2025 Auckland mayoral election

2025 Auckland mayoral election
11 October 2025
Turnout341,976 (28.36% 7.05 pp)
 
Candidate Wayne Brown Kerrin Leoni Ted Johnston
Affiliation Fix Auckland Independent Independent
Popular vote 180,130 77,577 27,035
Percentage 52.67% 22.68% 7.91%
Margin of victory by local board subdivision
Mayor before election

Wayne Brown
Independent

Elected mayor

Wayne Brown
Fix Auckland

The 2025 Auckland mayoral election was held from 9 September to 11 October in Auckland, New Zealand, as part of that year's council election and nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Auckland for the 2025–2028 term. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used. Incumbent mayor Wayne Brown was reelected to a second term.

Key dates

  • 4 July 2025: Nominations for candidates opened
  • 1 August 2025: Nominations for candidates closed at 12 pm
  • 9 September 2025: Voting documents were posted and voting opened
  • 11 October 2025: Voting closed at 12 pm and progress/preliminary results will be published
  • 16-19 October 2025: Final results will be declared.[1]

Background

For broader coverage of this topic, see 2022–2025 term of the Auckland Council.

Campaign

On 11 September 2025, former Labour candidate and City Vision campaign manager Jeremy Greenbrook-Held endorsed incumbent Mayor Wayne Brown instead of the Labour-aligned candidate Kerrin Leoni.[2]

List of candidates

Declared

Candidate[3] Photo Affiliation[a] Notes
John Alcock None Former ACT Party board member.[5] Mayoral candidate in the 2022 election.[6] Also ran for council in the Maungakiekie-Tāmaki ward.[7]
Wayne Brown Fix Auckland Incumbent mayor since 2022[8][9][7][5]
Eric Chuah None Former party strategist for Peter Dunne.[10][5] Also ran for council in the North Shore ward and for the Kaipātiki Local Board.[7]
Michael Coote Independent Mayoral candidate in the 2022 election.[6][5] Also ran for council in the Waitākere ward and for the Henderson-Massey Local Board.[7]
Ted Johnston Independent Former New Conservatives Party leader, and mayoral candidate in the 2022 and 2019 elections[11][12][7][5]
Kerrin Leoni None Incumbent Labour councillor for the Whau ward since 2022[13][14][12][7][5]
Rob McNeil Animal Justice Party Executive president of Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand[15][12][7][5]
Ryan Pausina None Mayoral candidate in the 2022 election.[6][7][5]
Jason Pieterse None [7][5]
Simon Stam Independent [7][5]
Peter Wakeman Independent Perennial candidate.[7] Also stood for the Christchurch mayoralty.[5]
Denise Widdison Independent Also ran for the Henderson-Massey Local Board and for the Waitākere Licensing Trust[7][5]

Declined

Opinion polling

Date Polling organisation Sample size Wayne Brown Ted Johnston Kerrin Leoni Rob McNeil Ryan Pausina Jason Pieterse Denise Widdison Other
11–15 Jul 2025 Freshwater Strategy[27][b] 1,246 65% 3% 6% 6% 3% 4% 3% 9%[c]

Results

Wayne Brown was re-elected as mayor for the 2025-2028 term.

2025 Auckland mayoral election[28]
Affiliation Candidate Vote %
Fix Auckland Wayne Brown 180,130 52.67
Independent Kerrin Leoni 77,577 22.68
Independent Ted Johnston 27,035 7.91
Independent Simon Stam 13,158 3.85
Independent John Ronald Alcock 11,235 3.29
Independent Eric Chuah 7,323 2.14
Animal Justice Rob McNeil 6,855 2.00
Independent Michael Coote 6,676 1.95
Independent Denise Widdison 4,463 1.31
Independent Ryan Earl Pausina 3,242 0.95
Independent Peter Wakeman 1,976 0.58
Independent Jason Pieterse 1,764 0.52
Informal 542 0.16
Blank 6,127 1.79
Turnout 341,976 28.36
Registered 1,205,749
Fix Auckland gain from Independent (incumbent changed affiliation)

