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2022 Wellington City Council election

2022 Wellington City Council election
← 2019 8 October 2022 2025 →
Turnout73,067 (45.54% Increase 4.34 pp)
 
Candidate Tory Whanau Andy Foster Paul Eagle
Afilliation Independent Independent Independent
Primary vote 30,656 11,835 11,935
Percentage 42.56% 16.43% 16.57%
Final count 34,462 16,711 14,589
Percentage 52.40% 25.41% 22.18%
Mayor before election

Andy Foster

 Elected mayor

Tory Whanau

Council election
All 15 ward seats on the Wellington City Council
Affiliation Seats ±
  Independents 8 Increase 2
  Labour 4 Steady 0
  Green 3 Steady 0
First preference vote share of elected councillors by ward


The 2022 Wellington City Council election was a local election held from 16 September to 11 October in Wellington, New Zealand, as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Wellington, 15 city councillors, and other local representatives for the 2022–2025 term of the Wellington City Council. Postal voting and the single transferable vote voting system were used.

Key dates

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15 July Candidate nominations opened[1]
12 August Last day to enrol to receive voting papers
Candidate nominations closed at midday
16 September Voting period starts, voting document sent out
7 October Last day to enrol to be able to vote
8 October Election day - voting closed at midday
Preliminary results released
13–19 October Final results released in this period
26 October New council and mayor sworn in

Background

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Electoral system

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The election was held using the single transferable vote system. The mayor and 15 councillors were elected across six wards (five general and one māori ward). This was the first election to feature a Māori ward in Wellington.[2]

Representation

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The council held a meeting in 2020 to decide on representation considerations such as the voting system and whether a Māori ward should be introduced. Councillor Jill Day introduced an amendment to develop a report on giving mana whenua representatives voting rights and remuneration on council committees. Following the motion several councillors sung a waiata; councillor Sean Rush turned his back on the others for the duration of the waiata. Rush called for a point of order afterwards and said the amendment was out of scope; Foster ruled in Rush's favour. Rush would later apologize to Day.[3]

The council voted in 2021 11-to-3 for the greater co-governance measures. Taranaki Whānui ki te Upoko o te Ika and Ngāti Toa could appoint a voting representative to most council committees and sub-committees and the iwi would each be paid an amount equal to a councillors salary. It was opposed by councillors Calvert, Sparrow and Young whilst Woolf was absent.[4] The council later that year voted 13-to-2 to establish a Māori ward, which was opposed by councillors Young and Sparrow.[5]

Incumbent mayor

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Andy Foster was elected mayor of Wellington. Despite Foster's right wing position, a majority centre-left council was elected in the 2019 election.[citation needed]

Library

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Main article: Wellington Central Library

The Wellington Central Library was closed in 2019 after a report found that the building was earthquake prone and would collapse in conditions similar to the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake.[6] The New Zealand Institute of Architects mounted a campaign to save the library in response to then mayor, Justin Lester's, statement that the building would be demolished.[7]

The council voted in June 2019 to strengthen the library 14-to-1. This was despite reports that found that upgrading the library would be the more expensive option. Out of fear that the building may be demolished, Heritage New Zealand proposed heritage status for the library in 2020.[8] Public consultations ran from September to October and although the consensus from the public was to demolish, the council didn't change their decision.[9] The library was eventually designated a category 1 historic building by Heritage New Zealand, the first building constructed in the 1990s to receive the status.[10]

Foster proposed selling off the building's office space to offload the earthquake strengthening costs.[11] The proposal was successful with a 9–6 vote. The privatization faced opposition from all of the Labour councillors, and two of the Green councillors, Iona Pannett and Tamatha Paul. The other two Green councillors, Sarah Free and Laurie Foon, voted in favour of the proposal.[12]

After the decision Labour councillor Fleur Fitzsimons, who held the libraries portfolio, reported Foster to the Auditor-General for an investigation.[13] The Green party issued a "please explain" notice to Foon and Free over their votes in favour of privatization and for Foon's vote against increasing the cycling infrastructure budget.[14] Foster soon after announced an independent review of the council's governance.[15] The review found that the council had an unfit governance structure, a lack of direction and oversight, and some council staff feeling unsafe in giving free and frank advice.[16]

Foon and fellow councillor Nicola Young then announced they no longer supported the privatization.[17] Councillor Fitzsimons motioned for a second vote on the issue, seconded by Young. Foon, Young and Free changed their vote and the library remained in public ownership.[18][19]

Councillor resignation

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Councillor Malcom Sparrow resigned from the council in 2021 due to a health scare.[20] Because there was less than a year until the next election, no by-election was held.

