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2019 Wellington City Council Election
Preliminary report for the 2019 Wellington City Council Election
Andy Foster has won the Wellington Mayoralty over Justin Lester according to preliminary Wellington City election results released at 12 noon today (Sunday).
The result shows Councillor Foster has received 26,707 votes compared to incumbent Justin Lester who has received 26,204 votes.
This is a margin of 503 votes – down from the 715-vote margin recorded after 90 percent of votes were counted yesterday.
Wellington City Electoral Officer Warwick Lampp says all ordinary votes have now been counted including those received yesterday, but excluding more than 1700 special votes.
A total of 39.88 percent of eligible voters cast a vote in Wellington City for the 2019 elections – down from 45 percent in 2016.
The final official result will be available later next week after special votes have been counted and confirmed – however Mr Lampp says he expects Andy Foster’s win will be confirmed.
Preliminary results for the
Wellington City Council wards are:
TAKAPŪ/NORTHERN WARD
On
the basis of the preliminary result, the people elected as
councillors for Takapū/Northern Ward are:
•
Jill Day
• Malcolm Sparrow
• Jenny
Condie
WHARANGI/ONSLOW-WESTERN
WARD
On the basis of the preliminary result, the
people elected as councillors for Wharangi/Onslow-Western
Ward are:
• Diane Calvert
• Simon
Woolf
• Rebecca Matthews
PUKEHĪNAU/LAMBTON WARD
On
the basis of the preliminary result, the people elected as
councillors for Pukehīnau/Lambton Ward are:
•
Iona Pannett
• Nicola Young
•
Tamatha Paul
MOTUKAIRANGI/EASTERN
WARD
On the basis of the preliminary result, the
people elected as councillors for Motukairangi/Eastern Ward
are:
• Sarah Free
• Teri
O’Neill
• Sean Rush
PAEKAWAKAWA/SOUTHERN WARD
On the
basis of the preliminary result, the people elected as
councillors for Paekawakawa/Southern Ward are:
•
Fleur Fitzsimons
• Laurie Foon
TAWA COMMUNITY BOARD
On the basis of
the preliminary result, the people elected as councillors
for Tawa Community Board are:
• Steph
Knight
• Richard Herbert
• Graeme
Hansen
• Robyn Parkinson
• Jackson
Lacy
• Anna Scott.
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