2007 Auckland City mayoral election

New Zealand mayoral election October 2025 May 2017 May 2017 2007 Auckland City mayoral election New Zealand Coat of arms of Auckland.svg Presidential no 2004 Auckland City mayoral election 2004 2010 Auckland mayoral election 2010 13 October 2007 111,759 150x150px John Banks Independent politician 45,387 40.6% 150x150px Dick Hubbard Independent politician 35,314 31.6% Mayor Dick Hubbard John Banks The 2007 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 2007, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including nineteen city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method. Background The election saw one-term Mayor Dick Hubbard defeated by his predecessor John Banks.Harward Esther Hubbard flags his return to fight right https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/3064381/Hubbard-flags-his-return-to-fight-right 3 December 2025 Stuff 20 November 2009 Hubbard was the third consecutive mayor voted out after only one term and Banks became the first former mayor of Auckland to reclaim the position since Dove-Myer Robinson in 1968. This was to be the last election for municipal offices to the Auckland City Council. By 2010 it had merged to become part of the new Auckland Council. Banks stood for the newly created office of Mayor of Auckland but lost to former mayor of Manukau City Len Brown. Mayoralty results The following table gives the election results: 2007 Auckland mayoral electionhttp://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/council/members/elections/results2007.asp Declaration of Results 2016-10-29 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080220110113/http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/council/members/elections/results2007.asp 20 February 2008 Independent politician John Banks 45,387 40.61 +4.23 Independent politician Dick Hubbard 35,314 31.59 -19.19 Independent politician Alex Swney 10,677 9.55 Independent politician John Hinchcliff 5,151 4.60 Independent politician Steve Crow 5,101 4.56 Independent politician Elaine West 2,286 2.04 Independent politician Lisa Prager 2,183 1.95 #800080 Christians Against Abortion Phil O'Connor 1,087 0.97 +0.17 Independent politician Glen Snelgar 836 0.74 Communist League (New Zealand) Felicity Coggan 735 0.65 +0.30 Independent politician Coralie Van Camp 716 0.64 Independent politician Scruff Ralph 712 0.63 Independent politician Raymond Presland 497 0.44 Direct Democracy Party of New Zealand Steve Taylor 438 0.39 Independent politician Susan Roberts 299 0.26 340 0.30 +0.09 10,073 9.01 111,759 Ward results 2007 Auckland City local elections Candidates were also elected from wards to the Auckland City Council. Party/ticket Councillors Citizens & Ratepayers 11 City Vision 3 Labour 2 Independent 3 Aftermath Banks was mayor for one term. At the 2010 Auckland mayoral election, the first election after the Auckland Supercity was formed, he lost to Len Brown.Len Brown beats John Banks in super-race https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/local-elections-2010/4215301/Len-Brown-beats-John-Banks-in-super-race 3 December 2025 Stuff 9 October 2010 References Auckland City mayoral election Mayoral election Auckland City mayoral election Category:Mayoral elections in Auckland