Results of the 2022 New Zealand territorial authority elections in Northland

2022 New Zealand territorial authority elections
(Northland)
← 2019 8 October 2022 2025 →
Registered	131,723
Turnout	56,927 (43.22%)
	3 of 3 local councils
	3 mayors and 32 local councillors
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Elections for the territorial authorities of New Zealand were held from 16 September until 8 October 2022 as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. 706 local councillors and 66 mayors were elected across 66 of 67 councils.

Registered131,723

Turnout56,927 (43.22%)

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3 territorial authorities are located within the Northland Region, being the Far North District Council, Whangārei District Council, and Kaipara District Council. 3 mayors and 32 district councillors were elected.

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote		Final %
	Independent	Moko Tepania	not provided		#8	7,805	51.46
	Independent	Ann Court			#8	7,362	48.54
	Independent	John Vujcich			#7	4,166
	Sovereign.nz	Joshua Riley			#6	2,927
	Independent	Jaqi Brown			#5	1,865
	Independent	Kelly Stratford			#4	1,616
	Independent	Kevin Middleton			#3	296
	Independent	Clinton Dearlove			#2	276
	Independent	Rachel Witana	122	0.62	#1	122
Quota			9,690	49.39	#8	7,584	50.00
Informal			102	0.52
Blank			173	0.88
Turnout			19,619	(41.53)
Registered			47,240
	Independent gain from Independent on 8th iteration

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Independent	Ann Court^†	2,995	35.38	#1	2,995
	Independent	Kelly Stratford^†	not provided		#17	1,909
	Independent	Steve McNally			#18	1,711
	Independent	Rachel Smith^†			#18	1,580
	Sovereign.nz	Robert Eady			#16	847
	Independent	Ben Warren			#15	690
	Independent	Jane Johnston			#14	614
	Sovereign.nz	Pierre Fernandes			#12	481
	Independent	Frank Owen			#10	422
	Independent	Belinda Ward			#8	365
	Independent	Richard Aston			#6	278
	Independent	Annette Main			#5	266
	Sovereign.nz	Garth Holder			#3	245
Quota			2,061	24.34	#18	1,707
Informal			107	1.26
Blank			162	1.91
Turnout			8,466	(45.47)
Registered			18,618
	Independent hold on 1st iteration
	Independent hold on 17th iteration
	Independent gain from Independent on 18th iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%
	Independent	John Vujcich^†	1,543	66.19
	Independent	Vanessa Edmonds	398	17.07
	Sovereign.nz	Alisha Riley	299	12.83
Quota			1,120	48.05
Informal			9	0.39
Blank			82	3.52
Turnout			2,331	(45.99)
Registered			5,069
	Independent hold on 1st iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Independent	Felicity Foy^†	1,523	34.14	#1	1,523
	Independent	Mate Radich^†	not provided		#9	1,333
	Independent	Adele Gardner			#9	917
	Independent	David Collard^†			#8	701
	Sovereign.nz	Joshua Riley			#6	603
	Independent	Melanie Dalziel			#4	291
	Independent	John Matthews			#3	240
	Independent	Darren Axe			#2	160
	Sovereign.nz	Paul McLaren	74	1.66	#1	74
Quota			1,448	32.46	#9	1,241
Informal			75	1.68
Blank			66	1.48
Turnout			4,461	(44.89)
Registered			9,938
	Independent hold on 1st iteration
	Independent hold on 9th iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Independent	Hilda Halkyard-Harawira	976	22.38	#1	976
	Independent	Tāmati Rākena	not provided		#8	704
	Independent	Penetaui Kleskovic			#23	607
	Independent	Babe Kapa			#29	530
	Independent	Mina Pomare-Peita			#29	513
	Independent	Nyze Manuel			#23	353
	Independent	Clinton Dearlove			#21	304
	Independent	Rhonda Zielinski-Toki			#18	264
	Independent	Pania Sigley			#15	187
	Independent	Sam Napier			#14	164
	Independent	Ruth Heta			#11	130
	Independent	Rachel Witana			#9	103
	Independent	Manuera Riwai			#7	89
	Sovereign.nz	Diane Rodgers			#6	66
	Independent	Reina Penney			#5	66
	Independent	Tarei Patuwairua			#3	58
	Independent	Boyd Hohepa			#2	39
	Independent	Moko Tepania	withdrawn (elected mayor)
Quota			719	16.49	#29	527
Informal			636	14.58
Blank			76	1.74
Turnout			4,361	(32.03)
Registered			13,615
	Independent win on 1st iteration (new ward)
	Independent win on 8th iteration (new ward)
	Independent win on 23rd iteration (new ward)
	Independent win on 29th iteration (new ward)

