2019 Wellington City Council election
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The 2019 Wellington City Council election took place on 12 October 2019, to elect the Mayor of Wellington, city councillors, and community board members for the 2019–2022 term, as part of nation-wide local elections.
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12 October 2019
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| Turnout | 41.20%  ~pp (61,061 out of 148,191 enrolled voters) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Electoral system
The fourteen councilors were elected across five wards, while the Mayor was elected at large. All offices were elected through a single transferable vote (STV) system done via postal voting.[citation needed]
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]
Background
Wellington Convention Centre
In December 2015 the Wellington City Council bought land opposite Te Papa to build a convention centre. The council agreed to give a 25 year lease on the bottom two floors to the Movie Museum Limited, an organisation owned by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Richard Taylor and Tania Roger.[3][4][5] In March 2017 it was revealed that the Museum was delaying construction as its plans hadn't been finished. Delays on constructuion continued and in August of that year's, the museum's lease was cancelled.[3][6] Eventually in August 2019 work on the convention center began.[7]
Shelly Bay
In February 2016 property developer Ian Cassel's company, The Wellington Company, proposed a partnership with the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust for a mixed use development in Shelly Bay.[8][9] Beneficiaries of the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust voting against selling the land, but in July of the following year the board of the Trust and Cassells would renegotiate terms and the Board sold the land anyways.[9][10] The trust sold the land for 2 million dollars despite buying it for 13.3 million dollars.[9]
Pending resource consent the council received 1100 public submissions on the development, 51% of which were negative,[11] and faced opposition from the public along with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh.[12] September 2017 the Council approved the resource consent for the development and agreed to sell land to the company for the development.[13] A local business group, the "Miramar Business Improvement District" appealed to the High Court for a judicial review of the consent but was rejected.[14]
Incumbents not seeking re-election
Incumbent Independent councillor Simon Marsh and Green councillor David Lee did not run again in the Motukairangi/Eastern Ward and the Paekawakawa/Southern Ward respectively.
Results
Mayor
Ten candidates announced that they would run for mayor, including incumbent Justin Lester.
Fundraising and endorsements
Endorsements
- Peter Jackson, Director[16][17]
Donations
- $5,000 - Portsmouth Rentals, film equipment rental agency[16]
- $10,00 - Park Road Post, post production facility[16]
- $10,000 Maudi Trust
- 15,000 - Weta Digital, visual effects company[16][18]
- $10,000 - Phil Sprey, concert promoter
- $5,000 - Antipodes, skincare company[19]
- $4,738 - Building Solutions, construction company[20]
Expenses
- $58,066.32
Endorsements
- Celia Wade-Brown, former mayor[22]
- Unions Wellington, trade union federation[23]
