Dunedin local elections, 2010

Dunedin local elections, 2010

The Dunedin local elections, 2010 were part of the New Zealand local elections, 2010, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Dunedin elections are used to elect the Mayor of Dunedin and to elect councilors to the Dunedin City Council

As per the Local Electoral Act 2001, all the elections occurred on Saturday 9 October 2010.[1] Voting was carried out by postal ballot, using the Single Transferrable Vote system.

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Mayor

The candidates for mayor included Peter Chin, the incumbent who is running for a third consecutive term. His contenders included Dave Cull and Lee Vandervis.

Councillors

In 2010 the ward system was changed with there now being just three wards in Dunedin. The Central Ward which would elect eleven councilors, Mosgiel Taieri Ward which would elect two and the Waikouaiti Coast-Chalmers Ward which would elect one.[2]

Central ward

All eleven incumbent councillors sought re-election, while 28 other people sought election to the council.

Eight of the eleven councillors returned to the council as councillors, while councillor Dave Cull returned as mayor. Three new councillors were elected: Richard Thomson, Lee Vandervis, and Jinty MacTavish.

Candidate Affiliation First preference Last Iteration
Votes  % Votes  %
Richard Thomson Greater Dunedin 3741 11.28 3741.00
Lee Vandervis 3483 10.50 3483.00
Bill Acklin Independent 2298 6.93 2722.61
Jinty MacTavish Greater Dunedin 1117 3.37 2672.69
John Bezett Independent 1893 5.71 2618.00
Chris Staynes Greater Dunedin 1359 4.10 2721.21
Neil Collins 1911 5.76 2709.14
Teresa Stevenson Independent 893 2.69 2575.58
Fliss Butcher Independent 1269 3.83 2543.54
Paul Hudson Independent 1261 3.80 2517.99
Colin Weatherall Independent 1231 3.71 2514.92
Bev Butler Independent 1221 3.68 2457.44
Aaron Hawkins Independent 1067 3.22 2032.22
Chris Marlow Independent 975 2.94 1779.70
Malcolm Dixon Independent 1132 3.41 1548.74
Olivier Lequeux 746 2.25 1218.65
Lynn Tozer Greater Dunedin 729 2.20 1155.94
Richard Walls 752 2.27 990.20
Shane Gallaghar Greater Dunedin 670 2.02 970.98
Jono Clark Community VISION 562 1.69 762.10
Jonathan Usher 530 1.60 704.07
Hendrik Koch Community VISION 438 1.32 581.18
Samuel Mann Greater Dunedin 363 1.09 480.77
Andrew Whiley Independent 353 1.06 442.05
Michael Guest Independent 370 1.12 430.75
Tracey Crampton Smith Independent 337 1.02 382.74
Olive McRae Independent 278 0.84 345.37
Lindsay Smith Greater Dunedin 246 0.74 307.47
Steve O'Conner Independent 230 0.69 259.41
Lloyd Wilson Independent 184 0.55 211.64
Bob Gillanders 153 0.46 182.78
George Morrison Independent 133 0.40 147.46
Andrew Eames Community VISION 127 0.38 138.97
Randall Ratana Independent 112 0.34 129.91
Martini Samson Independent 112 0.34 120.17
Trevor Turner Independent 82 0.25 97.41
Barry Simpson Independent 73 0.22 (82.18)
Paul Douglas Independent 78 0.24 (80.62)
Dave Cull Greater Dunedin 0a 0.00 (0.00)
Informal votes 660 1.99 660.00

a Dave Cull was already elected mayor, so his votes were immediately transferred to the elector's next preference. Source:[3]

Mosgiel Taieri Ward

Name Affiliation (if any) Notes
Kate Wilson Greater Dunedin Incumbent
Craig Watson
Malcom Agnow
Syd Brown Deputy mayor
Biran Miller
Maurice Prendergast

Source:[4]

Waikouaiti Coast-Chalmers Ward

Name Affiliation (if any) Notes
Andrew Noone
Geraldine Tait Community Vision

Source:[5]

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