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2022 Upper Hutt City Council election

2022 Upper Hutt City Council election
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Mayoral election
 
Candidate Wayne Guppy Angela McLeod
Affiliation Independent Independent
Popular vote 5,815 4,267
Percentage 44.94% 32.98%
Mayor before election

Wayne Guppy
Independent

Elected mayor

Wayne Guppy
Independent

Council election
All 10 ward seats on the Upper Hutt City Council
Affiliation Seats ±
  Independents 10 Steady 0

The 2022 Upper Hutt City Council election was a local election held from 16 September until 8 October in Upper Hutt, New Zealand as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Upper Hutt and 10 city councillors for the 2022–2025 term of the Upper Hutt City Council. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.

Key dates

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Background

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Campaign

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Results

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Mayor

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There was one vacancy for the mayoralty of Upper Hutt. The incumbent since 2001 has been Wayne Guppy.[1]

2022 Upper Hutt mayoral election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Wayne Guppy 5,815 44.94
Independent Angela McLeod 4,267 32.98
Independent Hellen Swales 1,362 10.52
Independent Blair Griffiths 1,346 10.40
Independent Keith Bennett 1,324 10.23
Informal votes 148 1.14
Majority 1,548 11.96
Turnout 12,938 43.15

Council

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There were ten vacancies for the Upper Hutt City Council, elected at-large.

At-large ward[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Dave Wheeler 7,390 67.66
Independent Hellen Swales 7,203 65.94
Independent Heather Newell 6,600 60.42
Independent Dylan Bentley 6,459 59.13
Independent Matthew Carey 6,439 58.95
Independent Bill Hammond 6,371 58.33
Independent Emma Holderness 6,345 58.09
Independent Tracey Ultra 6,303 57.70
Independent Blair Griffiths 6,092 55.77
Independent Chris Carson 5,759 52.72
Independent Konrad Hickson 5,351 48.99
Independent Cyndi Miller 4,923 45.07
Independent Paul Lambert 4,896 44.82
Independent Teresa Homan 4,260 39.00
Independent Jaap Knegtmans 4,202 38.47
Independent Keith Bennett 4,100 37.53
Independent Ramil Adhikari 4,026 36.86
Independent Dean Spicer 3,570 32.68
Independent Michael J. Anderson 3,179 29.10
Independent Michael Hurle 2,669 24.43
Independent Jordan Milburn 1,585 14.51
Independent Nigel Mander 1,230 11.26
Informal votes 264 2.41

Aftermath

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Other local elections

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Upper Hutt voters also voted in concurrent local elections for the:

  • Hutt Mana Charitable Trust; and
  • Rimutaka Licensing Trust.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Boyack, Nicholas (23 February 2022). "Hutt Valley mayors both seeking re-election". Stuff. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Upper Hutt City Council | 2022 Triennial Elections" (PDF). www.electionz.com. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Local Elections 2022". www.upperhuttcity.com. Upper Hutt City council. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Notice of 2022 Triennial Local Authority Elections". www.upperhuttcity.com. Upper Hutt City Council. Retrieved 26 August 2022.