# 2022 Auckland local elections

The 2022 Auckland local elections took place between September and October 2022 by postal vote as part of nation-wide local elections. The elections were the fifth 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. Thirty-five members of 5 licensing trusts were also elected.

## Mayoral election

The incumbent mayor, Phil Goff, did not stand for re-election. Wayne Brown was elected mayor.

## Governing body elections

Twenty members were elected to the Auckland Council, across thirteen wards, using the first past the post vote system.
The final candidate list was released on 16 August. Provisional results were announced on 8 October. Preliminary results were released on 9 October. Official and final results were released on 15 October.

### Rodney ward (1)

Incumbent Greg Sayers was re-elected.
| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| Independent | Greg Sayers | 13,539 |
| Rodney First | Beth Houlbrooke | 5,850 |
| Independent | Rob Ryan | 1,447 |
| Independent | Anne Perratt | 1,109 |
| – | Hannah North | 1,048 |
| | Informal/blank | 842 |

### Albany ward (2)

Incumbents Walker and Watson were re-elected.
| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| Putting People First | John Watson | 20,575 |
| Putting People First | Wayne Walker | 20,007 |
| Independent Locals | Victoria Short | 14,968 |
| Your Community Law | Jake Law | 9,120 |
| Your Community Law | Sylvia Yang | 7,298 |
| Independent | Tony Corbett | 6,529 |
| Independent | Callum Blair | 6,480 |
| Communities First | John Davies | 3,189 |
| Independent | Alezix Heneti | 1,381 |
| | Informal/blank | 3,160 |

### North Shore ward (2)

Incumbents Darby and Hills were re-elected.
| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| A Positive Voice for the Shore | Richard Hills | 19,269 |
| For the Shore | Chris Darby | 17,123 |
| C&R North Shore | Danielle Grant | 14,584 |
| C&R North Shore | George Wood | 12,009 |
| Independent | Tony Bunting | 4,370 |
| – | Raymond Tan | 3,857 |
| – | Adrian Tyler | 3,270 |
| | Informal/blank | 1,237 |

### Waitākere ward (2)

Incumbents Linda Cooper and Shane Henderson sought re-election. Henderson was re-elected and Cooper lost her seat to Ken Turner.
| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| Labour | Shane Henderson | 16,545 |
| WestWards | Ken Turner | 14,654 |
| Independent | Linda Cooper | 13,995 |
| WestWards | Shawn Blanchfield | 8,472 |
| Independent | Peter Chan | 8,199 |
| Independent | Tua Schuster | 3,278 |
| Independent | Aimela Hansen | 2,648 |
| Independent | Michael Coote | 2,550 |
| | Informal/blank | 1,589 |

### Waitemata and Gulf ward (1)

Incumbent Pippa Coom sought re-election and was defeated by Mike Lee.
| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| Auckland Independents | Mike Lee | 9,415 |
| City Vision | Pippa Coom | 8,254 |
| Rock The Vote | Mike Burton | 1,032 |
| – | Andi Liu | 636 |
| | Informal/blank | 1,495 |

### Whau ward (1)

Incumbent Tracy Mulholland sought re-election and was defeated by Kerrin Leoni.
| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| Labour | Kerrin Leoni | 8,373 |
| C&R – Communities and Residents | Tracy Mulholland | 8,011 |
| | Informal/blank | 1,559 |

### Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward (2)

Incumbent Christine Fletcher sought re-election and Cathy Casey retired.
| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| C&R – Communities and Residents | Christine Fletcher | 20,021 |
| City Vision | Julie Fairey | 16,966 |
| C&R – Communities and Residents | Will McKenzie | 16,182 |
| City Vision | Red Tsounga | 14,013 |
| Independent | Stewart Brown | 6,211 |
| – | Frank Fu | 3,662 |
| | Informal/blank | 2,248 |

