2022 Auckland Council election

2022 Auckland Council election
← 2019 8 October 2022 2025 →
Turnout	404,541 (35.41%)
	Mayoral election
Mayor before election; Phil Goff; Independent	Elected mayor ; Wayne Brown; Independent
	Council election
	20 seats on the Auckland Council; 11 seats needed for a majority

The 2022 Auckland Council election was a local election held from September to 8 October in the Auckland Region of New Zealand as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Auckland, 20 councillors, 149 local board members (across 21 local boards), and 35 licensing trustees (across 5 licensing trusts) for the 2022–2025 term. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.

Key dates

Key dates for the 2022 elections in Auckland.^[1]


15 July	Candidate nominations opened
12 August	Candidate nominations closed at noon
17 August	Official declaration of nominated candidates
12 September	Final electoral roll certified by Electoral Officer
16–21 September	Voting papers were sent to voters
16 September – 8 October	Voting was open
8 October	Election day – voting closed at noon
8 October	Progress results released
10 October	Preliminary results released
15 October	Final results released

Background

Mayor

The incumbent mayor, Phil Goff, did not stand for re-election.^[2]

Council

Twenty members were to be elected to the Auckland Council, across thirteen wards, using the first past the post election system in single member wards and block voting in multi-member wards.^[3]

Campaign

Mayor

Council

List of candidates

The final candidate list was released on 16 August.^[4]

Mayor

Council

Results

Provisional results were announced on 8 October.^[5] Preliminary results were released on 9 October.^[6] Official and final results were released on 15 October.^[7]

Mayor

Centre-right Wayne Brown defeated centre-left Efeso Collins in the race, 44.9% to 30.9%.

Council

Summary

Summary of results
Ward
Rodney	Greg Sayers
Albany	John Watson
Albany	Wayne Walker
North Shore	Richard Hills
North Shore	Chris Darby
Waitākere	Shane Henderson
Waitākere	Linda Cooper	Ken Tuner
Waitematā and Gulf	Pippa Coom	Mike Lee
Whau	Tracy Mulholland	Kerrin Leoni
Albert-Eden-Roskill	Christine Fletcher
Albert-Eden-Roskill	Cathy Casey	Julie Fairey
Orākei	Desley Simpson
Maungakiekie-Tamaki	Josephine Bartley
Howick	Sharon Stewart
Howick	Paul Young	Maurice Williamson
Manukau	Efeso Collins	Lotu Fuli
Manukau	Alf Filipaina
Manurewa-Papakura	Angela Dalton	Angela Dalton
Manurewa-Papakura	Daniel Newman
Franklin	Bill Cashmore	Andy Baker

Details

Albany Ward^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Putting People First	John Watson	20,575	40.43
	Putting People First	Wayne Walker	20,007	39.31
	Independent Locals	Victoria Short	14,968	29.41
	Your Community Future	Jake Law	9,120	17.92
	Your Community Future	Sylvia Yang	7,298	14.34
	Independent	Tony Corbett	6,529	12.83
	Independent	Callum Blair	6,480	12.73
	Communities First	John Davies	3,189	6.27
	Independent	Alezix Heneti	1,381	2.71
Informal			87	0.17
Blank			3,073	6.04
Turnout			50,892

Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa Ward^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Communities & Residents	Christine Fletcher	20,021	46.65
	City Vision	Julie Fairey	16,966	39.54
	Communities & Residents	Will McKenzie	16,182	37.71
	City Vision	Red Tsounga	14,013	32.65
	Independent	Stewart Brown	6,211	14.47
	None	Frank Fu	3,662	8.53
Informal			36	0.08
Blank			2,212	5.15
Turnout			42,913

Franklin Ward^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Team Franklin	Andy Baker	14,187	58.39
	Independent	Keven Mealamu	9,279	38.19
Informal			10	0.04
Blank			820	3.38
Turnout			24,296

Howick Ward^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Sharon Stewart	16,013	42.33
	Independent	Maurice Williamson	14,544	38.44
	#Burns&Young	Paul Young	11,876	31.39
	#Burns&Young	Bo Burns	11,491	30.37
	Independent	Damian Light	9,825	25.97
	None	Morgan Xiao	3,840	10.15
Informal			123	0.33
Blank			1,202	3.18
Turnout			37,832

