2010 Christchurch mayoral election

New Zealand mayoral election November 2016 June 2023 2010 Christchurch mayoral election New Zealand Flag of Christchurch.svg Presidential no 2007 Christchurch mayoral election 2007 2013 Christchurch mayoral election 2013 9 October 2010 51.68% 150x150px Bob Parker Independent politician 70,193 53.42 150x150px Jim Anderton Independent politician 53,604 40.79 Mayor Bob Parker Bob Parker The 2010 Christchurch mayoral election is part of the 2010 New Zealand local elections. On 9 October 2010, elections were held for the Mayor of Christchurch plus other local government roles. Incumbent Bob Parker was re-elected. Local government elections On 9 October 2010, elections were held for the position of mayor of Christchurch, for 13 councillors representing the 7 wards of the Christchurch City Council, for the city's community board representatives, and for the Canterbury District Health Board. This time, there were no elections for the Canterbury Regional Council, as the government, following the release of the "Creech Report", chose to appoint a panel of commissioners to replace the elected councillors. The commissioners are headed by Margaret Bazley.http://beehive.govt.nz/release/commissioners+needed+fix+canterbury+water Commissioners needed to fix Canterbury water 30 March 2010 NZ Government 30 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100401095108/http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/commissioners+needed+fix+canterbury+water 1 April 2010 dead Local authority elections are held throughout New Zealand triennially and are conducted by postal vote.http://www.ccc.govt.nz/thecouncil/howthecouncilworks/councilelections/index.aspx Council elections Christchurch City Council 21 April 2010 Timeline Nominations opened for candidates to formally register with the returning officer on 23 July 2010. Nominations closed on 20 August 2010. Voting documents were delivered on 17 September 2010. Under section 10 of the Local Electoral Act 2001, http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2001/0035/latest/DLM93441.html?search=ts_act_\Electoral++Act_resel&p=1#DLM93441 Triennial general election New Zealand Legislation 21 April 2010 a "general election of members of every local authority or community board must be held on the second Saturday in October in every third year" from the date the Act came into effect in 2001, meaning 9 October 2010. On election day, voting closed at 12 noon. Candidates Declared candidates Candidates who have publicly declared that they would contest the mayoralty are so far the incumbent Bob Parker (who announced that he would want a second term back in 2009), and Peter Wakeman.http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/3597603/Gordon-announces-mayoral-candidacy Gordon to enter race Conway Glenn 20 April 2010 The Press A2 20 April 2010 Christchurch Jim Anderton announced on 6 May that he would contest the mayoralty. In becoming successful, Jim Anderton had previously stated he would not give up his Wigram electorate seat as to avoid a by-election, citing costs associated with a by-election.http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/3674184/Jim-Anderton-won-t-give-up-seat-if-elected-mayor Jim Anderton won't give up seat if elected mayor 9 May 2010 Stuff Christchurch 11 May 2010 However, he has now stated that he would give up his parliamentary seat if elected in order to focus on Christchurch in the aftermath of the 2010 Canterbury earthquake.http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/anderton-parker-should-not-judged-nine-days-3774418 Anderton: Parker should not be judged on nine days 13 September 2010 TVNZ 14 September 2010 Nathan Ryan announced that he would stand as an independent candidate for the Christchurch mayoralty, as well as standing for the city council and the community board in the Hagley-Ferrymead ward. Ryan had previously contested the 2007 election.Mayor claims Left is conspiring to oust him http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/3934658/Mayor-claims-Left-is-conspiring-to-oust-him 20 July 2010 The Timaru Herald 20 July 2010 Declared not to stand Initially, Liz Gordon was a candidate for the Christchurch Mayoralty. Following Anderton's candidacy announcement, she confirmed that she would not be pulling out of the race.Gordon still in race The Press 11 May 2010 A4 http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/3678553/Gordon-still-in-race 21 February 2015 However, on 19 July she reversed her previous decision stating: "If I stayed in the race, I think it (the vote) could have ended up going to Bob Parker and that's the last thing I want". This is based on her belief that if she remained in the candidacy for mayor the left vote would be split, mostly due to her claim of polling at around 10% for the majority of the campaign.Conway Glenn Gordon out of Christchurch mayoralty race http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/news/national-news/3932131 20 July 2010 Manawatu Standard 20 July 2010 In comparison, the UMR research published in June 2010 had her polling at 4%. Kerry Burke, former MP and speaker of the house, and lately councillor for ECan, was discussed as a likely contender.http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/3498144/Burke-for-mayor Burke for mayor? CONWAY GLENN The Press 21 April 2010 On 3 June 2010, he announced that he would back Anderton's desire for the mayoralty, and that he himself would seek election for Christchurch City