# 2001 Hutt City local elections

The 2001 Hutt City local elections were part of the 2001 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Hutt City elections covered one regional council (the Wellington Regional Council), city council, district health board and various local boards and licensing trusts. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

## Hutt City Council
### Mayor

2001 Lower Hutt mayoral election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | John Terris | 17,033 | 57.21 | −1.22 |
| | Hutt 2020 – Labour | Scott Dalziell | 11,275 | 37.87 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,464 | 4.91 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,758 | 19.34 | −12.39 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,772 | 45.76 | −0.31 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 65,058 | | |

### Central Ward

The Central Ward elected two members to the Hutt City Council
Central Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | City Vision | Glenda Barratt | 3,175 | 54.66 | +14.16 |
| | City Vision | John Austad | 3,166 | 54.51 | +7.33 |
| | Hutt 2020 – Labour | Joan Monrad | 2,785 | 47.95 | |
| | Hutt 2020 – Labour | Bill Werry | 2,251 | 38.75 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 238 | 4.09 | +0.49 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,808 | 44.02 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,193 | | |

### Eastern Ward

The Eastern Ward elected two members to the Hutt City Council
Eastern Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | City Vision | Roger Styles | 2,705 | 55.60 | −3.07 |
| | Hutt 2020 – Labour | Scott Dalziell | 1,981 | 40.71 | −1.03 |
| | City Vision | Teri Puketapu | 1,928 | 39.63 | |
| | Hutt 2020 – Labour | Richard Small | 1,749 | 35.95 | |
| | Independent | Nick Ursin | 704 | 14.47 | −0.62 |
| | Independent | Jim Short | 565 | 11.61 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 97 | 1.99 | −1.28 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,865 | 43.93 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,074 | | |

### Harbour Ward

The Harbour Ward elected two members to the Hutt City Council
Harbour Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Ross Jamieson | 2,729 | 53.69 | +7.84 |
| | Independent | Joy Baird | 2,352 | 46.28 | +3.96 |
| | Hutt 2020 – Labour | Maureen Burgess | 1,980 | 38.96 | |
| | City Vision | James Winton | 1,327 | 26.11 | |
| | Hutt 2020 – Labour | Warwick Johnston | 1,179 | 23.19 | −1.93 |
| | Independent | Chris Paul | 452 | 8.89 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 144 | 2.83 | +0.04 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,082 | 41.73 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,176 | | |

### Northern Ward

The Northern Ward elected two members to the Hutt City Council
Northern Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | City Vision | Angus Finlayson | 2,245 | 55.91 | +6.11 |
| | Hutt 2020 – Labour | Julie Englebretsen | 2,030 | 50.56 | +12.26 |
| | Independent | Leigh Sutton | 1,875 | 46.69 | |
| | Hutt 2020 – Labour | Steve Ritchie | 1,792 | 44.63 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 87 | 2.16 | +0.27 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,015 | 42.87 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,365 | | |

### Wainuiomata Ward

The Wainuiomata Ward elected two members to the Hutt City Council
Wainuiomata Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Ray Wallace | 3,507 | 75.99 | −1.14 |
| | City Vision | Julie Sylvester | 1,767 | 38.28 | +10.12 |
| | Independent | Cathie Eady | 1,721 | 37.29 | −5.27 |
| | Independent | Tracey Pollard | 1,282 | 27.77 | |
| | Independent | Reg Moore | 842 | 18.24 | −7.47 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 110 | 2.38 | −1.60 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,615 | 43.33 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,650 | | |

### Western Ward

The Western Ward elected one member to the Hutt City Council
Western Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Margaret Cousins | 2,174 | 56.23 | +3.07 |
| | City Vision | Kathryn McGavin | 1,604 | 41.48 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 88 | 2.27 | −0.49 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,866 | 44.95 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,600 | | |