Manukau Ward^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Alf Filipaina	16,734	62.76
	Labour	Lotu Fuli	14,935	56.01
	Communities & Residents	Malcolm Turner	8,512	31.92
	Outdoors	Hine Afeaki	5,699	21.37
Informal			27	0.10
Blank			1,345	5.04
Turnout			26,663

Manurewa-Papakura Ward^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Manurewa-Papakura Action Team	Daniel Newman	15,214	55.25
	None	Angela Dalton	12,055	43.78
	Manurewa-Papakura Action Team	Rangi McLean	7,948	28.87
	Labour	Sago Feagaiga	6,315	22.93
	Labour	Ilango Krishnamoorthy	4,049	14.7
	None	Karin Kerr	3,046	11.06
Informal			42	0.15
Blank			924	3.36
Turnout			27,535

Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Ward^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Josephine Ruth Bartley	8,877	44.94
	Communities & Residents	Troy Elliot	6,868	34.77
	Independent	John Peebles	1,812	9.17
	None	Christopher Carroll	1,213	6.14
Informal			29	0.15
Blank			954	4.83
Turnout			19,753

North Shore Ward^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	A Positive Voice for the Shore	Richard Hills	19,269	47.38
	For the Shore	Chris Darby	17,123	42.10
	C&R North Shore	Danielle Grant	14,584	35.86
	C&R North Shore	George Wood	12,009	29.53
	Independent	Tony Bunting	4,370	10.74
	None	Raymond Tan	3,857	9.48
	None	Adrian Tyler	3,270	8.04
Informal			55	0.14
Blank			1,182	2.91
Turnout			40,671

Ōrākei Ward^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Communities & Residents	Desley Simpson	24,634	78.41
	Independent	Faith Aaron	4,724	15.04
Informal			10	0.03
Blank			2,049	6.52
Turnout			31,417

Rodney Ward^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Greg Sayers	13,539	56.80
	Rodney First	Beth Houlbrooke	5,850	24.54
	Independent	Rob Ryan	1,447	6.07
	Independent	Anne Perratt	1,109	4.65
	None	Hannah North	1,048	4.40
Informal			18	0.08
Blank			824	3.46
Turnout			23,835

Waitākere Ward^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Shane Henderson	16,545	41.40
	WestWards	Ken Turner	14,654	36.67
	Independent	Linda Cooper	13,995	35.02
	WestWards	Shawn Blanchfield	8,472	21.20
	Independent	Peter Chan	8,199	20.52
	Independent	Tua Schuster	3,278	8.20
	Independent	Aimela Hansen	2,648	6.63
	Independent	Michael Coote	2,550	6.38
Informal			61	0.15
Blank			1,528	3.82
Turnout			39,959

Waitematā and Gulf Ward^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Auckland Independents	Mike Lee	9,415	45.19
	City Vision	Pippa Coom	8,254	39.62
	Rock the Vote	Mike Burton	1,032	4.95
	None	Andi Liu	636	3.05
Informal			10	0.05
Blank			1,485	7.13
Turnout			20,832

Whau Ward^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Kerrin Leoni	8,373	46.66
	Communities & Residents	Tracy Mulholland	8,011	44.65
Informal			7	0.04
Blank			1,552	8.65
Turnout			17,943

Other local elections

Local boards

After the conglomeration of the various councils situated within the Auckland Region, local boards were created to deal with more local issues.

