2022 Greater Wellington Regional Council election

2022 Greater Wellington Regional Council election

8 October 2022
Turnout154,290 (43.4%)
Council election
All 13 constituency seats
on the Greater Wellington Regional Council
Affiliation Seats Change
  Independents 9 Steady 0
  Green 3 Increase 1
  Labour 1 Steady 0
  Wellington Party 0 Decrease 1

Winning councillors by constituency

The 2022 Greater Wellington Regional Council election was a local election held from 16 September to 8 October in the Greater Wellington region of New Zealand as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected thirteen regional councillors for the 2022–2025 term of the Greater Wellington Regional Council. Postal voting and the single transferable vote system were used.

Key dates

Background

The Greater Wellington Regional Council used the single transferable vote system to elect thirteen regional councillors for the 2022–2025 term.[1][2]

Campaign

Results

Summary

Summary of results
Constituency Incumbent[3] Elected[4]
Poneke-Wellington Glenda Hughes Simon Woolf
Poneke-Wellington Roger Blakeley Yadana Saw
Poneke-Wellington Thomas Nash
Poneke-Wellington Daran Ponter
Poneke-Wellington David Lee
Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt Prue Lamason David Bassett
Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt Ken Laban
Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt Josh van Lier Quentin Duthie
Porirua-Tawa Chris Kirk-Burnnand
Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt Jenny Brash Hikitia Ropata
Kapiti Coast Penny Gaylor
Kapiti Coast Adrienne Staples
Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta/Upper Hutt Ros Connelly

Kāpiti Coast constituency

Affiliation Candidate Votes at iteration[4] FPv%
1
None Penny Gaylor 10,216 52.46
None Asher Wilson-Goldman 7,824 40.18
Informal 12 0.06
Blank 1,366 7.01
Turnout 19,474

Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta/Upper Hutt constituency

Affiliation Candidate Votes at iteration[4] FPv%
1
None Ros Connelly 7,376 51.65
Independent Steve Taylor 4,321 30.26
None Peter Hayes 1,453 10.17
Informal 23 0.16
Blank 1,072 7.51
Turnout 14,281

Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt constituency

Affiliation Candidate Votes at iteration[4] FPv%
1 2 3 4
Independent David Bassett 7,119 7,323 7,440 7,405 22.26
Independent Ken Laban 7,086 7,227 7,739 7,327 22.16
Green Quentin Duthie 6,477 6,645 7,160 7,282 10.87
Labour Alex Voutratzis 3,259 3,329 3,539 3,639 10.19
Independent Michael Stevenson 2,736 3,052 3,206 3,313 8.56
None Peggy W Luke-Ngahere 1,514 1,654 0 4.74
Independent Tracey Buick 1,241 0 3.88
Informal 895 2.80
Blank 1,637 5.12
Turnout 31,974

Poneke/Wellington constituency

Affiliation Candidate Votes at iteration[4] FPv%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Independent Simon Woolf 10,061 10,183 10,298 10,409 11,103 10,946 10,711 11,999 10,596 9,959 9,900 9,882 9,853 9,835 9,823 9,815 9,810 9,806 9,804 14.67
Green Yadana Saw 9,734 9,799 9,911 10,203 10,346 10,905 10,512 10,925 10,497 10,200 10,021 9,955 9,897 9,864 9,841 9,827 9,817 9,811 9,807 14.19
Green Thomas Nash 9,396 9,475 9,583 9,822 10,021 10,573 10,711 10,726 10,596 9,959 10,042 9,953 9,902 9,865 9,843 9,827 9,818 9,812 9,808 13.70
Labour Daran Ponter 7,373 7,450 7,568 7,664 7,994 8,398 8,542 9,179 9,651 9,887 10,008 9,924 9,884 9,855 9,836 9,823 9,815 9,810 9,806 10.75
Connecting Wellington David Lee 5,458 5,600 5,729 5,858 6,567 7,339 7,486 8,847 9,413 9,549 9,620 9,683 9,727 9,756 9,775 9,787 9,795 9,800 9,804 7.96
Independent Roger Blakeley 6,375 6,461 6,571 6,701 7,176 7,908 8,038 8,781 9,254 9,432 9,532 9,620 9,679 9,718 9,743 9,760 9,771 9,778 9,782 9.30
Independent Glenda Hughes 4,206 4,437 4,609 4,741 5,354 6,091 0 6.13
Independent Jake Arthur 3,632 3,735 3,874 4,001 4,407 0 5.30
Independent Chris Calvi-Freeman 3,611 3,702 3,910 3,993 0 5.27
Independent Chris Montgomerie 1,428 1,515 1,561 0 2.08
Independent Thomas Bryan 1,320 1,375 0 1.92
Independent Leigh Catley 1,270 0 1.85
Informal 358 0.52
Blank 3,888 5.67
Turnout 68,575

Wairarapa constituency

Affiliation Candidate Votes[4] %
Independent Adrienne Staples uncontested

Aftermath

Other local elections

Elections were also held in the region's territorial authorities, including Kāpiti Coast, Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt, Porirua, Wellington, Masterton, Carterton, and South Wairarapa.

References

  1. ^ "Elections". www.gw.govt.nz. Greater Wellington Regional Council. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Nominations for Greater Wellington Regional Council – 2022 Triennial Elections". Electionz.com. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Past election results and candidate returns". Greater Wellington Regional Council. 31 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "2022 Election Results and Returns". Greater Wellington Regional Council. 14 October 2022.