2010 Greater Wellington Regional Council election

Part of the 2010 New Zealand local elections April 2024 May 2020 2010 Greater Wellington Regional Council election New Zealand parliamentary 2007 Greater Wellington Regional Council election 2007 2013 Greater Wellington Regional Council election 2013 9 October 2010 Wellington Region location in New Zealand.svg Position of Greater Wellington within New Zealand The 2010 Wellington Region local elections were part of the 2010 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. These elections covered the Wellington Region council (known as the Greater Wellington Regional Council), eight territorial authority (city and district) councils, three district health boards, and various community boards and licensing trusts. As per the Local Electoral Act 2001, all the elections occurred on Saturday 9 October 2010.Local Electoral Act 2001 No 35 (as at 24 January 2009), Public Act http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2001/0035/latest/DLM93441.html?search=ts_act_\Electoral++Act_resel&p=1#DLM93441 Parliamentary Counsel Office 6 June 2010 Voting was carried out by postal ballot, using one of two voting systems: Single Transferable Vote for the district health boards and three of the territorial authority councils, and First Past The Post for the remaining territorial authority councils, the regional council, and all the local boards and trusts. Greater Wellington Regional Council The Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) is the regional council covering the whole Wellington Region. It represents a population of 478,600 as of the Statistics New Zealand's June 2009 estimate, http://www.stats.govt.nz/~/media/Statistics/Methods%20and%20Services/Tables/Subnational%20population%20estimates/subnational-pop-estimate-jun2006-09.ashx Subnational population estimates at 30 June 2006–09 Statistics New Zealand 2009-10-23 2010-08-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20120423034811/http://www.stats.govt.nz/servicepages/notfound.aspx 23 April 2012 dead and consists of thirteen councillors elected from six constituencies (Wellington, Lower Hutt, Porirua-Tawa, Kāpiti Coast, Upper Hutt, Wairarapa) using the First Past The Post voting system. Wellington constituency The Wellington constituency returns five members to the GWRC. At the close of nominations at 12 noon on 20 August 2010, the candidates nominated for the Wellington constituency were: http://www.gw.govt.nz/candidates/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160815190050/http://www.gw.govt.nz/candidates dead 15 August 2016 Candidates – Greater Wellington Regional Council 2010-08-18 2010-08-18 Name Affiliation (if any) Notes Judith Aitken Incumbent Sally Baber Incumbent Paul Bruce Green Incumbent Dianne Buchan Independent Charles Finny Michael Gibson REFORM Chris Laidlaw Independent Incumbent Chris Lipscombe Labour Terry McDavitt Independent Daran Ponter Labour Bill Rainey Independent Fran Wilde Independent Incumbent, Regional Council Chair Lower Hutt constituency Greater Wellington Regional Council Lower Hutt constituency councillor election, 2010 Peter Glensor 15,600 Sandra Greig 14,643 Prue Lamason 13,866 John Terris 12,640 Rose Thomas 10,001 Porirua-Tawa constituency The Porirua-Tawa constituency returns two members to the GWRC. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Porirua-Tawa constituency were: Name Affiliation (if any) Notes Jenny Brash Independent Current Porirua City Council mayor John Burke Independent Incumbent Barbara Donaldson Incumbent Pat Hanley Independent Kāpiti Coast constituency One member from the Kapiti constituency was elected to GWRC. Incumbent Nigel Wilson retained the seat against former Kāpiti Coast District councillor Ann Chapman. Greater Wellington Regional Council Kapiti Coast constituency councillor election, 2010 Nigel Wilson 8427 54.69 +46.31 Ann Chapman 6982 45.31 15,409 Upper Hutt constituency Greater Wellington Regional Council Upper Hutt constituency councillor election, 2010 Paul Swain 5079 42.52 Rex Kirton 3764 31.51 Stephanie Lambert 1946 16.29 Alan Jefferies 1155 9.67 11,994 Wairarapa constituency One member from the Wairarapa constituency was elected to GWRC. Former Carterton District Council mayor Gary McPhee won the constituency, defeating incumbent Ian Buchannan. Greater Wellington Regional Council Wairarapa constituency councillor election, 2010 http://www.gw.govt.nz/2010-results/ Greater Wellington Regional Council – preliminary results as at 1545hrs, 11 October 2010 2010-10-11 2010-10-11 Gary McPhee 6644 44.15 Ian Buchannan 5937 39.45 -37.11 Perry Cameron 2467 16.39 -32.69 15,048 References Category:Greater Wellington Regional Council elections Category:2010 New Zealand local elections