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The Christchurch City Council is elected for three-year terms. At each election, the voting public chooses the mayor, city councillors and community board members.

2022–current

The composition of the council for the 2022 term is:

Christchurch City Council
Position	Ward	Name		Ticket
Mayor	At-large	Phil Mauger		Let's Get Stuff Done
Deputy Mayor	Innes	Pauline Cotter		The People's Choice
Councillor	Banks Peninsula	Tyrone Fields		The People's Choice
Councillor	Burwood	Kelly Barber		Independent for Burwood
Councillor	Cashmere	Tim Scandrett		Truly Independent
Councillor	Central	Jake McLellan		Labour
Councillor	Coastal	Celeste Donovan		Independent – Let's Make Waves
Councillor	Fendalton	James Gough		Independent Citizens
Councillor	Halswell	Andrei Moore		Independent
Councillor	Harewood	Aaron Keown		Independent Voice of Harewood
Councillor	Heathcote	Sara Templeton		Strong Community: Sustainable Future
Councillor	Hornby	Mark Peters		Independent for Hornby
Councillor	Linwood	Yani Johanson		The People's Choice – Labour
Councillor	Linwood	Yani Johanson		The People's Choice – Labour
Councillor	Papanui	Victoria Henstock		Your Local Independent Community Voice
Councillor	Riccarton	Tyla Harrison-Hunt		The People's Choice
Councillor	Spreydon	Melanie Coker		The People's Choice – Labour
Councillor	Spreydon	Melanie Coker		The People's Choice – Labour
Councillor	Waimairi	Sam MacDonald		Independent Citizens
Community Boards
Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks Peninsula Community Board
Position	Subdivision	Name	Affiliation (if any)		Notes
Chairperson	Wairewa	Lyn Leslie		Independent
Member	Lyttelton	Cathy Lum-Webb		The People's Choice
Member	Mount Herbert	Howard Needham		Independent
Member	Mount Herbert	Luana Swindells		The People's Choice
Member	Akaroa	Nigel Harrison		Independent
Member	Akaroa	Asif Hussain		Independent
Member (former)	Lyttelton	Reuben Davidson		The People's Choice	Resigned in July 2023 to stand as the Labour party candidate for Christchurch East electorate in the general election of that year, which he won.^[1]
Member	Lyttelton	Jillian Frater		The People's Choice	Elected at the 2024 Lyttelton Sub-division Community Board By-election.^[2]
Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board
Position	Ward	Member	Affiliation (if any)
Chairperson	Linwood	Paul McMahon		The People's Choice – Labour
Deputy Chairperson	Linwood	Jackie Simons		The People's Choice – Labour
Member	Burwood	Greg Mitchell		Independent
Member	Burwood	Tim Baker		Labour
Member	Coastal	Jo Zervos		Independent
Member	Coastal	Alex Hewison		The People's Choice – Labour
Waimāero Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board
Position	Ward	Member	Affiliation (if any)
Chairperson	Harewood	Jason Middlemiss		Independent Citizens
Deputy Chairperson	Fendalton	Bridget Williams		Independent Citizens
Member	Harewood	Linda Chen		Independent Citizens
Member	Waimairi	Nicola McCormick		Avonhead Community Group
Member	Waimairi	Shirish Paranjape		Independent Citizens
Member	Fendalton	David Cartwright		Independent Citizens
Waipuna Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board
Position	Ward	Member	Affiliation (if any)		Notes
Chairperson	Halswell	Marie Pollisco		The People's Choice	Appointed as chairperson after the resignation of Helen Broughton from the position. She has been the subject of concerns of a possible conflict-of-interest, as she also works for the Christchurch City Council planning department.^[3]
Deputy Chairperson	Riccarton	Helen Broughton		Independent Citizens	Was initially chairperson, but resigned amid controversy over her leadership and a "dysfunctional" board. Her initial resignation was rejected, as she included the stipulation that she remain board representative for issues relating to planning. She later resigned again, that time with no stipulations, which was accepted. She remained a member of the community board in the deputy-chairperson role.^[4]
Member	Hornby	Sarah Brunton		Independent
Member	Hornby	Henk Buunk		The People's Choice – Labour
Member	Halswell	Debbie Mora		Independent
Member	Riccarton	Gamal Fouda		The People's Choice	Imam of the Al Noor Mosque, moved to Australia in early 2025.^[5]
Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board
Position	Ward	Member	Affiliation (if any)		Notes
Chairperson	Papanui	Emma Norrish		Independent
Deputy Chairperson	Papanui	Simon Britten		Think Papanui
Member	Innes	Emma Twaddell		Independent
Member	Central	Sunita Gautam		Labour
Member	Central	John Miller		Labour
Member (former)	Papanui	Shreejana Chhetri		The People's Choice	Resigned within one month of the election result declaration, triggering a by-election.^[6]
Member	Innes	Ali Jones		Independent	Elected at the 2023 Innes community board by-election.^[7]
Waihoro Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board
Position	Ward	Member	Affiliation (if any)
Chairperson	Spreydon	Callum Ward		The People's Choice – Labour
Deputy Chairperson	Cashmere	Keir Leslie		The People's Choice – Labour
Member	Spreydon	Roy Kenneally		The People's Choice – Labour
Member	Cashmere	Lee Sampson		The People's Choice – Labour
Member	Heathcote	Will Hall		Independent Voice For Heathcote
Member	Heathcote	Tim Lindley		For Communities You'll Love To Live In

