2019 Greater Wellington Regional Council election

The 2019 Greater Wellington Regional Council election was a local election held from 20 September until 12 October in the Greater Wellington region of New Zealand as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected thirteen regional councillors for the 2019–2022 term of the Greater Wellington Regional Council. Postal voting and the single transferable vote system were used.

Greater Wellington Regional Council Councillors standing down By July 2019 four councillors had announced that they would not be standing for re-election to the Wellington Regional Council; Sue Kedgley, Chris Laidlaw, Ian McKinnon and Paul Swain. The GWRC has been "under fire" for changes to the bus services, particularly in Wellington city.

Names in bold font identify successful candidates.

Kapiti Coast constituency (1) { class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +2019 Greater Wellington Regional Council election: Kapiti Coast constituency ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Primary vote ! style="width:3.5em" %

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Penny Gaylor 10,243 60.72

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Neil Mackay 6,625 39.28 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Turnout 16,868 41.71 - ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Registered 40,438

Poneke/Wellington constituency (5) { class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +2019 Greater Wellington Regional Council election: Poneke/Wellington constituency ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Primary vote ! style="width:3.5em" % ! style="width:5em" Final vote

style="text-align:left" Green style="text-align:left" Thomas Nash 9,173 18.36 7,836

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Roger Blakeley 5,970 11.95 7,840 - style="background:" | style="text-align:left" Wellington Party style="text-align:left" Glenda Hughes 5,658 11.33 7,832

style="text-align:left" Labour style="text-align:left" Daran Ponter 5,148 10.30 7,844

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" David Lee 3,787 7.58 7,851

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Victoria Rhodes-Carlin 3,326 6.66 7,326

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Helene Ritchie 4,046 8.10

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Jill Ford 2,205 4.41

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Tony de Lorenzo 1,383 2.76

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Sam Somers 1,292 2.58

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Phil Quin 1,271 2.54

- style="background:" | style="text-align:left" Wellington Party style="text-align:left" Troy Mihaka 1,168 2.33

- style="background:" | style="text-align:left" Wellington Party style="text-align:left" Philip O'Brien 1,150 2.30

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Gavin Bruce 1,125 2.25

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Lesleigh Salinger 989 1.98

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Tony Jansen 816 1.63

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Alexander Garside 788 1.57

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Anand Kochunny 637 1.27

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" John Klaphake 606 1.21

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Bryce Pender 557 1.11

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Yvonne Legarth 521 1.04

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Deane Milne 166 0.33

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Ray Wilson 115 0.23

- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Informal 749 1.49

- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Blank 3,430 6.86

- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Turnout 49,936 33.69

- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Registered 148,191

Porirua-Tawa constituency (2) { class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +2019 Greater Wellington Regional Council election: Porirua-Tawa constituency ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Primary vote ! style="width:3.5em" % ! style="width:5em" Final vote

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Jenny Brash 5,724 28.55 6,280

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Chris Kirk-Burnnand 4,061 20.26 5,997

style="text-align:left" Labour style="text-align:left" Phillip Marshall 2,583 12.88 4,064

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Roger Watkin 1,846 9.21

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Barbara Donaldson 1,675 8.35

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Natalie Repia 1,477 7.36

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Vaughn Liley 799 3.98

- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Informal 99 0.49

- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Blank 1,779 8.87

- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Turnout 20,043

Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt constituency (3) { class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +2019 Greater Wellington Regional Council election: Te Awa Kairangi ki Tai/Lower Hutt constituency ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Primary vote ! style="width:3.5em" % ! style="width:5em" Final vote

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Ken Laban 7,719 26.74 7,886

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Prue Lamason 5,046 17.48 7,577

style="text-align:left" Green style="text-align:left" Josh van Lier 5,723 19.82 7,163

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Peter Glensor 3,306 11.45 4,904

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" David Ogden 3,409 11.80

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Leonie Dobbs 3,251 11.26

- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Informal 842 2.91

- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Blank 2,062 7.14

- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Turnout 28,866 39.11

- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Registered 73,807

Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta/Upper Hutt constituency (1) { class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +2019 Greater Wellington Regional Council election: Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta/Upper Hutt constituency ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Primary vote ! style="width:3.5em" % ! style="width:5em" Final vote

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Ros Connelly 4,511 36.53 6,475

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Bill Hammond 3,439 27.85 4,970

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Steve Pattinson 2,484 20.11

- style="background:" | style="text-align:left" Wellington Party style="text-align:left" Mark Crofskey 2,153 17.43

- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Informal 37 0.29

- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Blank 688 5.57

- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Turnout 12,347 40.48

- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Registered 30,501

Wairarapa constituency (1) { class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" +2019 Greater Wellington Regional Council election: Wairarapa constituency ! colspan="2" style="width:130px" Affiliation ! style="width:17em" Candidate ! style="width:5em" Primary vote ! style="width:3.5em" % ! style="width:5em" Final vote

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Adrienne Staples 7,581 45.78 8,703

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Pim Borren 5,628 33.99 6,784

style="text-align:left" Independent style="text-align:left" Richard Moore 3,254 19.65

- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Informal 35 0.21

- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Blank 1,231 7.43

- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Turnout 16,557 49.14

- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:right" Registered 33,693

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