1998 Auckland City local elections
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1998 Auckland City local elections
| flag_image = Coat of arms of Auckland.svg
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 1995 Auckland City local elections
| previous_year = 1995
| next_election = 2001 Auckland City local elections
| next_year = 2001
| party_name = no
| seats_for_election = All 19 seats on the Auckland City Council
| election_date = 10 October 1998
| party1 = Citizens & Ratepayers
| last_election1 = 17
| seats1 = 7
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 10
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| party2 = City Vision
| last_election2 = N/A
| seats2 = 5
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 5
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| party4 = Labour
| last_election4 = 2
| seats4 = 2
| seat_change4 = {{steady}} 0
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| party5 = Auckland Now
| color5 = FAA61A
| last_election5 = N/A
| seats5 = 2
| seat_change5 = {{increase}} 2
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The 1998 Auckland local elections were part of the 1998 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Auckland elections covered one regional council (the Auckland Regional Council), city council, health board, and various local boards and licensing trusts. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.
Auckland City Council
The Auckland City Council consisted of a mayor and nineteen councillors elected from seven wards (Avondale-Roskill, Balmoral, Eastern Bays, Hauraki Gulf Islands, Hobson, Penrose and Western Bays).{{cite book |last=Bassett |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Bassett |date=2013 |title=City of sails: the history of Auckland City Council, 1989–2010 |isbn=978-1927262009 |page=385-6 |publisher=Upstart Press }}
=Mayor=
{{main|1998 Auckland City mayoral election}}
{{Election box begin | title=1998 Auckland mayoral election{{cite news |title=Auckland City Council - Declaration of Results of Election |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=19 October 1998 |page=D8 }}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Christine Fletcher
|votes = 48,181
|percentage = 40.51
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Les Mills
|votes = 43,151
|percentage = 36.28
|change = -14.68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Richard Holden
|votes = 12,477
|percentage = 10.49
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Lynda Topp
|votes = 4,492
|percentage = 3.77
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand
|candidate = Sue Bradford
|votes = 3,828
|percentage = 3.21
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Bill Christian
|votes = 1,977
|percentage = 1.66
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Robert Rakete
|votes = 1,401
|percentage = 1.17
|change = -0.50
}}
{{Election box candidate minor party
|color = #800080
|party = Christians Against Abortion
|candidate = Phil O'Connor
|votes = 940
|percentage = 0.79
|change = -0.59
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Sue Henry
|votes = 781
|percentage = 0.65
|change = -0.73
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = McGillicuddy Serious Party
|candidate = Derek Craig
|votes = 452
|percentage = 0.38
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Phill Matthias
|votes = 448
|percentage = 0.37
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Tui McLeod
|votes = 319
|percentage = 0.26
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist League (New Zealand)
|candidate = Felicity Coggan
|votes = 298
|percentage = 0.25
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Peter Ralph
|votes = 166
|percentage = 0.13
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 5,030
|percentage = 4.23
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 118,911
|percentage = 51.68
|change = +2.18
}}
{{Election box end}}
==Avondale-Roskill Ward==
The Avondale-Roskill Ward elected four members to the Auckland City Council
{{Election box begin | title=Avondale-Roskill Ward
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Citizens & Ratepayers
|candidate = Phil Raffills
|votes = 8,509
|percentage = 37.64
|change = +9.18
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Citizens & Ratepayers
|candidate = David Hay
|votes = 8,429
|percentage = 37.28
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = City Vision
|candidate = Vern Walsh
|votes = 7,241
|percentage = 32.03
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Citizens & Ratepayers
|candidate = Doug Astley
|votes = 7,122
|percentage = 31.50
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Brian Maude
|votes = 6,869
|percentage = 30.38
|change = -8.14
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Kathy Henderson
|votes = 6,277
|percentage = 27.76
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Citizens & Ratepayers
|candidate = Dawn Mullins
|votes = 5,978
|percentage = 26.44
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Gilbert Myles
|votes = 5,942
|percentage = 26.28
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = City Vision
|candidate = Corinne McLaren
|votes = 5,740
|percentage = 25.39
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = City Vision
|candidate = Deirdre Milne
|votes = 5,701
|percentage = 25.22
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = City Vision
|candidate = Jude Russell Mathews
|votes = 5,191
|percentage = 22.96
|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|color = #FAA61A
|party = Auckland Now
|candidate = Grahame Breed
|votes = 4,245
|percentage = 18.77
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Geoff Abbott
|votes = 3,716
|percentage = 16.43
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Patricia Crosswell
|votes = 3,341
|percentage = 14.78
|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|color = #FAA61A
|party = Auckland Now
|candidate = Joel Fotu
|votes = 3,195
|percentage = 14.13