Donations
- $5,000 - E tū, trade union
Expenses
- $16,284.38
Results
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Andy for Wellington | Andy Foster | 31.97% | 19,323 | 19,345 | 19,411 | 19,493 | 19,567 | 20,457 | 22,062 | 27,364 | |
| Labour | Justin Lester† | 34.47% | 20,830 | 20,845 | 20,904 | 20,965 | 21,084 | 22,446 | 24,620 | 27,302 | |
| Your Advocate | Diane Calvert | 13.87% | 8,385 | 8,405 | 8,429 | 8,493 | 8,584 | 9,335 | 11,471 | ||
| YIMBY Futureproof Wellington | Jenny Condie | 9.76% | 5,901 | 5,925 | 5,957 | 6,005 | 6,143 | 7,227 | |||
| For a Better Wellington | Conor Hill | 7.54% | 4,555 | 4,566 | 4,612 | 4,658 | 4,796 | ||||
| Independent | Norbert Hausberg | 0.93% | 562 | 576 | 592 | 632 | |||||
| Independent | Ajay Rathod | 0.66% | 399 | 406 | 426 | ||||||
| Plain Talk – Growth Is Bad 4 WGT Mayor | Don McDonald | 0.54% | 329 | 340 | |||||||
| aaacnp | Andrew Cox | 0.25% | 151 | ||||||||
| Valid: 60,435 Spoilt: 626 Quota: first iteration: 30,218, last iteration: 27,333 | |||||||||||
Councillors
† indicates the incumbent candidate
Takapū/Northern Ward
The Takapū/Northern ward returned three councillors to the city council.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | Jill Day† | 27.77% | 3,404 | 3,065 | 3,125 | 3,125 | 3,134 | 2,981 | 3,316 | |
| Moderate Independent | Malcolm Sparrow† | 17.10% | 2,098 | 2,173 | 2,220 | 2,322 | 2,507 | 2,546 | 2,997 | |
| YIMBY Futureproof Wellington | Jenny Condie | 16.37% | 2,007 | 2,079 | 2,136 | 2,220 | 2,367 | 2,402 | 2,900 | |
| Labour | Peter Gilberd† | 13.34% | 1,635 | 1,717 | 1,761 | 1,859 | 1,989 | 2,029 | 2,259 | |
| Wellington Party | John Apanowicz | 12.24% | 1,500 | 1,533 | 1,598 | 1,664 | 1,925 | 1,944 | ||
| Political Parties have NO PLACE in Local Govt | Graeme Sawyer | 5.96% | 731 | 747 | 818 | 866 | ||||
| Independent | John Peters | 3.93% | 482 | 493 | 519 | |||||
| Independent | Tracy Hurst-Porter | 3.27% | 401 | |||||||
| Valid: 12,258 Spoilt: 452 Quota: first iteration: 3,064.5, last iteration: 2,868.02 | ||||||||||
Wharangi/Onslow-Western Ward
The Wharangi/Onslow-Western ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. Andy Foster was an incumbent in this ward and ran for reelection but his candidacy was superseded by his victory in the mayoral race, and his votes were redistributed according to next preferences.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Your Advocate | Diane Calvert† | 26.92% | 4,141 | 3,846 | 4,082 | 3,793 | 3,904 | 3,756 | 4,133 | 3,714 | 3,724 | 3,945 | |
| Independent | Simon Woolf† | 19.00% | 2,923 | 3,014 | 3,211 | 3,306 | 3,398 | 3,447 | 3,756 | 3,852 | 3,684 | 3,916 | |
| Labour | Rebecca Matthews | 14.58% | 2,243 | 2,277 | 2,358 | 2,393 | 2,896 | 2,916 | 3,073 | 3,142 | 3,166 | 3,815 | |
| Independent | Michelle Rush | 7.78% | 1,196 | 1,232 | 1,372 | 1,412 | 1,680 | 1,703 | 1,946 | 2,036 | 2,073 | 2,472 | |
| For a Better Wellington | Conor Hill | 8.05% | 1,239 | 1,269 | 1,365 | 1,396 | 1,597 | 1,614 | 1,867 | 1,932 | 1,959 | ||
| Independent | Rohan Biggs | 8.28% | 1,274 | 1,307 | 1,426 | 1,464 | 1,549 | 1,569 | |||||
| Green | Richard McIntosh | 8.41% | 1,293 | 1,307 | 1,359 | 1,374 | |||||||
| Independent | Ray Chung | 6.98% | 1,073 | 1,108 | |||||||||
| Valid: 15,382 Spoilt: 310 Quota: first iteration: 3845.50, last iteration: 3536.95 | |||||||||||||
Pukehīnau/Lambton Ward
