Results of the 2001 New Zealand regional council elections

2001 New Zealand regional council elections
← 1998 13 October 2001 2004 →
	12 regional councils
	134 regional councillors

Elections for the regional councils of New Zealand were held from September to 13 October 2001 as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. 134 regional councillors were elected across all 12 regions.

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Party		Councillors				Council control	+/−
Party		1998	Elected	+/−	Candidates	Council control	+/−
	No majority					12
	Independent		117		221
	Christchurch 2021		6		8	0
	Citizens and Ratepayers		3		4	0
	Advancing Auckland		2		3	0
	Team West		2		2	0
	Independent Citizens		1		4	0
	Hutt 2020		1		3	0
	Terris' Team		1		2	0
	Hamilton First		1		1	0
	missing affiliation info		0		15	0
	Alliance		0		8	0
	City Vision		0		4	0
	Your Views Matter		0		2	0
	A New Team		0		2	0
	Labour		0		2	0
	Go Waitakere		0		2	0
	People First		0		2	0
	Green		0		1	0

Council	Electoral system	Seats	Councillors				Details	Refs
Council	Electoral system	Seats	1998	Elected			Details	Refs
Northland	FPP	8	missing info		Independent	8	Details	^[1]^[2]
Auckland	FPP	13	missing info		Independent	6	Details	^[3]^[4]
					Citizens and Ratepayers	3
					Advancing Auckland	2
					Team West	2
Waikato	FPP	14	missing info		Independent	13	Details	^[5]^[6]
Waikato	FPP	14	missing info		Hamilton First	1	Details	^[5]^[6]
Bay of Plenty	FPP	12	missing info		Independent	12	Details	^[7]^[8]^[2]
Hawke's Bay	FPP	9	missing info		Independent	9	Details	^[9]^[10]^[2]
Taranaki	FPP	10	missing info		Independent	10	Details	^[11]^[2]
Manawatu-Wanganui	FPP	11	missing info		Independent	11	Details	^[12]^[2]
Wellington	FPP	13	missing info		Independent	11	Details	^[13]
					Hutt 2020	1
					Terris' Team	1
West Coast	FPP	6	missing info		Independent	6	Details	^[14]^[2]
Canterbury	FPP	14	missing info		Independent	7	Details	^[15]^[2]
					Christchurch 2021	6
					Independent Citizens	1
Otago	FPP	12	missing info		Independent	12	Details	^[16]^[17]
Southland	FPP	12	missing info		Independent	12	Details	^[18]^[2]
All 12 councils		134

Constituency
Far North	?	Jim Peters	Independent	Jim Peters
	?	Lorraine Hill	Independent	Lorraine Hill
	missing info		Independent	Ian Walker
Whangarei	missing info		Independent	Stan Semanoff
	?	Peter Jensen	Independent	Peter Jensen
	?	Bill Rossiter	Independent	Bill Rossiter
	?	Rod McKay	Independent	Rod McKay
Kaipara	missing info		Independent	Mark Farnsworth
^R retired

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Independent	Jim Peters^†	8,747	?	?
	Independent	Lorraine Hill^†	8,126	?	?
	Independent	Ian Walker	8,083	?	?
	Independent	Robin Shepherd^†	7,970	?	?
	Independent	Maurice Penney	4,618	?	?
Informal			0	0.00	?
Turnout			?	?	?
Registered			34,283
	Independent win^[a]
	Independent win^[a]
	Independent win^[a]
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Independent	Stan Semenoff	13,618	?	?
	Independent	Peter Jensen^†	12,952	?	?
	Independent	Bill Rossiter^†	12,015	?	?
	Independent	Rod McKay^†	11,034	?	?
	Independent	Laurie Ackers	10,162	?	?
	Independent	Ann Shaw	9,647	?	?
	People First	Derek Keene	6,169	?	?
	People First	Moea Armstrong	3,983	?	?
	Independent	Gray Phillips	2,716	?	?
Informal			524	?	?
Turnout			?	?	?
Registered			48,077
	Independent win^[a]
	Independent win^[a]
	Independent win^[a]
	Independent win^[a]
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Independent	Mark Farnsworth^†	2,835	50.00	?
	Independent	David Underwood	2,168	38.24	?
	Independent	Adrian Bonner	660	11.64	?
Informal			7	0.12	?
Turnout			5,670	(47.41)	?
Registered			11,961
	Independent win^[a]
^† incumbent