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Bev Harris
|votes = 2,918
|percentage = 12.90
|change =
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{{Election box majority
|votes = 253
|percentage = 1.11
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 22,604
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
==Balmoral Ward==
The Balmoral Ward elected three members to the Auckland City Council
{{Election box begin | title=Balmoral Ward
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = City Vision
|candidate = Maire Leadbeater
|votes = 5,633
|percentage = 37.24
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Citizens & Ratepayers
|candidate = Frank Ryan
|votes = 5,353
|percentage = 35.39
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = City Vision
|candidate = Kay McKelvie
|votes = 4,576
|percentage = 30.25
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Citizens & Ratepayers
|candidate = Patricia Goddard
|votes = 4,328
|percentage = 28.61
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = City Vision
|candidate = Robert Leslie Delmer
|votes = 4,268
|percentage = 28.21
|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|color = #FAA61A
|party = Auckland Now
|candidate = Amanda Jane Reynolds
|votes = 3,986
|percentage = 26.35
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Citizens & Ratepayers
|candidate = Gordon Johns
|votes = 3,727
|percentage = 24.64
|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|color = #FAA61A
|party = Auckland Now
|candidate = Sam Bassett
|votes = 3,372
|percentage = 22.29
|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|color = #FAA61A
|party = Auckland Now
|candidate = Mark Joseph Donnelly
|votes = 3,303
|percentage = 21.83
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Greg McKeown
|votes = 2,865
|percentage = 18.94
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Steven John Atwood
|votes = 2,010
|percentage = 13.28
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Jill Bolland
|votes = 1,952
|percentage = 12.90
|change =
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{{Election box majority
|votes = 248
|percentage = 1.63
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 15,125
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
==Eastern Bays Ward==
The Eastern Bays Ward elected two members to the Auckland City Council
{{Election box begin | title=Eastern Bays Ward
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Citizens & Ratepayers
|candidate = Juliet Yates
|votes = 7,794
|percentage = 51.42
|change = -38.19
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Gray Bartlett
|votes = 5,579
|percentage = 36.81
|change = -43.93
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Citizens & Ratepayers
|candidate = Colin Davis
|votes = 5,204
|percentage = 34.33
|change = -29.23
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = #FAA61A
|party = Auckland Now
|candidate = Anna Louise Brewer
|votes = 3,715
|percentage = 24.51
|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|color = #FAA61A
|party = Auckland Now
|candidate = Chris Diack
|votes = 3,431
|percentage = 22.63
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = City Vision
|candidate = Nicholas O'Flaherty
|votes = 2,423
|percentage = 15.98
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = City Vision
|candidate = Jane Wells
|votes = 2,166
|percentage = 14.29
|change =
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{{Election box majority
|votes = 375
|percentage = 2.47
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 15,156
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
==Hauraki Gulf Islands Ward==
The Hauraki Gulf Islands Ward elected one member to the Auckland City Council
{{Election box begin | title=Hauraki Gulf Islands Ward
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Faye Storer
|votes = 1,475
|percentage = 45.93
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Tim Hubbard
|votes = 1,099
|percentage = 34.22
|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|color = #FAA61A
|party = Auckland Now
|candidate = Adrian Chisholm
|votes = 637
|percentage = 19.83
|change =
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{{Election box majority
|votes = 376
|percentage = 11.70
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 3,211
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
==Hobson Ward==
The Hobson Ward elected three members to the Auckland City Council
{{Election box begin | title=Hobson Ward
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{{Election box candidate
|color = #FAA61A
|party = Auckland Now
|candidate = Victoria Carter
|votes = 8,903
|percentage = 53.22
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Citizens & Ratepayers
|candidate = Barbara Goodman
|votes = 8,012
|percentage = 47.89
|change = -9.41
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = #FAA61A
|party = Auckland Now
|candidate = Jonathan Olsen
|votes = 5,851
|percentage = 34.97
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Citizens & Ratepayers
|candidate = John Strevens
|votes = 5,659
|percentage = 33.82
|change = -14.57
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Citizens & Ratepayers
|candidate = Ken Graham
|votes = 4,835
|percentage = 28.90
|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|color = #FAA61A
|party = Auckland Now
|candidate = Vivienne Feijen
|votes = 4,762
|percentage = 28.46
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = City Vision
|candidate = Coralie van Camp
|votes = 3,324
|percentage = 19.87
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = City Vision
|candidate = David Haigh
|votes = 3,085
|percentage = 18.44
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Allan Spence
|votes = 2,772
|percentage = 16.57
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = City Vision
|candidate = John Ernest Waide
|votes = 2,355
|percentage = 14.07
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Wayne George Young
|votes = 626
|percentage = 3.74
|change =
