
Independent Steven Robert Garner 5616

Albany (2)

Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Putting People First Wayne Walker 13918
Putting People First John Watson 12936
Independent Lisa Whyte 11646
Independent Julia Parfitt 11075
Independent Brent Robinson 7782
Independent Mary-Anne Benson-Cooper 3967
Independent Kevin Moorhead 3480
Independent Tricia Cheel 1728

North Shore (2)

Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Taking The Shore Forward Chris Darby 14802
Fair Deal For Shore George Wood 14086
Independent Ann Hartley 13072
Team of Independents Grant Gillon 12273
Fair Deal For Shore Joseph Bergin 9515
Independent Calum Macpherson 4749

Waitakere (2)

Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
West At Heart Penny Hulse 19498
Independent Linda Cooper 11437
Independent Christine Rose 9877
Independent Brian Neeson 8964
Affordable Auckland Peter Chan 7413
Independent Jason Woolston 3500
Mana Movement Douglas Robertson 2067
Independent Allan Fazakerley 1932

Waitemata & Gulf (1)

Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Independent Mike Lee 8886
Independent Greg Moyle 4061
Independent Rob Thomas 3155
Affordable Auckland Stephen Berry 1435
Independent Charlotte Fisher 1055
Independent Aleksandar Zivaljevic 398

Whau (1)

Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Labour Party Ross Clow 6227
Independent Noelene Raffills 6176
Community First Duncan MacDonald 3843

Albert-Eden-Roskill (2)

Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Communities and Residents Christine Fletcher 17939
City Vision Cathy Casey 16545
Communities and Residents Nigel Turnbull 13233
City Vision Peter Haynes 10180
Liveable Communities Phil Chase 5995
Transparency New Zealand Grace Haden 4021

Maungakiekie-Tamaki (1)

Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Communities and Residents Denise Krum 8483
Labour Party Richard Northey 7585

Manukau (2)

Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Labour Party Alf Filipaina 17441
Independent Arthur Anae 12961
Labour Party Tunumafono Ava Fa'amoe 11842
Mana Movement Roger Fowler 4213
Independent Avtar Hans 3679
Mana Movement Joe Trinder 2192
Communist League Baskaran Appu 1154

Manurewa-Papakura (2)

Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Independent for Manurewa-Papakura John Walker 15577
Independent for Manurewa-Papakura Calum Penrose 13696
Team South Colleen Brown 10331
Team South Peter Goldsmith 5205
Mana Movement James Papali'i 2537
Mana Movement Barry Tumai 1644

Franklin (1)

Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Team Franklin C&R Bill Cashmore 8178
Independent Lynn Murphy 4295
Affordable Auckland Niko Kloeten 3727

Orakei (1)

Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Independent Cameron Brewer elected unopposed

Howick (2)

Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Independent Dick Quax elected unopposed
Independent Sharon Stewart elected unopposed

Local Body elections

149 members were elected to Local Boards

Wellsford Subdivision of the Rodney Local Board (1)

Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Independent James George Colville 534
Independent Thomas De Thierry 349
Independent Tony Snowden 262
Conservatives Thomas O'Rourke 217

Warkworth Subdivision of the Rodney Local Board (3)

Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Independent Steven Robert Garner 2723
Independent Beth Houlbrooke 2323
Independent Greg Sayers 1837
Conservatives Nathaniel Heslop 1668
Action With Results June Turner 1543
Independent Anne Martin 1461
Independent Bruce Manson 1449
Independent Bruce Alan Scoggins 1112
Independent Geoffrey Bowes 931
Conservatives Regan Monahan 656

Kumeu Subdivision of the Rodney Local Board (4)

Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Independent Brenda Steele 3045
Independent Thomas Grace 2587
Independent Phelan Michael Pirrie 2557
Independent Warren William Flaunty 2512
Independent Bob Howard 2367
Independent Morgan Hancock 1967
Independent Paula Daye 1913
Conservatives Oliver Vitali 1660
Independent Vivien Dostine 733

Dairy Flat Subdivision of the Rodney Local Board (1)

Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Independent John Mclean 683
Independent Peter Brydon 457
Conservatives Ross Criag 392

Hibiscus Coast Subdivision of the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board (4)

Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
People and Penlink First Greg Sayers 8070
People and Penlink First John Watson 7995
Loving the Coast Gaye Anne Harding 5536
Independent Janet Fitzgerald 4399
People and Penlink First Lovisa Chloe Kronqvist 3760
People and Penlink First Saunil Hagler 3576
Conservatives Simonne Dyer 3422
Loving the Coast Lovisa Chloe Kronqvist 3099
Conservatives Danny Mountain 2834
Independent Mary-Anne Benson-Cooper 2036

See also

Notes

    References

    1. "Auckland 'our only world class city'". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
    2. "'Humbled' Brown back for Auckland". The New Zealand Herald. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
    3. "Auckland Council Mayor -- Final result" (PDF). Auckland Council. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
    4. "2013 election results" (PDF). Auckland Council. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
    5. "Voting Document Returns – 2013 Elections" (PDF). Auckland Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-01. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
    6. "Election results: Around the country". The New Zealand Herald.
    7. "About Local Body Elections : SOLGM". Vote.co.nz. 2014-10-01. Retrieved 2015-09-05.

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