Results of the 2025 New Zealand territorial authority elections in Canterbury

2025 New Zealand territorial authority elections
(Canterbury)
← 2022 11 October 2025 2028 →
	9 of 9 local councils
	3 mayors and 26 local councillors
Mayors
Local councillors

Elections for the territorial authorities of New Zealand were held from 9 September until 11 October 2025 as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. 709 local councillors and 66 mayors were elected across 66 of 67 councils.

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9 territorial authorities are located in the Canterbury region. 9 mayors and 86 district and city councillors were elected.

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Craig Mackle^†	1,342	71.35
	Independent	John Diver	400	21.27
	Independent	Dave Andrerson	89	4.73
Informal			0	0.00
Blank			50	2.66
Turnout			1,881
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Vicki Gulleford^†	1,115	59.28
	Independent	Tony Blunt^†	1,041	55.34
	Independent	Kevin Heays^†	1,003	53.32
	Independent	John Diver^†	927	49.28
	Independent	Corrina Smith	867	46.09
	Independent	Joshua Woods	860	45.72
	Independent	Mark Redwood	840	44.66
	Independent	Rosie Clemett	804	42.74
	Independent	Melanie Campbell	765	40.67
	Independent	John Booker	590	31.37
	Independent	Ted Hower	570	30.30
	Independent	Te Awhina Arahanga	480	25.52
	Independent	Kd Scattergood	379	20.15
	Independent	Dave Anderson	295	15.69
	Independent	Barry Alyward	253	13.45
	Independent	Rex Stantiford	233	12.39
Informal			3	0.16
Blank			1	0.05
Turnout			1,881
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Marie Black^†	Unopposed
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Dave Hislop^†	959
	Independent	Chris Scarlet	912
	Independent	Tom Davies^†	905
	Independent	Christopher Carthy	693
	Independent	Richard Roe	342
Informal			1
Blank			12
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Vincent Daly^†	Unopposed
	Independent	Fiona Harris^†	Unopposed
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Robbie Bruerton^†	1,100
	Independent	Pauline White^†	1,064
	Independent	Brett Jones	906
	Independent	Steve Hutt	695
	ACT Local	Tom Spooner	581
	Independent	Michael Ennis	567
	Independent	Barrie Nunn	519
	Independent	Dave Carr	443
	Independent	Lulu Webb	431
Informal			9
Blank			13
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Dan Gordon^†	15,766	74.47
	Standing Together for Waimakariri	Paul Williams	5,132	24.24
Informal			2	0.01
Blank			270	1.28
Turnout			21,170
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Niki Mealings^†	2,527
	Independent	Tim Fulton^†	2,423
	Standing Together for Waimakariri	Rob Ballanytne	1,293
	Standing Together for Waimakariri	Gordon Malcolm	1,065
Informal			3
Blank			95
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Jason Goldsworthy^†	5,040
	Independent	Joan Ward^†	4,431
	Independent	Wendy Doody	4,085
	Independent	Bruce McLaren	3,872
	Standing Together for Waimakariri	Paul Williams^†	3,222
	Independent	Robbie Brine^†	3,083
	Independent	Wayne Linton	2,772
	Standing Together for Waimakariri	Steve Wilkinson	2,610
	Standing Together for Waimakariri	James Bourke	2,287
	Independent	Sam Fisher	1,110
Informal			46
Blank			264
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Brent Cairns^†	3,947
	Independent	Philip Redmond^†	3,895
	Independent	Shona Powell	3,214
	Standing Together for Waimakariri	Tim Bartle	2,791
	Independent	Matt James	2,348
	ACT Local	Nathan Atkins	2,180
	Independent	Sandra Stewart	1,964
	Independent	Henrietta Carroll	1,801
	Independent	Prudence Stone	1,566
	Independent	Natalie Leary	1,007
Informal			30
Blank			214
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Standing Together for Waimakariri gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Councillors
Affiliation		Popular vote	%	+/−	#	+/−
	Independent	51,493	59.30		7	−1
	The People's Choice and Labour	26,534	30.56		7	+1
	↪ The People's Choice	15,193	17.50		4	+1
	↪ The People's Choice – Labour	9,471	10.91		2	0
	↪ Labour	1,870	2.15		1	0
	Independent Citizens	6,389	7.36		2	0
	Alliance	407	0.47		0	0
Informal		138	0.16
Blank		2,283	2.63
Turnout		86,834
Registered
	No majority
	Independent holds mayoralty

Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Phil Mauger^†	60,137	55.96
	Independent	Sara Templeton	40,533	37.72
	Independent	Thomas Healey	1,714	1.59
	Independent	Nikora Nitro	1,525	1.42
	Independent	Blair Anderson	1,327	1.23
	Independent	Phil Arps	448	0.42
	Independent	Tubby Hansen	354	0.33
	Independent	Peter Wakeman	320	0.30
Informal			105	0.10
Blank			1,008	0.94
Turnout			107,471	37.81
Registered			284,225
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Aaron Keown^†	Unopposed
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent Citizens	Sam MacDonald^†	Unopposed
Registered
	Independent Citizens hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Victoria Henstock^†	4,367	65.93
	The People's Choice	Simon Britten	2,105	31.78
Informal			3	0.05
Blank			149	2.25
Turnout			6,624
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent Citizens	David Cartwright	5,228	66.43
	Independent	Xavier Dickason	1,683	21.39
	Independent	Diane Ellis	640	8.13
Informal			11	0.14
Blank			308	3.91
Turnout			7,870
Registered
	Independent Citizens hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	The People's Choice	Pauline Cotter^†	3,273	50.81
	Independent	Ali Jones	3,027	46.99
Informal			3	0.05
Blank			139	2.16
Turnout			6,442
Registered
	The People's Choice hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Kelly Barber^†	5,390	77.06
	The People's Choice – Labour	Fionna Chapman	1,455	20.08
	The People's Choice – Labour	Fionna Chapman	1,455	20.08
Informal			1	0.01
Blank			149	2.13
Turnout			6,995
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Celeste Donovan^†	4,605	58.34
	Independent	Jo Zervos	2,844	35.97
	Independent	Taraia Brown	333	4.21
Informal			12	0.15
Blank			113	1.43
Turnout			7,907
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Mark Peters^†	Unopposed
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Andrei Moore^†	7,513	85.12
	Independent Citizens	Dylan Smart	1,161	13.15
Informal			4	0.05
Blank			148	1.68
Turnout			8,826
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	The People's Choice	Tyla Harrison-Hunt^†	1,657	40.17
	Independent	Tony Simons	1,139	27.61
	Independent	Sam Yau	630	15.27
	Independent	Debbie Mora	366	8.87
	Independent	Mark Chirnside	242	5.87
Informal			16	0.39
Blank			75	1.82
Turnout			4,125
Registered
	The People's Choice hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	The People's Choice – Labour	Melanie Coker^†	4,315	78.70
	The People's Choice – Labour	Melanie Coker^†	4,315	78.70
	Independent	Ben Yorston	883	16.10
	Independent	Terry Craze	410	7.48
	Independent	Tubby Hansen	99	1.81
Informal			20	0.36
Blank			166	3.03
Turnout			5,483
Registered
	The People's Choice – Labour hold
	The People's Choice – Labour hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Labour	Jake McLellan^†	1,870	38.95
	Independent	Raf Manji	1,203	25.06
	Independent	Hayley Guglietta	941	19.60
	Alliance	Tom Roud	407	8.48
	Independent	Mace Reid	235	4.89
Informal			42	0.87
Blank			103	2.15
Turnout			4,801
Registered
	Labour hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Tim Scandrett^†	5,819	61.57
	Independent	Clare Marks	3,158	33.41
Informal			5	0.05
Blank			469	4.96
Turnout			9,451
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

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Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	The People's Choice – Labour	Yani Johanson^†	3,701	72.20
	The People's Choice – Labour	Yani Johanson^†	3,701	72.20
	Independent	Evan Baker	867	16.91
	Independent	Ethan Gullery	443	8.64
Informal			14	0.27
Blank			101	1.97
Turnout			5,126
Registered
	The People's Choice – Labour hold
	The People's Choice – Labour hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	The People's Choice	Nathaniel Herz Jardine	5,206	57.35
	Independent	Ian Kearney	3,594	39.59
Informal			7	0.08
Blank			270	2.97
Turnout			9,077
Registered
	The People's Choice gain from Independent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	The People's Choice	Tyrone Fields^†	2,952	71.88
	Independent	Dave Dunlay	1,062	25.86
Informal			0	0.00
Blank			93	2.26
Turnout			4,107
Registered
	The People's Choice hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Lydia Gliddon	19,129	72.35
	Independent	Sam Broughton^†	5,277	19.96
	Independent	Brad Mannering	1,867	7.06
Informal			5	0.02
Blank			162	0.61
Turnout			26,440
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Tracey MacLeod	11,553
	Independent	Samuel Wilshire	9,591
	Independent	Sharon Hunt	7,362
	Independent	Calvin Payne	6,315
	Independent	Barry MacKenzie	6,263
	Independent	Samantha Samuel	5,888
Informal			128
Blank			1,156
Turnout
Registered
	Independent win (new ward)
	Independent win (new ward)

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	John Verry	2,380
	Independent	Sharn Nu'u	1,400
Informal			1
Blank			295
Turnout			4,076
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Sophie McInnes^†	3,290
	Independent	Big Red Shefford	2,783
	Independent	Rhys Laraman	2,716
	Independent	Joe Morris	2,462
	Independent	Haydn Porritt	2,296
	ACT Local	Chris Till	2,281
	Independent	Paul Weggery	2,047
	Independent	Moneel Pratap	1,725
	Independent	Avi Aulakh	1,305
	Independent	Prabh Singh	718
	Independent	Errol Maffey	656
	Independent	Ashwin Mani	414
Informal			9
Blank			99
Turnout
Registered
	Independent hold
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent win (new seat)
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Elizabeth Mundt^†	1,941	53.72
	Independent	Murray Lemon	1,593	44.09
Informal			6	0.17
Blank			73	2.02
Turnout			3,613
Registered
	Independent hold
^† incumbent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Aaron McGlinchy	6,490
	Independent	Denise Carrick	4,848
	Independent	Sarah Barnsley	3,481
	Independent	Zoran Rakovic	3,403
	Independent	Karim Sabet	3,291
	Independent	Tim Pow	2,876
	Independent	Till Peters	1,534
Informal			1
Blank			388
Turnout
Registered
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent
	Independent gain from Independent

Affiliation		Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Liz McMillan	5,979	56.10
	Independent	Russell Ellis	1,989	18.66
	Independent	Rob Mackle	1,627	15.27
	Independent	Jeff Ryan	924	8.67
Informal			19	0.18
Blank			120	1.13
Turnout			10,658	46.18
Registered			23,077
	Independent gain from Independent