2010 Wellington local elections

The Wellington local elections, 2010 are part of the 2010 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Wellington elections cover one regional council (the Greater Wellington Regional Council), eight territorial authority (city and district) councils, three district health boards, and various local boards and licensing trusts.

As per the Local Electoral Act 2001, all the elections will occur on Saturday 9 October 2010.[1] Voting is carried out by postal ballot, using one of two voting systems: Single Transferable Vote for the district health boards and three of the territorial authority councils, and First Past The Post for the remaining territorial authority councils, the regional council, and all the local boards and trusts.

Greater Wellington Regional Council

The Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) is the regional council covering the whole Wellington Region. It represents a population of 478,600 as of the Statistics New Zealand's June 2009 estimate,[2] and consists of thirteen councillors elected from six constituencies (Wellington, Lower Hutt, Porirua-Tawa, Kapiti Coast, Upper Hutt, Wairarapa) using the First Past The Post voting system.

Wellington constituency

The Wellington constituency returns five members to the GWRC. At the close of nominations at 12 noon on 20 August 2010, the candidates nominated for the Wellington constituency were:[3]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Judith Aitken		Incumbent
	Sally Baber		Incumbent
	Paul Bruce	Green	Incumbent
	Dianne Buchan	Independent
	Charles Finny
	Michael Gibson	REFORM
	Chris Laidlaw	Independent	Incumbent
	Chris Lipscombe	Labour
	Terry McDavitt	Independent
	Daran Ponter	Labour
	Bill Rainey	Independent
	Fran Wilde	Independent	Incumbent, Regional Council Chair

Lower Hutt constituency

Greater Wellington Regional Council Lower Hutt constituency councillor election, 2010[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Peter Glensor	15,600
		Sandra Greig	14,643
		Prue Lamason	13,866
		John Terris	12,640
		Rose Thomas	10,001

Porirua-Tawa constituency

The Porirua-Tawa constituency returns two members to the GWRC. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Porirua-Tawa constituency were:[3]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Jenny Brash	Independent	Current Porirua City Council mayor
	John Burke	Independent	Incumbent
	Barbara Donaldson		Incumbent
	Pat Hanley	Independent

Kapiti Coast constituency

One member from the Kapiti constituency was elected to GWRC. Incumbent Nigel Wilson retained the seat against former Kapiti Coast District councillor Ann Chapman.

Greater Wellington Regional Council Kapiti Coast constituency councillor election, 2010[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Nigel Wilson	8427	54.69	+46.31
		Ann Chapman	6982	45.31
Turnout			15,409

Upper Hutt constituency

Greater Wellington Regional Council Upper Hutt constituency councillor election, 2010[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Paul Swain	5079	42.52
		Rex Kirton	3764	31.51
		Stephanie Lambert	1946	16.29
		Alan Jefferies	1155	9.67
Turnout			11,994

Wairarapa constituency

One member from the Wairarapa constituency was elected to GWRC. Former Carterton District Council mayor Gary McPhee won the constituency, defeating incumbent Ian Buchannan.

Greater Wellington Regional Council Wairarapa constituency councillor election, 2010[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Gary McPhee	6644	44.15
		Ian Buchannan	5937	39.45	-37.11
		Perry Cameron	2467	16.39	-32.69
Turnout			15,048

Territorial authority councils

The Wellington Region contains eight second-tier territorial authority councils in their entirety and a small part of a ninth (Tararua District). The eight councils are Wellington City Council, Hutt City Council, Porirua City Council, Upper Hutt City Council, Kapiti Coast District Council, Masterton District Council, Carterton District Council, and South Wairarapa District Council.

Wellington City Council

The Wellington City Council represents a population of 195,500 as of June 2009,[2] and consists of a mayor and fourteen councillors elected from five wards (Northern, Onslow-Western, Lambton, Eastern, Southern) using the Single Transferable Vote system.[5]

Mayor

One mayor is elected at large from the entire Wellington City Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Mayor were:[6]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Al Mansell
	Bernard O'Shaughnessy
	Bryan Pepperell		Current Southern ward councillor
	Kerry Prendergast		Incumbent
	Celia Wade-Brown		Current Southern ward councillor
	Jack Yan

Eastern ward

The Eastern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Eastern ward were:[6]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Ray Ahipene-Mercer		Incumbent
	Taima Fagaloa	Labour	Current Porirua City Councillor
	Mike Fiechter
	Leonie Gill	Labour	Incumbent
	Rob Goulden		Incumbent
	Simon (Swampy) Marsh
	Mike Mellor
	Amanda Nicolle
	Allan Probert
	Rosemary Russell
	Tony Travers

Lambton Ward

The Lambton ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Lambton ward were:[6]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	John Bishop
	Stephanie Cook		Incumbent
	Adam Cunningham
	Michael Fowler
	Marcus Ganley	Labour
	Mark Greening
	Ian McKinnon		Incumbent
	Iona Pannett	Green	Incumbent
	Kris Price

