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.

Mayoral election

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

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

Rodney (1)

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

Albany (2)

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

North Shore (2)

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

Waitakere (2)

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

Whau (1)

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

Albert-Eden-Roskill (2)

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

Waitemata and Gulf (1)

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

Ōrākei (1)

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

Maungakiekie-Tamaki (1)

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

Howick (2)

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]

Manukau (2)

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

Manurewa-Papakura (2)

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

Franklin (1)

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

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

Birkenhead Licensing Trust (6)

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)

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)

	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

No.1 (Auckland City) Ward (3)

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)

	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)

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)

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)

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

Wiri Licensing Trust (6)

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

No.1 (Te Atatū) (2)

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)

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)

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)

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

References

^ "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.
^ ^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]}
^ Matt Bowen Howick name gets nod Eastern Courier, 4 June 2010
^ "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)

External links

[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.

[finalresults-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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