Wellington City mayoral election, 2001

October 2001



Candidate	Kerry Prendergast	Mary Varnham	John Morrison
Party	Independent	Independent	Independent
Popular vote	19,782	11,097	10,289
Percentage	34.24%	19.21%	17.81%

Mayor before election

Mark Blumsky

Elected Mayor

Kerry Prendergast

The Wellington City mayoral election, 2001 was part of the New Zealand local elections, 2001. On 2001, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government roles. Kerry Prendergast, the former deputy mayor, was elected as mayor of Wellington replacing Mark Blumsky who had retired.^[1] This was the last Wellington mayoral election that used the First past the post method.

Results

Wellington Mayoral Election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Kerry4wgtn	Kerry Prendergast	19,782	34.24
	Independent	Mary Varnham	11,097	19.21
	Independent	John Morrison	10,289	17.81
	Independent	Andy Foster	3,982	6.89
	Alliance	Stephanie Cook	3,648	6.31
	Independent	Merepeka Raukawa-Tait	3,174	5.49
	Independent	Rob Goulden	1,827	3.16
	For The Public Interest	Bryan Pepperell	1,714	2.97
	Independent	Ollie Tafua	745	1.29
	Independent Choice	Kent Clark	693	1.20
	Independent	Lindsay Milkop	290	0.50	-
	Independent	Josie Bullock	259	0.45
	Independent	Hugh Baker-Boyd	134	0.23
	Independent	Thomas Morgan	134	0.23

Ward results

Candidates were also elected from wards to the Wellington City Council.^[1]

Party/ticket	Councillors
Independent	9
Three for North	3
Labour	2
Green	1
Alliance	1
Independent Citizens	1
Proven Commitment	1
For The Public Interest	1

References

1 2 "Election Results - 2001". Wellington City Council. Retrieved 17 May 2010.

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