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2022 Nelson City Council election

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The 2022 Nelson City Council election was a local election held from 16 September to 8 October in Nelson, New Zealand, as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Nelson and 12 city councillors for the 2025–2028 term of the Nelson City Council. Postal voting and the single transferable vote system were used.

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2022 Nelson City Council election
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8 October 2022
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Turnout20,897 (53.2%)
Mayoral election
 
Candidate Nick Smith Matt Lawrey
Affiliation Independent Independent
Primary vote 9,582 5,750
Percentage 58.32% 27.52%
Final vote 10,569 6,352
 
Candidate Rohan O'Neill-Stevens Tim Skinner
Affiliation Independent Green Citizens
Primary vote 2,642 2,159
Percentage 13.98% 10.33%
Final vote 2,921 eliminated
Mayor before election

Rachel Reese
Independent

 Elected mayor

Nick Smith
Independent

Council election
12 seats on the Nelson City Council
7 seats needed for a majority
Party Seats +/–
Independent 9 0
Independent Green 2 0
Citizens 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Incumbent mayor Rachel Reese did not stand for re-election. Former National MP and government minister Nick Smith won the race, defeating second place Matt Lawrey by over 3,000 votes on final preferences.

Campaign

Nelson Citizens Alliance

A ticket called the Nelson Citizens Alliance ran nine candidates, including endorsing Tim Skinner for mayor.[1] They would support the endorsed candidates with getting elected but would not have any long term involvement or force cooperation between endorsees.[1] The group was against the Labour government's Three Waters reforms.[1]

Results

Mayoral

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2022 Nelson mayoral election[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Primary votes % ±% Iteration
# Votes
Independent Nick Smith 9,582 46.12 (new) 5th 10,569
Independent Matt Lawrey 5,750 27.67 (new) 5th 6,352
Independent Green Rohan O'Neill-Stevens 2,642 12.72 (new) 5th 2,921
Citizens Tim Skinner 2,159 10.39 4th 2,253
Independent Kerry Neal 363 1.75 (new) 3rd 369
Money Free Richard Osmaston 90 0.43 (new) 2nd 94
Independent John Wakelin 59 0.28 1st 59
Quota 10,323 49.68
Informal votes 31 0.15
Blank votes 102 0.49
Turnout 20,778 52.90
Registered electors 39,276
Independent gain from Independent on 5th iteration
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At-large ward

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At-large ward[2][3][4]
Party Candidate Primary votes % ±% Iteration
# Votes
Independent Green Rohan O'Neill-Stevens† 5,678 27.32 1st 5,678
Independent Tim Skinner† 4,998 24.05 1st 4,998
Independent Green Rachel Sanson† 2,942 14.16 15th 4,608
Independent Ian Williams 1,209 5.82 (new) 15th 1,915
Citizens Zoe Byrne 1,236 5.95 (new) 15th 1,870
Independent Mike Ward 1,141 5.49 14th 1,679
Citizens Mani Rai 638 3.07 (new) 11th 856
Independent Marie Lindaya 547 2.63 (new) 10th 784
Independent Cindy Batt 518 2.49 (new) 7th 616
Independent Brent Pahl 263 1.27 (new) 5th 294
Independent Margot Haley 238 1.15 (new) 4th 267
Quota 4,852 23.35
Informal votes 334 1.61
Blank votes 1,039 5.00
Turnout 20,781 52.91
Registered electors 39,276
Independent hold on 1st iteration
Independent hold on 1st iteration
Independent hold on 15th iteration
† incumbent
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Central general ward

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Central general ward[2][3]
Party Candidate Primary votes % ±% Iteration
# Votes
Independent Pete Rainey 2,661 25.43 (new) 1st 2,661
Independent Aaron Stallard 2,518 24.07 (new) 1st 2,518
Independent Matty Anderson 1,309 12.51 (new) 3rd 1,849
Citizens James Hodgson 778 7.44 (new) 13th 1,672
Citizens Peter Win 883 8.44 (new) 13th 1,507
Citizens Cleo Cowdrey 470 4.49 (new) 10th 807
Citizens Murray Cameron 424 4.05 (new) 9th 562
Independent Sean Davis 250 2.39 (new) 6th 319
Independent Dai Mitchell 154 1.47 (new) 5th 202
Quota 1,889 18.06 n/a
Informal votes 326 3.12 n/a
Blank votes 689 6.59 n/a
Turnout 10,462 56.30 n/a
Registered electors 18,582
Independent win (new seat) on 1st iteration
Independent win (new seat) on 1st iteration
Independent win (new seat) on 3rd iteration
Independent win (new seat) on 13th iteration
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Stoke-Tāhunanui general ward

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Stoke-Tāhunanui general ward[2][3]
Party Candidate Primary votes % ±% Iteration
# Votes
Independent Mel Courtney 2,381 22.76 (new) 1st 2,661
Independent Campbell Rollo 1,138 10.88 (new) 11th 1,857
Independent Trudie Brand 952 9.10 (new) 13th 1,743
Independent Matthew Benge 762 7.28 (new) 18th 1,583
Independent Ian Barker 835 7.98 (new) 18th 1,556
Independent Valmai Palatchie 578 5.52 (new) 12th 1,018
Independent Harvey Ruru 635 6.07 (new) 10th 813
Independent Allan Hoult 491 4.69 (new) 8th 727
Citizens Mike Gane 485 4.64 (new) 6th 583
Citizens Harry Pearson 452 4.32 (new) 5th 500
Independent Sarah Minchington 163 1.56 (new) 4th 192
Independent Rhys Bromell 142 1.36 (new) 3rd 157
Independent Lyndell Dodunski 97 0.93 (new) 2nd 104
Quota 1,822 18.38 n/a
Informal votes 271 2.73 n/a
Blank votes 533 5.38 n/a
Turnout 9,915 53.36 n/a
Registered electors 19,026
Independent win (new seat) on 1st iteration
Independent win (new seat) on 1st iteration
Independent win (new seat) on 3rd iteration
Independent win (new seat) on 13th iteration
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Whakatū Māori ward

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Whakatū Māori ward[2][3]
Party Candidate Primary votes % ±% Iteration
# Votes
Independent Kahu Paki Paki 240 59.41 (new) 1st 240
Independent Bernie Goldsmith 125 30.94 (new) 1st 125
Quota 183 45.30 n/a
Informal votes 6 1.49 n/a
Blank votes 33 8.17 n/a
Turnout 404 24.22 n/a
Registered electors 1,668
Independent win (new seat) on 1st iteration
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