2010 Auckland mayoral election
{{short description|New Zealand mayoral election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2010 Auckland mayoral election
| flag_image =
| type = Presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_year = {{nowrap|2007 Auckland City}}
← six other councils
| election_date = 9 October 2010{{cite web|publisher=Electoral Commission |url=http://www.elections.org.nz/rules/local-elections/local-elections-2007.html |title=2007 Local Elections |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120150302/http://www.elections.org.nz/rules/local-elections/local-elections-2007.html |archivedate=20 November 2008 }}
| next_election = 2013 Auckland mayoral election
| next_year = 2013
| registered = 961,536
| turnout = 487,703 (50.1%){{cite web|url=http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/HowCouncilWorks/Elections/Pages/Finalresults-Mayor.aspx |title=Final Results - Mayor |publisher=Auckland Council |accessdate=12 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111063126/http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/HowCouncilWorks/Elections/Pages/Finalresults-Mayor.aspx |archivedate=11 January 2012 }}
| image1 = 150x150px
| candidate1 = Len Brown
| party1 = Independent politician
| popular_vote1 = 237,487
| percentage1 = 49.2%
| image2 = 150x150px
| candidate2 = John Banks
| party2 = Independent politician
| popular_vote2 = 171,542
| percentage2 = 35.6%
| image3 = 150x150px
| candidate3 = Colin Craig
| party3 = Independent politician
| popular_vote3 = 42,598
| percentage3 = 8.8%
| map_image = 2010 Auckland mayoral election map.svg
| title = Mayor
| before_election = Position created
| after_election = Len Brown
}}
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 48.7% votes, over sitting mayor of Auckland City John Banks with 35.17% and first-time candidate Colin Craig with 8.73%. The sitting mayor of North Shore City Andrew Williams polled fourth and actor/director Simon Prast fifth.
The election occurred on Saturday 9 October 2010, as per 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 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.{{cite web |url= http://www.elections.org.nz/councils/ages/district_76_auckland.htm |title= Enrolment Statistics for Auckland Council - Elections New Zealand |date= 2010-08-20 |accessdate= 2010-10-12}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}{{cite web |url= http://www.elections.org.nz/ages/electorate_all.html |title= Enrolment Statistics for the whole of New Zealand - Elections New Zealand |date= 2010-08-20 |accessdate= 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.{{cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/politics-news/len-brown-run-super-city-mayoralty-2955573|publisher=TVNZ|title=Len Brown puts his hat in the ring}}
- Auckland City mayor John Banks announced his candidacy on 10 November 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.aucklandtrains.co.nz/2009/11/10/banksy-launches-his-supermayor-campaign/|title=Banksy Launches His SuperMayor Campaign With Rail Promise|publisher=Auckland Trains|date=12 November 2009|access-date=21 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515071805/http://www.aucklandtrains.co.nz/2009/11/10/banksy-launches-his-supermayor-campaign/|archive-date=15 May 2010|url-status=dead|df=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.{{cite web|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/actor-run-super-city-mayor-3608838|publisher=TVNZ|title=Actor to run for Auckland super city mayor}}
- Direct democracy campaigner Colin Craig announced his candidacy on 28 June 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1006/S00289.htm|title=Colin Craig Announces Candidacy for Auckland Mayor|publisher=Scoop.co.nz|author=Vote Colin Craig|date=28 June 2010}}{{cite web|title=Pro-smacking campaigner joins Auckland mayoralty race|url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Pro-smacking-campaigner-joins-Auckland-mayoralty-race/tabid/419/articleID/162227/Default.aspx|publisher=TV3}}
- North Shore City mayor Andrew Williams announced his candidacy on 10 July 2010.{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10657858|title=Andrew Williams: I want to be Super Mayor|publisher=New Zealand Herald|date=10 July 2010|first=Bernard|last=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
| class="wikitable"
! width="35%" | Source ! width="20%" | Date (published) ! Banks ! Brown ! Williams ! Lee ! Tindall ! Margin of error |
| rowspan=2| [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10586073 UMR - New Zealand Herald]
|April 2009 |17% |6% | |1% | | |
| 23 July 2009
| 34% | 35% | | | | 4.5% |
| [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10615493 UMR - New Zealand Herald]
| November -December, 2009 | 31% | 42% | | | | 4.5% |
| [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10618163&pnum=0 Herald on Sunday/Buzz Channel]
