The Wellington local elections, 2010 are part of the New Zealand local elections, 2010

New Zealand local elections, 2010

The 2010 New Zealand local elections were triennial elections to select local government officials and district health board members. All elections are conducted by postal ballot, with election day being Saturday 9 October 2010.Elected were:...

, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Wellington elections cover one regional

Regions of New Zealand

The region is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. There are 16 regions of New Zealand. Eleven are governed by an elected regional council, while five are governed by territorial authorities which also perform the functions of a regional council and thus are known as unitary authorities...

 council (the Greater Wellington Regional Council

Wellington Region

The Wellington region of New Zealand occupies the southern end of the North Island.-Governance:The official Wellington Region, as administered by the Wellington Regional Council covers the conurbation around the capital city, Wellington, and the cities of Lower Hutt, Porirua, and Upper Hutt, each...

), eight territorial authority (city and district) councils, three district health boards, and various local boards and licencing trusts.

As per the Local Electoral Act 2001, all the elections will occur on Saturday 9 October 2010. Voting is carried out by postal ballot, using one of two voting systems: Single Transferrable Vote for the district health boards and three of the territorial authority councils, and First Past The Post for the remaining territorial authority councils, the regional council, and all the local boards and trusts.

Greater Wellington Regional Council

The Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) is the regional council covering the whole Wellington Region. It represents a population of 478,600 as of the Statistics New Zealand

Statistics New Zealand

Statistics New Zealand is the national statistical office of New Zealand.-Organisation:New Zealand's Minister of Statistics is Maurice Williamson who serves as a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives and holds several other posts within government...

's June 2009 estimate , and consists of thirteen councillors elected from six constituencies (Wellington, Lower Hutt, Porirua-Tawa, Kapiti Coast, Upper Hutt, Wairarapa) using the First Past The Post voting system.

Wellington constituency

The Wellington constituency returns five members to the GWRC. At the close of nominations at 12 noon on 20 August 2010, the candidates nominated for the Wellington constituency were:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Judith Aitken		Incumbent Incumbent The incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent. For example, in the 2004 United States presidential election, George W...
	Sally Baber		Incumbent
	Paul Bruce	Green Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party that has seats in the New Zealand parliament. It focuses firstly on environmentalism, arguing that all other aspects of humanity will cease to be of concern if there is no environment to sustain it...	Incumbent
	Dianne Buchan	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
	Charles Finny
	Michael Gibson	REFORM
	Chris Laidlaw Chris Laidlaw Christopher Robert Laidlaw , Rhodes Scholar, All Black, diplomat, MP, talk radio host, author, is a 20th century New Zealand figure.-Academic and Rugby Union:...	Independent	Incumbent
	Chris Lipscombe	Labour New Zealand Labour Party The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. It describes itself as centre-left and socially progressive and has been one of the two primary parties of New Zealand politics since 1935....
	Terry Joseph McDavitt	Independent
	Daran Ponter	Labour
	Bill Rainey	Independent
	Fran Wilde Fran Wilde The Honorable Fran Wilde QSO , is a New Zealand politician, and former Wellington Labour MP, Minister of Tourism and 31st Mayor of Wellington...	Independent	Incumbent, Regional Council Chair

Lower Hutt constituency

Porirua-Tawa constituency

The Porirua-Tawa constituency returns two members to the GWRC. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Porirua-Tawa constituency were:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Jenny Brash Jenny Brash Jennifer Sylvia Brash, QSO , known as Jenny Brash, is a former Mayor of Porirua City, Wellington Region, New Zealand. Prior to being Mayor in 1998–2010, she served nine years as a City Councillor...	Independent	Current Porirua City Council mayor Mayor of Porirua The Mayor of Porirua is the head of the municipal government of Porirua, New Zealand, and presides over the Porirua City Council. The mayor is directly elected using a single transferable vote electoral system. As of 2010, there have been four mayors since the establishment of the borough council...
	John Brian Burke	Independent	Incumbent
	Barbara Donaldson		Incumbent
	Pat Hanley	Independent

Kapiti Coast constituency

One member from the Kapiti constituency was elected to GWRC. Incumbent Nigel Wilson retained the seat against former Kapiti Coast District councillor Ann Chapman.

