2010 Auckland Council election

2010 Auckland Council election
9 October 2010
Registered959,120[1]
Turnout489,059 (50.99%)[2]
 
Candidate Len Brown John Banks Colin Craig
Party Independent Independent Independent
Popular vote 237,487 171,542 42,598
Percentage 49.24% 35.57% 8.83%
Elected mayor

Len Brown
Independent

Council election
20 councillors on the Auckland Council
11 seats needed for a majority
Party Seats +/–
Independent 8 +8
C&R 5 +5
Labour 2 +2
MPFA 1 +1
City Vision 1 +1
Shore Voice 1 +1
Best for the West 1 +1
Putting People First 1 +1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2010 Auckland Council election was a local election held from 17 September to 9 October in the Auckland region of New Zealand, as part of that year's territorial authority elections and other local elections held nation-wide.

Voters elected the mayor of Auckland, 20 councillors, 149 local board members (across 21 local boards), 21 district health board members, and 41 licensing trustees for the inaugural 2010–2013 term of the Auckland Council. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.

Key dates

Key dates relating to the election included:[3]

21 July Notice of election issued
23 July Nominations opened; electoral roll opened for inspection
20 August Nominations closed
25 August Candidates announced
17 September Early voting starts, postal ballots arrive
9 October Election day; voting closed 12:00 noon
15 October Final result announced
16 October Candidates take office at 00:00 midnight

Background

Campaign

Results

2010 Auckland mayoral election

Len Brown defeated second place John Banks.

Albany ward

Albany ward [2][1]
Affiliation Candidate Vote %
Independent Michael Goudie 9,201 17.87
Putting People First Wayne Walker 8,547 16.60
Proudly Independent Julia Parfitt 7,434 14.44
Putting People First John Watson 6,887 13.38
Proudly Independent John Kirikiri 6,290 12.22
C&R Linda Cooper 6,152 11.95
Shore Voice Margaret Miles 6,120 11.89
Independent Ian Bradley 5,579 10.84
C&R Josephine Kim 5,570 10.82
Independent Brian Neeson 4,911 9.54
Independent Andrew Williams 4,668 9.07
Independent Ross Craig 3,916 7.61
Independent Rodney Bell 3,388 6.62
Independent David Cooper 2,978 5.78
Independent Alan McCulloch 2,851 5.54
Independent Laurie Conder 1,499 2.91
Independent Cameron Slater 1,298 2.52
Independent David Willmott 1,221 2.37
Independent Uzra Balouch 766 1.49
Informal 147 0.29
Blank 3255 6.32
Turnout 51,483 (52.36)
Registered 98,330
Independent win (new council)
Putting People First win (new council)

Albert-Eden-Roskill ward

Albert-Eden-Roskill ward[2][1]
Affiliation Candidate Vote %
C&R Chris Fletcher 20,777 38.88
City Vision Cathy Casey 15,087 28.23
C&R Paul Goldsmith 14,503 27.14
City Vision Glenda Fryer 13,283 24.85
Independent Ravi Musuku 6,837 12.79
Independent Mark Donnelly 6,090 11.39
Independent Peter Boys 4,375 8.19
Independent Lisa Bates 4,037 7.55
Independent Gary Russell 3,719 6.96
Independent Harry Palmer 2,734 4.95
Independent Susanna Kruger 2,670 5.00
Informal 94 0.18
Blank 4,013 7.51
Turnout 53,445 (51.01)
Registered 104,772
C&R win (new council)
City Vision win (new council)

Franklin ward

Franklin ward[2][1]
Affiliation Candidate Vote %
C&R Dee Morrison 10,651 46.32
Independent Dianne Glenn 9,495 17.77
Independent Herman Smeets 1,392 2.60
Informal 19 0.08
Blank 1,438 6.25
Turnout 22,995 (52.59)
Registered 43,725
C&R win (new council)

Howick ward

Howick ward[2][1]
Affiliation Candidate Vote %
Independent Sharon Stewart 23,716 48.23
C&R Jami-Lee Ross 19,289 39.23
C&R Dick Quax 19,036 38.71
R&R David Collings 11,590 23.57
Independent Maggie Burrill 10,674 21.71
Independent Mike Padfield 4,352 8.85
Informal 160 0.33
Blank 2,253 4.58
Turnout 49,171 (55.04)
Registered 89,338
Independent win (new council)
C&R win (new council)

Manukau ward

Manukau ward[2][1]
Affiliation Candidate Vote %
Labour Alf Filipaina 15,235 34.29
Independent Arthur Anae 13,260 29.84
C&R Bob Wichman 12,032 27.08
Labour Efu Koka 11,287 25.40
Independent Gary Troup 9,136 20.56
R&R Sylvia Taylor 6,637 14.94
Independent Brent Morrissey 3,565 8.02
A Better Choice Rosie Brown 3,168 7.13
A Better Choice Salote Lilo 3,088 6.95
Independent Lupe Tofilau Alesana 2,330 5.24
Independent Steven Afford 1,087 2.45
Communist League Annalucia Vermunt 502 1.13
Informal 187 0.42
Blank 1,381 3.11
Turnout 44,431 (47.62)
Registered 93,305
Labour win (new council)
Independent win (new council)