Campaign

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Water management

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Water infrastructure in Wellington was managed by the regional body Wellington Water and was widely seen as inadequate; 40% of the city's water supply was lost in leaks.[21] 57% of respondents to a Kantar poll cited water infrastructure as their top issue for this election.[22]

The Sixth Labour Government announced it's plans for water reform in October 2021,[23] but the implementation was delayed until February 2022.[24] They finalised the plan in April 2022 and then began implementation. Water management in New Zealand was to be transferred to four larger entities. These entities would be run by a board of councils where they get one vote per 50,000 citizens along with voting members representing iwi.[25]

When asked about three waters both Whanau and Eagle supported it whereas Foster opposed the reform.[26]

Results

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Mayor

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Main article: 2022 Wellington City mayoral election § List of candidates

Incumbent mayor Andy Foster announced his intention to seek re-election on the 7th of July 2022 on Newstalk ZB. Former Green Party parliamentary chief of staff Tory Whanau announced her campaign on the 18th of November 2021.[27] She was endorsed by the party, but ran as an independent.[28] Paul Eagle, a sitting MP for Rongotai, was endorsed by Labour and ran as an independent.[29] Other candidates included Chris Dudfield, Kevin Hastie, Barbara McKenzie, and Ellen Blake. Foster said he saw the election as a two horse race between him and Paul Eagle.[30]

Main article: 2022 Wellington City mayoral election § Results

Green-endorsed independent Tory Whanau defeated incumbent centre-right independent Andy Foster and Labour-endorsed independent Paul Eagle MP.

2022 Wellington City mayoral election[31]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Tory Whanau 42.56% 30,656 30,762 31,176 31,330 32,027 32,317 34,462
Together for Wellington Andy Foster † 16.43% 11,835 11,878 11,987 12,105 12,476 12,916 16,711
Independent Paul Eagle 16.57% 11,935 11,974 12,097 12,213 12,519 12,783 14,589
Independent Ray Chung 14.41% 10,383 10,436 10,524 10,979 11,285 12,670
Independent – Vision/Skill/Results Chris Dudfield 3.51% 2,535 2,553 2,585 2,754 2,960
Future Wellington Kelvin Hastie 2.73% 1,971 2,001 2,135 2,208
Independent Barbara McKenzie 1.69% 1,224 1,253 1,341
Independent Ellen Blake 1.52% 1,101 1,116
Our truth all but whole truth Don McDonald 0.53% 385
Valid: 72,025   Spoilt: 1,042   Turnout: 45.54% (73,067 / 160,449)  

Council

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Summary

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First preference vote share of Labour candidates
First preference vote share of Green candidates
Ward Incumbent Elected
Takapū/Northern general Jill Day Ben McNulty
Jenny Condie Tony Randle
vacant John Apanowicz
Wharangi/Onslow-Western general Diane Calvert Diane Calvert
Simon Woolf Ray Chung
Rebecca Matthews Rebecca Matthews
Pukehīnau/Lambton general Tamatha Paul Tamatha Paul
Nicola Young Nicola Young
Iona Pannett Iona Pannett
Motukairangi/Eastern general Teri O'Neill Teri O'Neill
Sean Rush Tim Brown
Sarah Free Sarah Free
Paekawakawa/Southern general Laurie Foon Laurie Foon
Fleur Fitzsimons Nureddin Abdurahman
Te Whanganui-a-Tara Māori new Nīkau Wi Neera

Takapū/Northern general ward

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The Takapū/Northern general ward returned three councillors to the city council.