Constituency
Auckland	?	Phil Warren	Citizens and Ratepayers	Phil Warren
	?	Jack Henderson	Citizens and Ratepayers	Judith Bassett
	?	Patricia Thorp^R	Citizens and Ratepayers	Catherine Harland
	?	Mike Lee	Advancing Auckland	Michael Barnett
Franklin-Papakura	?	Dianne Glenn	Independent	Dianne Glenn
Manukau	?	Les Paterson^R	Advancing Auckland	Craig Little
	?	Bill Burrill	Independent	Bill Burrill
	?	Gwen Bull	Independent	Gwen Bull
North Shore	?	Philip Sherry	Independent	Philip Sherry
North Shore	?	Ruth Norman	Independent	Ian Bradley
Rodney	?	Brian Smith	Independent	Brian Smith
Waitakere	?	Carl Harding^R	Team West	Sandra Coney
Waitakere	?	Maureen Brooker	Team West	Paul Walbran
^R retired

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Citizens and Ratepayers	Phil Warren^†	43,147	?	?
	Citizens and Ratepayers	Judith Bassett	36,216	?	?
	Citizens and Ratepayers	Catherine Harland	33,453	?	?
	Advancing Auckland	Michael Barnett	30,423	?	?
	Citizens and Ratepayers	Ron Greer	29,015	?	?
	City Vision	Mike Lee^†	28,220	?	?
	City Vision	Jill Amos	27,987	?	?
	City Vision	Jack Henderson^†	25,218	?	?
	City Vision	John Hill	20,192	?	?
	Independent	Peter Boys	16,324	?	?
	Independent	David Willmott	16,162	?	?
	Advancing Auckland	Rodney Dearing	16,137	?	?
	Independent	Gilbert Myles	13,802	?	?
	Independent	Don Fairley	12,734	?	?
	Independent	Harry Palmer	7,487	?	?
Informal			615	?	?
Turnout			?	?	?
Registered			253,681
	Citizens and Ratepayers win^[a]
	Citizens and Ratepayers win^[a]
	Citizens and Ratepayers win^[a]
	Advancing Auckland win^[a]
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Independent	Dianne Glenn^†	9,023	42.27	?
	Independent	Allan Bell	7,832	36.69	?
	Alliance	Alex Muir	4,431	20.76	?
Informal			62	0.29	?
Turnout			21,348	?	?
Registered			?
	Independent win^[a]
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Advancing Auckland	Craig Little	25,031	?	?
	Independent	Bill Burrill^†	24,992	?	?
	Independent	Gwen Bull^†	24,246	?	?
	Independent	Colin Adams	19,556	?	?
	Independent	Alistaire Hall	15,218	?	?
	Alliance	Susi Williams	13,772	?	?
	Alliance	Meng Ly	12,501	?	?
	Independent	Dene Andre	8,793	?	?
	Independent	Niranjan Grewal	2,188	?	?
	Alliance	Rosie Brown	1,651	?	?
Informal			4,608	?	?
Turnout			?	?	?
Registered			179,563
	Advancing Auckland win^[a]
	Independent win^[a]
	Independent win^[a]
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Independent	Philip Sherry^†	15,922	?	?
	Independent	Ian Bradley	11,912	?	?
	Independent	Ross Finlayson	9,323	?	?
	Independent	Ian Revell	8,496	?	?
	Independent	Paddy Stafford-Bush	8,477	?	?
	Your Views Matter	Ruth Norman^†	7,430	?	?
	Alliance	Jill Henry	7,115	?	?
	A New Team	Gordon Duncan	5,328	?	?
	Alliance	Peter Kane	5,221	?	?
	Independent	Andrew Jones	4,442	?	?
	A New Team	Eugenie Laracy	4,309	?	?
Informal			3,258	?	?
Turnout			?	?	?
Registered			130,758
	Independent win^[a]
	Independent win^[a]
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Independent	Brian Smith^†	9,749	55.14	?
	Your Views Matter	Leanne Smith	3,082	17.43	?
	Independent	Kate Leslie	2,789	15.77	?
	Independent	John Fistonich	2,041	11.54	?
Informal			21	0.12	?
Turnout			17,682	?	?
Registered			?
	Independent win^[a]
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Team West	Sandra Coney	20,666	?	?
	Team West	Paul Walbran	17,872	?	?
	missing info	Jenny Price	10,549	?	?
	Go Waitakere	Carl Harding^†	9,946	?	?
	Alliance	Sally Griffin	5,535	?	?
	Go Waitakere	Brendon Lane	4,627	?	?
	Independent	Laurence Boomert	4,468	?	?
Informal			?	?	?
Turnout			?	?	?
Registered			109,450
	Team West win^[a]
	Team West win^[a]
^† incumbent