2019–2022

Council

The composition of the council for the 2019–2022 term was:

Position	Name		Ward
Mayor	Lianne Dalziel	Best for Christchurch	At-large
Deputy Mayor	Andrew Turner	The People's Choice	Banks Peninsula
Councillor	Phil Mauger	Independent	Burwood
Councillor	Tim Scandrett	Independent	Cashmere
Councillor	Jake McLellan	Labour	Central
Councillor	James Daniels (until June 2021)	Your Vote – Your Voice Independent	Coastal
Councillor	Celeste Donovan (from October 2021)	Independent	Coastal
Councillor	James Gough	Independent Citizens	Fendalton
Councillor	Anne Galloway	The People's Choice	Halswell
Councillor	Aaron Keown	Independent	Harewood
Councillor	Sara Templeton	Strong Community: Healthy Environment	Heathcote
Councillor	Jimmy Chen	The People's Choice – Labour	Hornby
Councillor	Pauline Cotter	The People's Choice	Innes
Councillor	Yani Johanson	The People's Choice – Labour	Linwood
Councillor	Mike Davidson	Independent	Papanui
Councillor	Catherine Chu	Independent Citizens	Riccarton
Councillor	Melanie Coker	The People's Choice – Labour	Spreydon
Councillor	Sam MacDonald	Independent Citizens	Waimairi

2016–2019

Council

The election held via postal vote on 8 October 2016, was the first to use the new wards as a result of the representation review.

Key features of the Local Government Commission's final decision included:

16 councillors, plus the mayor, with one councillor elected from each of the 16 wards (a change from the current 13 councillors elected from six wards, each with two members, apart from Banks Peninsula, which currently has a single member) Banks Peninsula Ward stays as it is Six urban community boards One Banks Peninsula community board Overall, the number of elected members stays the same as present, at 54.

Position	Name		Ward
Mayor	Lianne Dalziel	Best for Christchurch	At-large
Deputy Mayor	Andrew Turner	The People's Choice	Banks Peninsula
Councillor	Glenn Livingstone	The People's Choice – Labour	Burwood
Councillor	Tim Scandrett	Independent	Cashmere
Councillor	Deon Swiggs	Independent – Let's Get It Done	Central
Councillor	David East	Independent	Coastal
Councillor	Jamie Gough	Independent Citizens	Fendalton
Councillor	Anne Galloway	The People's Choice	Halswell
Councillor	Aaron Keown	True Independent	Harewood
Councillor	Sara Templeton	Strong Communities for a Stronger Christchurch	Heathcote
Councillor	Jimmy Chen	The People's Choice – Labour	Hornby
Councillor	Pauline Cotter	The People's Choice	Innes
Councillor	Yani Johnson	The People's Choice – Labour	Linwood
Councillor	Mike Davidson	The Right Choice for Papanui & Christchurch	Papanui
Councillor	Vicki Buck		Riccarton
Councillor	Phil Clearwater	The People's Choice – Labour	Spreydon
Councillor	Raf Manji	Independent	Waimairi

2013–2016

Council

Five of the thirteen councillors did not stand for re-election in 2013.^[8] Another four councillors failed to get re-elected (deputy-mayor Ngaire Button, Helen Broughton, Claudia Reid, and Aaron Keown). Hence, only four councillor were returned for another term (Yani Johanson, Jimmy Chen, Glenn Livingstone, and Jamie Gough), to be joined by nine new members plus a new mayor.^[9] For the 2013–2016 term, the composition of the council is as follows:^[10]

Position	Name		Ward
Mayor	Lianne Dalziel	One City Together	At-large
Deputy Mayor	Vicki Buck^[11]	A Vote for me is a Vote for You	Riccarton-Wigram
Councillor	Jimmy Chen	The People's Choice – Labour	Riccarton-Wigram
Councillor	Andrew Turner	The People's Choice	Banks Peninsula
Councillor	David East	Independent	Burwood-Pegasus
Councillor	Glenn Livingstone	The People's Choice – Labour	Burwood-Pegasus
Councillor	Jamie Gough	Independent Citizens	Fendalton-Waimairi
Councillor	Raf Manji	Independent	Fendalton-Waimairi
Councillor	Yani Johanson	The People's Choice – Labour	Hagley-Ferrymead
Councillor	Paul Lonsdale	Independent	Hagley-Ferrymead
Councillor	Ali Jones	Independent	Shirley-Papanui
Councillor	Pauline Cotter	The People's Choice – Labour	Shirley-Papanui
Councillor	Phil Clearwater	The People's Choice – Labour	Spreydon-Heathcote
Councillor	Tim Scandrett	Independent	Spreydon-Heathcote

