2022 Auckland local elections

2022 Auckland local elections

The 2022 Auckland local elections took place between September and October 2022 by postal vote as part of nation-wide local elections. The elections were the fifth since the merger of seven councils into the Auckland Council, which is composed of the mayor and 20 councillors, and 149 members of 21 local boards. Thirty-five members of 5 licensing trusts were also elected.

Mayoral election

Main article: 2022 Auckland mayoral election

The incumbent mayor, Phil Goff, did not stand for re-election. Wayne Brown was elected mayor.

Governing body elections

Twenty members were elected to the Auckland Council, across thirteen wards, using the first past the post vote system.

The final candidate list was released on 16 August. Provisional results were announced on 8 October. Preliminary results were released on 9 October. Official and final results were released on 15 October.

Rodney ward (1)

Incumbent Greg Sayers was re-elected.

Affiliation (if any)		Name	Votes	Notes
	Independent	Greg Sayers	13,539
	Rodney First	Beth Houlbrooke	5,850
	Independent	Rob Ryan	1,447
	Independent	Anne Perratt	1,109
	–	Hannah North	1,048
		Informal/blank	842

Albany ward (2)

Incumbents Walker and Watson were re-elected.

Affiliation (if any)		Name	Votes	Notes
	Putting People First	John Watson	20,575
	Putting People First	Wayne Walker	20,007
	Independent Locals	Victoria Short	14,968
	Your Community Law	Jake Law	9,120
	Your Community Law	Sylvia Yang	7,298
	Independent	Tony Corbett	6,529
	Independent	Callum Blair	6,480
	Communities First	John Davies	3,189
	Independent	Alezix Heneti	1,381
		Informal/blank	3,160

North Shore ward (2)

Incumbents Darby and Hills were re-elected.

Affiliation (if any)		Name	Votes	Notes
	A Positive Voice for the Shore	Richard Hills	19,269
	For the Shore	Chris Darby	17,123
	C&R North Shore	Danielle Grant	14,584
	C&R North Shore	George Wood	12,009
	Independent	Tony Bunting	4,370
	–	Raymond Tan	3,857
	–	Adrian Tyler	3,270
		Informal/blank	1,237

Waitākere ward (2)

Incumbents Linda Cooper and Shane Henderson sought re-eelction. Henderson was re-elected and Cooper lost her seat to Ken Turner.

Affiliation (if any)		Name	Votes	Notes
	Labour Party	Shane Henderson	16,545
	WestWards	Ken Turner	14,654
	Independent	Linda Cooper	13,995
	WestWards	Shawn Blanchfield	8,472
	Independent	Peter Chan	8,199
	Independent	Tua Schuster	3,278
	Independent	Aimela Hansen	2,648
	Independent	Michael Coote	2,550
		Informal/blank	1,589

Waitemata and Gulf ward (1)

Incumbent Pippa Coom sought re-election and was defeated by Mike Lee.

Affiliation (if any)		Name	Votes	Notes
	Auckland Independents	Mike Lee	9,415
	City Vision	Pippa Coom	8,254
	Rock The Vote	Mike Burton	1,032
	–	Andi Liu	636
		Informal/blank	1,495

Whau ward (1)

Incumbent Tracy Mulholland sought re-election and was defeated by Kerrin Leoni.

Affiliation (if any)		Name	Votes	Notes
	Labour	Kerrin Leoni	8,373
	C&R – Communities and Residents	Tracy Mulholland	8,011
		Informal/blank	1,559

Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward (2)

Incumbent Christine Fletcher sought re-election and Cathy Casey retired.

Affiliation (if any)		Name	Votes	Notes
	C&R – Communities and Residents	Christine Fletcher	20,021
	City Vision	Julie Fairey	16,966
	C&R – Communities and Residents	Will McKenzie	16,182
	City Vision	Red Tsounga	14,013
	Independent	Stewart Brown	6,211
	–	Frank Fu	3,662
		Informal/blank	2,248

Maungakiekie-Tamaki ward (1)

Incumbent Josephine Bartley was re-elected.

Affiliation (if any)		Name	Votes	Notes
	Labour Party	Josephine Bartley	8,877
	C&R – Communities and Residents	Troy Elliott	6,868
	Independent	John Pebbles	1,812
	–	Christopher Carroll	1,213
		Informal/blank	983

Manukau ward (2)

Incumbents Alf Filipaina was re-elected and Efeso Collins retired to stand for Mayoralty. Lotu Fuli was elected in Collins' place.

Affiliation (if any)		Name	Votes	Notes
	Labour Party	Alf Filipaina	16,734
	Labour Party	Lotu Fuli	14,935
	C&R – Communities and Residents	Malcolm Turner	8,512
	Outdoors	Hine Afeaki	5,699
		Informal/blank	1,372

Manurewa-Papakura ward (2)

Incumbents Daniel Newman and Angela Dalton were re-elected.

