2010 Invercargill mayoral election

The 2010 Invercargill mayoral election finished on Saturday, 9 October 2010 and was conducted under the First Past the Post system using the postal voting system. It was held as part of the 2010 New Zealand local elections.

2010 Invercargill mayoral election

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Turnout	22,255
Candidate Tim Shadbolt Suzanne Prentice Party Independent Independent Popular vote 16,275 5,311 Percentage 73.13 23.86
Mayor before election Tim Shadbolt Elected mayor Tim Shadbolt

Background

The candidates for mayor included the incumbent Tim Shadbolt who contested a sixth consecutive term. Other candidates included Suzanne Prentice and Carl Heenan. Prentice decided to run after Shadbolt had offered her the position of deputy mayor in December 2009.^[1] Tim Shadbolt won the mayoral election and won a sixth term as Mayor of Invercargill, making him one of the longest-serving mayors in New Zealand.^[2]

Results

The following table gives the election results:

2010 Invercargill mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tim Shadbolt	16,275	73.13	−10.04
	Independent	Suzanne Prentice	5,311	23.86
	Independent	Carl Heenan	669	3.01
Majority			10,964	49.26	−17.09
Turnout			22,255