Constituency
Central Waikato	missing info	Independent	Jenni Vernon
Hamilton	missing info	Independent	Lois Livingston
	missing info	Hamilton First	Angus Macdonald
	missing info	Independent	David Peart
	missing info	Independent	Paula Southgate
Hauraki	missing info	Independent	Neil Clarke
Matamata-Piako	missing info	Independent	Steve Osborne
North King Country	missing info	Independent	Andra Neely
North Waikato	missing info	Independent	Jeanette Thomas
South Waikato	missing info	Independent	Jim Howland
Taupo	missing info	Independent	Laurie Burdett
Taupo	missing info	Independent	Helen Lane
Thames-Coromandel	missing info	Independent	Evan Penny
Waipa	missing info	Independent	Barry O'Connor
^R retired

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Independent	Jenni Vernon	?	?	?
	Independent	Ross Meurant	?	?	?
	Independent	Shange Solomon	?	?	?
Informal			?	?	?
Turnout			?	?	?
Registered			?
	Independent win^[a]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Independent	Lois Livingston	?	?	?
	Hamilton First	Angus Macdonald	?	?	?
	Independent	David Peart	?	?	?
	Independent	Paula Southgate	?	?	?
	Independent	Jacqui Amohanga	?	?	?
	Independent	Robin Foster	?	?	?
	Independent	Dan Harris	?	?	?
	Independent	Steve Hills	?	?	?
	Independent	Maureen McCool	?	?	?
	Independent	Arthur Muldoon	?	?	?
	Independent	Darryl Smith	?	?	?
	Independent	Barry Striling	?	?	?
	Independent	Terry Strokes	?	?	?
Informal			?	?	?
Turnout			?	?	?
Registered			78,674
	Independent win^[a]
	Hamilton First win^[a]
	Independent win^[a]
	Independent win^[a]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Neil Clarke	Unopposed
Registered			11,857
	Independent win^[a]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Independent	Steve Osborne	?	?	?
	Independent	Bill Cox	?	?	?
	Independent	Rodney Luxton	?	?	?
Informal			?	?	?
Turnout			?	?	?
Registered			20,230
	Independent win^[a]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Andra Neely	Unopposed
Registered			?
	Independent win^[a]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Independent	Jeanette Thomas	?	?	?
	Independent	Carmen Kirkwood	?	?	?
Informal			?	?	?
Turnout			?	?	?
Registered			?
	Independent win^[a]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Independent	Jim Howland	?	?	?
	Independent	Laurence Ryder	?	?	?
Informal			?	?	?
Turnout			?	?	?
Registered			?
	Independent win^[a]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Independent	Laurie Burdett	?	?	?
	Independent	Helen Lane	?	?	?
	Independent	John Davis	?	?	?
	Independent	Celia Pope	?	?	?
	Independent	Makere Rangitoheriri	?	?	?
	Independent	Wiari Rauhina	?	?	?
Informal			?	?	?
Turnout			?	?	?
Registered			?
	Independent win^[a]
	Independent win^[a]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Evan Penny	Unopposed
Registered			20,141
	Independent win^[a]

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Independent	Barry O'Connor	?	?	?
	Independent	Bruce Milne	?	?	?
Informal			?	?	?
Turnout			?	?	?
Registered			27,556
	Independent win^[a]

Constituency	Previous
Eastern Bay		?	Lorraine Brill	Independent	Lorraine Brill
		?	Bryan Riesterer	Independent	Bryan Riesterer
		?	Jacqui Hughes^R	Independent	Malcolm Whitaker
Rotorua		?	John Keaney^R	Independent	Bill Cleghorn
		?	Tai Eru	Independent	Robin Ford
		?	Rosemary Michie	Independent	Rosemary Michie
Tauranga		?	John Cronin	Independent	John Cronin
		?	Athole Herbert	Independent	Athole Herbert
		?	Jenny Seddon^R	Independent	Elinor Elder
	new seat			Independent	Karen Summerhays
Western Bay		?	Ian Noble	Independent	Ian Noble
Western Bay		?	James Pringle	Independent	James Pringle
^R retired

