2001 Wellington local elections

The 2001 Wellington local elections were part of the 2001 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Wellington elections cover one regional council (the Greater Wellington Regional Council), eight territorial authority (city and district) councils, three district health boards, and various local boards and licensing trusts.

Wellington City Council

The Wellington City Council consists of a mayor and nineteen councillors elected from six wards (Northern, Onslow, Western, Lambton, Eastern, Southern) using the First-past-the-post voting system.

Mayor

2001 Wellington mayoral election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kerry Prendergast	19,782	34.24
	Green	Mary Varnham	11,097	19.21
	Independent	John Morrison	10,289	17.81
	Independent	Andy Foster	3,982	6.89
	Alliance	Stephanie Cook	3,648	6.31	-16.59
	Independent	Merepeka Raukawa-Tait	3,174	5.49
	Independent	Rob Goulden	1,827	3.16
	For The Public Interest	Bryan Pepperell	1,714	2.97	-9.90
	Independent	Ollie Tafua	745	1.29
	Independent	Kent Clark	693	1.20
	Independent	Lindsay Milkop	290	0.50
	Independent	Josie Bullock	259	0.45
	Independent	Hugh Baker-Boyd	134	0.23	-2.16
	Independent	Thomas Morgan	134	0.23
Majority			8,685	15.25
Turnout			57,768

Eastern ward

The Eastern ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Eastern Ward (4 vacancies)[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Ray Ahipene-Mercer	5,442
Labour	Leonie Gill	5,320
Independent	Rob Goulden	4,121
Independent	David Major	3,517
Labour	Peter Benson	3,307
Labour	Daran Ponter	3,053
Independent	Linda Hobman	2,898
Independent	Cliff Condren	2,330
Independent	Phil Sprey	2,040
Independent	Tafa Max To'o	1,899
Independent	Ollie Tafua	1,750
Independent	Josie Bullock	1,512
Independent	Sean Woods	1,471
Independent	Karuna Muthu	608

Lambton ward

The Lambton ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Lambton Ward (4 vacancies)[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Alliance	Stephanie Cook	5,531
Labour	David Zwartz	4,188
Independent	Alick Shaw	3,872
Independent	Chris Parkin	3,670
Independent	Jo Couglan	3,643
Green	Brent Efford	2,895
Independent	John Gibbons	1,985
Independent	Alan Whiting	1,746
Independent	John Shrapnell	1,738
Independent	Yadana Saw	1,712
Independent	Joy Dunsheath	1,525
Legalise Cannabis	Michael Appleby	1,208
Independent	David Scott	1,121
Independent	Kirk MacGibbon	998
Independent	Ari Roskam	793
Independent	Lindsay Milkop	744

Northern ward

The Northern ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Northern Ward (4 vacancies)[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Helene Ritchie	6,260
Three 4 North	Ian Hutchings	6,091
Three 4 North	Ngaire Best	5,729
Three 4 North	Robert Armstrong	5,550
Northern Merit	Kent Clark	4,475
Northern Merit	Ray Good	3,793
Northern Merit	Jim Candolitis	3,059
Independent	John Taylor	3,025
Independent	Gay Limpus	2,472
Independent	Hugh Baker Boyd	1,239

Onslow ward

The Onslow ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Onslow Ward (2 vacancies)[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Judy Siers	4,571
Independent	John Morrison	3,755
Independent	Darryl Ray	1,852

Southern ward

The Southern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Southern Ward (3 vacancies)[2]
	Candidate	Votes
Green	Celia Wade-Brown	4,639
Independent	Sue Piper	4,035
For The Public Interest	Bryan Pepperell	4,035
Labour	Hola Taue	1,423
Independent	Matt Taylor	3,086
Independent	Evan Keay	1,674
Independent	Ash Bhasin	1,485
Independent	Harry Muagututi'a Tauafiafi	898

Western ward

The Western ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Western Ward (2 vacancies)[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Independent	Andy Foster	5,731
Independent Citizens	Sally Baber	2,483
Independent	Heather Roy	2,449
Independent	Haydn Nicholls	1,468
Independent	Craig Wylie	730

References

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