The Pukehīnau/Lambton ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Green | Iona Pannett† | 31.78% | 3,220 | 2,539 | 2,578 | 2,512 | 2,607 | 2,571 | |
| Independent | Nicola Young† | 25.31% | 2,565 | 2,652 | 2,547 | 2,517 | 2,561 | 2,678 | |
| Independent | Tamatha Paul | 19.21% | 1,947 | 2,134 | 2,253 | 2,279 | 2,483 | 2,770 | |
| Labour | Brian Dawson† | 12.03% | 1,219 | 1,431 | 1,500 | 1,530 | 1,624 | 1,758 | |
| Independent | Shan Ng | 4.95% | 502 | 544 | 592 | 606 | 670 | ||
| Independent | Lee Orchard | 4.12% | 417 | 490 | 549 | 561 | |||
| Independent | Harry Smith | 2.60% | 263 | 290 | |||||
| Valid: 10,133 Spoilt: 287 Quota: first iteration: 2,533.25, last iteration: 2,444.17 | |||||||||
Motukairangi/Eastern Ward
The Motukairangi-Eastern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Green | Sarah Free† | 26.48% | 3,019 | 2,883 | 2,920 | 3,052 | 2,799 | |
| Labour | Teri O'Neill | 19.33% | 2,204 | 2,305 | 2,408 | 2,872 | 2,895 | |
| Wellington Party | Sean Rush | 17.43% | 1,988 | 2,061 | 2,247 | 2,692 | 2,764 | |
| Independent | Chris Calvi-Freeman† | 17.52% | 1,998 | 2,072 | 2,176 | 2,416 | 2,501 | |
| Independent | Steph Edlin | 11.44% | 1,305 | 1,368 | 1,488 | |||
| Independent | Bernard O'Shaughnessy | 5.21% | 594 | 645 | ||||
| Independent | Ajay Rathod | 2.59% | 295 | |||||
| Valid: 11,403 Spoilt: 528 Quota: first iteration: 2,850.75, last iteration: 2,739.83 | ||||||||
Paekawakawa/Southern Ward
The Paekawakawa/Southern ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Labour | Fleur Fitzsimons† | 41.10% | 3,967 | |
| Green | Laurie Foon | 39.42% | 3,805 | |
| Independent | Humphrey Hanley | 12.94% | 1,249 | |
| Independent | Thomas Morgan | 6.55% | 632 | |
| Valid: 9,653 Spoilt: 414 Quota: 3,217.67 | ||||
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.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||||
| Independent | Steph Knight | 20.06% | 795 | 586.94 | 573.64 | 591.19 | 575.93 | 564.93 | 551.29 | 546.63 | 544.08 | ||
| Independent | Richard Herbert | 17.66% | 700 | 592.93 | 582.35 | 583.00 | 600.74 | 566.05 | 551.83 | 546.21 | 543.59 | ||
| Independent | Graeme Hansen† | 14.69% | 582 | 627.39 | 572.85 | 579.80 | 607.78 | 565.27 | 552.22 | 546.16 | 543.58 | ||
| Independent | Robyn Parkinson† | 11.48% | 455 | 507.51 | 519.89 | 548.39 | 578.43 | 564.72 | 551.52 | 547.14 | 544.55 | ||
| Independent | Jackson Lacy | 9.36% | 371 | 419.23 | 430.19 | 455.58 | 511.32 | 535.90 | 549.24 | 548.02 | 544.57 | ||
| Independent | Anna Scott | 8.02% | 318 | 373.25 | 386.48 | 434.16 | 492.47 | 518.12 | 532.12 | 539.84 | 544.78 | ||
| Independent | Damian Hewett | 7.67% | 304 | 357.57 | 377.21 | 400.19 | 459.14 | 490.63 | 505.89 | 514.12 | 519.15 | ||
| Independent | John Peters | 6.69% | 265 | 278.87 | 284.54 | 298.05 | |||||||
| Independent | Bronwyn Thurston | 4.37% | 173 | 190.04 | 195.56 | ||||||||
| Valid: 3,963 Spoilt: 200 Quota: first iteration: 566.14, last iteration: 540.61 | |||||||||||||
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. Only six candidates ran so all won automatically.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Independent | Wayne Rudd† | N/A | ||
| Independent | John Apanowicz† | N/A | ||
| Independent | Christine Grace† | N/A | ||
| Independent | Hamish Todd† | N/A | ||
| Independent | Chris Renner† | N/A | ||
| Independent | Darren Hoskins | N/A | ||
| Quota: N/A | ||||