# List of by-elections to the Hutt City Council

By-elections to the Hutt City Council (formerly Lower Hutt City Council until 1989) occur to fill vacant seats in the council. The death, resignation, bankruptcy or expulsion of a sitting Councillor can cause a by-election to occur.

## List of by-elections

The following is a list of by-elections held to fill vacancies on the Hutt City Council:
Key
| Independent | Citizens' | Labour | Community Concern |
| Ward | Date | Incumbent | Cause | Winner |
| At large | 26 September 1912 | John Watson Stevenson | Death | Thomas Charles Dawson |
| At large | 6 May 1914 | Thomas Charles Dawson | Resignation | John Brasell |
| At-large | 3 May 1918 | Sidney Clendon | Resignation | Sidney Clendon |
| At-large | 3 May 1918 | Henry Ward | Resignation | Albert West |
| At large | 14 December 1921 | Will Strand | Resignation | Allan Macaskill |
| At large | 27 January 1928 | Ernest Hunt | Resignation | Arthur Carver |
| At large | 27 January 1937 | Walter Cole | Death | John Brasell |
| At large | 12 April 1949 | William Gregory | Elected as Mayor | James McDonald |
| At large | 3 November 1951 | Norman Player | Resignation | Will Giltrap |
| At large | 17 August 1985 | Jan Taylor | Resignation | Pat Hall |
| Northern | 11 December 1993 | Peter Bates | Death | Tata Parata |
| Wainuiomata | 18 February 1995 | Tony London | Resignation | Ray Wallace |
| Central | 24 September 2021 | David Bassett | Resignation | Glenda Barratt |

## Results
### 1912 by-election

1912 Lower Hutt City Borough by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Thomas Charles Dawson | 483 | 72.96 |
| | Independent | George Mumford | 174 | 26.28 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 5 | 0.75 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 309 | 46.67 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 662 | 20.73 |

### 1914 by-election

1914 Lower Hutt City Borough by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | John Brasell | 552 | 60.46 |
| | Independent | Thomas Charles Dawson | 356 | 39.00 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 5 | 0.54 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 196 | 21.46 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 913 | |

### 1918 by-election

1918 Lower Hutt Borough Council by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Sidney Clendon | 310 | 49.20 | −47.26 |
| | Independent | Albert West | 285 | 45.23 | |
| | Independent | Henry Ward | 255 | 40.47 | −42.51 |
| | Independent | William Hardy | 221 | 35.07 | |
| | Independent | Charles Robinson | 167 | 26.50 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 21 | 3.33 | +0.46 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 30 | 4.76 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 630 | 22.22 | |

### 1921 by-election

1921 Lower Hutt Borough Council by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Allan Macaskill | Unopposed | | |

### 1928 by-election

1928 Lower Hutt Borough Council by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Arthur Carver | Unopposed | | |

### 1937 by-election

1937 Lower Hutt Borough Council by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Citizens' | John Brasell | 1,152 | 52.48 |
| | Labour | Ronald George Maxwell | 1,037 | 47.24 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 6 | 0.27 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 115 | 5.23 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,195 | |

### 1949 by-election

1949 Lower Hutt City Council by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James McDonald | 2,262 | 50.88 | |
| | Citizens' | Herbert Muir | 2,168 | 48.77 | −0.85 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 16 | 0.35 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 94 | 2.11 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,446 | 19.33 | −29.71 |

### 1951 by-election

1951 Lower Hutt City Council by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Citizens' | Will Giltrap | Unopposed | | |

### 1985 by-election

1985 Lower Hutt City Council by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | United Citizens | Pat Hall | 2,118 | 42.59 | |
| | Labour | John Eaton | 2,031 | 40.84 | −0.60 |
| | Independent | Doug Witcher | 458 | 9.21 | −18.27 |
| | Independent | Rhys Morris | 356 | 7.16 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 9 | 0.18 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 87 | 1.74 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,972 | 11.50 | |

### 1993 by-election

1993 Hutt City Council by-election, Northern ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Community Concern | Tata Parata | 1,694 | 31.32 | |
| | United Citizens | Pat Hall | 1,304 | 24.11 | −14.98 |
| | Independent | Peter MacMillan | 1,266 | 23.41 | |
| | Independent | Diana East | 1,053 | 19.47 | −19.79 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 90 | 1.66 | +0.75 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 390 | 7.21 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,407 | | |

### 1995 by-election

1995 Hutt City Council by-election, Wainuiomata ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Ray Wallace | 1,910 | 45.54 | |
| | Independent | Reg Moore | 1,187 | 28.30 | −22.40 |
| | Independent | Viv Auty | 1,097 | 26.15 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 723 | 17.23 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,194 | | |

### 2021 by-election

2021 Hutt City Council by-election, Central ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Glenda Barratt | 606 | 22.00 |
| | Independent | Andrea Hilton | 592 | 21.49 |
| | Independent | Henry Clayton | 567 | 20.58 |
| | Independent | Faran Shahzhad | 370 | 13.43 |
| | Independent | Simon Monrad | 161 | 5.84 |
| | Independent | Ash Roper | 99 | 3.59 |
| | Independent | Colin Wilson | 92 | 3.34 |
| | Independent | Thomas Morgan | 75 | 2.72 |
| | Independent | Andrew Fox | 69 | 2.50 |
| | Independent | Evelyn Richter | 69 | 2.50 |
| | Independent | Phil Caswell | 33 | 1.19 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 21 | 0.76 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14 | 0.50 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,754 | |