Results of the 2022 New Zealand territorial authority elections in Northland

Summary

Far North District Council

2022 Far North mayoral election

Bay of Islands-Whangaroa general ward

Kaikohe-Hokianga general ward

Te Hiku general ward

Ngā Tai o Tokerau Māori ward

Whangārei District Council

2022 Whangārei mayoral election

Bream Bay general ward

Hikurangi-Coastal general ward

Mangakahia-Maungatapere general ward

Whangārei Heads general ward

Whangārei Urban general ward

Whangārei District Māori ward

Kaipara District Council

2022 Kaipara mayoral election

Kaiwaka-Mangawhai general ward

Otamatea general ward

Wairoa general ward

Te Moananui o Kaipara Māori ward

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Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Vince Cocurullo	8,157	28.18
	Independent	Mike Budd	5,814	20.09
	Independent	Ken Couper	5,037	17.40
	Independent	Brad Flower	4,675	16.15
	Independent	Shaquille Shortland	2,180	7.53
	Independent	Nick Jacob	1,660	5.74
	Independent	Fiona Green	1,068	3.69
Informal			43	0.15
Blank			308	1.06
Turnout			28,942	(43.27)
Registered			66,894
	Independent gain from Independent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Ken Couper^†	2,439	49.45
	Independent	Phil Halse	2,320	47.04
	Independent	Steve Bean	2,063	41.83
	Independent	Shilane Shirkey	1,414	28.67
Informal			0	0.00
Blank			123	2.49
Turnout			4,932	(48.96)
Registered			10,073
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Gavin Benney	1,703	40.71
	Independent	Scott McKenzie	1,441	34.45
	Independent	Greg Martin^†	1,317	31.48
	Independent	Tracey Thomasson	1,223	29.24
	Independent	Brad Flower	1,172	28.02
	Independent	Greg Jeeves	373	8.92
Informal			3	0.07
Blank			63	1.51
Turnout			4,183	(49.80)
Registered			8,399
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Simon Reid^†	1,557	65.72
	Independent	Iain Robertson	700	29.55
Informal			1	0.04
Blank			111	4.69
Turnout			2,369	(50.76)
Registered			4,667
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Patrick Holmes	1,851	61.76
	Independent	David Blackley	1,023	34.13
Informal			1	0.03
Blank			122	4.07
Turnout			2,997	(55.87)
Registered			5,364
	Independent hold

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Vince Cocurullo (withdrawn)	6,114	50.34
	Independent	Jayne Golightly	5,316	43.77
	Independent	Nicholas Connop	4,121	33.93
	Independent	Carol Peters	3,998	32.92
	Independent	Paul Yovich	3,824	31.49
	Independent	Marie Olsen	3,564	29.35
	Independent	Crichton Christie	3,079	25.35
	Independent	Alan Brown	2,945	24.25
	Independent	Isopo Samu	2,707	22.29
	Independent	Paul Doherty	2,426	19.98
	Independent	Shaquille Shortland	2,255	18.57
	Independent	Fiona Green	2,192	18.05
	Independent	Graeme Gallagher	2,149	17.69
	Independent	Stephen Wood	2,034	16.75
	Independent	Adam Young	1,165	9.59
	Independent	Ren Haskell	1,119	9.21
	Independent	Glen McMillan	1,003	8.26
	Independent	Jesse Titford	822	6.77
	Independent	Hazely Windleborn	579	4.77
Informal			63	0.52
Blank			149	1.23
Turnout			12,145	(35.71)
Registered			34,012
	Independent win (new ward)
	Independent win (new ward)
	Independent win (new ward)
	Independent win (new ward)
	Independent win (new ward)

