Wikipedia:WikiProject Auckland/2025 Local Board Election Updates

Scope

• Update local board articles with the 2025–2028 membership and chair/deputy chair once elected.
• Add/confirm Wikidata statements for elected members and close previous terms.
• Create/organise Commons categories for the Auckland Council Election Candidates and upload openly licensed photos (as has been done for other regions).

Authoritative sources

• Official results: Vote Auckland local board elections results

Align information with results posted on 2025 Auckland Council election

Workflow

1. Record result links per board in the tracker below.
2. Wikipedia: update each board article’s membership section/table; update bios if notable; add citations to official results.
3. Wikidata: add/close P39 statements (position held) with qualifiers + references (patterns below).
4. Commons: create or update categories for "Auckland Council Election Candidates" and potentially create “2025–2028 Auckland Council Board Members”; add images; update infobox images on Wikipedia if needed.

Status tracker (all 21 boards)

Status tracker (Governing Body – Mayor & ward councillors)

Status tracker (Licensing Trusts – Auckland region)

Wikipedia update snippets

Wikidata – QuickStatements patterns

Set these variables for copy/paste:

1. PERSON_Q = QID of the elected person
2. OFFICE_Q = either a specific office item “member of [Board]” (preferred), or use generic “local board member” item with of-qualifier (P642) to the board
3. BOARD_Q = QID of the local board
4. ELECTION_Q = QID for “2025 Auckland local elections” (or a specific local-board-election item if modeled)
5. STARTDATE = +2025-10-xxT00:00:00Z/11 (adjust)
6. SOURCE_Q = QID for “Auckland Council” or the election authority
7. URL = official results URL
8. RETRIEVAL = +2025-10-xxT00:00:00Z/11

(A) Position held with references (office-specific item)

PERSON_Q	P39	OFFICE_Q	P580	STARTDATE	P2715	ELECTION_Q	S248	SOURCE_Q	S854	"URL"	S813	RETRIEVAL

(B) If using a generic office item + “of” qualifier (P642)

PERSON_Q	P39	GENERIC_LOCAL_BOARD_MEMBER_Q	P642	BOARD_Q	P580	STARTDATE	P2715	ELECTION_Q	S248	SOURCE_Q	S854	"URL"	S813	RETRIEVAL

(C) Close previous term (add end time to the prior P39)

<!-- Example approach: set P582 on the old P39 via the UI, or export with WD-FIST/QS using statement IDs if available. -->

(D) Optional qualifiers if modeled

• P4100 (victory) – add vote count/percentage if reliably published.
• P102 (member of political party) – if a party ticket is clearly stated in reliable sources.
• P1365/P1366 (replaces / replaced by) – for seat succession where modeled.

Commons: categories and files

Potential categories (create if missing)

• Category:2025-2028 Auckland Council Election Candidates
• Category:2025-2028 BOARD NAME Local Board members
• Category:Auckland local board members 2025–2028
• Category:2025 Auckland local elections

File naming pattern for uploads

Firstname Lastname (BOARD NAME Local Board member 2025–2028).jpg

Description template

{{Information
 |description = {{en|1=Portrait of '''Firstname Lastname''', member of the '''BOARD NAME Local Board''' (2025–2028).}}
 |date        = 2025
 |source      = AUTHORITATIVE SOURCE / own work
 |author      = 
 |permission  = 
 |other_versions = 
}}
[[Category:2025-2028 BOARD NAME Local Board members]]

SPARQL helpers

Items with P39 “local board member” and no end time (potentially continuing or needing closure)

SELECT ?person ?personLabel ?board ?boardLabel WHERE {
  ?person p:P39 ?st.
  ?st ps:P39 ?office.
  OPTIONAL { ?st pq:P642 ?board. }
  FILTER(NOT EXISTS { ?st pq:P582 ?end })  
  FILTER(EXISTS { ?st pq:P2715 ?election. })  # elected positions
  SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en,mi". }
}

People elected in 2025 without a start time (needs P580)

SELECT ?person ?personLabel ?office ?officeLabel WHERE {
  ?person p:P39 ?st.
  ?st pq:P2715 ?election; ps:P39 ?office.
  FILTER(YEAR(?election) = 2025 || STR(?election) LIKE "2025")  
  FILTER(NOT EXISTS { ?st pq:P580 ?start })
  SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "en,mi". }
}

Notes / conventions

• P39 (“position held”) modeling: Use a board-specific office item as the value (e.g., P39 = “member of Albert-Eden Local Board”). Only if no such office item exists, use the generic office (e.g., “local board member”) and add the qualifier P642 = [that board]. Keep one pattern per board; don’t mix both for the same term.
• Always include a reference on P39 from the official results; add retrieval date.
• Update Wikipedia lists first, then mirror to Wikidata; Commons categories last.
• Use macrons in board names per Auckland Council source (e.g., Māngere–Ōtāhuhu).

Results Stages

As per the Auckland local elections 2025 website:

Progress results include votes received until the evening of Friday 10 October 2025. They do not include special votes or votes received on Saturday morning. Progress results will be shared as soon as possible on election day. We expect them to be available after 3pm.

Preliminary results include votes received on the morning of Saturday 11 October 2025. Special votes are still not included. Preliminary results will be announced on Monday 13 October 2025.

Final results and official results include all votes, including special votes. They will be released by Friday 17 October 2025.

RESULTS ARE PROVISIONAL UNTIL THE FINAL RELEASE ON FRIDAY 17 OCTOBER 2025