2019 Greater Wellington local elections

The 2019 Wellington Region local elections were part of the wider 2019 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 authorities (city and district councils), three district health boards, and various community boards and licensing trusts.^[1]

Greater Wellington Regional Council

2019 Greater Wellington Regional Council election

← 2016 12 October 2019 2022 →

Position of Greater Wellington within New Zealand

Councillors standing down

By July 2019 four councillors had announced that they would not be standing for re-election to the Wellington Regional Council; Sue Kedgley, Chris Laidlaw, Ian McKinnon and Paul Swain. The GWRC has been "under fire" for changes to the bus services, particularly in Wellington city.^[2]

Kapiti Coast constituency (1)

• Penny Gaylor
• Neil Mackay

Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta/Upper Hutt constituency (1)

• Ros Connelly
• Mark Crofskey
• Bill Hammond
• Steve Pattinson

Wairarapa constituency (1)

• Pim Borren
• Richard Moore
• Adrienne Staples

Porirua-Tawa constituency (2)

• Jenny Brash
• Barbara Donaldson
• Chris Kirk-Burnnand
• Vaughn Liley
• Phillip Marshall (Labour)
• Natalie Repia
• Roger Watkin

Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt constituency (3)

• Leonie Dobbs
• Peter Glensor
• Ken Laban
• Pue Lamason
• David Ogden
• Josh van Lier

Poneke/Wellington constituency (5)

• Roger Blakeley
• Gavin Bruce
• Tony de Lorenzo
• Jill Ford
• Alexander Garside
• Glenda Hughes (Wellington Party)
• Tony Jansen
• John Klaphake
• Anand Kochunny
• David Lee
• Yvonne Legarth
• Troy Mihaka (Wellington Party)
• Deane Milne
• Thomas Nash (Green)
• Philip O'Brien (Wellington Party)
• Bryce Pender
• Daran Ponter (Labour)
• Phil Quin
• Victoria Rhodes-Carlin
• Helene Ritchie
• Lesleigh Salinger
• Sam Somers
• Ray Wilson

Kapiti Coast District Council

2019 Kāpiti Coast District Council election

← 2016 2022 →

Position of the Kāpiti Coast District within the Greater Wellington region

Porirua City Council

2019 Porirua City Council election

← 2016 2022 →

Position of Porirua within the Greater Wellington region

Upper Hutt City Council

2019 Upper Hutt City Council election

← 2016 2022 →

Position of Upper Hutt within the Greater Wellington region

Mayor (1)

• Wayne Guppy
• Angela McLeod
• Steve Taylor

Councillors (10)

• Michael Anderson
• Dylan Bentley
• Chris Carson
• Luke Cooke
• Ted Cooper
• Blair Griffiths
• Michael Hurle
• Harry Dale Kent
• Paul Lambert
• Rebecca Macann
• Glenn McArthur
• Angela McLeod
• D J McNicholas
• Heather Newell
• Michael Newell
• Hellen Swales
• Steve Taylor
• Paul Thompson
• Tracy Ultra
• Dave Wheeler

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Hutt City Council

2019 Hutt City Council election

← 2016 2022 →

Position of Lower Hutt within the Greater Wellington region

Mayor (1)

Main article: 2019 Lower Hutt mayoral election

• James Anderson
• Campbell Barry (Labour)
• George MacKay
• David Smith
• Ray Wallace

Councillors – at-large (6)

• James Anderson
• Campbell Barry (Labour)
• Josh Briggs
• Brady Dyer
• Simon Edwards
• Michael Gray
• Deborah Hislop
• Tesh Kells
• Michael Lulich
• George MacKay
• Chris Norton (Green)
• Ashok Neil Parbhu
• Joshua Peauafi
• Shazly Rasheed
• Naomi Shaw
• Phil Sprey
• Kamiria Mid Thomas-Savelio
• Gabriel Tupou
• Karen Yung

Councillor – Central ward (1)

Incumbent councillor David Bassett was re-elected unopposed.

Councillor – Eastern ward (1)

• Glenda Barratt
• Andy Mitchell

Councillor – Harbour ward (1)

• Tui Lewis
• Simon Monrad
• Gavin Murphy

Councillor – Northern ward (1)

• Casey Diver
• Julie Englebretsen
• Leigh Sutton

Councillor – Wainuiomata ward (1)

• Keri Brown (Labour)
• Anania Randell

Councillor – Western ward (1)