| December, 2009 | 8.2% | 23.8% | | 5.7% | 11.6% | |
| [http://curiablog.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/curia-poll-on-auckland-mayoralty/ Curia]
| February, 2010 | 42.5% | 38.1% | | 1.3% | 4.8% | |
| [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10644828 UMR - New Zealand Herald]
| 30 April and 12 May | 37% | 48.4% | | | | 3.6% |
| [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10665977 Digipoll - New Zealand Herald]
| (14 August 2010) | 28.7% | 29.6% | 3.9% | | | 3.5% |
| [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/super-city/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501110&objectid=10673794 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.{{cite news|title='Grey man' to lead the Supercity?|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/auckland-region/news/article.cfm?l_id=117&objectid=10649966|accessdate=26 July 2010|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|date=6 June 2010|first=Heather|last=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.{{cite news|title=Old fashioned city campaign may have hurt Banks badly|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/local-government/news/article.cfm?c_id=250&objectid=10679461|accessdate=16 October 2010|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|date=10 October 2010|first1=Anna|last1=Leask|first2=Jonathan|last2=Milne}}
Results
{{Election box begin | title=2010 Auckland mayoral election}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Len Brown
|votes = 237,487
|percentage = 49.24
|change = +23.91a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = John Banks
|votes = 171,542
|percentage = 35.57
|change = −11.20a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Colin Craig
|votes = 42,598
|percentage = 8.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Andrew Williams
|votes = 4,023
|percentage = 0.83
|change = −98.13a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Simon Prast
|votes = 3,841
|percentage = 0.80
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Mark Ross
|votes = 3,246
|percentage = 0.67
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Vanessa Neeson
|votes = 3,051
|percentage = 0.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Penny Bright
|votes = 2,706
|percentage = 0.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Hugh Chapman
|votes = 2,015
|percentage = 0.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Aileen Austin
|votes = 1,632
|percentage = 0.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Alan McCulloch
|votes = 1,589
|percentage = 0.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Harry Fong
|votes = 1,487
|percentage = 0.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate minor party
|color = #800080
|party = Christians Against Abortion
|candidate = Phil O'Connor
|votes = 1,297
|percentage = 0.27
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Vinnie Kahui
|votes = 1,177
|percentage = 0.24
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Nga Dave
|votes = 893
|percentage = 0.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Marlene Barr
|votes = 718
|percentage = 0.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Steve McDonald
|votes = 677
|percentage = 0.14
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Wayne Young
|votes = 574
|percentage = 0.12
|change =
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{{Election box candidate minor party
|color = #dc4e19
|party = Roads First
|candidate = David Willmott
|votes = 542
|percentage = 0.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Shannon Gillies
|votes = 486
|percentage = 0.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Communist League
|color = {{party color|Communist League (New Zealand)}}
|candidate = Annalucia Vermunt
|votes = 451
|percentage = 0.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Raymond Presland
|votes = 294
|percentage = 0.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box total valid
|votes = 482,326
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box rejected|
|votes = 5377
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 487,703
|percentage = 50.17b
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
a Relative to their percentage win in their respective cities in 2007.
b Based on 20 August 2010 close of roll figure of 961,536 enrolled electors.
See also
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100602072214/http://www.johnbanks.co.nz/ John Banks]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090902085628/http://www.lenbrownformayor.co.nz/ Len Brown]
- [http://www.votecolincraig.co.nz/ Colin Craig]
- [http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/Shannon-Gillies-for-Auckland-SuperCity-Mayor/131214086922697?ref=ts Shannon Gillies]
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