2010 Auckland local elections

The 2010 Auckland local elections took place from 17 September until 9 October and were conducted by postal vote. The elections were the first since the merger of the seven councils and elected the new Auckland Council, composed of the mayor and 20 councillors, and 149 members of 21 local boards. It also elected 21 district health board members and 41 licensing trust members.

2010 Auckland Council Election Results

Mayoral election

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At the close of nominations at 12 noon of 20 August 2010, the following candidates had been nominated for mayor:[1]

Name Affiliation (if any) Notes
Aileen Austin Independent
John Banks Independent Sitting Auckland City mayor and former National Party MP
Marlene Barr Independent
Penny Bright
Len Brown Independent Sitting Manukau City mayor
Hugh Chapman Independent
Colin Craig Independent
Nga Dave Independent
Harry Fong Independent
Shannon Gillies
Vinnie Kahui
Alan McCulloch Independent
Steve McDonald Independent
Willie Morton Temnak Withdrew 8 September 2010
Vanessa Neeson Independent Waitakere City Councillor and former National Party candidate
Phil O'Connor Christians Against Abortion
Simon Prast Independent
Raymond Presland
Mark Ross Independent
Annalucia Vermunt Communist League
Andrew Williams Independent Progressive Leadership Sitting North Shore City mayor
David Willmott
Wayne Young

Governing body elections

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20 members were elected to governing body of the Auckland Council across thirteen wards using first-past-the-post.

Auckland Council Rodney ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Penny Webster 8645 43.0
Christine Rose 5960 29.7
Tom Ashton 4204 20.9
Vincent Pereira 485 2.4
Rejected ballots 801 4.0
Turnout 20096
Auckland Council Albany ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Michael Goudie 9201
Putting People First Wayne Walker 8547
Proudly Independent Julia Parfitt 7434
Putting People First John Watson 6887
Proudly Independent John Kirikiri 6290
Citizens & Ratepayers Linda Cooper 6152
Shore Voice Margaret Miles 6120
Independent Ian Bradley 5579
Citizens & Ratepayers Josephine Kim 5570
Independent Brian Neeson 4911
Independent Progressive Leadership Andrew Williams 4668
Accountable Independent Ross Craig 3916
Independent Rodney Bell 3388
Independent David Cooper 2978
Independent Alan McCulloch 2851
Independent Laurie Conder 1499
Cameron Slater 1298
Roads First David Willmott 1221
Independent Uzra Balouch 766
Rejected ballots 3402
Auckland Council North Shore ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens & Ratepayers - North Shore George Wood 14902
Shore Voice Ann Hartley 13616
Independent Grant Gillon 12626
North Now Christine Rankin 12489
Independent Joel Cayford 10427
Shore Voice Chris Darby 9077
Independent Vivienne Keohane 5650
Independent Jan O'connor 3458
Independent Mary-Anne Benson-Cooper 2709
Independent Steve Ashby 2647
Independent Harry Fong 2356
Independent Ken Mckay 1905
Rejected ballots 2288
Auckland Council Waitākere Ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Penny Hulse 18125
Best for the West Sandra Coney 13451
Best for the West Paul Walbran 11400
Citizens & Ratepayers - Waitakere Marie Hasler 10584
Citizens & Ratepayers - Waitakere Mark Brickell 10491
Independent Vanessa Neeson 9609
Independent Peter Chan 6599
CAP - Communities Advancing Prosperity Sailauama Cheryl Talamaivao 4357
Independent Bill Daly 2305
Rejected ballots 2568
Auckland Council Whau ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens & Ratepayers Noelene Mary Raffills 7518 30.8
Independent Ratepayers & Residents Ross Clow 7132 29.2
Independent Jeremy Kirwan 3934 16.1
Independent Ruby Manukia-schaumkel 3288 13.5
Rejected ballots 2540 10.4
Turnout 24412
Auckland Council Albert-Eden-Roskill ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens & Ratepayers - Albert Eden Roskill Christine Fletcher 20777
City Vision Cathy Casey 15087
Citizens & Ratepayers - Albert Eden Roskill Paul Goldsmith 14503
City Vision Glenda Fryer 13283
Independent Ravi Musuku 6837
Focus Local Mark Donnelly 6090
Albert-Eden-Roskill Ratepayers & Residents Assn Peter Boys 4375
Independent Lisa Bates 4037
Independent Gary Russell 3719
Independent Harry Palmer 2734
Independent Susanna Kruger 2670
Rejected ballots 4107
Auckland Council Waitemata and Gulf ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mike Lee 11436 42.7
Independent Alex Swney 5398 20.2
Independent Tenby Powell 3363 12.6
Independent Rob Thomas 2905 10.9
Independent Janis Marler 850 3.2
Independent Craig Thomas 619 2.3
Rejected ballots 2187 8.2
Turnout 26758
Auckland Council Ōrākei ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Cameron Brewer 18235 51.5
Citizens & Ratepayers Doug Armstrong 11101 31.4
Independent Hugh Chapman 3590 10.1
Rejected ballots 2476 7.0
Turnout 35402
Auckland Council Maungakiekie-Tamaki ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Northey 9236 40.6
Citizens & Ratepayers Alfred Ngaro 7505 33.0
Independent Simon Prast 3409 15.0
Communist League Patrick Brown 751 3.3
Independent Walter Wi-peri 286 1.3
Rejected ballots 1559 6.9
Turnout 22746
Auckland Council Howick ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Sharon Stewart 23716
Citizens & Ratepayers - Howick Jami-Lee Ross 19289
Citizens & Ratepayers - Howick Dick Quax 19036
Residents and Ratepayers Team David Collings 11590
Independent Maggie Burrill 10674
Community Voice Mike Padfield 4352
Rejected ballots 2413