By local board subdivision

Results by local board subdivision[29]
Local board Subdivision Margin % Wayne Brown % Kerrin Leoni % Other % Inf. % Total
Rodney Northern Rodney 1,348 33.67 2,074 51.80 726 18.13 1,194 29.82 10 0.25 4,004
Southern Kaipara 974 23.98 1,838 45.25 864 21.27 1,354 33.33 6 0.15 4,062
Warkworth 2,231 39.62 3,227 57.31 996 17.69 1,394 24.76 14 0.25 5,631
Kumeū 1,477 34.81 2,255 53.15 778 18.34 1,203 28.35 7 0.16 4,243
Dairy Flat 1,137 48.57 1,430 61.09 293 12.52 614 26.23 4 0.17 2,341
Hibiscus and Bays Hibiscus Coast 7,411 43.15 9,916 57.74 2,505 14.59 4,722 27.49 32 0.19 17,175
East Coast Bays 5,140 44.02 6,919 59.26 1,779 15.24 2,956 25.32 22 0.19 11,676
Upper Harbour 5,655 39.25 7,909 54.89 2,254 15.64 4,215 29.25 30 0.21 14,408
Kaipātiki 5,394 29.21 9,361 50.70 3,967 21.49 5,107 27.66 27 0.15 18,462
Devonport-Takapuna 6,560 42.48 9,192 59.52 2,632 17.04 3,591 23.25 28 0.18 15,443
Henderson-Massey 2,944 13.41 8,729 39.77 5,785 26.36 7,379 33.62 55 0.25 21,948
Waitākere Ranges 1,409 10.54 5,760 43.08 4,351 32.54 3,226 24.13 34 0.25 13,371
Aotea/Great Barrier 145 28.15 243 47.18 98 19.03 174 33.79 0 0.00 515
Waiheke 350 9.60 1,628 44.66 1,278 35.06 734 20.14 5 0.14 3,645
Waitematā 5,830 32.12 10,478 57.72 4,648 25.60 3,007 16.56 20 0.11 18,153
Whau 1,043 6.88 6,005 39.60 4,962 32.72 4,179 27.56 20 0.13 15,166
Albert-Eden Ōwairaka 1,475 13.25 5,232 47.00 3,757 33.75 2,119 19.04 24 0.22 11,132
Maungawhau 3,756 33.98 6,333 57.29 2,577 23.31 2,125 19.22 19 0.17 11,054
Puketāpapa 3,224 27.86 5,704 49.29 2,480 21.43 3,365 29.08 24 0.21 11,573
Ōrākei 13,990 59.23 16,851 71.34 2,861 12.11 3,883 16.44 26 0.11 23,621
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Maungakiekie 1,549 25.02 3,133 50.61 1,584 25.59 1,464 23.65 9 0.15 6,190
Tāmaki 1,378 16.06 3,726 43.43 2,348 27.37 2,489 29.01 16 0.19 8,579
Howick Pakuranga 4,475 47.76 5,604 59.81 1,129 12.05 2,616 27.92 20 0.21 9,369
Howick 5,124 47.59 6,467 60.06 1,343 12.47 2,938 27.29 19 0.18 10,767
Botany 2,617 44.00 3,304 55.55 687 11.55 1,921 32.30 36 0.61 5,948
Flat Bush 1,783 27.90 2,924 45.76 1,141 17.86 2,301 36.01 24 0.38 6,390
Māngere-Ōtāhuhu 1,683 13.05 3,619 28.07 5,302 41.12 3,933 30.50 39 0.30 12,893
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Ōtara 956 19.30 1,212 24.47 2,168 43.77 1,560 31.50 13 0.26 4,953
Papatoetoe 2,233 20.02 5,183 46.48 2,950 26.46 3,004 26.94 14 0.13 11,151
Manurewa 2,847 17.58 7,208 44.5 4,361 26.92 4,590 28.34 39 0.24 16,198
Papakura 2,609 23.96 5,073 46.59 2,464 22.63 3,331 30.59 21 0.19 10,889
Franklin Waiuku 1,434 36.67 2,050 52.42 616 15.75 1,242 31.76 3 0.08 3,911
Pukekohe 3,916 46.37 5,027 59.52 1,111 13.15 2,300 27.23 8 0.09 8,446
Wairoa 3,734 54.55 4,516 65.97 782 11.42 1,546 22.58 2 0.03 6,846
Total 102,553 29.28 180,130 51.44 77,577 22.16 91,776 26.21 670 0.19 350,153

Notes

  1. ^ A candidate could leave their affiliation blank, run as an independent, or run with an affiliation to an organisation, local body ticket or political party. Auckland Council did not allow election slogans to be used for the affiliation.[4]
  2. ^ Commissioned by Wayne Brown's campaign
  3. ^ Peter Wakeman, Eric Chuah, Simon Stam, and John Alcock on 2%, Michael Coote on 1%

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