2007 Auckland City mayoral election

The 2007 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 2007, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including nineteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

2007 Auckland City mayoral election

13 October 2007
Turnout	111,759
Candidate John Banks Dick Hubbard Party Independent Independent Popular vote 45,387 35,314 Percentage 40.61 31.59
Mayor before election Dick Hubbard Elected Mayor John Banks

Background

The election saw one-term Mayor Dick Hubbard defeated by his predecessor John Banks. Hubbard was the third consecutive mayor voted out after only one term and Banks became the first former mayor of Auckland to reclaim the position since Dove-Myer Robinson in 1968.

This was to be the last election for municipal offices to the Auckland City Council. By 2010 it had merged to become part of the new Auckland Council. Banks stood for the newly created office of Mayor of Auckland but lost to former Mayor of Manukau City Len Brown.

Mayoralty results

The following table gives the election results:

2007 Auckland mayoral election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Banks	45,387	40.61	+4.23
	Independent	Dick Hubbard	35,314	31.59	-19.19
	Independent	Alex Swney	10,677	9.55
	Independent	John Hinchcliff	5,151	4.60
	Independent	Steve Crow	5,101	4.56
	Independent	Elaine West	2,286	2.04
	Independent	Lisa Prager	2,183	1.95
	Christians Against Abortion	Phil O'Connor	1,087	0.97	+0.17
	Independent	Glen Snelgar	836	0.74
	Communist League	Felicity Coggan	735	0.65	+0.30
	Independent	Coralie Van Camp	716	0.64
	Independent	Scruff Ralph	712	0.63
	Independent	Raymond Presland	497	0.44
	Direct Democracy	Steve Taylor	438	0.39
	Independent	Susan Roberts	299	0.26
Informal votes			340	0.30	+0.09
Majority			10,073	9.01
Turnout			111,759

Ward results

Candidates were also elected from wards to the Auckland City Council.

	Party/ticket	Councillors
	Citizens & Ratepayers	11
	City Vision	3
	Labour	2
	Independent	2
	Focus Eden-Albert	1

References

1. "Declaration of Results". Archived from the original on 20 February 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2016.