• Margaret Cousins
• Chris Milne
• Chris Parkin

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Wellington City Council

2019 Wellington City Council election

← 2016 2022 →

Position of Wellington within the Greater Wellington region

Mayor

Main article: 2019 Wellington City mayoral election

2019 Wellington City mayoral election (final results)^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Andy Foster	31.9	19,323	19,345	19,411	19,493	19,567	20,457	22,062	27,364
	Labour	Justin Lester	34.4	20,830	20,845	20,904	20,965	21,084	22,446	24,620	27,302
	Independent	Diane Calvert	13.8	8,385	8,405	8,429	8,493	8,584	9,335	11,471
	Independent	Jenny Condie	9.7	5,901	5,925	5,957	6,005	6,143	7,227
	Independent	Conor Hill	7.5	4,555	4,566	4,612	4,658	4,796
	Independent	Norbert Hausberg	0.9	562	576	592	632
	Independent	Ajay Rathod	0.6	399	406	426
	Independent	Don McDonald	0.5	329	340
	Independent	Andrew Cox	0.2	151
Electorate:     Valid: 60,435   Quota:     Turnout: 40.12%

Motukairangi/Eastern Ward Ward

The Motukairangi-Eastern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Sarah Free, Simon Marsh, and Chris Calvi-Freeman—Free and Calvi-Freeman sought re-election; Marsh did not.

Free was re-elected in the first count, and newcomer Teri O'Neill was elected in the fourth (after the elimination of Ajay Rathod, Bernard O'Shaughnessy, and Steph Edlin, in that order). The final seat was taken in the fifth count by Sean Rush, who had overtaken Calvi-Freeman after starting narrowly behind him.

2019 Wellington City Motukairangi-Eastern Ward^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Green	Sarah Free	26.4	3,019	2,883	2,920	3,052	2,799
	Labour	Teri O'Neill	19.3	2,204	2,305	2,408	2,872	2,895
	Independent	Chris Calvi-Freeman	17.5	1,998	2,072	2,176	2,416	2,501
	Wellington Party	Sean Rush	17.4	1,988	2,061	2,247	2,692	2,764
	Independent	Steph Edlin	11.4	1,305	1,368	1,488
	Independent	Bernard O'Shaughnessy	5.2	594	645
	Independent	Ajay Rathod	2.6	295
Electorate:     Valid: 11,403   Spoilt: 528   Quota: 2,739.83 (final)   Turnout:

Paekawakawa/Southern Ward

The Paekawakawa/Southern ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Fleur Fitzsimons and David Lee—Fitzsimons sought re-election; Lee did not.

Fitzsimons and newcomer Laurie Foon (from the same party as outgoing councillor Lee) were both elected in the first count. Since there were only two seats to be filled, no further counts were necessary.

2019 Wellington City Paekawakawa/Southern Ward^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Labour	Fleur Fitzsimons	41.1	3,967
	Green	Laurie Foon	39.4	3,805
	Independent	Humphrey Hanley	12.9	1,249
	Independent	Thomas Morgan	6.5	632
Electorate:     Valid: 9653   Spoilt: 414   Quota: 3,217.67 (final)   Turnout:

Pukehīnau/Lambton Ward

The Pukehīnau/Lambton ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Iona Pannett, Nicola Young, and Brian Dawson—all three sought re-election.

Pannett and Young received enough votes in the first count to be elected immediately. Dawson lost his seat in the sixth count to newcomer Tamatha Paul, after all other candidates (Harry Smith, Lee Orchard, and Shan Ng) had been eliminated.

2019 Wellington City Takapū/Northern Ward^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Green	Iona Pannett	31.8	3,220	2,539	2,578	2,512	2,607	2,571
	Independent	Nicola Young	25.3	2,565	2,652	2,547	2,517	2,561	2,678
	Independent	Tamatha Paul	19.2	1,947	2,134	2,253	2,279	2,483	2,770
	Labour	Brian Dawson	12.0	1,219	1,431	1,500	1,530	1,624	1,758
	Independent	Shan Ng	5.0	502	544	592	606	670
	Independent	Lee Orchard	4.1	417	490	549	561
	Independent	Harry Smith	2.6	263	290
Electorate:     Valid: 10,133   Spoilt: 287   Quota: 2,444.18 (final)   Turnout:

Takapū/Northern Ward

The Takapū/Northern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Jill Day, Malcolm Sparrow, and Peter Gilberd—all three sought re-election.

Day and Sparrow retained their seats (the former being re-elected in the first round). Gilberd was beaten for the last seat by a newcomer, Jenny Condie, after the elimination (in order) of Tracy Hurst-Porter, John Peters, Graeme Sawyer, and John Apanowicz.

