1980 Auckland City mayoral election

The 1980 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1980, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty-one city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

1980 Auckland City mayoral election

← 1977 11 October 1980 1983 →
Turnout	33,299
Candidate Colin Kay Catherine Tizard Dove-Myer Robinson Party Independent Labour Independent Popular vote 12,151 10,470 10,410 Percentage 36.49 31.44 31.26
Mayor before election Dove-Myer Robinson Elected mayor Colin Kay

Background

Long serving Mayor Dove-Myer Robinson reneged on his 1977 promise to retire in 1980 and stood for re-election. He was defeated by former Citizens & Ratepayers councillor Colin Kay, who stood as an independent.

Mayoralty results

1980 Auckland mayoral election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Colin Kay	12,151	36.49	+18.88
	Labour	Catherine Tizard	10,470	31.44
	Independent	Dove-Myer Robinson	10,410	31.26	−11.40
	Independent	Matthew Connor	268	0.80	+0.44
Majority			1,681	5.04
Turnout			33,299

Councillor results

1980 Auckland City Council election^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Jolyon Firth	21,141	63.48	+10.45
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Harold Goodman	20,137	60.47	+7.71
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Sue Picot	19,647	59.00	+4.06
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Norman Ambler	18,880	56.69	+1.31
	Labour	Catherine Tizard	18,761	56.34	+6.95
	Citizens & Ratepayers	John Strevens	18,543	55.68	+4.94
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Manahi Paewai	18,192	54.63
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Patricia Thorp	17,074	51.27
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Marie Quinn	17,407	51.19
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Clive Edwards	16,965	50.94	+1.40
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Sheila Horton	16,950	50.90	−3.78
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Michael Hart	16,763	50.34
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Gordon Barnaby	15,811	47.48	+0.62
	Citizens & Ratepayers	George Mulder	15,474	46.46
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Phil Warren	14,919	44.80
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Ian McKinnon	14,754	44.30	−5.47
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Bill Clark	14,748	44.28	+4.49
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Herb Dyer	14,692	44.12	−0.73
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Trevor Rogers	14,420	43.30	−1.63
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Olly Newland	14,116	42.39
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Bob Johnson	14,036	42.15	−0.34
	Citizens & Ratepayers	Maxwell Johnson	13,640	40.96	−3.67
	Labour	Richard Northey	12,389	37.20	+2.89
	Independent	Selwyn Daswon	11,846	35.57	−12.57
	Labour	Margaret Wilson	11,314	33.97	−2.23
	Labour	Jan Foote	11,165	33.52
	Labour	Suzanne Sinclair	11,128	33.41
	Labour	Glenda Fryer	10,470	31.44	−1.40
	Labour	Alex Dreaver	9,964	29.92	−6.79
	Labour	Tom Paki	9,403	28.23
	Labour	Lorraine Wilson	9,249	27.77
	Labour	Anne-Marie Cervin	8,704	26.13
	Labour	Maisie Fitton	8,647	25.96
	Labour	Brian Mason	8,367	25.12
	Labour	Mike Shone	8,367	25.12
	Labour	Peter Davis	8,227	24.70
	Labour	Deborah Smith	7,649	22.97
	Labour	Raine Simister	7,606	22.84
	Labour	Sofi Pua	7,596	22.81	−8.59
	Labour	Robyn Thompson	7,549	22.67
	Labour	Anne Tia	7,473	22.44
	Independent	Jack Brady	7,436	22.33
	Labour	John Antonio	7,110	21.35
	Independent	Gray Bartlett	6,934	20.82
	Independent	Patrick Hohepa	6,910	20.75
	Independent	Rex Boyens	6,796	20.40
	Independent	Neil Hyde	6,530	19.61
	Independent	Bradley Stanford	6,188	18.58
	Independent	Matthew Connor	4,054	12.17	−5.66