The ward was originally going to be called Te Irirangi, but this was changed after strong local opposition.[3]

Auckland Council Manukau ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alf Filipaina 15235
Independent Arthur Anae 13260
Citizens & Ratepayers - Manukau Bob Wichman 12032
Labour Party Efu Koka 11287
Independent Gary Troup 9136
Residents & Ratepayers Sylvia Taylor 6637
Independent Brent Morrissey 3565
ABC - A Better Choice Rosie Brown 3168
ABC - A Better Choice Salote Lilo 3088
Independent Lupe Tofilau Alesana 2330
Independent Steven Afford 1087
Communist League Annalucia Vermunt 502
Rejected ballots 1568
Auckland Council Manurewa-Papakura ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Walker 20996
Manurewa-Papakura First Action Calum Penrose 17266
Residents & Ratepayers Barry Curtis 16597
Team South Waina Emery 4847
Team South Toa Greening 4018
ABC - A Better Choice Vui Sapa'u Vitale 2387
ABC - A Better Choice Timothy Toilolo 2056
Rejected ballots 1402
Auckland Council Franklin ward councillor election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens & Ratepayers - Team Franklin Des Morrison 10651 46.3
Independent Dianne Glenn 9495 41.3
Independent Herman Smeets 1392 6.1
Rejected ballots 1457 6.3
Turnout 22995

Licensing Trust elections

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In the 2010 Auckland licensing trust elections, forty-one members were elected to six licensing trusts across Auckland.[4]

Birkenhead Licensing Trust (6)

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Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Independent Grant Gillon 5012
Trust Reform Jennifer Yorke 4255
Trust Reform Marilyn Nicholls 4228
Stuart Weir 4022
Trust Reform Bill Plunkett 3881
Independent Merv Adair 3363
Independent Bruce Woodley 2666
Carol Ryan 2640
Independent Garry Thornton 2179
Trust Reform Tony Barker 1700

Mt Wellington Licensing Trust (6)

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Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Labour Leila Boye 5863
Labour Mike Murray 5539
Labour Alan Verrall 5518
Labour Jessica Gosche 5437
Labour Jan Welch 4923
Labour Mary-Ann De Kort 4639
Independent Leanne Cross 3675