Upper Hutt constituency

Wairarapa constituency

One member from the Wairarapa constituency was elected to GWRC. Former Carterton District Council mayor Gary McPhee one the constituency, defeating incumbent Ian Buchannan.

Territorial authority councils

The Wellington Region contains eight second-tier territorial authority councils in their entirety and a small part of a ninth (Tararua District

Tararua District

The Tararua District lies near the south-east corner of New Zealand's North Island. Created in 1989, it was named after the Tararua Range, which forms much of its western boundary. It has a population of and an area of 4,360.56 km²....

). The eight councils are Wellington City Council

Wellington City

Wellington City Council is a territorial authority in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Wellington city extends as far north as Linden, and includes the rural areas of Makara and Ohariu. It is New Zealand's third-largest city, behind Auckland and Christchurch.Wellington attained city status in...

, Hutt City Council

Lower Hutt

Lower Hutt is a city in the Wellington region of New Zealand. Its council has adopted the name Hutt City Council, but neither the New Zealand Geographic Board nor the Local Government Act recognise the name Hutt City. This alternative name can lead to confusion, as there are two cities in the...

, Porirua City Council

Porirua

Porirua is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand, immediately north of the city of Wellington, with their central business districts 20 km apart. A large proportion of the population commutes to Wellington, so it may be considered a satellite city. It almost completely surrounds...

, Upper Hutt City Council

Upper Hutt

Upper Hutt is a satellite city of Wellington. It is New Zealand's smallest city by population, the second largest by land area. It is in Greater Wellington.-Geography:Upper Hutt is 30 km north-east of Wellington...

, Kapiti Coast District Council

Kapiti Coast

The Kapiti Coast is the name of the section of the coast of the south-western North Island of New Zealand that is north of Wellington and opposite Kapiti Island. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Wellington Regional Council...

, Masterton District Council

Masterton

Masterton is a large town and local government district in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. It is the largest town in the Wairarapa, a region separated from Wellington by the Rimutaka ranges...

, Carterton District Council

Carterton, New Zealand

Carterton is a small town in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and the seat of the Carterton District. It lies in a farming area of the Wairarapa in New Zealand's North Island. It is located southwest of Masterton and northeast of Wellington...

, and South Wairarapa District Council

South Wairarapa District

South Wairarapa District is at the south-east tip of the North Island of New Zealand.-Introduction:South Wairarapa includes three towns and several localities that have a wide range of economic activity, natural features, and visitor attractions, only a few of which are noted here. Martinborough is...

.

Wellington City Council

The Wellington City Council represents a population of 195,500 as of June 2009, and consists of a mayor and fourteen councillors elected from five wards (Northern, Onslow-Western, Lambton, Eastern, Southern) using the Single Transferable Vote system.

Mayor

One mayor is elected at large from the entire Wellington City Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Mayor were:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Al Mansell
	Bernard O'Shaughnessy
	Bryan Pepperell		Current Southern ward councillor
	Kerry Prendergast Kerry Prendergast Kerry Leigh Prendergast, CNZM was the 33rd Mayor of Wellington . She was the second woman to serve as Mayor of Wellington, succeeding Mark Blumsky.-Before politics:...		Incumbent
	Celia Wade-Brown		Current Southern ward councillor
	Jack Yan

Eastern ward

The Eastern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Eastern ward were:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Ray Ahipene-Mercer		Incumbent
	Taima Fagaloa	Labour New Zealand Labour Party The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. It describes itself as centre-left and socially progressive and has been one of the two primary parties of New Zealand politics since 1935....	Current Porirua City Councillor
	Mike Fiechter
	Leonie Gill	Labour New Zealand Labour Party The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. It describes itself as centre-left and socially progressive and has been one of the two primary parties of New Zealand politics since 1935....	Incumbent
	Rob Goulden		Incumbent
	Simon (Swampy) Marsh
	Mike Mellor
	Amanda Nicolle
	Allan Probert
	Rosemary Russell
	Tony Travers

