The 2016 Auckland local elections took place between September and October 2016 by postal vote. The elections were the third since the merger of seven councils into the
Auckland Council
Auckland Council ( mi, Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau) is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional council and so is ...
, which is composed of the
mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ...
and 20 councillors, and 149 members of 21 local boards. Twenty-one
district health board members and 41 licensing trust members were also elected.
Mayoral election
Incumbent
Len Brown
Leonard Charles Brown (born 1 October 1956)) is a former mayor of Auckland, New Zealand, and former head of the Auckland Council. He won the 2010 Auckland mayoral election on 9 October 2010 and was sworn in as Mayor of Auckland on 1 Novembe ...
, the only Mayor of Auckland since the position was created, did not contest the mayoralty.
New Zealand Labour Party
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MP for
Mount Roskill
Mount Roskill is a suburban area in the city of Auckland, New Zealand. It is named for the volcanic peak Puketāpapa (commonly called "Mount Roskill" in English).
Description
The suburb, named after the Mount, is located seven kilometres to ...
Phil Goff
Philip Bruce Goff (born 22 June 1953) is a New Zealand politician. He was a member of the New Zealand Parliament from 1981 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 2016. He served as leader of the Labour Party and leader of the Opposition between 11 N ...
was elected mayor of Auckland.
Governing body elections
20 members were elected to the
Auckland Council
Auckland Council ( mi, Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau) is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand. It is a territorial authority that has the responsibilities, duties and powers of a regional council and so is ...
, across thirteen wards. There were 74 nominations and only one of the 13 wards was uncontested.
Rodney (1)
The incumbent was
Penny Webster
Penny Webster is a former mayor of Rodney District and a councillor on the Auckland Council. As mayor of Rodney she headed one of the six main local government entities generally considered as making up the Auckland metropolitan area (Auckland C ...
. She was defeated by
Greg Sayers.
Albany (2)
The incumbents
Wayne Walker and
John Watson were both elected to council for another term.
North Shore (2)
The incumbents were
Chris Darby and
George Wood. Wood did not contest the ward in 2016.
Darby was reelected as councillor. The second councillor elected was
Richard Hills, although as preliminary results were extremely close between himself and next rival
Grant Gillon
Grant Gillon is a former New Zealand politician. He was a member of parliament between 1996 and 2002, representing the Alliance Party, has held a number of seats in local government. He previously served on the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board ...
, he was not confirmed until after the final results were announced.
Waitakere (2)
The incumbents deputy mayor
Penny Hulse
Penelope Anne Hulse is a New Zealand politician, and was Deputy Mayor of Auckland from the formation of the Auckland Council Super City until 2016. She continues to represent the Waitākere Ward on the Auckland Council and is Chair of the Envir ...
and
Linda Cooper were both re-elected.
Waitemata and Gulf (1)
The incumbent
Mike Lee
Michael Shumway Lee (born June 4, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Utah, a seat he has held since 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Lee began his career as a clerk for the U ...
was re-elected ahead of media personality
Bill Ralston
Bill Ralston (born 1953) is a New Zealand journalist, broadcaster, and media personality, active in television, radio and print. He has worked as a political correspondent, fronted the television arts show Backch@t, and was the head of news an ...
.
Whau (1)
The incumbent
Ross Clow
Ross Clow is a New Zealand Labour Party politician who served as a councillor on the Auckland Council from 2013 to 2019. He was earlier a Waitakere City Councillor.
Political career
Clow served on the Waitakere City Council, where he served ...
was reelected.
Albert-Eden-Roskill (2)
The incumbents
Christine Fletcher
Christine Elizabeth Fletcher (née Lees, born 25 January 1955) is a New Zealand politician. Currently an Auckland Council councillor, she was previously a National Party Member of Parliament from 1990 to 1999, and served one term as Mayor of A ...
and
Cathy Casey were both reelected.
Maungakiekie-Tamaki (1)
The incumbent
Denise Krum was re-elected after switching from Communities and Residents to Auckland Future; at the same time, she reverted to her maiden name Denise Lee. Auckland Future mistakenly entered two candidates to contest the ward. While they could not remove Tiseli from the ballot, Auckland Future were able to remove their affiliation from his candidacy.
Manukau
Manukau (), or Manukau Central, is a suburb of South Auckland, New Zealand, centred on the Manukau City Centre business district. It is located 23 kilometres south of the Auckland Central Business District, west of the Southern Motorway, so ...
(2)
The incumbents were
Alf Filipaina
Alfred Meredith Filipaina is a New Zealand politician who is an Auckland Councillor.
Biography
From the mid 1980s until 1997, Filipaina worked as a community constable in Māngere Bridge.
Political career
Filipaina was a Manukau City ...
and
Arthur Anae
Arthur Anae (born 1945) is a New Zealand politician who served on the Auckland Council. He was an MP from 1996 to 1999, and again from 2000 to 2002. He was part of the National Party, being its first Pacific Islander MP.
Early life
Anae, who wa ...
. Anae did not contest the ward in 2016. Filipaina was reelected and joined by new councillor Efeso Collins.
Manurewa-Papakura (2)
The incumbents were
John Walker and
Calum Penrose
Calum Penrose is a New Zealand politician who was Mayor of Papakura from 2007 to 2010, and an Auckland Councillor from 2010 to 2016.
Political career
In 2007 Penrose was elected the Mayor of Papakura, defeating incumbent John Robertson (New Ze ...
. Walker was reelected however Penrose was ousted by Daniel Newman, the only candidate not already a councillor.
Franklin
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People
* Franklin (given name)
* Franklin (surname)
* Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class
Places Australia
* Franklin, Tasmania, a township
* Division of Franklin, federal electoral d ...
(1)
The incumbent,
Bill Cashmore, was the only candidate and so was declared elected unopposed.
Ōrākei
Ōrākei is a suburb of Auckland city, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on a peninsula five kilometres to the east of the city centre, on the shore of the Waitematā Harbour, which lies to the north, and Hobson Bay and Orakei ...
(1)
The incumbent,
Cameron Brewer
Cameron Eric Brewer (born 8 March 1973) is a New Zealand former politician who was an elected representative on Auckland Council for nine years – a two-term Auckland Councillor for Ōrākei Ward, and one term as an elected member of the Rodney ...
, was elected unopposed in 2013 but did not contest the ward in 2016. Desley Simpson was comfortably elected.
Howick (2)
The incumbents,
Dick Quax
Theodorus Jacobus Leonardus "Dick" Quax (1 January 1948 – 28 May 2018) was a Dutch-born New Zealand runner, one-time world record holder in the 5000 metres, and local-body politician.
Quax stood for Parliament for the ACT Party in 1999 and ...
and
Sharon Stewart, were elected unopposed in 2013. Despite eight other candidates contesting the ward in 2016, both were reelected.
Licensing Trust elections
35 Members were elected to 5 licensing trusts across Auckland.
Birkenhead Licensing Trust (6)
Mt Wellington Licensing Trust (6)
Portage Licensing Trust
Ward No 1 – Auckland City (3)
Ward No 2 – New Lynn (2)
Ward No 3 – Glen Eden (2)
Ward No 4 – Titirangi / Green Bay (2)
Ward No 5 – Kelston West (1)
Waitakere Licensing Trust
Ward No 1 – Te Atatū (2)
Ward No 2 –Lincoln (3)
Ward No 3 – Waitakere (1)
Ward No 4 – Henderson (1)
Wiri Licensing Trust (6)
References
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Auckland
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Local elections 2016
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