Councillors and council control

Affiliation of councillors by council

Composition summary

Far North constituency

Whangarei constituency

Kaipara constituency

Composition summary

Auckland constituency

Franklin-Papakura constituency

Manukau constituency

North Shore constituency

Rodney constituency

Waitakere constituency

Composition summary

Central Waikato constituency

Hamilton constituency

Hauraki constituency

Matamata-Piako constituency

North King Country constituency

North Waikato constituency

South Waikato constituency

Taupo constituency

Thames-Coromandel constituency

Waipa constituency

Composition summary

Eastern Bay constituency

Rotorua constituency

Tauranga constituency

Western Bay constituency

Composition summary

Napier constituency

Hastings constituency

Ngaruroro constituency

Wairoa constituency

Central Hawke's Bay constituency

Composition summary

New Plymouth constituency

North Taranaki constituency

Stratford constituency

South Taranaki constituency

Composition summary

Horowhenua constituency

Manawatu constituency

Palmerston North constituency

Ruapehu constituency

Rangitikei constituency

Wanganui constituency

Tararua constituency

Kere Kere-Kairanga constituency

Composition summary

Kapiti constituency

Porirua constituency

Upper Hutt constituency

Lower Hutt constituency

Wellington constituency

Wairarapa constituency

Composition summary

Buller constituency

Grey constituency

Westland constituency

Composition summary

North Canterbury constituency

Christchurch North constituency

Christchurch East constituency

Christchurch South constituency

Christchurch West constituency

Selwyn-Banks Peninsula constituency

Ashburton constituency

South Canterbury constituency

Waitaki constituency

Composition summary

Dunstan constituency

Moeraki constituency

Molyneux constituency

Dunedin constituency

Composition summary

Te Anau constituency

Awarua constituency

Hokonui constituency

Waikiwi constituency

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Independent	Lorraine Brill^†	?	?	?
	Independent	Bryan Riesterer^†	?	?	?
	Independent	Malcolm Whitaker	?	?	?
	Independent	Paddy Briscoe	?	?	?
	Independent	Materoa Dodd	?	?	?
	Independent	Phillip Hohapata	?	?	?
Informal			?	?	?
Turnout			?	?	?
Registered			?
	Independent win^[a]
	Independent win^[a]
	Independent win^[a]
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Independent	Bill Cleghorn	?	?	?
	Independent	Robin Ford	?	?	?
	Independent	Rosemary Michie^†	?	?	?
	Independent	Tai Eru^†	?	?	?
	Independent	Peri Ngata	?	?	?
Informal			?	?	?
Turnout			?	?	?
Registered			?
	Independent win^[a]
	Independent win^[a]
	Independent win^[a]
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Independent	John Cronin^†	?	?	?
	Independent	Elinor Elder	?	?	?
	Independent	Athole Herbert^†	?	?	?
	Independent	Karen Summerhays	?	?	?
	Independent	Rod Ade	?	?	?
	Independent	Noel Pope	?	?	?
Informal			?	?	?
Turnout			?	?	?
Registered			?
	Independent win^[a]
	Independent win^[a]
	Independent win^[a]
	Independent win (new seat)
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Ian Noble^†	Unopposed
	Independent	James Pringle^†	Unopposed
Registered			?
	Independent win^[a]
	Independent win^[a]
^† incumbent

Constituency
Napier	?	Allan Baldock	Independent	Allan Baldock
	?	Beverley Fullerton-Smith	Independent	Neil Kirton
	?	Judy Mills^R	Independent	Christine Scott
Hastings	?	Steve Gordon^R	Independent	Jeremy Dwyer
	?	Kevin Rose	Independent	Kevin Rose
	?	Eileen von Dadelszen	Independent	Eileen von Dadelszen
Ngaruroro	?	Ross Bramwell	Independent	Ross Bramwell
Wairoa	?	Rex McIntyre	Independent	Rex McIntyre
Central Hawke's Bay	?	Adrienne Williams	Independent	Adrienne Williams
^R retired

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Independent	Allan Baldock^†	?	?	?
	Independent	Neil Kirton	?	?	?
	Independent	Christine Scott	?	?	?
	Independent	Murray Bond	?	?	?
	Independent	Beverley Fullerton-Smith^†	?	?	?
	Independent	Mike Healy	?	?	?
Informal			?	?	?
Turnout			?	?	?
Registered			38,419
	Independent win^[a]
	Independent win^[a]
	Independent win^[a]
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%	+/−
	Independent	Jeremy Dwyer	?	?	?
	Independent	Kevin Rose^†	?	?	?
	Independent	Eileen von Dadelszen^†	?	?	?
	Independent	Ann Dixon	?	?	?
	Independent	Ewan McGregor	?	?	?
	Independent	Sam Averill	?	?	?
Informal			?	?	?
Turnout			?	?	?
Registered			?
	Independent win^[a]
	Independent win^[a]
	Independent win^[a]
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Ross Bramwell^†	Unopposed
Registered			?
	Independent win^[a]
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Rex McIntyre^†	Unopposed
Registered			5,698
	Independent win^[a]
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Adrienne Williams^†	Unopposed
Registered			8,582
	Independent win^[a]
^† incumbent