2013 Auckland local elections

The 2013 Auckland local elections took place between 20 September and 12 October and were conducted by postal vote. The elections were the second 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. Twenty-one district health board members and 41 licensing trust members were also elected. The previous elections were in 2010. Early (not final) voting figures are below. The overall effect of the election was a shift of the Auckland Council to the right.^[1]

2013 Auckland local elections

← 2010 12 October 2013 2016 →
All 20 seats of the Governing body of the Auckland Council
First party Second party Third party   Party Communities & Residents Labour City Vision Last election 5 seats, 22.93% 2 seats, 4.82% 1 seat, 3.92% Seats won 3 2 1 Seat change 2 0 0 Popular vote 47,833 43,095 26,725 Percentage 10.59% 9.54% 5.92% Swing 12.34 4.72% 2.00%

Mayoral election

Main article: 2013 Auckland mayoral election

Incumbent Len Brown was re-elected.^[2][3]

2013 Auckland mayoral election^[4][5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Len Brown	164,338	47.78	−1.46
	Independent	John Palino	108,928	31.67	—
	Affordable Auckland	Stephen Berry	13,650	3.97	—
	Independent	Penny Bright	11,723	3.41	+2.85
	Mana	John Minto	11,591	3.37	—
	Independent	Uesifili Unasa	8,040	2.34	—
	Working for the Homeless	Wayne Young	3,943	1.15	+1.03
	Independent	Reuben Shadbolt	3,152	0.92	—
	None	Paul Duffy	3,083	0.90	—
	Christians Against Abortion	Phil O'Connor	3,032	0.88	+0.61
	Independent	Emmett Hussey	2,974	0.86	—
	Independent	Susanna Susara Kruger	2,173	0.63	—
	None	Matthew Goode	2,116	0.62	—
	Roads First	David Willmott	1,647	0.48	+0.37
	None	Jesse Butler	1,465	0.43	—
	None	Tricia Cheel	1,214	0.35	—
	Communist League	Annalucia Vermunt	856	0.25	+0.16
Majority			55,410	16.11	+2.44
Total valid votes			343,925	99.54
Informal votes			1,584	0.46
Turnout			345,509	34.72	−15.45
Registered electors			995,206

Council ward elections

20 members were elected to governing body of the Auckland Council across thirteen wards.^[6][7][8]

Rodney (1)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Independent	Penny Webster	8587
	Independent	Steven Robert Garner	5616
		Informal/blank	1101

Albany (2)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Putting People First	Wayne Walker	13918
	Putting People First	John Watson	12936
	Independent	Lisa Whyte	11646
	Independent	Julia Parfitt	11075
	Independent	Brent Robinson	7782
	Independent	Mary-Anne Benson-Cooper	3967
	Independent	Kevin Moorhead	3480
	Independent	Tricia Cheel	1728
		Informal/blank	2715

North Shore (2)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Taking The Shore Forward	Chris Darby	14802
	Fair Deal For Shore	George Wood	14086
	Independent	Ann Hartley	13072
	Team of Independents	Grant Gillon	12273
	Fair Deal For Shore	Joseph Bergin	9515
	Independent	Calum Macpherson	4749
		Informal/blank	1239

Waitakere (2)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	West At Heart	Penny Hulse	19498
	Independent	Linda Cooper	11437
	Independent	Christine Rose	9877
	Independent	Brian Neeson	8964
	Affordable Auckland	Peter Chan	7413
	Independent	Jason Woolston	3500
	Mana	Douglas Robertson	2067
	Independent	Allan Fazakerley	1932
		Informal/blank	1356

Waitemata and Gulf (1)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Independent	Mike Lee	8886
	Independent	Greg Moyle	4061
	Independent	Rob Thomas	3155
	Affordable Auckland	Stephen Berry	1435
	Independent	Charlotte Fisher	1055
	Independent	Aleksandar Zivaljevic	398
		Informal/blank	1578

Whau (1)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Labour	Ross Clow	6227
	Independent	Noelene Raffills	6176
	Community First	Duncan MacDonald	3843
		Informal/blank	1325

Albert-Eden-Roskill (2)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Communities & Residents	Christine Fletcher	17939
	City Vision	Cathy Casey	16545
	Communities & Residents	Nigel Turnbull	13233
	City Vision	Peter Haynes	10180
	Liveable Communities	Phil Chase	5995
	Transparency New Zealand	Grace Haden	4021
		Informal/blank	1937

Maungakiekie-Tamaki (1)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Communities & Residents	Denise Krum	8483
	Labour	Richard Northey	7585
		Informal/blank	998

Manukau (2)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Labour	Alf Filipaina	17441
	Independent	Arthur Anae	12961
	Labour	Tunumafono Ava Fa'amoe	11842
	Mana	Roger Fowler	4213
	Independent	Avtar Hans	3679
	Mana	Joe Trinder	2192
	Communist League	Baskaran Appu	1154
		Informal/blank	1385

