2019 Wellington Local Elections

The 2019 Wellington Region local elections were part of the wider 2019 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. These elections covered one regional council (the Greater Wellington Regional Council), eight territorial authorities (city and district councils), three district health boards, and various community boards and licensing trusts.

Greater Wellington Regional Council

Councillors standing down

By July 2019 four councillors had announced that they would not be standing for re-election to the Wellington Regional Council; Sue Kedgley, Chris Laidlaw, Ian McKinnon and Paul Swain. The GWRC has been "under fire" for changes to the bus services, particularly in Wellington city.

Kapiti Coast constituency (1)

* Penny Gaylor
* Neil Mackay

Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta/Upper Hutt constituency (1)

* Ros Connelly
* Mark Crofskey
* Bill Hammond
* Steve Pattinson

Wairarapa constituency (1)

* Pim Borren
* Richard Moore
* Adrienne Staples

Porirua-Tawa constituency (2)

* Jenny Brash
* Barbara Donaldson
* Chris Kirk-Burnnand
* Vaughn Liley
* Phillip Marshall (Labour)
* Natalie Repia
* Roger Watkin

Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt constituency (3)

* Leonie Dobbs
* Peter Glensor
* Ken Laban
* Pue Lamason
* David Ogden
* Josh van Lier

Poneke/Wellington constituency (5)

* Roger Blakeley
* Gavin Bruce
* Tony de Lorenzo
* Jill Ford
* Alexander Garside
* Glenda Hughes (Wellington Party)
* Tony Jansen
* John Klaphake
* Anand Kochunny
* David Lee
* Yvonne Legarth
* Troy Mihaka (Wellington Party)
* Deane Milne
* Thomas Nash (Green)
* Philip O'Brien (Wellington Party)
* Bryce Pender
* Daran Ponter (Labour)
* Phil Quin
* Victoria Rhodes-Carlin
* Helene Ritchie
* Lesleigh Salinger
* Sam Somers
* Ray Wilson

Kapiti Coast District Council

Porirua City Council

Upper Hutt City Council

Mayor (1)

* Wayne Guppy
* Angela McLeod
* Steve Taylor

Councillors (10)

* Michael Anderson
* Dylan Bentley
* Chris Carson
* Luke Cooke
* Ted Cooper
* Blair Griffiths
* Michael Hurle
* Harry Dale Kent
* Paul Lambert
* Rebecca Macann
* Glenn McArthur
* Angela McLeod
* D J McNicholas
* Heather Newell
* Michael Newell
* Hellen Swales
* Steve Taylor
* Paul Thompson
* Tracy Ultra
* Dave Wheeler

Hutt City Council

Mayor (1)

* James Anderson
* Campbell Barry (Labour)
* George MacKay
* David Smith
* Ray Wallace

Councillors – at-large (6)

* James Anderson
* Campbell Barry (Labour)
* Josh Briggs
* Brady Dyer
* Simon Edwards
* Michael Gray
* Deborah Hislop
* Tesh Kells
* Michael Lulich
* George MacKay
* Chris Norton (Green)
* Ashok Neil Parbhu
* Joshua Peauafi
* Shazly Rasheed
* Naomi Shaw
* Phil Sprey
* Kamiria Mid Thomas-Savelio
* Gabriel Tupou
* Karen Yung

Councillor – Central ward (1)

Incumbent councillor David Bassett was re-elected unopposed.

Councillor – Eastern ward (1)

* Glenda Barratt
* Andy Mitchell

Councillor – Harbour ward (1)

* Tui Lewis
* Simon Monrad
* Gavin Murphy

Councillor – Northern ward (1)

* Casey Diver
* Julie Englebretsen
* Leigh Sutton

Councillor – Wainuiomata ward (1)

* Keri Brown (Labour)
* Anania Randell

Councillor – Western ward (1)

* Margaret Cousins
* Chris Milne
* Chris Parkin

Wellington City Council

Mayor

Motukairangi/Eastern Ward Ward

The Motukairangi-Eastern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Sarah Free, Simon Marsh, and Chris Calvi-Freeman—Free and Calvi-Freeman sought re-election; Marsh did not.

