2007 Lower Hutt mayoral election

The 2007 Lower Hutt mayoral election was part of the wider 2007 New Zealand local elections. The elections were held for the role of Mayor of Lower Hutt plus other local government positions including twelve city councillors, also elected triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

2007 Lower Hutt mayoral election

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Turnout	28,080 (41.10%)
Candidate David Ogden Ray Wallace Ken Laban Party Independent Independent Hutt 2020 – Labour Popular vote 7,352 7,126 6,912 Percentage 26.79 25.97 25.19
Mayor before election David Ogden Elected mayor David Ogden

Background

The incumbent Mayor, David Ogden, stood for a second term. He faced multiple opponents, by councillors Ray Wallace and Ross Jamieson as well as Hutt Valley District Health Board member Ken Laban and former regional councillor Rosemarie Thomas.^[1]

Mayoral results

The following table gives the election results:

2007 Lower Hutt mayoral election^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Ogden	7,352	26.79	−14.73
	Independent	Ray Wallace	7,126	25.97
	Hutt 2020 – Labour	Ken Laban	6,912	25.19
	Independent	Rosemarie Thomas	3,507	12.78
	Independent	Ross Jamieson	2,678	9.75
Informal votes			505	1.84	+1.51
Majority			226	0.82	−6.71
Turnout			28,080	41.10	+4.10

Ward results

Twelve candidates were also elected from wards to the Hutt City Council.^[2]

	Party/ticket	Councillors
	Independent	9
	Our City, Our Future	3

References

1. "Who would be mayor?". The Dominion Post. 15 August 2007. p. A1.
2. "How You Voted; Our community leaders for the next three years". The Dominion Post. 15 October 2007. p. A4.