Manurewa-Papakura (2)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Independent for Manurewa-Papakura	John Walker	15577
	Independent for Manurewa-Papakura	Calum Penrose	13696
	Team South	Colleen Brown	10331
	Team South	Peter Goldsmith	5205
	Mana	James Papali'i	2537
	Mana	Barry Tumai	1644
		Informal/blank	787

Franklin (1)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Team Franklin C&R	Bill Cashmore	8178
	Independent	Lynn Murphy	4295
	Affordable Auckland	Niko Kloeten	3727
		Informal/blank	843

Ōrākei (1)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Independent	Cameron Brewer	elected unopposed

Howick (2)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Independent	Dick Quax	elected unopposed
	Independent	Sharon Stewart	elected unopposed

Local board elections

Main article: 2013 Auckland local board elections

Licensing trust elections

Birkenhead Licensing Trust (6)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Independent	Bill Plunkett	4565
	Team of Independents	Paula Gillion	4410
	Independent	Marilyn Nicholls	4285
	Independent	Stuart Wier	4119
	Kaipatiki Voice	Scott Espie	3886
		Shane Prince	3458
	Independent	Merv Adair	3122

Mt Wellington Licensing Trust (6)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Labour	Leila Boyle	4368
	Labour	Alan Verrall	4145
	Labour	Mike Murray	4067
	Labour	Jenifer Salesa	3683
	Labour	Mary-Ann De Koort	3648
	Labour	Denise Eggers	3506
	Independent	Leanne Margaret Cross	2400
	Independent	Bryan Mockridge	2224
	Independent	Jocelyn Calvert	2158

Portage Licensing Trust

Ward No 1 – Auckland City (3)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	City Vision	Catherine Farmer	4163
	Community First	Duncan Macdonald	4105
	Community Independents	Kathryn Davie	3362
	City Vision	Loraine Wilson	3353
	City Vision	Margi Watson	3200
	Community Independents	Paul Davie	2758
	Community First	Raj Mitra	2531
	Community First	Gordon Gibbons	2321
	Community Independents	Manilal Patel	1377
	Independent	Alan John Thompson	1148

Ward No 2 – New Lynn (2)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Community First	Graeme Elison	Elected Unopposed
	Independents	Sandy Taylor	Elected Unopposed

Ward No 3 – Glen Eden (2)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Progressive Independents	Janet Clews	1459
	Future West	Neil Henderson	1392
	Independent	Gayle Marshall	1347
	Future West	Jack Henderson	1064

Ward No 4 – Titirangi / Green Bay (2)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Independent	Ross Clow	2917
	Future West	Greg Presland	2724
	Independent	Tracy Mulholland	1838
	West Wards	Linda Potauaine	1336
		Jason Woolston	1246
	Independent	Tenna Speedy	971
	Community First	Tam Canter-Visscher	783

Ward No 5 – Kelston West (1)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Labour	Ami Chand	Elected Unopposed

Waitakere Licensing Trust

Ward No 1 – Te Atatū (2)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Independent	Ross Dallow	2906
		John Tamihere	2335
	Independent	Tracy Kirkley	2309
	Labour	Cheryl Brown-Talamaivao	1940
		Wayne Bainbridge	1638
	Independent	Bob Stanic	1530
	Independent	Elizabeth Grimmer	1464

Ward No 2 –Lincoln (3)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Independent	Linda Cooper	8563
	Independent	Warren William Flaunty	7311
	Independent	Brian Neeson	7181
	West Wards	Mahendra Sharma	2991

Ward No 3 – Waitakere (1)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Future West	Steve Tollestrup	1428
	Totally Independent	Judy Lawley	1421
	Independent	Paul Mitchell	1090
	Independent	Mark Bellingham	798
	Independent	Heather Tanguay	272

Ward No 4 – Henderson (1)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Independent	Assid Corban	Elected Unopposed

Wiri Licensing Trust (6)

	Affiliation (if any)	Name	Votes
	Manurewa Action Team	Ken Penney	9606
	Manurewa Action Team	Grant Dalton	9153
	Manurewa Action Team	Stella Cattle	8327
	Manurewa Action Team	Duncan White	7919
	Manurewa Action Team	Rangi Maclean	7855
	Independent	Alan Johnson	7350
	Independent	Mote Pahulu	4897

See also

• 2013 New Zealand local elections
• 2013 Auckland local board elections

References

1. "Auckland 'our only world class city'". Stuff.co.nz. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
2. "'Humbled' Brown back for Auckland". The New Zealand Herald. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
3. "Auckland Council Mayor – Final result" (PDF). Auckland Council. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
4. "2013 election results" (PDF). Auckland Council. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
5. "Voting Document Returns – 2013 Elections" (PDF). Auckland Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
6. "Election results: Around the country". The New Zealand Herald. 5 August 2023.
7. "Untitled" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
8. "About Local Body Elections : SOLGM". Vote.co.nz. 1 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2015.

External links

• 2013 Election candidates aucklandcouncil.govt.nz