### Maungakiekie-Tamaki ward (1)

Incumbent Josephine Bartley was re-elected.
| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| Labour | Josephine Bartley | 8,877 |
| C&R – Communities and Residents | Troy Elliott | 6,868 |
| Independent | John Pebbles | 1,812 |
| – | Christopher Carroll | 1,213 |
| | Informal/blank | 983 |

### Manukau ward (2)

Incumbents Alf Filipaina was re-elected and Efeso Collins retired to stand for Mayoralty. Lotu Fuli was elected in Collins' place.
| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| Labour | Alf Filipaina | 16,734 |
| Labour | Lotu Fuli | 14,935 |
| C&R – Communities and Residents | Malcolm Turner | 8,512 |
| Outdoors | Hine Afeaki | 5,699 |
| | Informal/blank | 1,372 |

### Manurewa-Papakura ward (2)

Incumbents Daniel Newman and Angela Dalton were re-elected.
| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| Manurewa-Papakura Action Team | Daniel Newman | 15,214 |
| – | Angela Dalton | 12,055 |
| Manurewa-Papakura Action Team | Rangi McLean | 7,948 |
| Labour | Sago Feagaiga | 6,315 |
| Labour | Ilango Krishnamoorthy | 4,049 |
| – | Karin Kerr | 3,046 |
| | Informal/blank | 966 |

### Franklin ward (1)

Incumbent Bill Cashmore did not stand for re-election. The contest was won by Andy Baker.
| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| Team Franklin | Andy Baker | 14,187 |
| Independent | Keven Mealamu | 9,279 |
| | Informal/blank | 830 |

### Ōrākei ward (1)

Incumbent Desley Simpson was re-elected.
| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| C&R – Communities and Residents | Desley Simpson | 24,634 |
| Independent | Fatin Aaron | 4,724 |
| | Informal/blank | 2,059 |

### Howick ward (2)

Incumbents Stewart and Young both sought re-election. Stewart was re-elected and Young lost his seat to former MP Maurice Williamson.
| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| Independent | Sharon Stewart | 16,013 |
| Independent | Maurice Williamson | 14,544 |
| #Burns&Young | Paul Young | 11,876 |
| #Burns&Young | Bo Burns | 11,491 |
| Independent | Damian Light | 9,825 |
| – | Morgan Xiao | 3,840 |
| | Informal/blank | 1,325 |

## Licensing trustee elections

35 members were elected to 5 licensing trusts across Auckland.

### Birkenhead Licensing Trust (6)

| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| Your Community Trust/Shore Action | Paula Gillon | 5,513 |
| Your Community Trust | Stuart Weir | 4,834 |
| Shore Action | Alexander Croft | 4,586 |
| Your Community Trust | Marilyn Nicholls | 4,302 |
| Your Community Trust | Shane Prince | 4,209 |
| Labour | Liz Hurley | 3,319 |
| Labour | Sesalina Setu | 3,250 |
| – | Frances Mary Waaka | 2,325 |
| – | James Mark Doleman | 1,349 |
| | Informal/blank | 1,031 |

### Mt Wellington Licensing Trust (6)

| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| C&R – Communities and Residents | Tania Batucan | 2,775 |
| C&R – Communities and Residents | Troy Elliott | 2,623 |
| Labour | Nerissa Henry | 2,523 |
| C&R – Communities and Residents | Tabetha Elliott | 2,485 |
| C&R – Communities and Residents | Michael Pepper | 2,276 |
| Labour | Tanner Vili | 2,129 |
| Labour | Deborah Misiuepa | 2,007 |
| C&R – Communities and Residents | Shengtong Xin | 1,817 |
| United Local | Leanne Cross | 1,789 |
| Labour | Ian Pattison | 1,777 |
| United Local | Alan Verrall | 1,693 |
| United Local | Allyson Wood | 1,587 |
| Independent | Patrick Gordon O'Meara | 1,429 |
| United Local | Greg Woodcock | 1,404 |
| | Informal/blank | 878 |