Parakai Licensing Trust (6)

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Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Geoffrey Belton Elected Unopposed
Alan Hargreaves Elected Unopposed
Trevor Holst Elected Unopposed
Fred Jones Elected Unopposed
Gail Oxton Elected Unopposed
Veronica Pfenniger Elected Unopposed

Portage Licensing Trust

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No.1 (Auckland City) Ward (3)

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Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Citizens & Ratepayers - Community First Duncan MacDonald 6447
City Vision Catherine Farmer 5172
City Vision Loraine Wilson 4961
Community Independents/Whau_Now Kathryn Davie 4939
Community Independents/Whau_Now Paul Davie 4228
Citizens & Ratepayers - Community First Raj Mitra 4162
Citizens & Ratepayers - Community First Kevin Healy 4117
City Vision Margi Watson 3681

No.2 (New Lynn) Ward (2)

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Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Independent Ratepayers & Residents Derek Battersby Elected Unopposed
Citizens & Ratepayers - Community First Sandy Taylor Elected Unopposed

No.3 (Glen Eden) Ward (2)

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Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Independent Ratepayers & Residents Janet Clews 2281
Future West Neil Henderson 2065
Independent Gayle Marshall 1986

No.4 (Titirangi-Green Bay) Ward (2)

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Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Independent Ratepayers & Residents Ross Clow 4517
Local Focus Rebecca Robertson 2759
Future West Brett Austin 2713
Independent Ratepayers & Residents Pim Van Der Voort 2614
Independent Brent Peters 2536

No.5 (Kelston West) Ward (1)

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Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
West Wards Ami Chand Elected Unopposed

Wiri Licensing Trust (6)

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Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Manurewa Action Team Daniel Newman 8418
Manurewa Action Team Angela Dalton 8284
Manurewa Action Team Ken Penney 8168
Team Manurewa Waina Emery 6794
Team Manurewa Rangi Maclean 6177
Alan Johnson 6011
Manurewa Action Team Phil Palfrey 5608
Team Manurewa Terry Logan 5302
Manurewa Action Team Michelle Kingham 5194
Team Manurewa Tom Vanderlaan 4934
Manurewa Citizens on Patrol Katrina Komene 4683
Team Manurewa George Pomana 4651
Manurewa Action Team Pahulu Mote 4034
George Ngatai 3746
Team Manurewa Greg Whaiapu 3548
ABC - A Better Choice Vui Sapa'u Vitale 2992
Manurewa Citizens on Patrol Raewyn Bhana 2728

Waitakere Licensing Trust

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No.1 (Te Atatū) (2)

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Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Independent Ross Dallow 5263
Independent Elizabeth Grimmer 3827
Independent Bob Stanic 3577
Mike Williams 2353
Anti Pokie Alliance Sailauama Cheryl Talamaivao 2285

No.2 (Lincoln) (3)

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Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Independent Warren William Flaunty 9395
Citizens & Ratepayers Linda Cooper 9085
Independent Brian Neeson 7802
Future West Jeremy Greenbrook-Held 4809
John Carrodus 4078

No.3 (Waitakere) (1)

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Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Totally Independent Judy Lawley 2194
Independent Ratepayers & Residents Paul Mitchell 2114
Independent Adrian Delaat 655
Independent Don Chapman 627
Citizens & Ratepayers - Waitakere Mahendra Sharma 541

No.4 (Henderson) (1)

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Affiliation (if any) Name Votes
Independent Assid Corban 2185
Independent Mike Jolley 1772
Citizens & Ratepayers - Waitakere Daniel Fielding 1753
Independent Bob Van Ruyssvelt 686

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Auckland Council Mayoral Candidate Nominations - Interim listing as at 12 noon on 20 August 2010" (PDF). Auckland Council returning officer. 20 August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Auckland - Final Results" (PDF). 15 October 2010. Retrieved 17 October 2010.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Matt Bowen Howick name gets nod Eastern Courier, 4 June 2010
  4. ^ "Final results - Licensing trust". 18 April 2012. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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