Lambton Ward

The Lambton ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Lambton ward were:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	John Bishop
	Stephanie Cook		Incumbent
	Adam Cunningham
	Michael Fowler
	Marcus Ganley	Labour New Zealand Labour Party The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. It describes itself as centre-left and socially progressive and has been one of the two primary parties of New Zealand politics since 1935....
	Mark Greening
	Ian McKinnon		Incumbent
	Iona Pannett	Green Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand is a political party that has seats in the New Zealand parliament. It focuses firstly on environmentalism, arguing that all other aspects of humanity will cease to be of concern if there is no environment to sustain it...	Incumbent
	Kris Price

Northern Ward

The Northern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Northern ward were:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Ngaire Best		Incumbent
	Camilia Chin
	Justin Lester
	Gareth R Morgan
	Helene Ritchie		Incumbent
	Gary W Roberts	Make a Difference
	Hayley Wain		Incumbent

Onslow-Western Ward

The Onslow-Western ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Onslow-Western ward were:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Sharon Blaikie	Labour New Zealand Labour Party The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. It describes itself as centre-left and socially progressive and has been one of the two primary parties of New Zealand politics since 1935....
	Jo Coughlan		Incumbent
	Mike Fleming
	Andy Foster		Incumbent
	John Morrison John Morrison (cricketer) John Francis Maclean Morrison, MNZM played 17 Tests and 18 One Day Internationals for New Zealand. Since retiring from playing he has worked as a commentator and in local body politics, including serving on the Wellington City Council.He was greatly known for his dribbly spin bowling, including...		Incumbent
	Jack Ruben
	Ingrid Sage

Southern Ward

The Southern ward is the only ward that returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council (all others returning three). It is also the only ward with an incumbent is standing down (with Celia Wade-Brown standing for the mayoralty only). At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Southern ward were:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Paul Eagle	Labour New Zealand Labour Party The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. It describes itself as centre-left and socially progressive and has been one of the two primary parties of New Zealand politics since 1935....
	Ida Faiumu-Isa'ako
	Keith Johnson	Labour New Zealand Labour Party The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. It describes itself as centre-left and socially progressive and has been one of the two primary parties of New Zealand politics since 1935....
	Greg McPhee
	Will Moore
	Thomas Morgan
	Rex Nairn
	Bernard O'Shaughnessy
	Seann Paurini
	Bryan Pepperell		Incumbent

Hutt City Council

The Hutt City Council represents a population of 102,100 as of June 2009, and consists of a mayor and twelve councillors elected from six wards (Central, Eastern, Harbour, Northern, Wainuiomata, Western) elected using the First Past The Post system.

Mayor

One mayor is elected at large from the entire Hutt City Council area. At close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Mayor were:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	David Ogden	City Vision	Incumbent
	Ray Wallace	Independent	Current Wainuiomata ward councillor

Central ward

The Central ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council. At close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Central ward were:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Glenda Barratt	Independent
	David Bassett		Incumbent
	Steven Lulich
	Chris Milne	City Vision

Eastern ward

The Eastern ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Eastern ward were:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Paul Alcock	Independent
	Barbara Bialy
	Barbara Branch	City Vision	Incumbent
	Lisa Bridson
	Ephraim Gazo	Independent
	Grant Brookes	Valley Action Network
	Roger Styles	City Vision	Incumbent
	Nick Ursin	Independent Action

Harbour ward

The Harbour ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Harbour ward were:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Robert Ashe	Green
	Joy Baird	Independent	Incumbent
	Mason Branch	Independent
	Michelle Ducat	Valley Action Network
	Daniel Glover	Independent
	Pam Hanna	Independent
	Ross Jamieson	Independent	Incumbent
	Michael Lulich

Northern ward

The Northern ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Northern ward were:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Fred Allen	Independent
	Julie Englebretsen	Independent
	Angus Finlayson	Independent	Incumbent
	Omar Hamed	Valley Action Network
	Leole Malama
	Gwen McDonald	Independent	Incumbent
	Graeme Sharman

Wainuiomata ward

The Wainuiomata ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Wainuiomata ward were:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Ken Laban	Independent
	Jim Manu
	Reg Moore	Wainuiomata First
	Ray Wallace	Independent	Incumbent
	Margaret Willard	Independent

Western ward

The Western ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Western ward were:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Margaret Cousins	Independent	Incumbent
	Max Shierlaw	Independent	Incumbent
	Lynette Vigrass	Independent

Porirua City Council

The Porirua City Council represents a population of 51,500 as of June 2009, and consists of a mayor and thirteen councillors elected from three wards: Eastern, Northern, and Western, using the Single Transferable Vote system.