Summary of results
Local board	Electoral System	Seats	Control		Turnout	Details	Sources
Local board	Electoral System	Seats	Previous	Result	Turnout	Details	Sources
Albert-Eden	FPP	8	4 C&R 4 City Vision	4 C&R 4 City Vision	28,153 (38.8%)	Details	^[8]^[9]
Aotea-Great Barrier	FPP	5	5 Independents	5 Independents	531 (56.6%)	Details	^[8]^[9]
Devonport-Takapuna	FPP	6	6 Heart of the Shore 2 A Fresh Approach 1 Team George Wood	4 A Fresh Approach 2 C&R North Shore	18,907 (43.4%)	Details	^[8]^[9]
Franklin	FPP	9	6 Team Franklin 3 Independent	8 Team Franklin 1 Independent	15,836 (41.8%)	Details	^[8]^[9]
Henderson-Massey	FPP	8	4 Labour 4 Independents	5 Labour 3 Independents	24,343 (29.8%)	Details	^[8]^[9]
Hibiscus and Bays	FPP	8	3 Coast People 3 Backing the Bays 1 Positively Penlink 1 Independents	3 Coast People 3 Backing the Bays 1 Independent Locals 1 Team Coast	34,046 (42.0%)	Details	^[8]^[9]
Howick	FPP	9	4 C&R 3 Independents 2 weknowhowick	4 #weknow 2 Practical not Political 2 C&R 1 Independents	37,840 (35.9%)	Details	^[8]^[9]
Kaipātiki	FPP	8	5 Shore Action 3 Kaipātiki Voice	8 Shore Action	21,794 (34.5%)	Details	^[8]^[9]
Māngere-Ōtāhuhu	FPP	7	7 Labour	6 Labour 1 C&R	13,643 (25.5%)	Details	^[8]^[9]
Manurewa	FPP	8	8 Manurewa Action Team	5 Manurewa Action Team 3 #LoveManurewa	16,267 (26.3%)	Details	^[8]^[9]
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki	FPP	7	4 Labour 3 C&R	4 Labour 3 C&R	16,988 (31.9%)	Details	^[8]^[9]
Ōrākei	FPP	7	7 C&R	7 C&R	29,896 (45.6%)	Details	^[8]^[9]
Ōtara-Papatoetoe	FPP	7	7 Labour	5 Labour 1 INDEPENDENTLY PAPATOETOE 1 Independents	13,041 (23.3%)	Details	^[8]^[9]
Papakura	FPP	6	4 Papakura Action Team 2 Papakura First	6 Papakura Action Team	11,284 (27.1%)	Details	^[8]^[9]
Puketāpapa	FPP	6	4 Roskill Community Voice 2 C&R	4 C&R 2 Roskill Community Voice	13,720 (31.9%)	Details	^[8]^[9]
Rodney	FPP	9	7 Rodney First 1 Independents	5 Rodney First 3 Independents	21,520 (46.5%)	Details	^[8]^[9]
Upper Harbour	FPP	6	4 Independents 2 Living Upper Harbour	3 Living Upper Harbour 3 Independents	16,883 (33.8%)	Details	^[8]^[9]
Waiheke	FPP	6	6 Independents	6 Independents	3,780 (51.8%)	Details	^[8]^[9]
Waitākere Ranges	FPP	6	4 Future West 2 WestWards	4 Future West 2 WestWards	15,661 (40.3%)	Details	^[8]^[9]
Waitematā	FPP	7	6 City Vision 1 C&R	4 C&R 3 City Vision	22,154 (38.6%)	Details	^[8]^[9]
Whau	FPP	7	5 Labour 1 Independents 1 Green	5 Labour 2 Independents	17,960 (31.7%)	Details	^[8]^[9]
All 21 local boards		150

Licensing trusts

Summary of results

Council	Electoral System	Seats	Control		Turnout	Details	Sources
Council	Electoral System	Seats	Previous	Result	Turnout	Details	Sources
Birkenhead	FPP	6	6 Unknown	3 Your Community Trust 1 Your Community Trust – Shore Action 1 Shore Action 1 Labour			^[9]
Mt Wellington	FPP	6	5 Labour 1 C&R	4 C&R 2 Labour			^[10]^[9]
Portage	FPP	10	3 City Vision 2 Labour 2 Trusts Action Group 1 Independent	4 Independents 3 City Vision 2 Trusts Action Group 1 Labour			^[10]^[9]
Waitakere	FPP	7	3 Independents 2 Labour 1 Trusts Action Group 1 Future West	3 Independents 2 Trusts Action Group 1 Labour 1 Future West			^[10]^[9]
Wiri	FPP	6	6 Manurewa Action Team	4 Manurewa Action Team 2 #LoveManurewa			^[10]^[9]
All 5 Auckland licensing trusts		35

Details

Birkenhead Licensing Trust^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Your Community Trust / Shore Action	Gillon Paula	5,513
	Your Community Trust	Stuart Weir	4,834
	Shore Action	Alexander Croft	4,586
	Your Community Trust	Marilyn Nicholls	4,302
	Your Community Trust	Shane Prince	4,209
	Labour	Liz Hurley	3,319
	Labour	Sesalina Setu	3,250
	None	Frances Mary Waaka	2,325
	None	James Mark Doleman	1,349
Informal			15
Blank			1,016
Turnout			?

