Past Elections

The by-election for the position of Central Ward Councillor was held following a resignation.

The final result for the by-election that closed at midday on Friday 24 September 2021 is:

Hutt City Central Ward councillor (1 vacancy)

Glenda BARRATT is declared elected.

The voter return was 24.15%, being 3282 votes.

Voting closed at noon on Tuesday 18 February 2020.

Final results

Alex VOUTRATZIS is declared elected. The voter return was 21.24%, being 2,117 votes.

Campbell Barry is declared elected.

Josh Briggs, Brady Dyer, Simon Edwards, Deborah Hislop, Shazly Rasheed and Naomi Shaw are declared elected.

• No election was required as the number of candidates equalled the number of vacancies.

David Bassett is declared elected.

Andy Mitchell is declared elected.

Tui Lewis is declared elected.

Leigh Sutton is declared elected.

Keri Brown is declared elected.

Chris MILNE is declared elected.

Murray Gibbons, Virginia Horrocks, Belinda Moss, Bruce Spedding and Frank Vickers are declared elected.

• No election was required as the number of candidates equalled the number of vacancies.
• A by-election is required for a vacancy on the Petone Community Board which has come about with the election of board member Brady Dyer to the Council. Details of the by-election will be available next week.

Dawn McKinley, Terry Stallworth, Gary Sue, Sisi Tuala-Le'afa, Gabriel Tupou and Jodie Winterburn are declared elected.

The voter return was 43.0%, being 31,748 votes, including special votes.

Hutt Valley District Health Board (7 vacancies)

Josh Briggs, Keri Brown, Wayne Guppy, Ken Laban, Prue Lamason, Naomi Shaw and Richard Stein are declared elected.

The final absolute majority of votes (final quota) as determined at the last iteration was 4,829.11. There were 1,322 informal votes and 2,592 blank votes.

Return of Electoral Donations and Expenses

Electoral donation and expense returns must be published, and available for the public to view for 7 years.

The two candidates for the vacated position on the Wainuiomata Community Board were Keri Brown - Labour and Gary Sue - Independent. View the candidate profiles (PDF 439.5KB)

Election result

Keri Brown is declared elected. The voter return was 27.07% being 3,494 votes.

Elections were held by postal voting. Lower Hutt is divided into six wards. Two Councillors are elected for each of these wards, while the Mayor is elected across the city. Community Boards are elected for Eastbourne, Petone and Wainuiomata.

Final Results

Ray Wallace is declared elected.

Margaret Cousins and Chris Milne are declared elected.

Tui Lewis and Michael Lulich are declared elected.

Gwen McDonald and Leigh Sutton are declared elected.

David Bassett and Simon Edwards are declared elected.

Glenda Dawn Barratt and Lisa Bridson are declared elected.

Campbell Barry and Josh Briggs are declared elected.

Mason Branch, Brady Dyer, Mike Fisher, Peter Foaese, Pam Hanna and Karen Yung are declared elected.

Robert Ashe, Murray Gibbons, Virginia Horrocks, Liz Knight and Anna Sutherland are declared elected.

Jodie Alexander, Richard Sinnott, Terry Stallworth, Sisi Tuala-Le'afa, Gabriel Tupou and Margaret Willard are declared elected.

The voter return was 37.84%, being 26,896 voting papers, including special votes.

Hutt Valley District Health Board

Katy Austin, Lisa Bridson, Wayne Guppy, Ken Laban, Prue Lamason, David Ogden and John Terris are declared elected.

The final absolute majority of votes (final quota) as determined at the last iteration was 4,073.55. There were 1,486 informal votes and 2,652 blank votes.

Hutt Mana Charitable Trust

Ken Laban and Prue Lamason are declared elected

Return of Electoral Donations and Expenses

Candidates are required by law to submit a return of electoral donations and expenses following elections.

The return is required to be submitted to the Electoral Officer by Friday 9 December 2016, which is 55 days after the declaration of the final results were made.

Copies of completed returns are required to be published so that they are available for public scrutiny and continue to be publicly available for a period of 7 years.