Incumbent councillor Jill Day announced she would not run for council again and instead run for a seat on the Tawa Community Board.[32] Later in that year Day would be elected president of the Labour Party.[33]

2022 Wellington City Council – Takapū/Northern General ward[31]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Labour Ben McNulty 17.60% 2,390 2,401 2,443 2,516 2,611 3,099 3,421 3,161.79 3,092.97
Independent Tony Randle 16.66% 2,262 2,277 2,295 2,371 2,691 2,846 3,381 3,175.90 3,093.07
A Voice for Wellington John Apanowicz 14.77% 2,006 2,027 2,048 2,150 2,404 2,534 2,877 3,034.16 3,088.29
Futureproof Wellington Jenny Condie † 14.25% 1,935 1,948 1,985 2,044 2,125 2,513 2,812 2,943.87 2,984.36
Independent Rachel Qi 11.68% 1,586 1,597 1,615 1,720 1,921 2,060
Green Robyn Parkinson 10.06% 1,366 1,378 1,397 1,429 1,501
Independent John Peters 7.68% 1,043 1,065 1,081 1,211
Independent – Together for Wellington Raveen Annamalai 4.80% 652 660 667
Independent James Sullivan 1.38% 188 199
Real Issues for Real People James Sales 1.10% 150
Valid: 13,578   Spoilt: 594   Turnout: 40.95% (14,172 / 34,605)  

Wharangi/Onslow-Western general ward

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The Wharangi/Onslow-Western general ward returned three councillors to the city council.

2022 Wellington City Council – Wharangi/Onslow-Western General ward[31]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Independent Ray Chung 24.50% 4,192 4,202 4,238 4,401 4,400.80 4,379.83 4,463.13 4,508.21 4,242.52
Independent Diane Calvert † 20.72% 3,545 3,553 3,561 3,623 3,791.26 3,972.66 4,396.77 4,673.63 4,222.24
Labour Rebecca Matthews † 17.83% 3,051 3,063 3,085 3,109 3,178.10 3,355.43 3,514.46 4,017.68 4,219.26
Green Lachlan Patterson 12.65% 2,164 2,199 2,230 2,239 2,290.88 2,465.39 2,570.48 3,001.64 3,110.73
Future Wellington Kelvin Hastie 7.19% 1,230 1,238 1,255 1,277 1,362.90 1,521.71 1,724.24
Independent Heather Baldwin 5.50% 941 947 962 989 1,076.80 1,161.68
Opportunities Bob Mason 4.55% 779 793 799 808 873.08
Independent Ryan Bothma 3.29% 563 569 580 607
Independent Barbara McKenzie 2.12% 363 369 379
Independent Kush Bhargava 0.99% 169 173
Independent Alexander Garside 0.66% 113
Valid: 17,110   Spoilt: 530   Turnout: 52.52% (17,641 / 33,591)  

Pukehīnau/Lambton general ward

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The Pukehīnau/Lambton general ward returned three councillors to the city council.[34]

Incumbent Green Party councillor since 2007 Iona Pannett, who received the most votes in Pukehīnau Lambton Ward in 2019, was not reselected by the Green Party in April 2022, and ran as an independent.[35] Incumbent councillor Tamatha Paul was elected as an independent in 2019, but in May 2022 announced she would seek the Green nomination,[36] which she received in June.[37]

2022 Wellington City Council – Pukehīnau/Lambton General ward[31]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Green Tamatha Paul † 41.67% 5,206 3,123.25 3,059.73 3,060.92 3,094.24 3,109.19 3,065.41 3,006.05 2,874.06 2,812.80
Independent Nicola Young † 16.61% 2,075 2,137.01 2,150.45 2,180.61 2,193.25 2,245.88 2,438.23 3,209.25 2,870.46 2,813.97
Independent Iona Pannett † 11.44% 1,429 1,783.05 1,799.06 1,843.84 1,907.10 2,083.11 2,441.14 2,654.67 2,806.04 2,841.87
Labour Afnan Al-Rubayee 7.71% 963 1,752.33 1,783.59 1,807.36 1,942.39 2,168.72 2,380.57 2,585.03 2,693.71 2,731.13
Independent Karl Tiefenbacher 9.25% 1156 1,192.40 1,205.42 1,275.77 1,299.78 1,345.81 1,504.14
Independent Jane O'Loughlin 5.50% 687 814.22 820.21 852.63 901.46 1,047.83
Independent Ellen Blake 3.63% 454 680.43 690.26 712.87 773.40
Independent Jonathan Markwick 1.65% 206 387.23 399.81 429.18
Independent Nicholas Hancox 1.97% 246 274.00 285.98
1 Taxipooling off the Rank Zan Rai Gyaw 0.57% 71 76.20
Valid: 12,493   Spoilt: 479   Turnout: 40.37% (12,972 / 32,135)  