### Portage Licensing Trust
#### Ward No. 1 – Auckland City (3)

| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| City Vision | Marcus Amosa | 5,149 |
| City Vision | Margi Watson | 4,903 |
| City Vision | Mark Beavis | 4,093 |
| Trusts Action Group | Barry Hutchison | 3,353 |
| Independent | Peter Hine | 3,149 |
| Community Independents | Kathryn Mary Davie | 2,703 |
| Community Independents | Paul Clifford Davie | 2,367 |
| | Informal/blank | 1,561 |

#### Ward No. 2 – New Lynn (2)

| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| Labour | Leanne Taylor | 2,153 |
| Independent | Rob Hulse | 1,864 |
| Labour | Gayleen Maurice | 1,678 |
| | Informal/blank | 441 |

#### Ward No. 3 – Glen Eden (2)

| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| Trusts Action Group | Joe Bergin | 1,940 |
| Independent | Jacqui Harema | 1,607 |
| Independent | Janet Clews | 1,535 |
| | Informal/blank | 379 |

#### Ward No. 4 – Titirangi/Green Bay (2)

| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| Trusts Action Group | Ben Goodale | 3,850 |
| Independent | Ross Clow | 3,422 |
| Future West | Mark Roberts | 3,297 |
| Future West | Barrie-John Partridge | 2,583 |
| | Informal/blank | 1,130 |

#### Ward No. 5 – Kelston West (1)

| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| Independent | Darren Leckey | 1,119 |
| – | Ami Chand | 684 |
| Trusts Action Group | Jordan Tarplett-Lee | 447 |
| | Informal/blank | 312 |

### Waitākere Licensing Trust
#### Ward No. 1 – Te Atatū (2)

| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| Trusts Action Group | Amanda Roberts | 3,349 |
| Labour | Brooke Loader | 3,307 |
| Trusts Action Group | Nick Smale | 3,085 |
| Labour | Peter Kaiser | 2,920 |
| – | Rex Chaney | 968 |
| | Informal/blank | 737 |

#### Ward No. 2 – Lincoln (3)

| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| Independent | Linda Cooper | 8,057 |
| Independent | Warren William Flaunty | 5,753 |
| Trusts Action Group | Jared Patterson | 5,113 |
| Independent | John Loau | 4,819 |
| Transparency | John Riddell | 4,509 |
| Labour | Gurdeep Singh Talwar | 3,613 |
| | Informal/blank | 1,771 |

#### Ward No. 3 – Waitākere (1)

| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| Future West | Mark Allen | Elected Unopposed |

#### Ward No. 4 – Henderson (1)

| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| Independent | Sunil Kaushal | 2,795 |
| Labour | Vincent Naidu | 2,175 |
| | Informal/blank | 739 |

### Wiri Licensing Trust (6)

| Affiliation (if any) | Name | Votes |
| Manurewa Action Team | Daniel Newman | 6,504 |
| Manurewa Action Team | Rangi Mclean | 5,457 |
| #LoveManurewa | Joseph Allan | 4,811 |
| Manurewa Action Team | Glenn Murphy | 4,507 |
| #LoveManurewa | Andrew Lesa | 4,468 |
| Manurewa Action Team | Brian Blake | 4,342 |
| Labour | Sago Feagaiga | 4,163 |
| Labour | Gadiel Asiata | 4,025 |
| Manurewa Action Team | Cheryl Louise Hunia | 3,839 |
| Labour | Jonaan Ngamoni Mcleod | 3,547 |
| #LoveManurewa | Ally Billaney | 3,526 |
| Manurewa Action Team | Kelvin Hieatt | 3,508 |
| #LoveManurewa | Kriss Rapana | 2,955 |
| #LoveManurewa | Joe Lukupa | 2,801 |
| #LoveManurewa | Luella Linaker | 2,451 |
| | Informal/blank | 979 |