Mayor

One mayor is elected at large from the entire Porirua City Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Mayor were:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Litea Ah Hoi		Current Eastern ward councillor
	Brian Collins	Independent
	Mike Duncan
	Gregory Fortuin Gregory Fortuin Gregory Fortuin was born in South Africa and has had business and political experience there and in Australia and New Zealand.In 1998 he was appointed by Nelson Mandela as Honorary Consul to New Zealand....	Independent
	Piripi Gray
	Liz Kelly	Independent	Current Western ward councillor
	Nick Leggett	Independent	Current Northern ward councillor
	Russell Marshall
	Peter Windsor

Eastern ward

The Eastern ward returns five councillors to the Porirua City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Eastern ward were:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Litea Ah Hoi		Incumbent
	Jude Barlow	Independent
	Dave Cochran
	Piripi Gray
	Denys Latham	Independent	Incumbent
	Tim Salelea Manu	Independent	Incumbent
	Hayden Nash	Independent Labour
	Wayne Poutoa
	Robert Rangi	Independent
	Maria Salu-Burgess
	Faafoi Seiuli

Northern ward

The Northern ward returns five councillors to the Porirua City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Northern ward were:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Anita Baker
	Sue Dow	Independent	Incumbent
	Bronwyn Kropp	Independent
	Pauline Morse
	Euon Murrell	Independent	Incumbent
	Tim Sheppard		Incumbent

Western ward

The Western ward returns three councillors to the Porirua City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Western ward are:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	'Ana Coffey	Independent
	Ken Douglas Ken Douglas Ken Douglas, ONZ is New Zealand's best known contemporary trade union leader.As President of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions until 1999 Douglas led the union movement in New Zealand for over fifteen years. His union career started in the Driver's Union...	Labour	Incumbent
	Graeme Ebbett
	Victoria Jakobs		Victoria's Facebook Page
	Liz Kelly	Independent	Incumbent
	Henry Smith	Labour	Incumbent
	Toni Tana

Upper Hutt City Council

The Upper Hutt City Council represents a population of 40,600 as of June 2009, and consists of a mayor and ten councillors elected using the First Past the Post system.

Mayor

One mayor is elected at large from the entire Upper Hutt City Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Mayor were:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Wayne Guppy Wayne Guppy Wayne Guppy JP, has been the Mayor of Upper Hutt since 2001.-Biography:Guppy was educated at St. Patrick's College in the Upper Hutt suburb of Silverstream. He obtained a Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Nebraska Medical Center....		Incumbent
	Adrian Sparrow
	Hellen Swales

Councillors at large

Ten councillors are elected at large from the entire Upper Hutt City Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Councillors at large were:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Michael Anderson
	Mary Archibald		Incumbent
	Katy Austin		Incumbent
	Christine Balzer-Gibbs
	Paul Brown
	Mark Carter
	Dean Chandler-Mills
	Pat Christianson		Incumbent
	Nellie Gillies
	Chris Gleeson
	John Gwilliam		Incumbent
	Bob Lendrum
	Glenn McArthur
	Peter McCardle		Incumbent
	Angela McLeod
	Heather Newell		Incumbent
	Rattan Prakash
	Dean Rabbitt		Incumbent
	Adrian Sparrow
	Hellen Swales
	Nick Thomas
	Barry Timms		Incumbent
	Dave Wheeler

Kāpiti Coast District Council

The Kāpiti Coast District Council represents a population of , and consists of a mayor, five councillors elected at large, and five councillors elected from four wards: Ōtaki, Paekākāriki-Raumati, Paraparaumu, and Waikanae, using the Single Transferable Vote system.