2019 Wellington City Takapū/Northern Ward^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Independent	Jill Day	27.8	3,404	3,065	3,125	3,125	3,134	2,981	3,316
	Moderate Independent	Malcolm Sparrow	17.1	2,098	2,173	2,220	2,322	2,507	2,546	2,997
	YIMBY Futureproof Wellington	Jenny Condie	16.4	2,007	2,079	2,136	2,220	2,367	2,402	2,900
	Labour	Peter Gilberd	13.3	1,635	1,717	1,761	1,859	1,989	2,029	2,259
	Wellington Party	John Apanowicz	12.2	1,500	1,533	1,598	1,664	1,925	1,944
	Political Parties have NO PLACE in Local Govt	Graeme Sawyer	6.0	731	747	818	866
	Independent	John Peters	3.9	482	493	519
	Independent	Tracy Hurst-Porter	3.3	401	420
Electorate:     Valid: 12,258   Spoilt: 452   Quota: 2,868.02 (final)   Turnout:

Wharangi/Onslow-Western Ward

The Wharangi/Onslow-Western ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The incumbents were Andy Foster, Simon Woolf, and Diane Calvert—all three were on the ballot again, although Foster's candidacy was superseded by his victory in the mayoral race, and his votes were redistributed according to next preferences.

Calvert was re-elected in the first count. Woolf was re-elected in the seventh, after Ray Chung, Richard McIntosh, and Rohan Biggs were eliminated. Newcomer Rebecca Matthews was elected in the tenth, after the elimination of Conor Hill and over Michelle Rush, the other remaining candidate.

2019 Wellington City Wharangi/Onslow-Western Ward^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Your Advocate	Diane Calvert	26.9	4,141	3,846	4,082	3,793	3,904	3,756	4,133	3,714	3,724	3,945
	Independent	Simon Woolf	19.0	2,923	3,014	3,211	3,306	3,398	3,447	3,756	3,852	3,684	3,916
	Labour	Rebecca Matthews	14.6	2,243	2,277	2,358	2,393	2,896	2,916	3,073	3,142	3,166	3,815
	Green	Richard McIntosh	8.4	1,293	1,307	1,359	1,374
	Independent	Rohan Biggs	8.3	1,274	1,307	1,426	1,464	1,549	1,569
	For a Better Wellington	Conor Hill	8.1	1,239	1,269	1,365	1,396	1,597	1,614	1,867	1,932	1,959
	Independent	Michelle Rush	7.8	1,196	1,232	1,372	1,412	1,680	1,703	1,946	2,036	2,073	2,472
	Independent	Ray Chung	7.0	1,073	1,108
Electorate:     Valid: 15,382   Spoilt: 310   Quota: 3,536.95 (final)   Turnout:

Masterton District Council

2019 Masterton District Council election

← 2016 2022 →

Position of the Masterton District within the Greater Wellington region

Mayor (1)

• Cory Burling
• Graeme Farr
• Tina Nixon
• Lyn Patterson

Councillors (10)

• Gary Caffell
• Deborah Davidson
• Brent Gare
• Carys Gibbs
• David Holmes
• Jonathan Hooker
• Peter James
• Bex Johnson
• Ronald Karaitiana
• Donna Laing
• John Lapslie
• Britt Leveridge
• Frazer Mailman
• Graham McClymont
• Isabella McClymont
• Tim Nelson
• Tina Nixon
• Chris Peterson
• Sandy Ryan
• David Wright

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Carterton District Council

2019 Carterton District Council election

← 2016 2022 →

Position of the Carterton District within the Greater Wellington region

Mayor (1)

• Bernard Bottrill
• Graeme Farr
• Jill Greathead
• Greg Lang

Councillors (8)

• Dalina Armstrong
• Steffen Bertram
• Bernard Bottrill
• Roger Boulter
• Ruth Carter
• Robyn Cherry-Campbell
• Steve Cretney
• Brian Deller
• John Fairbrother
• Jill Greathead
• Jenna Hagan
• Russell Keys
• Douge Mende
• Hank Optland
• Mike Osborne
• Marty Sebire
• Ron Shaw
• Rob Stockley
• Rebecca Vergunst
• Justus Verheij
• Dale Williams

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South Wairarapa District Council

2019 South Wairarapa District Council election

← 2016 2022 →

Position of the South Wairarapa District within the Greater Wellington region

Mayor (1)

• Beijen Alex
• Graeme Farr
• Dayle Harwood
• Viv Napier

Councillors – Greytown ward (3)

• James Bicknall
• Rebecca Fox
• Leigh Hay
• Alistair Plimmer
• Warren Woodgyer

Councillors – Featherston ward (3)

• Garrick Emms
• Colin Olds
• Ross Vickery
• Brenda West

Councillors – Martinborough ward (3)

• Pam Colenso
• Daphne Geisler
• Jason Jackson
• Brian Jepson
• Pip Maynard

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