## Wellington Regional Council
### Lower Hutt Ward

The Lower Hutt Ward elected three members to the Wellington Regional Council
Lower Hutt Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Hutt 2020 – Labour | Dick Werry | 10,165 | 39.21 | −14.19 |
| | Independent | Glen Evans | 9,720 | 37.49 | |
| | City Vision | Rosemarie Thomas | 9,495 | 36.63 | −23.67 |
| | Hutt 2020 – Labour | Peter Glensor | 8,749 | 33.75 | |
| | City Vision | David Ogden | 8,435 | 32.54 | |
| | Hutt 2020 – Labour | Fred Allen | 7,894 | 30.45 | |
| | Independent | Sandra Greig | 7,309 | 28.19 | |
| | Independent | Jill Berridge | 6,670 | 25.73 | |
| | Independent | Jim Allen | 5,048 | 19.47 | −38.62 |
| | Independent | Gordon George | 3,685 | 14.21 | |
| | Independent | Robert Moncrieff | 595 | 2.29 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,921 | 39.84 | +2.14 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 65,058 | | |

## Hutt Valley District Health Board
### Central Ward

The Central Ward elected three members to the Hutt Valley District Health Board
Central Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Hutt 2020 – Labour | Peter Glensor | 4,858 | 27.89 |
| | City Vision | Pat Brosnan | 4,762 | 27.34 |
| | Hutt 2020 – Labour | Vera Ellen | 4,435 | 25.46 |
| | Hutt 2020 – Labour | Marian Redwood | 3,692 | 21.20 |
| | City Vision | Errol Baird | 3,575 | 20.52 |
| | Independent | Marion Cooper | 3,203 | 18.39 |
| | Independent | Sandra Greig | 2,733 | 15.69 |
| | City Vision | Tafa Malifa-Poutoa | 2,636 | 15.13 |
| | Independent | Lynda Battah | 2,139 | 12.28 |
| | Independent | Peter Schumacher | 1,933 | 11.10 |
| | Independent | Tata Parata | 1,870 | 10.73 |
| | Independent | Murray Hosking | 1,504 | 8.63 |
| | Independent | Columban Devine | 1,211 | 6.95 |
| | Independent | Nick Ursin | 1,203 | 6.90 |
| | Independent | Marina Pumphrey | 1,134 | 6.51 |
| | Independent | Georgina Barrett | 971 | 5.57 |
| | Independent | Marie Gillies | 955 | 5.48 |
| | Independent | Stu Carlson | 918 | 5.27 |
| | Independent | John Gilbert | 868 | 4.98 |
| | Independent | Dean Reynolds | 866 | 4.97 |
| | Independent | Beth Watson | 726 | 4.16 |
| | Independent | Catherine Milne-Turner | 689 | 3.95 |
| | Independent | Kevin Boyd | 674 | 3.87 |
| | Independent | Ann Bain | 670 | 3.84 |
| | Independent | Perce Harpham | 641 | 3.68 |
| | Independent | Juanita Neale Saxby | 625 | 3.58 |
| | Independent | Noel Phillip Farmer | 573 | 3.29 |
| | Independent | Alyn Thompson | 442 | 2.53 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,738 | 9.98 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,414 | 41.23 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 42,232 | |

### Harbour Ward

The Harbour Ward elected one member to the Hutt Valley District Health Board
Harbour Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Hutt 2020 – Labour | Sharron Cole | 1,575 | 29.17 |
| | City Vision | Peter Willis | 851 | 15.76 |
| | Independent | Jim Allen | 710 | 13.15 |
| | Independent | Heather Woolf-Webber | 586 | 10.85 |
| | Independent | Grant Herman | 440 | 8.15 |
| | Independent | Ian Rankine | 410 | 7.59 |
| | Independent | Ewen Chambers-Ross | 216 | 4.00 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 610 | 11.30 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,398 | 44.33 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 12,176 | |

### Wainuiomata Ward

The Wainuiomata Ward elected one member to the Hutt Valley District Health Board
Wainuiomata Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Grant Moffatt | 1,782 | 36.54 |
| | Hutt 2020 – Labour | Pamela Truscott | 1,464 | 30.02 |
| | City Vision | Teri Puketapu | 939 | 19.25 |
| | Independent | Gail Puaheirirangi Maxwell | 305 | 6.25 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 386 | 7.91 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,876 | 45.78 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,650 | |