Mayor

One mayor is elected at large from the entire Kāpiti Coast District Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Mayor are:

	Name	Party/Affiliation	Notes
	Ross Church
	Mike Clulee
	Chris Glover
	David Mitchell
	Jenny Rowan		Incumbent
	Chris Turver

Councillors at large

Five councillors are elected at large from the entire Kāpiti Coast District Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Councillors at large were:

	Name	Party/Affiliation	Notes
	Diane Ammundsen		Incumbent
	Roger Booth
	Don Briggs
	Mike Cardiff
	Ross Church
	Hone Davis
	Helene Donaldson
	Peter Ellis		Incumbent
	Nick Fisher
	Glen Hooker
	Tony Jack		Incumbent
	Iride McCloy
	David Mitchell
	Don Moselen
	Michael Scott
	Doris Zuur

Ōtaki ward

The Ōtaki ward returns one councillor to the Kāpiti Coast District Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Ōtaki ward were:

	Name	Party/Affiliation	Notes
	Andre Baker
	Penny Gaylor

Paekākāriki-Raumati ward

The Paekākāriki-Raumati ward returns one councillor to the Kāpiti Coast District Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Paekākāriki-Raumati ward were:

	Name	Party/Affiliation	Notes
	C J Glover
	Janet Holborow
	Hilary Wooding		Incumbent

Paraparaumu ward

The Paraparaumu ward returns two councillors to the Kāpiti Coast District Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Paraparaumu ward were:

	Name	Party/Affiliation	Notes
	Beryl Barr
	Mark Benton
	Peter Daniel		Incumbent
	K (Guru) Gurunathan
	Louella Jensen
	Tony Lester
	David Scott		Incumbent
	Marilyn Stephens

Waikanae ward

The Waikanae ward returns one councillor to the Kāpiti Coast District Council. At the close of nominations the, candidates nominated for the Waikanae ward were:

	Name	Party/Affiliation	Notes
	Eric Gregory
	Richard Halliday
	Tony Lloyd
	Marie O'Sullivan
	Jocelyn Prvanov
	Harold Thomas

Masterton District Council

The Masterton District Council represents a population of 23,300 as of July 2009, and consists of a mayor, five councillors elected at large, and five councillors elected from two wards: Rural and Urban, using the First Past the Post system.

Mayor

One mayor is elected at large from the entire Masterton District Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Mayor are:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Gary Caffell
	Garry Daniell		Incumbent
	David Holmes		Current councillor at large
	Chris Peterson		Current councillor at large
	Toi Walker

Councillors at large

Five councillors are elected at large from the entire Masterton District Council area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Councillors at large were:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Alan Bohm
	Judith Callaghan		Incumbent
	Peter Debney
	Brent Goodwin		Incumbent
	Pip Hannon
	David Holmes		Incumbent
	Bruce Laing
	Edwin Perry Edwin Perry Edwin Perry is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the New Zealand First party.-Member of Parliament:He was first elected to Parliament as a list MP in the 2002 elections, having also stood in the Wairarapa electorate. He formerly held office in the National Party's organisational wing....		Current Urban ward councillor, former MP (New Zealand First New Zealand First New Zealand First is a political party in New Zealand that was founded in 1993, following party founder Winston Peters' resignation from the National Party in 1992... , list)
	Chris Peterson		Incumbent
	Jane Terpstra		Incumbent
	Toi Walker	Maori Maori Party The Māori Party, a political party in New Zealand, was formed on 7 July 2004. The Party is guided by eight constitutional "kaupapa", or Party objectives. Tariana Turia formed the Māori Party after resigning from the Labour Party where she had been a Cabinet Minister in the Fifth Labour-led...

Rural ward

The Rural ward returns one councillor to the Masterton District Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Rural ward were:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Karen Barbour
	Graham McClymont

Urban ward

The Urban ward returns four councillors to the Masterton District Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Councillors at large were:

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Doug Bracewell
	Gary Caffell
	Dingo Nick Dench
	Steph Gundersen-Reid
	Jonathan Hooker		Incumbent
	PJ Hunt
	Ronald Karaitiana	Independent
	Mark McGrath
	O'Dowd, Jim
	Lyn Patterson		Incumbent

Carterton District Council

The Carterton District Council represents a population of , and consists of a mayor and eight councillors elected from two wards: Rural and Urban, using the First Past the Post system.