Manurewa-Papakura ward

Manurewa-Papakura ward[2][1]
Affiliation Candidate Vote %
Independent John Walker 20,996 54.51
MPFA Calum Penrose 17,266 44.82
R&R Barry Curtis 16,597 43.09
Team South Waina Emery 4,847 12.58
Team South Toa Greening 4,018 10.43
A Better Choice Sapa'u Vitale Vui 2,387 6.20
A Better Choice Timothy Toilolo 2,056 5.34
Informal 61 0.16
Blank 1,341 3.48
Turnout 38,520 (47.72)
Registered 80,715
Independent win (new council)
MPFA win (new council)

Maungakiekie-Tamaki

Maungakiekie-Tamaki ward[2][1]
Affiliation Candidate Vote %
Labour Richard Northey 9,236 40.48
C&R Alfred Ngaro 7,505 32.89
Independent Simon Prast 3,409 14.94
Communist League Patrick Brown 751 3.29
Independent Walter Wi-Peri 286 9.01
Informal 55 0.24
Blank 1,504 6.59
Turnout 22,819 (48.25)
Registered 47,298
Labour win (new council)

North Shore ward

North Shore ward[2][1]
Affiliation Candidate Vote %
C&R George Wood 14,902 29.53
Shore Voice Ann Hartley 13,616 26.99
Independent Grant Gillon 12,626 25.02
Independent Christine Rankin 12,489 24.75
Independent Joel Cayford 10,427 20.67
Shore Voice Chris Darby 9,077 17.99
Independent Vivienne Keohane 5,650 11.20
Independent Jan O'Connor 3,458 6.85
Independent Mary-Anne Benson-Cooper 2,709 5.37
Independent Steve Ashby 2,647 5.25
Independent Harry Fong 2,356 4.67
Independent Ken McKay 1,905 3.78
Informal 115 0.23
Blank 2,173 4.31
Turnout 50,456 (50.92)
Registered 99,082
C&R win (new council)
Shore Voice win (new council)

Orakei ward

Orakei ward[2][1]
Affiliation Candidate Vote %
Independent Cameron Brewer 18,235 51.51
C&R Doug Armstrong 11,101 31.36
Independent Hugh Chapman 3,590 10.14
Informal 36 0.10
Blank 2,440 6.89
Turnout 35,402 (58.64)
Registered 60,369
Independent win (new council)

Rodney ward

Rodney ward[2][1]
Affiliation Candidate Vote %
Independent Penny Webster 8,645 43.02
Independent Christine Rose 5,960 29.66
Independent Tom Ashton 4,204 20.92
Independent Vincent Pereira 485 2.41
Informal 22 0.11
Blank 779 3.88
Turnout 20,095 (53.79)
Registered 37,359
Independent win (new council)

Waitakere ward

Waitakere ward[2][1]
Affiliation Candidate Vote %
Independent Penny Hulse 18,125 37.45
Best for the West Sandra Coney 13,451 27.79
Best for the West Paul Walbran 11,400 23.56
C&R Marie Hasler 10,584 21.87
C&R Mark Brickell 10,491 21.68
Independent Vanessa Neeson 9,609 19.85
Independent Peter Chan 6,599 13.64
Independent Cheryl Talamaivao 4,357 9.00
Independent Bill Daly 2,305 4.76
Informal 74 0.15
Blank 2,494 5.15
Turnout 48,397 (47.40)
Registered 102,103
Independent win (new council)
Best for the West win (new council)

Waitemata and Gulf ward

Waitemata and Gulf ward[2][1]
Affiliation Candidate Vote %
Independent Mike Lee 11,436 42.74
Independent Alex Swney 5,398 20.17
Independent Tenby Powell 3,363 12.57
Independent Rob Thomas 2,905 10.86
Independent Janis Marler 850 3.18
Independent Craig Thomas 619 2.31
Informal 53 0.20
Blank 2,134 7.98
Turnout 26,758 (50.79)
Registered 52,688
Independent win (new council)

Whau ward

Whau ward[2][1]
Affiliation Candidate Vote %
C&R Noelene Raffills 7,518 30.80
Independent Ross Clow 7,132 29.22
Independent Jeremy Kirwan 3,934 16.12
Independent Ruby Manukia-Schaumkel 3,288 13.47
Informal 74 0.30
Blank 2,466 10.10
Turnout 24,412 (48.79)
Registered 50,036
C&R win (new council)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Local Authority Election Statistics 2010" (PDF). Department of Internal Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Final results – wards" (PDF). Auckland Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2010.
  3. ↑ "Elections timeline". Auckland Council. Archived from the original on 29 August 2010.
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