2016 Wellington City Council election
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2016 New Zealand local election
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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The 2016 Wellington City Council election took place on the 8th of October 2016, to elect the Mayor of Wellington, city councillors, and community board members for the 2016–2019 term, as part of nation-wide local elections.
The fourteen councilors were elected across five wards whilst the Mayor was elected at large. All offices were elected through a single transferable vote (STV) system done via postal voting.
Candidates could not spend more than $60,000 on electoral expenses[1] and had to disclose details of any donations larger than $1,500.[2]
Results
Mayor
Main article: 2016 Wellington City mayoral election
Fundraising and endorsements
Justin Lester (Labour)[3]
Endorsements
- Andrew Little, leader of the opposition[4]
- Celia Wade-Brown, outgoing mayor[5]
Donations
Expenses
- $57,967.78
Nick Leggett[7]
Endorsements
- Mark Blumsky, former mayor[8]
Donations
- $40,000 – Chris Parkin, businessman/former councillor
- $40,000 – Ian Cassels, property developer
- $1,500 – Chris Kirk-Burnnand, property developer
- $10,000 – Mark Dunajtschik, property developer
- $4,497 – Joe Williams, judge
- $10,000 – Caniwi Capital Partners, private equity firm
- $5,000 Gil Consultants, property management company
- $5,000 Graeme Cromie, property developer
- $10,000 Cambridge Funds Management, holding company
Expenses
- $55,267.87
Jo Coughlan[9]
Endorsements
- Kerry Prendergast, former mayor[10]
- Fran Wilde, former mayor[11]
- Jack Yan, former mayoral candidate[12]
Donations
- $5,000 – "DHC Trust"
- $2,000 – "R Bridges"
- $2,000 – Ian Cassels, property developer
- $12,000 – "T Bowher"
- $26,000 – Julie Nevett
Expenses
- $55,013.76
Results
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Justin Lester | 36.51% | 23,751 | 23,884 | 24,092 | 24,887 | 26,418 | 27,674 | 31,921 | |
| Independent | Nick Leggett | 25.41% | 16,528 | 16,584 | 16,709 | 17,011 | 17,598 | 18,667 | 24,697 | |
| Independent | Jo Coughlan | 20.30% | 13,203 | 13,233 | 13,347 | 13,602 | 14,190 | 15,844 | ||
| Freeze rates and cut waste | Nicola Young | 6.61% | 4,303 | 4,367 | 4,598 | 5,104 | 5,532 | |||
| Independent | Andy Foster | 4.80% | 3,125 | 3,168 | 3,304 | 3,718 | ||||
| Independent | Helene Ritchie | 3.75% | 2,439 | 2,538 | 2,733 | |||||
| Independent | Keith Johnson | 1.67% | 1,083 | 1,190 | ||||||
| The Localisation Party | Don McDonald | 0.95% | 620 | |||||||
| Valid: 65,052 Spoilt: 515 Quota: first iteration: 32,526, last iteration: 28,309 | ||||||||||
Councillors
† indicates the incumbent candidate
Northern Ward
The Northern ward returned three councillors to the Wellington City Council.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Independent | Malcolm Sparrow† | 28.71% | 3,730 | 3,248 | 3,404.08 | 3,555.83 | 3,096.96 | |
| Independent | Jill Day | 16.91% | 2,197 | 2,296.76 | 2,551.36 | 3,153.97 | 3,220.96 | |
| Labour | Peter Gilberd | 19.95% | 2,592 | 2,670.18 | 2,815.76 | 3,081.45 | 3,195.39 | |
| Local Champion for YOUR Northern Suburbs | Graeme Sawyer | 14.17% | 1,841 | 1,924.74 | 2,130.98 | 2,543.74 | 2,678.74 | |
| Independent | Judith Gray | 11.38% | 1,479 | 1,578.76 | 1,837.27 | |||
| Independent | John Apanowicz | 8.87% | 1,153 | 1,198.36 | ||||
| Valid: 12,992 Spoilt: 947 Quota: first iteration: 3,248, last iteration: 3,048.02 | ||||||||
Onslow-Western ward