Council in the Spreydon-Heathcote ward.Conway Glenn Burke backs Anderton http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/3774805/Burke-backs-Anderton 8 June 2010 The Press 4 June 2010 Before the end of 2009, Jo Kane was considering standing for the Christchurch mayoralty. She is a former deputy mayor for Waimakariri District Council, and lately councillor for ECan.http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch/3178277/Kane-ponders-challenge-for-mayoralty Kane ponders challenge for mayoralty GORMAN Paul 19 December 2009 The Press 21 April 2010 Kane announced in June 2010 that she will contest the Waimakariri mayoralty.ECan councillor seeks Waimakariri mayoralty http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/3842559/ECan-councillor-seeks-Waimakariri-mayoralty 23 June 2010 The Press 23 June 2010 Christchurch A2 Other Waimakariri candidates include long-serving Waimakariri councillor David Ayers (also a former Deputy Mayor), current Mayor Ron Keating and Peter Wakeman, who is also contesting the Christchurch mayoralty. Opinion polls The 4 September 2010 Canterbury earthquake can be seen as having a major impact on this mayoral election. Anderton led the two polls prior to it but has fallen behind since then. 88% of people believed that Parker had handled the response very well.http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/canterbury-earthquake/4179364/Post-quake-Christchurch-poll-shock Post-quake Christchurch poll shock The Press Tracy Watkins 29 September 2010 1 November 2010 Source Date (published) Anderton Parker Others Undecided Margin of Error SurveyedUMR ResearchMayoralty SurveyChristchurch City Council http://www.umr.co.nz/Media/Christchurch_MayoralElectionResearch_Jun10.pdf UMR Research 20 July 2010 Wellington June 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110724195105/http://www.umr.co.nz/Media/Christchurch_MayoralElectionResearch_Jun10.pdf 24 July 2011 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00145.htm Anderton Leading Parker in Race UMR Research Ltd 14 June 2010 27 May to 7 June 2010 (14 June 2010) 46% 21% 11% 22% ±5.2% n = 500PressParker has big lead over rivals http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/4190427/Parker-has-big-lead-over-rivals The Press 28 August 2010 2 October 2010 Glenn Conway (28 August) 50% 31% 1% 18% ±4.0% n = 600UMR Research (29 September 2010) 41% 55% – – ±5.2% n = 361Presshttp://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch/4070928/Anderton-leads-in-mayoral-race Anderton leads in mayoral race The Press Conway Glenn 28 August 2010 2010-11-07 24 to 29 September 2010 (2 October 2010) 20% 36% 1% 44% ±5.2% n = 400 Results Incumbent Bob Parker was re-elected with an increased majority.Parker re-elected in Christchurch http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/4215354/Parker-re-elected-in-Christchurch 10 October 2010 The Press 9 October 2010 2010 Christchurch mayoralty electionClare Sullivan Christchurch City Council http://resources.ccc.govt.nz/files/DeclarationofResults2010Triennial%20Elections.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001224/http://resources.ccc.govt.nz/files/DeclarationofResults2010Triennial%20Elections.pdf 4 March 2016 2010 Triennial Elections 14 October 2010 19 August 2013 A Positive Future Bob Parker 70,193 53.42 +7.97 The People's Mayor Jim Anderton 53,604 40.79 Nathan Ryan 1,884 1.43 Our Water Our City Rik Tindall 1,330 1.01 Independent Brad Maxwell 1,048 0.80 Blair for Mayor Blair Anderson 862 0.66 -0.21 Bob Tomkins 508 0.39 Independent Kayne Harrison 457 0.35 Brian Steer 415 0.32 Byron Clark 309 0.24 -0.46 Kieran Gallagher-Power 290 0.22 peterwakeman.org Peter Wakeman 281 0.21 -1.59 #AA6 Economic Euthenics Tubby Hansen 170 0.13 -0.09 51st State Party of NZ Paulus Telfer 58 0.04 -0.24 Voting statistics Participation in local elections has been falling for years. In the 2010 local election, 51.68% of registered voters cast their vote, which is significantly higher than the low of 2004, and the increased interest was caused by the recent earthquake. The following table shows the voting statistics since the 1989 local elections:Max Robertson Christchurch City Council http://www1.ccc.govt.nz/Council/proceedings/2007/October/CnclCover24th/ReportoftheElectoralOfficer.pdf Report of the Electoral Officer 18 October 2007 19 August 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081017105147/http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Council/proceedings/2007/October/CnclCover24th/ReportoftheElectoralOfficer.pdf 17 October 2008 Clare Sullivan Christchurch City Council http://resources.ccc.govt.nz/files/DeclarationofResults2010Triennial%20Elections.pdf Declaration of Results of Election 14 October 2010 12 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20131022152152/http://resources.ccc.govt.nz/files/DeclarationofResults2010Triennial%20Elections.pdf 22 October 2013 dead 19891992199519982001200420072010 Electors on rolls 200,915208,533215,621223,832227,793235,930251,173nb Roll data not provided Voters 121,680105,982107,450116,511110,06891,027102,495nb Voter numbers not provided Percentage voted 60.56%50.82%49.83%52.05%48.32%38.58%40.81%51.68% Table footnotes: nb See also 2010 Auckland mayoral election 2010 Dunedin mayoral election 2010 Wellington City mayoral election References Category:Mayoral elections in Christchurch Category:2010 New Zealand local elections Category:Politics of Christchurch Category:2010s in Christchurch Category:October 2010 in New Zealand