2007 Wellington local elections

The 2007 Wellington local elections were part of the 2007 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Wellington elections cover one regional council (the Greater Wellington Regional Council), eight territorial authority (city and district) councils, three district health boards, and various local boards and licensing trusts.

Wellington City Council

The Wellington City Council consists of a mayor and fourteen councillors elected from five wards (Northern, Onslow-Western, Lambton, Eastern, Southern) using the Single Transferable Vote system.

Mayor

2007 Wellington City mayoral election [1]
Party		Candidate	1st round		2nd round			First round votes Transfer votes
Party		Candidate	Total	Of round	Transfers	Total	Of round	First round votes Transfer votes
	Independent	Kerry Prendergast	17,910	34.89%	3,958	21,868	50.98%
	Independent	Ray Ahipene-Mercer	6,954	13.55%	3,945	10,899	25.41%
	Independent	Bryan Pepperell	5,680	11.07%	4,445	10,125	23.61%
	Independent	Helene Ritchie	5,559	10.83%
	Independent	Jack Ruben	3,930	7.66%
	Independent	Rob Goulden	3,187	6.21%
	Independent	John McGrath	3,106	6.05%
	Independent	Carl Gifford	1,730	3.37%
	Independent	Paul Bailey	1,512	2.95%
	Workers Party	Nick Kelly	932	1.82%
	Independent	Nick Wang	838	1.63%

Eastern ward

The Eastern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:

Eastern Ward (3 vacancies)[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Ray Ahipene-Mercer	3,190
	Labour	Leonie Gill	2,698
	Independent	Rob Goulden	2.375
	Independent	Ruth Gotlieb	1,949
	Independent	Paul Bailey	1,058
	Independent	Josie Bullock	546
	Independent	Ian Macfarlane	411
Informal votes
Turnout			12,227

Lambton ward

The Lambton ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:

Lambton Ward (3 vacancies)[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Ian McKinnon	2,649
	Green	Iona Pannett	2,401
	Independent	Stephanie Cook	2,460
	Labour	Alick Shaw	1,673
	Independent	Callum Strong	720
	Independent	Ed van Son	424
	Independent	Frank Lawton	306
	Independent	Micheal Durrant	230
Informal votes
Turnout			10,863

Northern ward

The Northern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:

Northern Ward (3 vacancies)[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Hayley Wain	2,968
	Independent	Helene Ritchie	2,446
	Independent	Ngaire Best	2,412
	Independent	Robert Armstrong	2,280
	Independent	Roger Ellis	1,569
	Independent	James Candiliotis	1,352
	Independent	Ian Hutchings	1,175
	Green	Tane Woodley	699
	Independent	Mike Collett	392
	Independent	Jonathan Flecther	322
Informal votes
Turnout			15,613

Onslow-Western ward

The Onslow-Western ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:

Onslow-Western Ward (3 vacancies)[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Andy Foster	4,246
	Independent	John Morrison	3,296
	Independent	Jo Coughlan	3,176
	Independent	Jack Ruben	3,141
	Labour	Pauline Scott	1,103
Informal votes
Turnout			14,692

Southern ward

The Southern ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were:

Southern Ward (2 vacancies)[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Celia Wade-Brown	2,286
	Independent	Bryan Pepperell	2,134
	Independent	Lorraine Edwards	910
	Labour	Ida Faiumu-Isa'ako	907
	Independent	Rex Nairn	676
	Independent	Shelagh Noble	501
	Independent	John Robinson	388
	Independent	Bernie Harris	302
Informal votes
Turnout			8,104

References

"Elections - 2007 Final Results". Wellington City Council. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
"Eastern Ward". Wellington City Council. 15 June 2019.
"Lambton Ward". Wellington City Council. 15 June 2019.
"Northern ward". Wellington City Council. 15 June 2019.
"Onslow-Western Ward". Wellington City Council. 15 June 2019.
"Southern Ward". Wellington City Council. 15 June 2019.

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[Results-1] "Elections - 2007 Final Results". Wellington City Council. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2010.

[2] "Eastern Ward". Wellington City Council. 15 June 2019.

[3] "Lambton Ward". Wellington City Council. 15 June 2019.

[4] "Northern ward". Wellington City Council. 15 June 2019.

[5] "Onslow-Western Ward". Wellington City Council. 15 June 2019.

[6] "Southern Ward". Wellington City Council. 15 June 2019.