Wellington City Mayoral Result Undecided

Mayor Kerry Prendergast has an election night lead of 40 votes over Celia Wade-Brown, but it won’t be known who’s won the race until special votes have been processed. Some 960 special votes were issued. The result may not be known until Wednesday.

Electoral Officer Ross Bly announced the results for Wellington City Council and the Tawa Community Board this evening at 6pm.

Because Wellington uses the STV voting system, the results were announced later than most other cities around the country today.

Ross says: “This is the closest margin between two Mayoral candidates that I’ve seen in all my years in the elections office. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what the special votes tell us over the next few days.”

The final results will be officially notified on Wednesday 13 October, as planned.

City Councillors elected were: Ngaire Best, Justin Lester and Helene Ritchie (Northern Ward), Jo Coughlan, Andy Foster and John Morrison (Onslow-Western Ward), Stephanie Cook, Ian McKinnon and Iona Pannett (Lambton Ward), Ray Ahipene-Mercer, Leonie Gill and Simon Marsh (Eastern Ward), Paul Eagle and Bryan Pepperell (Southern Ward).

Incumbent Councillors Hayley Wain and Rob Goulden were not returned.

Preliminary results:

MAYOR

Kerry Prendergast elected

Celia Wade-Brown not elected

Jack Yan not elected

Bryan Pepperell not elected

Bernard O’Shaughnessy not elected

Al Mansell not elected

COUNCIL – NORTHERN WARD

Justin Lester elected Ngaire Best elected

Helene Ritchie elected

Gareth Morgan not elected

Hayley Wain not elected

Camilia Chin not elected

Gary W. Roberts not elected

COUNCIL – ONSLOW-WESTERN WARD

Andy Foster elected John Morrison elected

Jo Coughlan elected

Sharon Blaikie not elected

Jack Ruben not elected

Mike Fleming not elected

Ingrid Sage not elected

COUNCIL – LAMBTON WARD

Ian McKinnon elected Iona Pannett elected

Stephanie Cook elected

Marcus Ganley not elected

Michael Fowler not elected

Mark Greening not elected John Bishop not elected

Adam Cunningham not elected

Kris Price not elected

COUNCIL – EASTERN WARD

Leonie Gill elected

Ray Ahipene-Mercer elected

Simon Marsh elected

Allan Probert not elected

Rob Goulden not elected

Taima Fagaloa not elected

Mike Mellor not elected Amanda Nicolle not elected Mike Fiechter not elected

Tony Travers not elected

Rosemary Russell not elected

COUNCIL – SOUTHERN WARD

Paul Eagle elected Bryan Pepperell elected

Will Moore not elected

Keith Johnson not elected

Greg McPhee not elected

Ida Faiumu-Isa’ako not elected

Rex Nairn not elected

Bernard O’Shaughnessy not elected

Seann Paurini not elected

Thomas Morgan not elected

TAWA COMMUNITY BOARD

Malcolm Sparrow elected Robert Tredger elected

Margaret Lucas elected

Graeme Hansen elected

Alistair Sutton elected

Christopher Reading elected

David Darroch not elected

Richard Herbert not elected

Dennis Sharman not elected

MAKARA-OHARIU COMMUNITY BOARD

Margie Scotts elected unopposed

Gavin Bruce elected unopposed

Hamish Todd elected unopposed

Wayne Rudd elected unopposed

Judy Liddel elected unopposed

Christine Grace elected unopposed

HUTT MANA CHARITABLE TRUST – WELLINGTON CITY WARD

Ian Hutchings – elected (5801 votes)

Paul Hendry – not elected (3783 votes).

ENDS

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