The Onslow-Western ward returned three councillors to the Wellington City Council.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Andy Foster† | 32.69% | 5,608 | 4,027.47 | 4,017.30 | 3,872.38 | 3,908.29 | 4,027.47 | |
| Independent | Simon Woolf† | 24.52% | 4,206 | 4,531.71 | 3,926.34 | 3,912.84 | 3,904.82 | 4,193.62 | |
| Independent | Diane Calvert | 13.48% | 2,313 | 2,708.21 | 2,914.09 | 3,011.70 | 3,157.63 | 3,677.75 | |
| Independent | Ray Chung | 9.98% | 1,713 | 1,950.27 | 2,072.39 | 2,133.56 | 2,252.56 | 2,736.87 | |
| A fresh voice for change and affordable rates | Matthew Plummer | 9.04% | 1,551 | 1,715.50 | 1,801.46 | 1,868.42 | 1,967.21 | ||
| Independent | Paul Douglas | 2.10% | 361 | 447.13 | 472.90 | 505.39 | |||
| Independent | Thomas Gregory Phipps Morgan | 0/76% | 130 | 160.14 | 171.38 | ||||
| Valid: 17,156 Spoilt: 1,271 Quota: first iteration: 3,970.50, last iteration: 3,658.93 | |||||||||
Lambton Ward
The Lambton ward returned three councillors to the Wellington City Council.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Green | Iona Pannett† | 37.24% | 4,387 | 2,944.75 | 2,894.94 | 2,940.05 | 2,883.00 | 2,907.65 | 2,862.43 | 2,935.09 | 2,903.97 | |
| Freeze rates and cut waste | Nicola Young† | 22.51% | 2,652 | 2,864.70 | 2,872.05 | 2,934.60 | 2,886.76 | 2,974.64 | 2,858.23 | 2,945.76 | 2,977.18 | |
| Labour | Brian Dawson | 14.86% | 1,750 | 2,328.94 | 2,348.93 | 2,416.33 | 2,448.11 | 2,512.70 | 2,550.55 | 2,714.22 | 2,913.97 | |
| Independent | Mazz Scannell | 11.24% | 1,324 | 1,447.61 | 1,451.88 | 1,520.10 | 1,541.48 | 1,622.77 | 1,664.67 | 1,770.78 | 2,153.97 | |
| Independent | Tony Jansen | 4.21% | 496 | 582.13 | 585.11 | 628.75 | 639.78 | 731.83 | 754.37 | 883.47 | ||
| A more responsive Council | Milton Hollard | 3.74% | 440 | 557.04 | 561.08 | 589.20 | 599.09 | 648.80 | 664.97 | |||
| Independent | Dave Gee | 3.39% | 399 | 437.46 | 438.79 | 479.97 | 487.37 | |||||
| The Independent Choice | Troy Mihaka | 2.81% | 331 | 417.14 | 420.11 | |||||||
| Valid: 11,779 Spoilt: 886 Quota: first iteration: 2944.75, last iteration: 2737.27 | ||||||||||||
Eastern Ward
The Eastern ward returned three councillors to the Wellington City Council.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Green | Sarah Free† | 30.72% | 3,711 | 3,023.08 | 3,083.51 | 3,145.98 | 2,941.82 | |
| Independent | Simon Swampy Marsh† | 25.20% | 3,044 | 3,132.65 | 3,112.53 | 3,380.34 | 2,908.52 | |
| Connecting Communities | Chris Calvi-Freeman | 17.64% | 2,131 | 2,296.88 | 2,481.92 | 2,833.23 | 3,073.42 | |
| Labour | Lynda McGregor | 12.96% | 1,565 | 1,786.93 | 1,874.32 | 2,110.85 | 2,295.93 | |
| Independent | Rob Goulden | 8.88% | 1,073 | 1,126.74 | 1,269.14 | |||
| Independent | Robert Murray | 4.59% | 555 | 594.62 | ||||
| Valid: 12,079 Spoilt: 778 Quota: first iteration: 3019.75, last iteration: 3073.42 | ||||||||
Southern Ward
The Southern ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Labour | Paul Eagle† | 55.59% | 4,785 | 2,869.00 | |
| Green | David Lee† | 28.76% | 2,475 | 3,229.79 | |
| Red/Green Independent | Brendon Bonner | 9.29% | 800 | 1,269.69 | |
| Independent | Brent Pierson | 5.03% | 433 | 619.59 | |
| Hold us to Account | Don Newt McDonald | 1.32% | 114 | 167.66 | |
| Valid: 8,607 Spoilt: 346 Quota: first iteration: 2,869, last iteration: 2,718.58 | |||||
Other local elections
Tawa Community Board
The Tawa Community Board is made up of 2 councilors along with 6 representatives who are voted in by residents of Tawa, Grenada North and Takapu Valley.