Motukairangi/Eastern general ward

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The Motukairangi/Eastern General ward returned three councillors to the city council.[34]

Incumbent councillor Sarah Free ran as a Green candidate in previous elections, but announced in December 2021 that she would run as an independent in 2022.[38] Incumbent councillor Sean Rush did not stand for re-election.[39]

2022 Wellington City Council – Motukairangi/Eastern General ward[31]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Teri O'Neill † 15.12% 1,980 1,982 1,996 2,076 2,132 2,281 3,387
Independent Tim Brown 18.34% 2,402 2,409 2,461 2,566 2,805 3,100 3,199
Independent Sarah Free † 18.07% 2,367 2,371 2,401 2,481 2,603 2,790 3,071
Independent Steph Edlin 13.35% 1,749 1,753 1,782 1,871 2,045 2,271 2,512
Green Luana Scowcroft 14.09% 1,846 1,853 1,860 1,869 1,895 1,982
Independent Ken Ah Kuoi 8.38% 1,098 1,103 1,126 1,189 1,289
Independent Nathan Meyer 5.27% 690 695 755 893
Independent Rob Goulden 4.60% 603 604 665
Independent Aaron Gilmore 2.38% 312 314
Independent Atul Prema 0.39% 51
Valid: 13,098   Spoilt: 590   Turnout: 47.42% (13,688 / 28,868)  

Paekawakawa/Southern general ward

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The Paekawakawa/Southern general ward returned two councillors to the city council.[34]

Incumbent Labour councillor Fleur Fitzsimons did not run again so she could run as the Labour candidate for the Rongotai electorate for the 2023 New Zealand general election, replacing Paul Eagle.[40]

2022 Wellington City Council – Paekawakawa/Southern General ward[31]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Green Laurie Foon † 35.63% 4,499 4,078.00 4,092.34 4,096.95 4,078.96 4,057.60 3,961.05 4,208.47 3,972.71 3,929.31
Labour Nureddin Abdurahman 19.94% 2,517 2,770.10 2,582.89 2,832.16 2,937.23 3,082.51 3,133.54 3,439.51 3,743.06 3,929.31
Independent Paula Muollo 13.09% 1,653 1,670.96 1,712.22 1,760.98 1,840.39 1,975.63 1,981.13 2,024.71 2,281.70 2,891.58
Independent – Vision/Skill/Results Chris Dudfield 8.38% 1,058 1,061.74 1,086.25 1,127.81 1,189.83 1,245.15 1,246.53 1,268.12 1,495.89
Get Wellington Back on Course Iain MacLeod 4.89% 617 625.23 640.17 660.36 716.91 783.94 786.49 805.77
Action on Climate Jonathan Coppard 4.03% 509 606.22 632.40 651.01 690.04 738.31 761.50
Independent Inoke Afeaki 3.68% 465 471.17 483.56 512.43 551.07
Independent Ate Moala 2.97% 375 392.59 417.61 439.40
Independent #Together for Wellington Dipak Bhana 2.28% 288 292.77 332.60
Independent Urmila Bhana 2.07% 253 262.17
Valid: 12,234   Spoilt: 476   Turnout: 49.95% (12,710 / 25,447)  

Te Whanganui-a-Tara Māori ward

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Te Whanganui a Tara is a Māori ward created by Wellington City Council in 2021.[41][42] The 2022 election returned Nīkau Wi-Neera as its first-ever councillor.[31]

