2010 Greater Wellington Regional Council election

The 2010 Wellington Region local elections were part of the 2010 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. These elections covered one regional council (the Greater Wellington Regional Council), eight territorial authority (city and district) councils, three district health boards, and various community boards and licensing trusts.

2010 Greater Wellington Regional Council election

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Position of Greater Wellington within New Zealand

As per the Local Electoral Act 2001, all the elections occurred on Saturday 9 October 2010.^[1] Voting was carried out by postal ballot, using one of two voting systems: Single Transferable Vote for the district health boards and three of the territorial authority councils, and First Past The Post for the remaining territorial authority councils, the regional council, and all the local boards and trusts.

Greater Wellington Regional Council

The Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) is the regional council covering the whole Wellington Region. It represents a population of 478,600 as of the Statistics New Zealand's June 2009 estimate,^[2] and consists of thirteen councillors elected from six constituencies (Wellington, Lower Hutt, Porirua-Tawa, Kāpiti Coast, Upper Hutt, Wairarapa) using the First Past The Post voting system.

Wellington constituency

The Wellington constituency returns five members to the GWRC. At the close of nominations at 12 noon on 20 August 2010, the candidates nominated for the Wellington constituency were:^[3]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Judith Aitken		Incumbent
	Sally Baber		Incumbent
	Paul Bruce	Green	Incumbent
	Dianne Buchan	Independent
	Charles Finny
	Michael Gibson	REFORM
	Chris Laidlaw	Independent	Incumbent
	Chris Lipscombe	Labour
	Terry McDavitt	Independent
	Daran Ponter	Labour
	Bill Rainey	Independent
	Fran Wilde	Independent	Incumbent, Regional Council Chair

Lower Hutt constituency

Greater Wellington Regional Council Lower Hutt constituency councillor election, 2010^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Peter Glensor	15,600
		Sandra Greig	14,643
		Prue Lamason	13,866
		John Terris	12,640
		Rose Thomas	10,001

Porirua-Tawa constituency

The Porirua-Tawa constituency returns two members to the GWRC. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Porirua-Tawa constituency were:^[3]

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Jenny Brash	Independent	Current Porirua City Council mayor
	John Burke	Independent	Incumbent
	Barbara Donaldson		Incumbent
	Pat Hanley	Independent

Kāpiti Coast constituency

One member from the Kapiti constituency was elected to GWRC. Incumbent Nigel Wilson retained the seat against former Kāpiti Coast District councillor Ann Chapman.

Greater Wellington Regional Council Kapiti Coast constituency councillor election, 2010^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Nigel Wilson	8427	54.69	+46.31
		Ann Chapman	6982	45.31
Turnout			15,409

Upper Hutt constituency

Greater Wellington Regional Council Upper Hutt constituency councillor election, 2010^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Paul Swain	5079	42.52
		Rex Kirton	3764	31.51
		Stephanie Lambert	1946	16.29
		Alan Jefferies	1155	9.67
Turnout			11,994

Wairarapa constituency

One member from the Wairarapa constituency was elected to GWRC. Former Carterton District Council mayor Gary McPhee won the constituency, defeating incumbent Ian Buchannan.

Greater Wellington Regional Council Wairarapa constituency councillor election, 2010^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Gary McPhee	6644	44.15
		Ian Buchannan	5937	39.45	−37.11
		Perry Cameron	2467	16.39	−32.69
Turnout			15,048