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{{Election box majority
|votes = 192
|percentage = 1.14
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 16,728
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
==Penrose Ward==
The Penrose Ward elected four members to the Auckland City Council
{{Election box begin | title=Penrose Ward
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = New Zealand Labour Party
|candidate = Richard Northey
|votes = 8,942
|percentage = 51.73
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Bill Christian
|votes = 7,660
|percentage = 44.31
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = New Zealand Labour Party
|candidate = Jan Welch
|votes = 7,448
|percentage = 43.09
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Citizens & Ratepayers
|candidate = Catherine Harland
|votes = 5,961
|percentage = 34.48
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Jason Keiller
|votes = 5,020
|percentage = 29.04
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Sue Henry
|votes = 4,764
|percentage = 27.56
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Citizens & Ratepayers
|candidate = Alistair James Page
|votes = 4,520
|percentage = 26.15
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = City Vision
|candidate = Trevor Barnard
|votes = 4,515
|percentage = 26.12
|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|color = #FAA61A
|party = Auckland Now
|candidate = John Davies
|votes = 4,345
|percentage = 25.13
|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|color = #FAA61A
|party = Auckland Now
|candidate = Angus Stuart Ogilvie
|votes = 3,960
|percentage = 22.91
|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|color = #FAA61A
|party = Auckland Now
|candidate = Carolyn Fay Martin
|votes = 3,755
|percentage = 21.72
|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|color = #FAA61A
|party = Auckland Now
|candidate = Edgar Thomas Henson
|votes = 3,235
|percentage = 18.71
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Ruta Malota-Romanovsky
|votes = 3,213
|percentage = 18.58
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Tui McLeod
|votes = 1,796
|percentage = 10.39
|change =
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{{Election box majority
|votes = 941
|percentage = 5.44
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 17,284
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
==Western Bays Ward==
The Western Bays Ward elected two members to the Auckland City Council
{{Election box begin | title=Western Bays Ward
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = City Vision
|candidate = Bruce Hucker
|votes = 7,323
|percentage = 60.07
|change = +4.07
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = City Vision
|candidate = Penny Sefuvia
|votes = 6,210
|percentage = 50.94
|change = +4.26
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = #FAA61A
|party = Auckland Now
|candidate = Gary Gotlieb
|votes = 4,314
|percentage = 35.39
|change = -6.18
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{{Election box candidate
|color = #FAA61A
|party = Auckland Now
|candidate = Greg Moyle
|votes = 3,332
|percentage = 27.33
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Chris Cotton
|votes = 2,696
|percentage = 22.11
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = David Stewart
|votes = 502
|percentage = 4.11
|change =
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{{Election box majority
|votes = 1,896
|percentage = 15.55
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 12,189
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
=Auckland Regional Council=
==Auckland Isthmus Ward==
The Auckland Isthmus Ward elects four members to the Auckland Regional Council
{{Election box begin | title=Auckland Isthmus Ward{{cite news |title=Auckland Regional Council – Declaration of Results of Election |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=19 October 1998 |page=D8 }}
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Citizens & Ratepayers
|candidate = Phil Warren
|votes = 41,358
|percentage = 44.62
|change = -17.49
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Citizens & Ratepayers
|candidate = Patricia Thorp
|votes = 33,830
|percentage = 36.50
|change = -24.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = City Vision
|candidate = Mike Lee
|votes = 33,559
|percentage = 36.21
|change = +0.38
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = City Vision
|candidate = Jack Henderson
|votes = 31,269
|percentage = 33.74
|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|color = #FAA61A
|party = Auckland Now
|candidate = Maureen Fletcher
|votes = 31,223
|percentage = 33.69
|change =
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{{Election box candidate
|color = #FAA61A
|party = Auckland Now
|candidate = Deborah Coddington
|votes = 30,518
|percentage = 32.93
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = City Vision
|candidate = John Hill
|votes = 28,151
|percentage = 30.37
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Citizens & Ratepayers
|candidate = Selwyn Bartlett
|votes = 27,533
|percentage = 29.70
|change = -22.20
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = #FAA61A
|party = Auckland Now
|candidate = Shane Firth
|votes = 26,475
|percentage = 28.56
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = City Vision
|candidate = Matthew Bostwick
|votes = 26,960
|percentage = 29.09
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Citizens & Ratepayers
|candidate = Ron Greer
|votes = 25,866
|percentage = 27.91
|change = -23.14
}}
{{Election box candidate
|color = #FAA61A
|party = Auckland Now
|candidate = Alex Swney
|votes = 22,252
|percentage = 24.01
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Harry Palmer
|votes = 11,705
|percentage = 12.63
|change =
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{{Election box majority
|votes = 46
|percentage = 0.04
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 92,675
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}