Only six candidates ran so all won automatically. However Jill Day's seat was superseded by winning a seat on the council and a by-election was called for 2017 to fill the remaining seat. Jill Day held the seat until then.[15]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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| 1 | ||||||
| Independent | Graeme Hansen | N/A | ||||
| Independent | Robyn Parkinson | N/A | ||||
| Independent | Margaret Lucas | N/A | ||||
| Independent | Richard Herbert | N/A | ||||
| Independent | Jack Marshall | N/A | ||||
| Independent | N/A | |||||
| Quota: N/A | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Independent | Liz Langham | – | – | 1,403 | |||
| Independent | Damian Hewett | – | – | 637 | |||
| Independent | Anna Scott | – | – | 512 | |||
| Independent | Stacey Richardson | – | 398 | ||||
| Independent | Craig Robertson | 268 | |||||
| Quota: N/A | |||||||
Mākara / Ōhāriu Community Board
The Mākara / Ōhāriu Community Board is made up of 6 representatives voted in by residents of Mākara, Mākara Beach and Ōhāriu.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Independent | Christine Grace | 42.66% | 141 | 53.28 | 52.83 | 47.73 | 46.75 | |
| Independent | Hamish Todd | 22.32% | 79 | 58.78 | 50.62 | 47.95 | 47.05 | |
| Independent | Chris Renner | 11.58% | 41 | 80.97 | 50.08 | 48.97 | 47.47 | |
| Independent | John Apanowicz | 11.58% | 41 | 48.75 | 52.12 | 48.05 | 47.16 | |
| Independent | Wayne Rudd | 2.82% | 10 | 32.78 | 48.60 | 50.87 | 47.96 | |
| Independent | Judy Liddell | 7.34% | 26 | 36.68 | 42.45 | 45.29 | 47.29 | |
| Independent | Kath May | 2.54% | 9 | 15.39 | 18.60 | 20.76 | 22.01 | |
| Independent | Ray Chung | 1.98% | 7 | 10.28 | 12.22 | 13.29 | 13.90 | |
| Valid: 354 Spoilt: 14 Quota: first iteration: 50.57, last iteration: 45.66 | ||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ "Local Electoral Act 2001, section 111". Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ "Electoral Act 1993, Section 209". Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ "Justin Lester return of electoral donations and expenses 2016" (PDF). Wellington City Council. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ↑ "Ankle tap or leg up? Why Andrew Little's assault on Leggett might backfire". Stuff. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ↑ "Celia's choice: Wade-Brown delivers frank assessment of capital's mayoral contenders". Stuff. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ↑ "Wellington mayoral candidate Justin Lester reveals his campaign contributions". Stuff. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ↑ "Nick Leggett return of electoral donations and expenses 2016" (PDF). Wellington City Council. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ↑ "Former Wellington mayor Mark Blumsky endorses Nick Leggett". Scoop. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ↑ "Jo Coughlan return of electoral donations and expenses" (PDF). Wellington City Council. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ↑ "Kerry Prendergast endorses Mayoral Candidate Jo Coughlan". Scoop. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ↑ "Fran Wilde endorses Mayoral candidate Jo Coughlan". Scoop. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ↑ "Jack Yan endorses Jo Coughlan for Wellington mayoral race". Scoop. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Wellington City Council 2016 Triennial Elections Calculator Commentary and Iteration Report" (PDF). Wellington City Council. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Wellington City Council 2016 Triennial Elections declaration of result" (PDF). Wellington City Council. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- 1 2 "Tawa Community Board Election Results". Wellington City Council. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ↑ "Progress results: By-election for the Tawa Community Board". Internet Archive. Wellington City Council. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
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