The 2013 Auckland local elections took place between 20 September and 12 October and were conducted by postal vote. The elections were the second 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

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and 20 councillors, and 149 members of 21 local boards. Twenty-one district health board members and 41 licensing trust members were also elected. The previous elections were in 2010. Early (not final) voting figures are below. The overall effect of the election was a shift of the Auckland Council to the

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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 ...

was re-elected.

Council ward elections

20 members were elected to governing body of the

across thirteen wards.

Rodney (1)

Albany (2)

North Shore (2)

Waitakere (2)

Waitemata and Gulf (1)

Whau (1)

Albert-Eden-Roskill (2)

Maungakiekie-Tamaki (1)

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)

Manurewa-Papakura (2)

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(1)

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)

Howick (2)

Local board elections

Licensing trust elections

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

External links

2013 Election candidates
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Local elections 2013 2010s in Auckland