2022 Wellington City Council – Te Whanganui-a-Tara Māori ward[31]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Green Nīkau Wi Neera[43] 40.89% 765 872
Labour Matthew Reweti[44] 36.45% 682 805
Independent Ali Hamlin-Paenga[34] 17.58% 329
Valid: 1,776   Spoilt: 108   Turnout: 32.47% (1,884 / 5,803)  

Tawa Community Board

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The Tawa Community Board is made up of 2 councilors along with 6 representatives who are voted in by residents of Tawa, Grenada North and Takapu Valley.

2022 Tawa Community Board Election[31]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Independent Jill Day 38.25% 1606 599.86 592.93 480.32 586.28 581.93 586.75 593.33 571.16 563.48 560.00 557.78
Independent Tim Davin 12.91% 542 671.68 587.47 591.75 593.58 583.26 596.14 598.30 575.94 565.41 561.46 558.62
Independent Rachel Allan 10.38% 436 575.08 595.65 596.48 597.32 583.13 610.52 608.27 576.41 566.55 562.12 559.00
Independent Miriam Moore 7.48% 314 464.98 472.49 480.32 489.57 493.99 527.50 595.11 578.00 566.14 562.09 558.96
Independent Janryll Fernandez 6.74% 283 433.36 448.51 454.13 464.27 467.00 492.57 542.00 566.58 570.03 562.67 559.60
Independent Jackson Lacy† 5.83% 245 414.15 421.92 430.53 439.72 443.95 457.87 506.96 530.94 543.65 551.48 537.29
Independent Warwick Glendenning 6.91% 290 355.15 372.46 379.31 392.36 397.59 436.07 492.10 513.66 525.15 532.67 537.29
Independent Clint Schoultz 4.22% 177 229.00 233.73 244.00 256.10 258.34 293.61
Independent Georgia Wilkinson 3.83% 161 192.95 198.13 204.46 236.25 238.74
Independent Brendon Green 2.10% 88 97.40 98.62 105.33
Real Issues for Real People James Sales 1.36% 57 67.65 69.06
Valid: 4,199   Spoilt: 161   Turnout: 40.07% (4,360 /10,880)  

Mākara / Ōhāriu Community Board

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The Mākara / Ōhāriu Community Board is made up of 6 representatives voted in by residents of Mākara, Mākara Beach and Ōhāriu. Seven candidates ran but John Apanowicz's candidacy was superseded by winning a seat on the council, leaving the remaining six candidates automatic winners.

2022 Mākara / Ōhāriu Community Board Election[31]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Independent Mark Reed N/A
Independent Christine Grace† N/A
Independent Darren Hoskins† N/A
Independent Hamish Todd† N/A
Independent Chris Renner† N/A
Independent Wayne Rudd† N/A

Hutt Mana Charitable Trust

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The Hutt Mana Charitable Trust's board of trustees is composed of two trustees elected from Lower Hutt, one from Upper Hutt, one from Porirua and one from Wellington. The Wellington Trustee is only elected by residents north of Khandallah, Ngaio, Mākara and Mākara Beach.[45][46][34]

2022 Hutt Mana Charitable Trust Wellington Trustee Election[31]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Independent Nick Leggett 45.17% 5,650 6,303
Independent Peter Gilberd 41.50% 5,191 6,205
Independent Tracy Hurst-Porter 20.37% 2,549
Valid: 12,508   Spoilt: 574   Turnout: 37.34% (13,082 / 35,035)  

Aftermath

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Committee chairs

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Following the election. Labour and Green councillors gained control over the three major committees in the Wellington City Council.[47]

Following a month of negotiations and restructuring, Whanau reduced the number of council committees from five to three. Labour councillor Rebecca Matthews became chair of the committee in charge of long term-planning, finance, and performance. Labour councillors Teri O'Neill and Nureddin Abdurahman became the chair and deputy chair of the social, cultural, and economic committee. In addition, Green councillor Tamatha Paul became chair of the new environment and infrastructure committee.[47]

See also

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