2010 Auckland mayoral election

New Zealand mayoral election August 2025 August 2025 2010 Auckland mayoral election Presidential no 2007 Auckland City← six other councils 9 October 2010 2013 Auckland mayoral election 2013 487,703 (50.17%) 150x150px Len Brown Independent 9b0017 237,487 49.24% 150x150px John Banks Independent 365ba1 171,542 35.57% 150x150px Colin Craig Independent 42,598 8.83% Mayor Position created Len Brown Independent The 2010 Auckland mayoral election was part of the 2010 New Zealand local elections. It was the first election of a mayor for the enlarged Auckland Council, informally known as the "super-city". The election was won by sitting mayor of Manukau City Len Brown with 49.24% votes, over sitting mayor of Auckland City John Banks with 35.57% and first-time candidate Colin Craig with 8.83%. The sitting mayor of North Shore City Andrew Williams polled fourth and actor/director Simon Prast fifth.http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/HowCouncilWorks/Elections/Pages/Finalresults-Mayor.aspx Final Results - Mayor Auckland Council 12 October 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120111063126/http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/HowCouncilWorks/Elections/Pages/Finalresults-Mayor.aspx 11 January 2012 The election occurred on Saturday 9 October 2010, as per the Local Electoral Act 2001.Local Electoral Act 2001 No 35 (as at 24 January 2009), Public Act Like the majority of New Zealand mayoral elections, the election was held by postal voting using the first-past-the-post system. It was the largest election of the 2010 local elections, with some 961,536 eligible voters (32.5% of all registered voters nationally) able to vote in the election.Local Elections enrolment numbers https://elections.nz/media-and-news/2010/local-elections-enrolment-numbers elections.nz Electoral Commission 24 August 2026 25 August 2010 http://www.elections.org.nz/ages/electorate_all.html Enrolment Statistics for the whole of New Zealand - Elections New Zealand 2010-08-20 2010-10-12 Candidates Several candidates announced their intentions to run for mayor of Auckland before official nominations opened. Manukau City mayor Len Brown announced his candidacy on 30 August 2009.http://tvnz.co.nz/politics-news/len-brown-run-super-city-mayoralty-2955573 TVNZ Len Brown puts his hat in the ring Auckland City mayor John Banks announced his candidacy on 10 November 2009.http://www.aucklandtrains.co.nz/2009/11/10/banksy-launches-his-supermayor-campaign/ Banksy Launches His SuperMayor Campaign With Rail Promise Auckland Trains 12 November 2009 21 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100515071805/http://www.aucklandtrains.co.nz/2009/11/10/banksy-launches-his-supermayor-campaign/ 15 May 2010 dead dmy-all He was later found guilty of filing a false electoral return after the election. Actor/director Simon Prast announced his candidacy on 25 June 2010.http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/actor-run-super-city-mayor-3608838 TVNZ Actor to run for Auckland super city mayor Direct democracy campaigner Colin Craig announced his candidacy on 28 June 2010.http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00289.htm Colin Craig Announces Candidacy for Auckland Mayor Scoop.co.nz Vote Colin Craig 28 June 2010Pro-smacking campaigner joins Auckland mayoralty race http://www.3news.co.nz/Pro-smacking-campaigner-joins-Auckland-mayoralty-race/tabid/419/articleID/162227/Default.aspx TV3 North Shore City mayor Andrew Williams announced his candidacy on 10 July 2010.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10657858 Andrew Williams: I want to be Super Mayor New Zealand Herald 10 July 2010 Bernard Orsman Nominations opened on 23 July 2010, and closed at 12 noon NZST (UTC+12) on 20 August 2010. At the close of nominations, 23 candidates had put their name forward. Opinion polls and campaigns Source Date (published) Banks Brown Williams Lee Tindall Margin of error UMR - New Zealand HeraldApril 200917%6%1% 23 July 2009 34% 35% 4.5%UMR - New Zealand Herald November -December, 2009 31% 42% 4.5%Herald on Sunday/Buzz Channel December, 2009 8.2% 23.8% 5.7% 11.6% Curia February, 2010 42.5% 38.1% 1.3% 4.8% UMR - New Zealand Herald 30 April and 12 May 37% 48.4% 3.6% Digipoll - New Zealand Herald (14 August 2010) 28.7% 29.6% 3.9% 3.5%Digipoll - New Zealand Herald (16 September 2010) 27.8% 29.8% 1% 3.5% Mike Lee and Stephen Tindall did not stand for mayor (though Lee stood as a councillor) but they were included in several opinion polls on a "what if" basis only. Because Len Brown is generally associated with Labour, and John Banks with National, some analysts remarked that the election was likely to involve more party politics than usual in Auckland.'Grey man' to lead the Supercity? http://www.nzherald.co.nz/auckland-region/news/article.cfm?l_id=117&objectid=10649966 26 July 2010 The New Zealand Herald 6 June 2010 Heather McCracken The two front-running candidates Brown and Banks were estimated to have spent around $1 million each on their campaigns, most from bigger donors. It was commented that the fact that Banks' advertising concentrated too much on the old Auckland City area, missing out other parts of the new council areas, and especially the south, may have played a role in his poorer than expected showing.Old fashioned city campaign may have hurt Banks badly http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/article.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10679461 16 October 2010 The New Zealand Herald 10 October 2010 Anna Leask Jonathan Milne Results 2010 Auckland mayoral election Independent politician Len Brown 237,487 49.24 Independent politician John Banks 171,542 35.57 Independent politician Colin Craig 42,598 8.83 Independent politician Andrew Williams 4,023 0.83 Independent politician Simon Prast 3,841 0.80 Independent politician Mark Ross 3,246 0.67 Independent politician Vanessa Neeson 3,051 0.63 Independent politician Penny Bright 2,706 0.56 Independent politician Hugh Chapman 2,015 0.42 Independent politician Aileen Austin 1,632 0.34 Independent politician Alan McCulloch 1,589 0.33 Independent politician Harry Fong 1,487 0.31 #800080 Christians Against Abortion Phil O'Connor 1,297 0.27 Independent politician Vinnie Kahui 1,177 0.24 Independent politician Nga Dave 893 0.19 Independent politician Marlene Barr 718 0.15 Independent politician Steve McDonald 677 0.14 Independent politician Wayne Young 574 0.12 #dc4e19 Roads First David Willmott 542 0.11 Independent politician Shannon Gillies 486 0.10 Communist League Communist League (New Zealand) Annalucia Vermunt 451 0.09 Independent politician Raymond Presland 294 0.06 482,326 5,377 487,703 50.17 Independent politician See also 2010 Auckland Council election References 30em External links John Banks Len Brown Colin Craig https://web.archive.org/web/20100713091026/http://www.votecolincraig.co.nz/ 13 July 2010 Shannon Gillies Auckland mayoral election Mayoral election Auckland mayoral election Category:Mayoral elections in Auckland