Free was re-elected in the first count, and newcomer Teri O'Neill was elected in the fourth (after the elimination of Ajay Rathod, Bernard O'Shaughnessy, and Steph Edlin, in that order). The final seat was taken in the fifth count by Sean Rush, who had overtaken Calvi-Freeman after starting narrowly behind him.

Paekawakawa/Southern Ward

The Paekawakawa/Southern ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Fleur Fitzsimons and David Lee—Fitzsimons sought re-election; Lee did not.

Fitzsimons and newcomer Laurie Foon (from the same party as outgoing councillor Lee) were both elected in the first count. Since there were only two seats to be filled, no further counts were necessary.

Pukehīnau/Lambton Ward

The Pukehīnau/Lambton ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Iona Pannett, Nicola Young, and Brian Dawson—all three sought re-election.

Pannett and Young received enough votes in the first count to be elected immediately. Dawson lost his seat in the sixth count to newcomer Tamatha Paul, after all other candidates (Harry Smith, Lee Orchard, and Shan Ng) had been eliminated.

Takapū/Northern Ward

The Takapū/Northern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Jill Day, Malcolm Sparrow, and Peter Gilberd—all three sought re-election.

Day and Sparrow retained their seats (the former being re-elected in the first round). Gilberd was beaten for the last seat by a newcomer, Jenny Condie, after the elimination (in order) of Tracy Hurst-Porter, John Peters, Graeme Sawyer, and John Apanowicz.

Wharangi/Onslow-Western Ward

The Wharangi/Onslow-Western ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Andy Foster, Simon Woolf, and Diane Calvert—all three were on the ballot again, although Foster's candidacy was superseded by his victory in the mayoral race, and his votes were redistributed according to next preferences.

Calvert was re-elected in the first count. Woolf was re-elected in the seventh, after Ray Chung, Richard McIntosh, and Rohan Biggs were eliminated. Newcomer Rebecca Matthews was elected in the tenth, after the elimination of Conor Hill and over Michelle Rush, the other remaining candidate.

Masterton District Council

Mayor (1)

* Cory Burling
* Graeme Farr
* Tina Nixon
* Lyn Patterson

Councillors (10)

* Gary Caffell
* Deborah Davidson
* Brent Gare
* Carys Gibbs
* David Holmes
* Jonathan Hooker
* Peter James
* Bex Johnson
* Ronald Karaitiana
* Donna Laing
* John Lapslie
* Britt Leveridge
* Frazer Mailman
* Graham McClymont
* Isabella McClymont
* Tim Nelson
* Tina Nixon
* Chris Peterson
* Sandy Ryan
* David Wright

Carterton District Council

Mayor (1)

* Bernard Bottrill
* Graeme Farr
* Jill Greathead
* Greg Lang

Councillors (8)

* Dalina Armstrong
* Steffen Bertram
* Bernard Bottrill
* Roger Boulter
* Ruth Carter
* Robyn Cherry-Campbell
* Steve Cretney
* Brian Deller
* John Fairbrother
* Jill Greathead
* Jenna Hagan
* Russell Keys
* Douge Mende
* Hank Optland
* Mike Osborne
* Marty Sebire
* Ron Shaw
* Rob Stockley
* Rebecca Vergunst
* Justus Verheij
* Dale Williams

South Wairarapa District Council

Mayor (1)

* Beijen Alex
* Graeme Farr
* Dayle Harwood
* Viv Napier

Councillors – Greytown ward (3)

* James Bicknall
* Rebecca Fox
* Leigh Hay
* Alistair Plimmer
* Warren Woodgyer

Councillors – Featherston ward (3)

* Garrick Emms
* Colin Olds
* Ross Vickery
* Brenda West

Councillors – Martinborough ward (3)

* Pam Colenso
* Daphne Geisler
* Jason Jackson
* Brian Jepson
* Pip Maynard

References

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