Affiliation (if any)		Name	Votes	Notes
	Manurewa-Papakura Action Team	Daniel Newman	15,214
	–	Angela Dalton	12,055
	Manurewa-Papakura Action Team	Rangi McLean	7,948
	Labour Party	Sago Feagaiga	6,315
	Labour Party	Ilango Krishnamoorthy	4,049
	–	Karin Kerr	3,046
		Informal/blank	966

Franklin ward (1)

Incumbent Bill Cashmore did not stand for re-election. The contest was won by Andy Baker.

Affiliation (if any)		Name	Votes	Notes
	Team Franklin	Andy Baker	14,187
	Independent	Keven Mealamu	9,279
		Informal/blank	830

Ōrākei ward (1)

Incumbent Desley Simpson was re-elected.

Affiliation (if any)		Name	Votes	Notes
	C&R – Communities and Residents	Desley Simpson	24,634
	Independent	Fatin Aaron	4,724
		Informal/blank	2,059

Howick ward (2)

Incumbents Stewart and Young both sought re-election. Stewart was re-elected and Young lost his seat to former MP Maurice Williamson.

Affiliation (if any)		Name	Votes	Notes
	Independent	Sharon Stewart	16,013
	Independent	Maurice Williamson	14,544
	#Burns&Young	Paul Young	11,876
	#Burns&Young	Bo Burns	11,491
	Independent	Damian Light	9,825
	–	Morgan Xiao	3,840
		Informal/blank	1,325

Local board elections

Main article: 2022 Auckland local board elections

Licensing trustee elections

35 members were elected to 5 licensing trusts across Auckland.

Birkenhead Licensing Trust (6)

Affiliation (if any)		Name	Votes
	Your Community Trust/Shore Action	Paula Gillon	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
	–	Frances Mary Waaka	2,325
	–	James Mark Doleman	1,349
		Informal/blank	1,031

Mt Wellington Licensing Trust (6)

Affiliation (if any)		Name	Votes
	C&R – Communities and Residents	Tania Batucan	2,775
	C&R – Communities and Residents	Troy Elliott	2,623
	Labour	Nerissa Henry	2,523
	C&R – Communities and Residents	Tabetha Elliott	2,485
	C&R – Communities and Residents	Michael Pepper	2,276
	Labour	Tanner Vili	2,129
	Labour	Deborah Misiuepa	2,007
	C&R – Communities and 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/blank	878

Portage Licensing Trust

Ward No. 1 – Auckland City (3)

Affiliation (if any)		Name	Votes
	City Vision	Marcus Amosa	5,149
	City Vision	Margi Watson	4,903
	City Vision	Mark Beavis	4,093
	Trusts Action Group	Barry Hutchison	3,353
	Independent	Peter Hine	3,149
	Community Independents	Kathryn Mary Davie	2,703
	Community Independents	Paul Clifford Davie	2,367
		Informal/blank	1,561

Ward No. 2 – New Lynn (2)

Affiliation (if any)		Name	Votes
	Labour	Leanne Taylor	2,153
	Independent	Rob Hulse	1,864
	Labour	Gayleen Maurice	1,678
		Informal/blank	441

Ward No. 3 – Glen Eden (2)

Affiliation (if any)		Name	Votes
	Trusts Action Group	Joe Bergin	1,940
	Independent	Jacqui Harema	1,607
	Independent	Janet Clews	1,535
		Informal/blank	379

Ward No. 4 – Titirangi/Green Bay (2)

Affiliation (if any)		Name	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/blank	1,130

Ward No. 5 – Kelston West (1)

Affiliation (if any)		Name	Votes
	Independent	Darren Leckey	1,119
	–	Ami Chand	684
	Trusts Action Group	Jordan Tarplett-Lee	447
		Informal/blank	312

Waitākere Licensing Trust

Ward No. 1 – Te Atatū (2)

Affiliation (if any)		Name	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
	–	Rex Chaney	968
		Informal/blank	737

Ward No. 2 – Lincoln (3)

Affiliation (if any)		Name	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/blank	1,771

Ward No. 3 – Waitākere (1)

Affiliation (if any)		Name	Votes
	Future West	Mark Allen	Elected Unopposed

Ward No. 4 – Henderson (1)

Affiliation (if any)		Name	Votes
	Independent	Sunil Kaushal	2,795
	Labour	Vincent Naidu	2,175
		Informal/blank	739

Wiri Licensing Trust (6)

Affiliation (if any)		Name	Votes
	Manurewa Action Team	Daniel Newman	6,504
	Manurewa Action Team	Rangi Mclean	5,457
	#LoveManurewa	Joseph Allan	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/blank	979