Northern Ward

The Northern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Northern ward were:[6]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Ngaire Best		Incumbent
	Camilia Chin
	Justin Lester	Labour
	Gareth R Morgan
	Helene Ritchie	Labour	Incumbent
	Gary W Roberts	Make a Difference
	Hayley Wain		Incumbent

Onslow-Western Ward

The Onslow-Western ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Onslow-Western ward were:[6]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Sharon Blaikie	Labour
	Jo Coughlan		Incumbent
	Mike Fleming
	Andy Foster		Incumbent
	John Morrison		Incumbent
	Jack Ruben
	Ingrid Sage

Southern Ward

The Southern ward is the only ward that returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council (all others returning three). It is also the only ward with an incumbent is standing down (with Celia Wade-Brown standing for the mayoralty only). At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Southern ward were:[6]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Paul Eagle	Labour
	Ida Faiumu-Isa'ako
	Keith Johnson	Labour
	Greg McPhee
	Will Moore
	Thomas Morgan
	Rex Nairn
	Bernard O'Shaughnessy
	Seann Paurini
	Bryan Pepperell		Incumbent

Hutt City Council

The Hutt City Council represents a population of 102,100 as of June 2009,[2] and consists of a mayor and twelve councillors elected from six wards (Central, Eastern, Harbour, Northern, Wainuiomata, Western) elected using the First Past The Post system.[7]

Mayor

One mayor is elected at large from the entire Hutt City Council area. At close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Mayor were:[8]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	David Ogden	City Vision	Incumbent
	Ray Wallace	Independent	Current Wainuiomata ward councillor

Central ward

The Central ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council. At close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Central ward were:[8]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Glenda Barratt	Independent
	David Bassett		Incumbent
	Steven Lulich
	Chris Milne	City Vision

Eastern ward

The Eastern ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Eastern ward were:[8]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Paul Alcock	Independent
	Barbara Bialy
	Barbara Branch	City Vision	Incumbent
	Lisa Bridson
	Ephraim Gazo	Independent
	Grant Brookes	Valley Action Network
	Roger Styles	City Vision	Incumbent
	Nick Ursin	Independent Action

Harbour ward

The Harbour ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Harbour ward were:[8]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Robert Ashe	Green
	Joy Baird	Independent	Incumbent
	Mason Branch	Independent
	Michelle Ducat	Valley Action Network
	Daniel Glover	Independent
	Pam Hanna	Independent
	Ross Jamieson	Independent	Incumbent
	Michael Lulich

Northern ward

The Northern ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Northern ward were:[8]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Fred Allen	Independent
	Julie Englebretsen	Independent
	Angus Finlayson	Independent	Incumbent
	Omar Hamed	Valley Action Network
	Leole Malama
	Gwen McDonald	Independent	Incumbent
	Graeme Sharman

Wainuiomata ward

The Wainuiomata ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Wainuiomata ward were:[8]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Ken Laban	Labour
	Jim Manu
	Reg Moore	Wainuiomata First
	Ray Wallace	Independent	Incumbent
	Margaret Willard	Independent

Western ward

The Western ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Western ward were:[8]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Margaret Cousins	Independent	Incumbent
	Max Shierlaw	Independent	Incumbent
	Lynette Vigrass	Independent

Porirua City Council

The Porirua City Council represents a population of 51,500 as of June 2009,[2] and consists of a mayor and thirteen councillors elected from three wards: Eastern, Northern, and Western, using the Single Transferable Vote system.[9]

Mayor

One mayor is elected at large from the entire Porirua City Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Mayor were:[10]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Litea Ah Hoi		Current Eastern ward councillor
	Brian Collins	Independent
	Mike Duncan
	Gregory Fortuin	Independent
	Piripi Gray
	Liz Kelly	Independent	Current Western ward councillor
	Nick Leggett	Independent	Current Northern ward councillor
	Russell Marshall		Former MP
	Peter Windsor

Eastern ward

The Eastern ward returns five councillors to the Porirua City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Eastern ward were:[10]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Litea Ah Hoi		Incumbent
	Jude Barlow	Independent
	Dave Cochran
	Piripi Gray
	Denys Latham	Independent	Incumbent
	Tim Salelea Manu	Independent	Incumbent
	Hayden Nash	Independent Labour
	Wayne Poutoa
	Robert Rangi	Independent
	Maria Salu-Burgess
	Faafoi Seiuli

Northern ward

The Northern ward returns five councillors to the Porirua City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Northern ward were:[10]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Anita Baker
	Sue Dow	Independent	Incumbent
	Bronwyn Kropp	Independent
	Pauline Morse
	Euon Murrell	Independent	Incumbent
	Tim Sheppard		Incumbent

Western ward

The Western ward returns three councillors to the Porirua City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Western ward are:[10]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	'Ana Coffey	Independent
	Ken Douglas	Labour	Incumbent
	Graeme Ebbett
	Victoria Jakobs		Victoria's Facebook Page
	Liz Kelly	Independent	Incumbent
	Henry Smith	Labour	Incumbent
	Toni Tana

Upper Hutt City Council

The Upper Hutt City Council represents a population of 40,600 as of June 2009,[2] and consists of a mayor and ten councillors elected using the First Past the Post system.[11]