Mount Wellington Licensing Trust^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Communities & Residents	Tania Batucan	2,775
	Communities & Residents	Troy Elliott	2,623
	Labour	Nerissa Henry	2,523
	Communities & Residents	Tabetha Elliott	2,485
	Communities & Residents	Michael Pepper	2,276
	Labour	Tanner Vili	2,129
	Labour	Deborah Misiuepa	2,007
	Communities & Residents	Shengtong Xin	1,817
	United Local	Leanne Cross	1,789
	Labour	Ian Pattison	1,777
	United Local	Alan Verrall	1,693
	United Local	Allyson Wood	1,587
	Independent	Patrick Gordon O'Meara	1,429
	United Local	Greg Woodcock	1,404
Informal			26
Blank			852
Turnout			?

Portage Licensing Trust – Auckland City Ward^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	City Vision	Marcus Amosa	5,149
	City Vision	Margi Watson	4,903
	City Vision	Mark Beavis	4,093
	Trusts Action Group	Barry Hutchinson	3,353
	Independent	Peter Hine	3,149
	Community Independents	Kathryn Mary Davie	2,703
	Community Independents	Paul Clifford Davie	3,367
Informal			10
Blank			1,551
Turnout			?

Portage Licensing Trust – New Lynn Ward^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Leanne Taylor	2,153
	Independent	Rob Hulse	1,864
	Labour	Gayleen Maurice	1,678
Informal			0
Blank			441
Turnout			?

Portage Licensing Trust – Glen Eden Ward^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Trusts Action Group	Joe Bergin	1,940
	Independent	Jacqui Harema	1,607
	Independent	Gayleen Maurice	1,535
Informal			1
Blank			378
Turnout			?

Portage Licensing Trust – Titiranga / Green Bay Ward^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Trusts Action Group	Ben Goodale	3,850
	Independent	Ross Clow	3,422
	Future West	Mark Roberts	3,297
	Future West	Barrie-John Partridge	2,583
Informal			10
Blank			1,120
Turnout			?

Portage Licensing Trust – Kelston West Ward^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Darren Leckey	1,119
	None	Ami Chand	684
	Trusts Action Group	Jordan Tarplett-Lee	447
Informal			6
Blank			306
Turnout			?

Waitākere Licensing Trust – Te Atatū Ward^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Trusts Action Group	Amanda Roberts	3,349
	Labour	Brooke Loader	3,307
	Trusts Action Group	Nick Smale	3,085
	Labour	Peter Kaiser	2,920
	Independent	Rex Chaney	968
Informal			5
Blank			732
Turnout			?

Waitākere Licensing Trust – Lincoln Ward^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Linda Cooper	8,057
	Independent	Warren William Flaunty	5,753
	Trusts Action Group	Jared Patterson	5,113
	Independent	John Loau	4,819
	Transparency	John Riddell	4,509
	Labour	Gurdeep Singh Talwar	3,613
Informal			12
Blank			1,759
Turnout			?

Waitākere Licensing Trust – Waitākere Ward^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes	%
	Future West	Allen Mark	uncontested

Waitākere Licensing Trust – Henderson Ward^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Sunil Kaushal	2,795
	Labour	Vincent Naidu	2,175
Informal			3
Blank			736
Turnout			?

Wiri Licensing Trust^[7]
Affiliation		Candidate	Votes
	Manurewa Action Team	Daniel Newman	6,504
	Manurewa Action Team	Rangi McLean	5,457
	#LoveManurewa	Joseph Allen	4,811
	Manurewa Action Team	Glenn Murphy	4,507
	#LoveManurewa	Andrew Lesa	4,468
	Manurewa Action Team	Brian Blake	4,342
	Labour	Sago Feagaiga	4,163
	Labour	Gadiel Asiata	4,025
	Manurewa Action Team	Cheryl Louise Hunia	3,839
	Labour	Jonaan Ngamoni McLeod	3,547
	#LoveManurewa	Ally Billaney	3,526
	Manurewa Action Team	Kelvin Hieatt	3,508
	#LoveManurewa	Kriss Rapana	2,955
	#LoveManurewa	Joe Lukupa	2,801
	#LoveManurewa	Luella Linaker	2,451
Informal			39
Blank			940
Turnout			?

Aftermath and analysis

Notes

↑ "Fix Auckland"
↑ Endorsed by Labour and the Green Party
↑ Labour endorsed
↑ "Fix Auckland"

References

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[1] "Fix Auckland"

[2] Endorsed by Labour and the Green Party

[3] Labour endorsed

[4] "Fix Auckland"

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