2019 Auckland local elections

2019 Auckland local elections

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The 2019 Auckland local elections took place between September and October 2019 by postal vote as part of nation-wide local elections. The elections were the fourth since the merger of seven councils into the Auckland Council, which is composed of the mayor and 20 councillors, and 149 members of 21 local boards. Twenty-one district health board members and 41 licensing trust members were also elected.

The incumbent mayor, Phil Goff, sought a second term and was re-elected ahead of second highest polling candidate John Tamihere.^[1]

Twenty members were elected to the Auckland Council, across thirteen wards, using the first past the post vote system.^[2]

The Auckland Future ticket, holding four local body seats since 2016, announced in March 2019 that it would not field candidates.^[3]

Mike Lee, sitting councillor for Waitemata and Gulf ward, announced in late-June 2019 that he would run again. The City Vision ticket, which had endorsed Lee since 1998, had selected Pippa Coom as its candidate in March 2019.^[4][5]

The final candidate list was released on 19 August.^[6]

Incumbent Greg Sayers was the only nomination.

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes	Notes
	Independent for Rodney	Greg Sayers	-	Elected unopposed
		Informal/blank	-

Incumbents Walker and Watson both ran for re-election under the ticket "Putting People First".

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes	Notes
	Putting People First	John Watson	28,510
	Putting People First	Wayne Walker	24,768
	Independent	Julia Parfitt	20,278
		Alezix Heneti	3,230
		Informal/blank	3,092

Incumbents Darby and Hills both sought re-election.

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes	Notes
	A Positive Voice for the Shore	Richard Hills	18,746
	Taking the Shore Forward	Chris Darby	17,559
	More For The Shore	Danielle Grant	15,071
	More For The Shore	Grant Gillon	14,300
	Independent	Anthony Bunting	3,976
		Informal/blank	1,500

Of the two incumbents, Linda Cooper sought re-election and Penny Hulse retired.

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes	Notes
	Independent	Linda Cooper	14,750
	Labour	Shane Henderson	14,695
	Labour	Greg Presland	11,623
	Independent	Peter Chan	10,674
	Independent	Paul Talyancich	6,121
	Independent	Dillon Tooth	5,944
	STOP Trashing Our Planet	Tricia Cheel	2,677
	Independent	Michael Coote	2,558
		Informal/blank	1,837

Incumbent Mike Lee sought re-election.

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes	Notes
	City Vision	Pippa Coom	6,581
	Independent	Mike Lee	6,262
	C&R - Communities and Residents	Sarah Trotman	2,907
	Independent	Will Maxwell-Steele	740
	Independent	Allan Matson	431
		Informal/blank	1,147

Incumbent Ross Clow sought re-election.

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes	Notes
	C&R - Communities and Residents	Tracy Mulholland	5,853
	Labour	Ross Clow	5,663
	Green	Jessamine Fraser	2,241
	Community Independents	Paul Davie	1,774
	Independent	Anne Degia-Pala	1,336
		Informal/blank	-

Incumbents Casey and Fletcher both sought re-election.

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes	Notes
	C&R - Communities and Residents	Christine Fletcher	20,239
	City Vision	Cathy Casey	19,255
	C&R - Communities and Residents	Mark Thomas	17,570
	City Vision	Mark Graham	15,965
		Informal/blank	2,512

Incumbent Josephine Bartley sought re-election.

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes	Notes
	Labour	Josephine Bartley	8,358
	C&R - Communities and Residents	Josh Beddell	7,214
	Better Auckland	Carmel Claridge	1,264
	United Locals	Patrick O'Meara	892
		Informal/blank	943

Incumbents Collins and Filipaina both sought re-election.

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes	Notes
	Labour	Faanana Efeso Collins	19,053
	Labour	Alf Filipaina	18,814
	Communist League	Patrick Brown	4,912
		Informal/blank	1,722

Of the two incumbents, Daniel Newman sought re-election and John Walker retired.

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes	Notes
	Manurewa-Papakura Action Team	Angela Dalton	17,362
	Manurewa-Papakura Action Team	Daniel Newman	15,904
	Labour	Peter Neilson	6,191
	Labour	Ilango Krishnamoorthy	4,347
	Justice for Families	Veronica Turner	2,605
	Independent	Karin Kerr	2,575
		Informal/blank	1,356

Incumbent Bill Cashmore was the only nomination.

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes	Notes
	Team Franklin	Bill Cashmore	-	Elected unopposed
		Informal/blank	-

Incumbent Desley Simpson sought re-election.

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes	Notes
	C&R - Communities and Residents	Desley Simpson	19,618
	Green	Alan Barraclough	3,892
	Better Auckland	Mike Padfield	2,958
		Informal/blank	1,532

Incumbents Stewart and Young both sought re-election.

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes	Notes
	Independent	Sharon Stewart	19,531
	Independent	Paul Young	16,809
	Independent	Damian Light	12,369
	Collings for Council	David Collings	11,820
	East Vision	Tofik Mamedov	4,363
		Informal/blank	1,722

35 Members were elected to 5 licensing trusts across Auckland.

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Your Community Trust	Paula Gillon	Elected unopposed
	Your Community Trust	Marilyn Nicholls	Elected unopposed
	Your Community Trust	Shane Prince	Elected unopposed
	Your Community Trust	Marcus Reynolds	Elected unopposed
	Your Community Trust	Stuart Weir	Elected unopposed
		Informal/blank	-

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Labour	Mark Gosche	3,232
	Labour	Nerissa Henry	3,067
	Labour	Alan Verrall	2,759
	C&R - Communities and Residents	Tania Batucan	2,730
	Labour	Maureen Benson-Rea	2,672
	Labour	Jean Dolheguy	2,494
	United Locals	Leanne Cross	2,478
	Labour	Deborah Misiupa	2,394
	Communities & Residents	Hainoame Fulivai	2,311
	United Locals	Greg Woodcock	1,811
	United Locals	Patrick O'Meara	1,802
	United Locals	Bryan Mockbridge	1,575
		Informal/blank	1,309

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	City Vision	Catherine Farmer	5,074
	City Vision	Margi Watson	4,734
	City Vision	Kurt Taogaga	3,646
	Community First	Kathryn Davie	3,631
	Community First	Paul Davie	3,366
	Trusts Action Group	Sam Learmonth	3,080
	Communities & Residents	Shefali Mehta	2,946
		Informal/blank	-

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Labour	Leanne Taylor	2,027
	Labour	Pam Nutall	1,874
	Independent	Wayne Davis	1,623
		Informal/blank	-

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Future West	Neil Henderson	1,807
	Independent	Janet Clews	1,601
	Trusts Action Group	Noel Watson	1,490
		Informal/blank	-

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Future West	Mark Roberts	4,264
	Trusts Action Group	Ben Goodale	3,427
	Labour	Ross Clow	3,344
	Independent	Andreas Bodenstein	1,154
		Informal/blank	-

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Labour	Ami Chand	Elected unopposed

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Independent	Penny Hulse	4,445
	Labour	Brooke Loader	3,392
	Trusts Action Group	Amanda Roberts	2,956
	Trusts Action Group	Nick Smale	2,835
		Informal/blank	-

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Bernard Orsman and Simon Wilson, the local government reporters from The New Zealand Herald, both assessed the performance of each elected member at the end of the term. Their ratings, from 1 to 10 (worst to best), were compiled without them comparing notes. Orsman and Wilson are known to be at opposing end of the political spectrum. Seven out of their twenty-one ratings are identical. Orsman assigned rates from 3 to 8, while Wilson had councillors rated from 1 to 10.^[7]