2022 Upper Hutt City Council election
8 October 2022
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Mayoral election | ||||||||||||||||
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10 seats on the Upper Hutt City Council 6 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | ||||||||||||||||
The 2022 Upper Hutt City Council election was a local election held from 16 September until 8 October in Upper Hutt, New Zealand as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Upper Hutt and 10 city councillors for the 2022–2025 term of the Upper Hutt City Council. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.
Key dates
Background
Campaign
Results
Mayor
There was one vacancy for the mayoralty of Upper Hutt. The incumbent since 2001 has been Wayne Guppy.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Wayne Guppy | 5,815 | 44.94 | ||
| Independent | Angela McLeod | 4,267 | 32.98 | ||
| Independent | Hellen Swales | 1,362 | 10.52 | ||
| Independent | Blair Griffiths | 1,346 | 10.40 | ||
| Independent | Keith Bennett | 1,324 | 10.23 | ||
| Informal votes | 148 | 1.14 | |||
| Majority | 1,548 | 11.96 | |||
| Turnout | 12,938 | 43.15 | |||
Council
There were ten vacancies for the Upper Hutt City Council, elected at-large.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Dave Wheeler | 7,390 | |||
| Independent | Hellen Swales | 7,203 | |||
| Independent | Heather Newell | 6,600 | |||
| Independent | Dylan Bentley | 6,459 | |||
| Independent | Matthew Carey | 6,439 | |||
| Independent | Bill Hammond | 6,371 | |||
| Independent | Emma Holderness | 6,345 | |||
| Independent | Tracey Ultra | 6,303 | |||
| Independent | Blair Griffiths | 6,092 | |||
| Independent | Chris Carson | 5,759 | |||
| Independent | Konrad Hickson | 5,351 | |||
| Independent | Cyndi Miller | 4,923 | |||
| Independent | Paul Lambert | 4,896 | |||
| Independent | Teresa Homan | 4,260 | |||
| Independent | Jaap Knegtmans | 4,202 | |||
| Independent | Keith Bennett | 4,100 | |||
| Independent | Ramil Adhikari | 4,026 | |||
| Independent | Dean Spicer | 3,570 | |||
| Independent | Michael J. Anderson | 3,179 | |||
| Independent | Michael Hurle | 2,669 | |||
| Independent | Jordan Milburn | 1,585 | |||
| Independent | Nigel Mander | 1,230 | |||
| Informal votes | 264 | ||||
Aftermath
Other local elections
Upper Hutt voters also voted in concurrent local elections for the:
References
- ^ Boyack, Nicholas (23 February 2022). "Hutt Valley mayors both seeking re-election". Stuff. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Upper Hutt City Council | 2022 Triennial Elections" (PDF). www.electionz.com. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Local Elections 2022". www.upperhuttcity.com. Upper Hutt City council. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "Notice of 2022 Triennial Local Authority Elections". www.upperhuttcity.com. Upper Hutt City Council. Retrieved 26 August 2022.