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Deb Harding	904	39.03
	Te Pāti Māori	Pheonix Ruka	889	38.39
	Independent	Nicki Wakefield	703	30.35
	Independent	Pauline Hopa	694	29.97
	Independent	Simon Mitchell	513	22.15
	Independent	Zhairn Tana	266	11.49
Informal			1	0.04
Blank			61	2.63
Turnout			2,316	(23.82)
Registered			9,721
	Independent win (new ward)
	Te Pāti Māori win (new ward)

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote		Final %
	Independent	Craig Jepson	not provided		#5	4,228	61.60
	Independent	Karen Joyce-Paki			#5	2,636	38.40
	Independent	Ash Nayyar			#4	1,813
	Independent	Victoria Del La Varis-Woodcock			#3	1,020
	Independent	Gordon Walker			#2	609
	Independent	Brenden Nathan	450	5.38	#1	450
Quota			4,137	49.45	#5	3,432	50.00
Informal			31	0.37
Blank			71	0.85
Turnout			8,366	(47.56)
Registered			17,589
	Independent gain from Independent on 5th iteration

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Independent	Jonathan Larsen^†	1,293	40.58	#1	1,293
	Independent	Rachael Williams	not provided		#4	768
	Independent	Mike Howard			#8	775
	Independent	Misty Sansom			#8	502
	Independent	Mike Ferguson			#7	422
	Independent	Dennis Emsley			#3	190
	Independent	Martina Tschirky			#2	160
Quota			776	24.36	#8	725
Informal			47	1.48
Blank			47	1.48
Turnout			3,186	(51.89)
Registered			6,140
	Independent hold on 1st iteration
	Independent gain from Independent on 4th iteration
	Independent gain from Independent on 8th iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Independent	Mark Vincent^†	846	57.87	#1	846
	Independent	Ron Manderson	not provided		#3	471
	Independent	Chris Sellars			#3	292
	Independent	Graham Allott			#2	144
Quota			464	31.74	#3	400
Informal			11	0.75
Blank			60	4.10
Turnout			1,462	(41.72)
Registered			3,504
	Independent hold on 1st iteration
	Independent gain from Independent on 3rd iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Independent	Gordon Lambeth	not provided		#4	823
	Independent	Ash Nayyar			#5	843
	Independent	Eryn Wilson-Collins^†			#7	736
	Independent	Karen Joyce-Paki^†			#7	662
	Independent	Mark Ancrum			#4	398
	Independent	Alec Melville			#3	301
	Independent	Josephine Nathan			#2	122
	Independent	Jay Tane	52	1.63	#1	52
Quota			778	24.44	#7	724
Informal			30	0.94
Blank			48	1.51
Turnout			3,183	(52.15)
Registered			6,104
	Independent gain from Independent on 4th iteration
	Independent gain from Independent on 5th iteration
	Independent hold on 7th iteration
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Primary vote	%	Iteration vote^[a]
	Independent	Pere Paniora	not provided		#4	246
	Independent	Brenden Nathan			#4	215
	Independent	Henry Holyoake			#3	111
	Independent	Paturiri Toautu			#2	25
	Independent	Phillip Johnson	24	4.57	#1	24
Quota			257	48.95	#4	231
Informal			2	0.38
Blank			19	3.62
Turnout			525	(28.52)
Registered			1,841
	Independent win on 4th iteration (new ward)