2016 Christchurch mayoral election
{{short description|New Zealand mayoral election}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2016 Christchurch mayoral election
| country = New Zealand
| flag_image =
| type = Presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2013 Christchurch mayoral election
| previous_year = 2013
| next_election = 2019 Christchurch mayoral election
| next_year = 2019
| election_date = 8 October 2016
| turnout = 90,137 (37.4%)
| party_name = no
| image1 = 150x150px
| candidate1 = Lianne Dalziel
| party1 = Independent
| popular_vote1 = 75,524
| percentage1 = 83.86
| image2 = x150px
| candidate2 = John Minto
| party2 = Keep Our Assets
| color2 = 800000
| popular_vote2 = 13,117
| percentage2 = 14.57
| map_image =
| map_size =
| map_caption =
| title = Mayor
| before_election = Lianne Dalziel
| before_party =
| after_election = Lianne Dalziel
| after_party =
}}
The 2016 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held on 8 October. The incumbent mayor, former Labour MP and government Minister Lianne Dalziel, who was first elected in the 2013 mayoral election was reelected, winning a commanding 83.9% of formal votes cast in the poll.{{cite news|url=https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/The-Council/How-the-Council-works/2016elections/Christchurch-City-Council-2016-Triennial-Elections-Preliminary-FPP-Result.pdf|title=Christchurch City Council 2016 Triennial Elections Preliminary Result |date=9 Oct 2016|work=Christchurch City Council}} However New Zealand's local government elections in 2016 were characterized by a nationwide low participation rate which saw only 41.8% of enrolled voters cast a ballot in the election. Christchurch's turnout rate was particularly low with only 38.3% of enrolled voters actually voting, down from 52.2% in 2010.{{cite news |url=http://www.lgnz.co.nz/vote2016/preliminary-voter-turnout-2016/ |title=Preliminary voter turnout 2016 |date=11 October 2016 |work=Local Government New Zealand |publisher=LGNZ |accessdate=15 October 2016}}
Candidates
There were three candidates:{{cite news |last1=Stylianou |first1=Georgina |last2=Truebridge |first2=Nick |title=Hats in the ring|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/83116608/who-are-the-south-islands-mayoral-and-council-hopefuls|accessdate=13 August 2016|work=The Press|date=12 August 2016|page=A7}}{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/a-great-place-to-be/83834333/Mayoral-candidates-give-their-vision-for-Christchurch |title=Mayoral candidates give their vision for Christchurch |first=Georgina |last=Stylianou |work=The Press |date=2 September 2016 |accessdate=20 September 2016}}
- Lianne Dalziel (Best for Christchurch), incumbent, who formally declared her intention to run for a second term on 25 April.{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11628350 |title=Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel running for second term |date=25 April 2016 |work=The New Zealand Herald}}
- Tubby Hansen (Economic Euthenics), perennial candidate
- John Minto (Keep Our Assets), veteran political activist, who announced his candidacy on 12 July{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/82021018/keep-our-assets-run-john-minto-as-christchurch-mayoral-candidate |title=Keep Our Assets run John Minto as Christchurch mayoral candidate |publisher=Stuff.co.nz |first=Georgina |last=Stylianou |date=12 July 2016 |accessdate=12 July 2016}}
The left-leaning ticket, The People's Choice, represented on the outgoing city council by six councillors, declared that they would not stand a candidate in opposition to Dalziel – and councillor Paul Lonsdale, who came second in the 2013 mayoral campaign, acknowledged that Dalziel had done well in her first term and that he would not challenge her.{{cite news |last1=Ensor |first1=Blair |last2=Spink |first2=Emily |title=I won't walk away from city – Dalziel |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/79288726/Lianne-Dalziel-to-run-for-second-term-as-Christchurch-mayor |accessdate=2 July 2016 |work=The Press |date=26 April 2016 |pages=A1, A3}}
Debates
The Press hosted a debate between Dalziel and Minto at the Cardboard Cathedral on 20 September,{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/84466155/christchurchs-cost-share-agreement-to-be-debated-publicly-mayor-says |title=Christchurch's cost share agreement to be debated publicly, Mayor says |first=Tina |last=Law |work=The Press |publisher=Fairfax New Zealand |date=20 September 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706101452/https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/84466155/christchurchs-cost-share-agreement-to-be-debated-publicly-mayor-says |archivedate=6 July 2022 |url-status=live |df=dmy }} moderated by its editor, Joanna Norris.{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/83993605/liannes-last-campaign |title=Lianne's last campaign |first=Philip |last=Matthews |date=10 September 2016 }} The following day, Guyon Espiner interviewed Dalziel and Minto on RNZ National's Morning Report.{{Cite web |url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/201816950/christchurch-mayoralty-rivals-dalziel-and-minto-debate-issues |title=Christchurch mayoralty rivals Dalziel and Minto debate issues |publisher=RNZ National |date=21 September 2016 |accessdate=21 September 2016}}