Mayor

One mayor is elected at large from the entire Upper Hutt City Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Mayor were:[11]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Wayne Guppy		Incumbent
	Adrian Sparrow
	Hellen Swales

Councillors at large

Ten councillors are elected at large from the entire Upper Hutt City Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Councillors at large were:[11]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Michael Anderson
	Mary Archibald		Incumbent
	Katy Austin		Incumbent
	Christine Balzer-Gibbs
	Paul Brown
	Mark Carter
	Dean Chandler-Mills
	Pat Christianson		Incumbent
	Nellie Gillies
	Chris Gleeson
	John Gwilliam		Incumbent
	Bob Lendrum
	Glenn McArthur
	Peter McCardle		Incumbent
	Angela McLeod
	Heather Newell		Incumbent
	Rattan Prakash
	Dean Rabbitt		Incumbent
	Adrian Sparrow
	Hellen Swales
	Nick Thomas
	Barry Timms		Incumbent
	Dave Wheeler

Kāpiti Coast District Council

The Kāpiti Coast District Council represents a population of 55,300,[2] and consists of a mayor, five councillors elected at large, and five councillors elected from four wards: Ōtaki, Paekākāriki-Raumati, Paraparaumu, and Waikanae, using the Single Transferable Vote system.[12]

Mayor

One mayor is elected at large from the entire Kāpiti Coast District Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Mayor are:[13]

	Name	Party/Affiliation	Notes
	Ross Church
	Mike Clulee
	Chris Glover
	David Mitchell
	Jenny Rowan		Incumbent
	Chris Turver

Councillors at large

Five councillors are elected at large from the entire Kāpiti Coast District Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Councillors at large were:[13]

	Name	Party/Affiliation	Notes
	Diane Ammundsen		Incumbent
	Roger Booth
	Don Briggs
	Mike Cardiff
	Ross Church
	Hone Davis
	Helene Donaldson
	Peter Ellis		Incumbent
	Nick Fisher
	Glen Hooker
	Tony Jack		Incumbent
	Iride McCloy
	David Mitchell
	Don Moselen
	Michael Scott
	Doris Zuur

Ōtaki ward

The Ōtaki ward returns one councillor to the Kāpiti Coast District Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Ōtaki ward were:[13]

	Name	Party/Affiliation	Notes
	Andre Baker
	Penny Gaylor

Paekākāriki-Raumati ward

The Paekākāriki-Raumati ward returns one councillor to the Kāpiti Coast District Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Paekākāriki-Raumati ward were:[13]

	Name	Party/Affiliation	Notes
	C J Glover
	Janet Holborow
	Hilary Wooding		Incumbent

Paraparaumu ward

The Paraparaumu ward returns two councillors to the Kāpiti Coast District Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Paraparaumu ward were:[13]

	Name	Party/Affiliation	Notes
	Beryl Barr
	Mark Benton
	Peter Daniel		Incumbent
	K (Guru) Gurunathan
	Louella Jensen
	Tony Lester
	David Scott		Incumbent
	Marilyn Stephens

Waikanae ward

The Waikanae ward returns one councillor to the Kāpiti Coast District Council. At the close of nominations the, candidates nominated for the Waikanae ward were:[13]

	Name	Party/Affiliation	Notes
	Eric Gregory
	Richard Halliday
	Tony Lloyd
	Marie O'Sullivan
	Jocelyn Prvanov
	Harold Thomas

Masterton District Council

The Masterton District Council represents a population of 23,300 as of July 2009,[2] and consists of a mayor, five councillors elected at large, and five councillors elected from two wards: Rural and Urban, using the First Past the Post system.[14]

Mayor

One mayor is elected at large from the entire Masterton District Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Mayor are:[15]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Gary Caffell
	Garry Daniell		Incumbent
	David Holmes		Current councillor at large
	Chris Peterson		Current councillor at large
	Toi Walker

Councillors at large

Five councillors are elected at large from the entire Masterton District Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Councillors at large were:[15]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Alan Bohm
	Judith Callaghan		Incumbent
	Peter Debney
	Brent Goodwin		Incumbent
	Pip Hannon
	David Holmes		Incumbent
	Bruce Laing
	Edwin Perry		Current Urban ward councillor, former MP (New Zealand First, list)
	Chris Peterson		Incumbent
	Jane Terpstra		Incumbent
	Toi Walker	Māori

Rural ward

The Rural ward returns one councillor to the Masterton District Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Rural ward were:[15]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Karen Barbour
	Graham McClymont

Urban ward

The Urban ward returns four councillors to the Masterton District Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Councillors at large were:[15]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Doug Bracewell
	Gary Caffell
	Dingo Nick Dench
	Steph Gundersen-Reid
	Jonathan Hooker		Incumbent
	PJ Hunt
	Ronald Karaitiana	Independent
	Mark McGrath
	O'Dowd, Jim
	Lyn Patterson		Incumbent

Carterton District Council

The Carterton District Council represents a population of 9,480,[2] and consists of a mayor and eight councillors elected from two wards: Rural and Urban, using the First Past the Post system.[16]

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