2019 Auckland local elections
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.
Mayoral election [ edit ] The incumbent mayor, Phil Goff , sought a second term and was re-elected ahead of second highest polling candidate John Tamihere .[1]
Governing body elections [ edit ] 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 28510 Putting People First Wayne Walker 24768 Independent Julia Parfitt 20278 Alezix Heneti 3230 Informal/blank 3092
Incumbents Darby and Hills both sought re-election.
Affiliation (if any) Name Votes Notes A Positive Voice for the Shore Richard Hills 18746 Taking the Shore Forward Chris Darby 17559 More For The Shore Danielle Grant 15071 More For The Shore Grant Gillon 14300 Independent Anthony Bunting 3976 Informal/blank 1500
Of the two incumbents, Linda Cooper sought re-election and Penny Hulse retired.
Affiliation (if any) Name Votes Notes Independent Linda Cooper 14750 Labour Party Shane Henderson 14695 Labour Party Greg Presland 11623 Independent Peter Chan 10674 Independent Paul Talyancich 6121 Independent Dillon Tooth 5944 STOP Trashing Our Planet Tricia Cheel 2677 Independent Michael Coote 2558 Informal/blank 1837
Incumbent Mike Lee sought re-election.
Incumbent Ross Clow sought re-election.
Incumbents Casey and Fletcher both sought re-election.
Incumbent Josephine Bartley sought re-election.
Incumbents Collins and Filipaina both sought re-election.
Of the two incumbents, Daniel Newman sought re-election and John Walker retired.
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.
Incumbents Stewart and Young both sought re-election.
Affiliation (if any) Name Votes Notes Independent Sharon Stewart 19531 Independent Paul Young 16809 Independent Damian Light 12369 Collings for Council David Collings 11820 East Vision Tofik Mamedov 4363 Informal/blank 1722
Licensing Trust elections [ edit ] 35 Members were elected to 5 licensing trusts across Auckland.
Birkenhead Licensing Trust (6) [ edit ] 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 -
Mt Wellington Licensing Trust (6) [ edit ] Portage Licensing Trust [ edit ] Ward No 1 – Auckland City (3) [ edit ] Affiliation (if any) Name Votes City Vision Catherine Farmer 5074 City Vision Margi Watson 4734 City Vision Kurt Taogaga 3646 Community First Kathryn Davie 3631 Community First Paul Davie 3366 Trusts Action Group Sam Learmonth 3080 Communities & Residents Shefali Mehta 2946 Informal/blank -
Ward No 2 – New Lynn (2) [ edit ] Affiliation (if any) Name Votes Labour Leanne Taylor 2027 Labour Pam Nutall 1874 Independent Wayne Davis 1623 Informal/blank -
Ward No 3 – Glen Eden (2) [ edit ] Affiliation (if any) Name Votes Future West Neil Henderson 1807 Independent Janet Clews 1601 Trusts Action Group Noel Watson 1490 Informal/blank -
Ward No 4 – Titirangi / Green Bay (2) [ edit ] Affiliation (if any) Name Votes Future West Mark Roberts 4264 Trusts Action Group Ben Goodale 3427 Labour Ross Clow 3344 Independent Andreas Bodenstein 1154 Informal/blank -
Ward No 5 – Kelston West (1) [ edit ] Affiliation (if any) Name Votes Labour Ami Chand Elected Unopposed
Waitakere Licensing Trust [ edit ] Ward No 1 – Te Atatū (2) [ edit ] Affiliation (if any) Name Votes Independent Penny Hulse 4445 Labour Brooke Loader 3392 Trusts Action Group Amanda Roberts 2956 Trusts Action Group Nick Smale 2835 Informal/blank -
Ward No 2 –Lincoln (3) [ edit ] Affiliation (if any) Name Votes - - - - - - - - - Informal/blank -
Ward No 3 – Waitakere (1) [ edit ] Affiliation (if any) Name Votes - - - - - - - - - Informal/blank -
Ward No 4 – Henderson (1) [ edit ] Affiliation (if any) Name Votes - - - - - - - - - Informal/blank -
Wiri Licensing Trust (6) [ edit ] Affiliation (if any) Name Votes - - - - - - - - - Informal/blank -
Term-end performance assessment [ edit ] 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]
References [ edit ]
Auckland local body elections
Mayoral elections Council elections Local board elections