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

9 October 2010

As per the Local Electoral Act 2001, all the elections occurred on Saturday 9 October 2010. 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

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, 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

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:

	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

Greater Wellington Regional Council Lower Hutt constituency councillor election, 2010

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

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

	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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Nigel Wilson	8427	54.69	+46.31
		Ann Chapman	6982	45.31
Turnout			15,409

Upper Hutt constituency

Greater Wellington Regional Council Upper Hutt constituency councillor election, 2010

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

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

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

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

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

Mayor

Main article: 2010 Wellington City mayoral election

One mayor is elected at large from the entire Wellington City Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Mayor were: 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), although Kerry Prendergast was leading by 40 votes before special votes were counted.

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

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

Eastern Ward (3 vacancies)

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

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

Lambton Ward (3 vacancies)

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

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

Northern Ward (3 vacancies)

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

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)

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

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

Southern Ward (2 vacancies)

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

The Hutt City Council represents a population of 102,100 as of June 2009, 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.

Mayor

Main article: 2010 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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

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

Central ward

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

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

Eastern ward

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

	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

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

	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

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

	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

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

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

Western ward

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

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

Porirua City Council

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

Mayor

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

	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

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

	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

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

	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

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

	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

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

Mayor

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:

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

Councillors at large

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:

	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

The Kāpiti Coast District Council represents a population of , 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.

Mayor

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:

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

Councillors at large

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:

	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

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:

	Name	Party/Affiliation	Notes
	Andre Baker
	Penny Gaylor

Paekākāriki-Raumati ward

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:

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

Paraparaumu ward

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:

	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

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:

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

Masterton District Council

The Masterton District Council represents a population of 23,300 as of July 2009, 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.

Mayor

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

	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

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:

	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

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

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Karen Barbour
	Graham McClymont

Urban ward

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

	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

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