2010–2013

Council

During the 2010–2013 term, the composition of the council was as shown in the table below. The Press in an editorial described the situation during the three years as often "tumultuous" and there were many calls for a cleanout of elected members at the 2013 local body elections.^[12] During the term, the government appointed an overseer to council (Kerry Marshall) and "came within an ace of sacking the council completely."^[12] Five city councillors (Sue Wells, Barry Corbett, Sally Buck, Tim Carter, and Peter Beck) and the mayor (Bob Parker) did not stand for re-election.^[8]

Position	Name		Ward
Mayor	Bob Parker	Independent	At-large
Deputy Mayor	Ngaire Button	Independent Citizens	Shirley-Papanui
Councillor	Aaron Keown	Christchurch City Vision	Shirley-Papanui
Councillor	Claudia Reid	Independent	Banks Peninsula
Councillor	Glenn Livingstone	The People's Choice	Burwood-Pegasus
Councillor	Chrissie Williams (resigned)	Independent
Councillor	Peter Beck (succeeded Williams)	Independent
Councillor	Sally Buck	Independent	Fendalton-Waimairi
Councillor	Jamie Gough	Independent Citizens	Fendalton-Waimairi
Councillor	Tim Carter	Independent	Hagley-Ferrymead
Councillor	Yani Johanson	The People's Choice	Hagley-Ferrymead
Councillor	Helen Broughton	Independent Citizens	Riccarton-Wigram
Councillor	Jimmy Chen	The People's Choice	Riccarton-Wigram
Councillor	Barry Corbett	Independent	Spreydon-Heathcote
Councillor	Sue Wells	Independent	Spreydon-Heathcote

Notes

References

^ "Davidson resigns as community board chair", Otago Daily Times, 5 July 2023, retrieved 7 March 2025
^ Daly, Jo (20 February 2024), 2024 Lyttelton Community Subdivision By-election - Declaration of Result (PDF), Christchurch City Council, archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2024
^ Gill, Sinead (9 May 2024), "Pride and distrust as troubled community board elects new leader", The Press, retrieved 7 March 2025
^ Gill, Sinead (12 April 2024), "Community board chairperson resigns (again) from 'dysfunctional' board", The Press, archived from the original on 19 January 2025, retrieved 7 March 2025
^ Herbert, Delphine (3 March 2025), "Imam Gamal Fouda leaving Al Noor Mosque", RNZ, retrieved 7 March 2025
^ Walton, Steven (3 November 2022), "Resignation triggers $75,000 by-election", The Press, retrieved 7 March 2025 – via Pressreader
^ Daly, Jo (21 February 2023), 2023 Innes ward Community Board By-election - Declaration of Results (PDF), Christchurch City Council, archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2025
^ ^a ^b Conway, Glenn (7 September 2013). "Christchurch City Council exit count grows". The Press. p. A4. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
^ Conway, Glen; Cairns, Lois; Young, Rachel (14 October 2013). "Many new faces at council table". The Press. p. A3. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
^ Sullivan, Clare (17 October 2013). "2013 Triennial Elections : Declaration of Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
^ Conway, Glenn (22 October 2013). "Vicki Buck named deputy mayor". The Press. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Editorial: Changes ahead at city council". The Press. 19 August 2013. p. A10. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.

External links

Christchurch City Council website

[1] "Davidson resigns as community board chair", Otago Daily Times, 5 July 2023, retrieved 7 March 2025

[2] Daly, Jo (20 February 2024), 2024 Lyttelton Community Subdivision By-election - Declaration of Result (PDF), Christchurch City Council, archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2024

[3] Gill, Sinead (9 May 2024), "Pride and distrust as troubled community board elects new leader", The Press, retrieved 7 March 2025

[4] Gill, Sinead (12 April 2024), "Community board chairperson resigns (again) from 'dysfunctional' board", The Press, archived from the original on 19 January 2025, retrieved 7 March 2025

[5] Herbert, Delphine (3 March 2025), "Imam Gamal Fouda leaving Al Noor Mosque", RNZ, retrieved 7 March 2025

[6] Walton, Steven (3 November 2022), "Resignation triggers $75,000 by-election", The Press, retrieved 7 March 2025 – via Pressreader

[7] Daly, Jo (21 February 2023), 2023 Innes ward Community Board By-election - Declaration of Results (PDF), Christchurch City Council, archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2025

[exit_count-8] Conway, Glenn (7 September 2013). "Christchurch City Council exit count grows". The Press. p. A4. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.

[9] Conway, Glen; Cairns, Lois; Young, Rachel (14 October 2013). "Many new faces at council table". The Press. p. A3. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.

[2013_results-10] Sullivan, Clare (17 October 2013). "2013 Triennial Elections : Declaration of Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2013.

[11] Conway, Glenn (22 October 2013). "Vicki Buck named deputy mayor". The Press. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.

[changes_ahead-12] "Editorial: Changes ahead at city council". The Press. 19 August 2013. p. A10. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.

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