# 1986 Lower Hutt mayoral election

The 1986 Lower Hutt mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. The elections were held for the role of Mayor of Lower Hutt plus other local government positions including sixteen city councillors, also elected triennially. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

## Background

The incumbent Mayor, Sir John Kennedy-Good, retired leaving an open race. The United Citizens' chose former councillor Glen Evans over sitting councillor Gerald Bond to replace Kennedy-Good to lead the ticket. This caused a rift and Bond split from the United Citizens' to form his own Combined Progressive ticket. Labour's candidate from the previous election, councillor Alister Abernethy, contested the mayoralty again. The United Citizens won in a landslide with majority of councillors and Evans winning the mayoralty against Abernethy in second. Bond came a distant third for mayor and lost his council and energy board seat. All of his ticket (which included several incumbents) were defeated. Evans was expecting a closer result and had thought Bond would be a close second.

## Mayoral results

1986 Lower Hutt mayoral election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | United Citizens | Glen Evans | 6,482 | 47.21 | |
| | Labour | Alister Abernethy | 4,164 | 30.32 | +6.67 |
| | Combined Progressive | Gerald Bond | 2,770 | 20.17 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 313 | 2.27 | +0.83 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,318 | 16.88 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,729 | 31.00 | −11.00 |

## Councillor results

1986 Lower Hutt City Council election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | John Terris | 6,429 | 53.44 | −7.03 |
| United Citizens | Teri Puketapu | 6,297 | 52.34 | −3.35 |
| United Citizens | Lawrie Woodley | 6,271 | 52.13 | +0.95 |
| United Citizens | Lucy Cole | 6,252 | 51.97 | −5.14 |
| United Citizens | Roger Twentyman | 6,117 | 50.85 | −2.19 |
| Labour | Alister Abernethy | 6,076 | 50.51 | +1.41 |
| United Citizens | Margaret Cousins | 6,055 | 50.33 | −0.11 |
| United Citizens | Ted Gibbs | 6,004 | 49.91 | +1.13 |
| United Citizens | Errol Baird | 5,871 | 48.80 | +2.03 |
| United Citizens | Pat Hall | 5,857 | 48.69 | +6.10 |
| United Citizens | Mary Bannerman | 5,232 | 43.49 | |
| United Citizens | Alison Lawson | 5,164 | 42.92 | |
| United Citizens | Peter Bates | 4,992 | 41.49 | |
| United Citizens | Margaret Ryan | 4,933 | 41.00 | |
| United Citizens | Pat Brosnan | 4,785 | 39.77 | |
| United Citizens | Noeline Matthews | 4,538 | 37.72 | |
| United Citizens | David Milson | 4,529 | 37.65 | |
| Labour | Ida Patel | 4,411 | 36.67 | |
| Labour | John Eaton | 4,410 | 36.66 | −4.18 |
| Labour | Neville Pickering | 4,384 | 36.44 | −5.35 |
| Combined Progressive | Gerald Bond | 4,374 | 36.36 | −19.33 |
| Labour | Shirley Wilde | 4,322 | 35.92 | |
| Labour | Brenda Howell | 4,320 | 35.91 | |
| Labour | Richard Luke | 4,241 | 35.25 | −4.01 |
| Labour | Peggy Clement | 4,203 | 34.94 | |
| Labour | J.B. Munro | 4,093 | 34.02 | |
| United Citizens | Joan Monrad | 4,050 | 33.66 | |
| Labour | Tafa Malifa-Poutoa | 3,952 | 32.85 | −1.96 |
| Labour | Patrick Braid | 3,869 | 32.16 | |
| Labour | John Collyns | 3,862 | 32.10 | |
| Labour | David Taylor | 3,776 | 31.39 | −6.09 |
| Labour | Bryan Mockridge | 3,650 | 30.34 | |
| Labour | Tu Taramai | 3,581 | 29.76 | |
| Combined Progressive | Chen Werry | 3,307 | 27.49 | −20.32 |
| Combined Progressive | Lois Riseley | 3,285 | 27.30 | −28.02 |
| Combined Progressive | Govind Bhula | 2,733 | 22.72 | |
| Combined Progressive | Pat Fraser | 2,416 | 20.08 | |
| Combined Progressive | Mollie Brown | 2,321 | 19.29 | |
| Combined Progressive | Jim Allen | 2,115 | 17.58 | |
| Combined Progressive | Russell Kerr | 2,043 | 16.98 | |
| Combined Progressive | Bruce Hayward | 1,967 | 16.35 | |
| Combined Progressive | Ronald Campbell | 1,872 | 15.56 | |
| Combined Progressive | Berwyn Gibbons | 1,781 | 14.80 | |
| Combined Progressive | Tony Sutcliffe | 1,754 | 14.58 | |
| Combined Progressive | Roger Wills | 1,739 | 14.45 | |
| Combined Progressive | Bill East | 1,665 | 13.84 | |
| Combined Progressive | Cornelius Anderson | 1,525 | 12.67 | |
| Combined Progressive | Seela Pea-Wall | 1,042 | 8.66 | |