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]

Rodney ward (1)[edit]

Incumbent Greg Sayers was the only nomination.

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

Albany ward (2)[edit]

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

	Name	Votes
Putting People First	John Watson	28510
Putting People First	Wayne Walker	24768
Independent	Julia Parfitt	20278
	Alezix Heneti	3230
	Informal/blank	3092

North Shore ward (2)[edit]

Incumbents Darby and Hills both sought re-election.

	Name	Votes
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

Waitākere Ward (2)[edit]

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

	Name	Votes
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

Waitemata and Gulf ward (1)[edit]

Incumbent Mike Lee sought re-election.

	Name	Votes
City Vision	Pippa Coom	6581
Independent	Mike Lee	6262
C&R - Communities and Residents	Sarah Trotman	2907
Independent	Will Maxwell-Steele	740
Independent	Allan Matson	431
	Informal/blank	1147

Whau ward (1)[edit]

Incumbent Ross Clow sought re-election.

	Name	Votes
C&R - Communities and Residents	Tracy Mulholland	5853
Labour Party	Ross Clow	5663
Green Party	Jessamine Fraser	2241
Community Independents	Paul Davie	1774
Independent	Anne Degia-Pala	1336
	Informal/blank	-

Albert-Eden-Roskill ward (2)[edit]

Incumbents Casey and Fletcher both sought re-election.

	Name	Votes
C&R - Communities and Residents	Christine Fletcher	20239
City Vision	Cathy Casey	19255
C&R - Communities and Residents	Mark Thomas	17570
City Vision	Mark Graham	15965
	Informal/blank	2512

Maungakiekie-Tamaki ward (1)[edit]

Incumbent Josephine Bartley sought re-election.

	Name	Votes
Labour Party	Josephine Bartley	8358
C&R - Communities and Residents	Josh Beddell	7214
Better Auckland	Carmel Claridge	1264
United Locals	Patrick O'Meara	892
	Informal/blank	943

Manukau ward (2)[edit]

Incumbents Collins and Filipaina both sought re-election.

	Name	Votes
Labour Party	Faanana Efeso Collins	19053
Labour Party	Alf Filipaina	18814
Communist League	Patrick Brown	4912
	Informal/blank	1722

Manurewa-Papakura ward (2)[edit]

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

	Name	Votes
Manurewa-Papakura Action Team	Angela Dalton	17362
Manurewa-Papakura Action Team	Daniel Newman	15904
Labour Party	Peter Neilson	6191
Labour Party	Ilango Krishnamoorthy	4347
Justice for Families	Veronica Turner	2605
Independent	Karin Kerr	2575
	Informal/blank	1356

Franklin ward (1)[edit]

Incumbent Bill Cashmore was the only nomination.

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

Ōrākei ward (1)[edit]

Incumbent Desley Simpson sought re-election.

	Name	Votes
C&R - Communities and Residents	Desley Simpson	19618
Green Party	Alan Barraclough	3892
Better Auckland	Mike Padfield	2958
	Informal/blank	1532

Howick ward (2)[edit]

Incumbents Stewart and Young both sought re-election.

	Name	Votes
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]

	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]

	Name	Votes
Labour	Mark Gosche	3232
Labour	Nerissa Henry	3067
Labour	Alan Verrall	2759
C&R - Communities and Residents	Tania Batucan	2730
Labour	Maureen Benson-Rea	2672
Labour	Jean Dolheguy	2494
United Locals	Leanne Cross	2478
Labour	Deborah Misiupa	2394
Communities & Residents	Hainoame Fulivai	2311
United Locals	Greg Woodcock	1811
United Locals	Patrick O'Meara	1802
United Locals	Bryan Mockbridge	1575
	Informal/blank	1309

Portage Licensing Trust[edit]

Ward No 1 – Auckland City (3)[edit]

	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]

	Name	Votes
Labour	Leanne Taylor	2027
Labour	Pam Nutall	1874
Independent	Wayne Davis	1623
	Informal/blank	-

Ward No 3 – Glen Eden (2)[edit]

	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]

	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]

	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]

	Name	Votes
-	-	-
-	-	-
-	-	-
	Informal/blank	-

Ward No 3 – Waitakere (1)[edit]

	Name	Votes
-	-	-
-	-	-
-	-	-
	Informal/blank	-

Ward No 4 – Henderson (1)[edit]

	Name	Votes
-	-	-
-	-	-
-	-	-
	Informal/blank	-

Wiri Licensing Trust (6)[edit]

	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]

^ "Phil Goff wins a second term as Auckland Mayor". The New Zealand Herald. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
^ "How to vote in the local elections". Auckland Council. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
^ "Centre-right Auckland Future party to sit out 2019 local body election". Stuff.co.nz. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
^ "Veteran Auckland councillor Mike Lee's vote splitting decision to run again". Stuff.co.nz. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
^ "City Vision selects a fresh face for Waitematā and Gulf". City Vision. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
^ "Final list of candidates for local elections 2019" (PDF).
^ "Rating every Auckland councillor: Bernard Orsman and Simon Wilson give their verdicts". The New Zealand Herald. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.(subscription required)

[1] "Phil Goff wins a second term as Auckland Mayor". The New Zealand Herald. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.

[2] "How to vote in the local elections". Auckland Council. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.

[3] "Centre-right Auckland Future party to sit out 2019 local body election". Stuff.co.nz. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.

[4] "Veteran Auckland councillor Mike Lee's vote splitting decision to run again". Stuff.co.nz. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.

[5] "City Vision selects a fresh face for Waitematā and Gulf". City Vision. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.

[6] "Final list of candidates for local elections 2019" (PDF).

[7] "Rating every Auckland councillor: Bernard Orsman and Simon Wilson give their verdicts". The New Zealand Herald. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.(subscription required)

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