Generation Zero hosted a debate at the University of Canterbury's Ilam campus on 22 September 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/events/active/uc-events/christchurch-mayoral-debate-a-climate-smart-christchurch-.html |title=Christchurch Mayoral Debate: A climate-smart Christchurch |publisher=University of Canterbury |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920103247/http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/events/active/uc-events/christchurch-mayoral-debate-a-climate-smart-christchurch-.html |archivedate=20 September 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/84398859/christchurch-mayoral-debate-sold-out |title=Christchurch mayoral debate sold out |date=20 September 2016 |work=The Press |publisher=Fairfax New Zealand |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708234242/http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/84398859/christchurch-mayoral-debate-sold-out |archivedate=8 July 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}
Results
{{Election box begin | title=2016 Christchurch mayoral election{{cite web |url=https://ccc.govt.nz/assets/Documents/The-Council/How-the-Council-works/2016elections/Christchurch-City-Council-2016-Triennial-Elections-Final-FPP-Result-with-elected-unopposed.pdf |title=Christchurch City Council – 2016 Triennial Elections – Declaration of Result |publisher=Christchurch City Council |accessdate=3 February 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://electionz.com/2016lgereturns/ELT60CC16_returns.htm |title=Christchurch City Council – 2016 Triennial Elections – Election Returns |publisher=Christchurch City Council |accessdate=3 February 2017}}
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Best for Christchurch
|candidate = Lianne Dalziel
|votes = 75,524
|percentage = 83.86
|change = +12.29
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Keep Our Assets
|color = #800000
|candidate = John Minto
|votes = 13,117
|percentage = 14.57
|change = +14.57
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|color = #AA6
|party = Economic Euthenics
|candidate = Tubby Hansen
|votes = 1,414
|percentage = 1.57
|change = +1.21
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 62,407
|percentage = 69.30
|change = +20.48
}}
{{Election box total valid
|votes = 90,055
|percentage = 99.91
|change =
}}
{{Election box informal
|votes = 82
|percentage = 0.09
|change = -0.10
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 90,137
|percentage = 37.4
|change = -5.2
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 241,210
}}
{{Election box end}}
=By ward=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
! | ! scope="col" align=center colspan=2|Dalziel ! scope="col" align=center colspan=2|Minto ! scope="col" align=center colspan=2|Hansen ! scope="col" align=center colspan=2|Total valid votes |
| scope="col" align=center | Ward
! scope="col" style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | # ! scope="col" align=center data-sort-type="number" | % ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | # ! scope="col" align=center data-sort-type="number" | % ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | # ! scope="col" align=center data-sort-type="number" | % ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | # |
|---|
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| Banks Peninsula
| 2,395 || 78.96 || 612 || 20.18 || 26 || 0.86 || 3,033 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"|Burwood
| 5,171 || 86.69 || 718 || 12.04 || 76 || 1.27 || 5,965 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"|Cashmere
| 5,633 || 81.95 || 1158 || 16.85 || 83 || 1.21 || 6,874 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"|Central
| 2,986 || 76.68 || 838 || 21.52 || 70 || 1.80 || 3,894 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"|Coastal
| 4,694 || 80.69 || 1037 || 17.83 || 86 || 1.48 || 5,817 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"|Fendalton
| 6,066 || 88.65 || 671 || 9.81 || 106 || 1.55 || 68,43 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"|Halswell
| 6,039 || 87.85 || 715 || 10.40 || 120 || 1.75 || 6,874 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"|Harewood
| 5,670 || 87.91 || 693 || 10.74 || 87 || 1.35 || 6,450 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"|Heathcote
| 6,037 || 82.34 || 1208 || 16.48 || 87 || 1.19 || 7,332 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"|Hornby
| 4,285 || 82.40 || 803 || 15.44 || 112 || 2.15 || 5,200 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"|Innes
| 4,104 || 83.01 || 767 || 15.51 || 73 || 1.48 || 4,944 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"|Linwood
| 4,015 || 78.79 || 987 || 19.37 || 94 || 1.84 || 5,096 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"|Papanui
| 5,161 || 86.09 || 728 || 12.14 || 106 || 1.77 || 5,995 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"|Riccarton
| 3,514 || 82.82 || 628 || 14.80 || 101 || 2.38 || 4,243 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"|Spreydon
| 4,363 || 82.35 || 852 || 16.08 || 83 || 1.57 || 5,298 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"|Waimairi
| 5,391 || 86.99 || 702 || 11.33 || 104 || 1.68 || 6,197 |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" data-sort-value="Z"|Total
| data-sort-value="Z"| 75,524 || 83.39 || 13,117 || 15.03 || 1,414 || 1.58 || 90,055 |
References
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{{Mayors of Christchurch}}
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Category:Mayoral elections in Christchurch
Category:2016 elections in New Zealand
Category:Politics of Christchurch