The 2010 Wellington Region local elections were part of the 2010 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. These elections covered the Wellington Region council (known as the Greater Wellington Regional Council), eight territorial authority (city and district) councils, three district health boards, and various community boards and licensing trusts.

As per the Local Electoral Act 2001, all the elections occurred on Saturday 9 October 2010. Voting was carried out by postal ballot, using one of two voting systems: Single Transferable Vote for the district health boards and three of the territorial authority councils, and First Past The Post for the remaining territorial authority councils, the regional council, and all the local boards and trusts.

Greater Wellington Regional Council The Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC) is the regional council covering the whole Wellington Region. It represents a population of 478,600 as of the Statistics New Zealand's June 2009 estimate, and consists of thirteen councillors elected from six constituencies (Wellington, Lower Hutt, Porirua-Tawa, Kāpiti Coast, Upper Hutt, Wairarapa) using the First Past The Post voting system.

Wellington constituency The Wellington constituency returns five members to the GWRC. At the close of nominations at 12 noon on 20 August 2010, the candidates nominated for the Wellington constituency were: Name Affiliation (if any) Notes Judith Aitken Incumbent Sally Baber Incumbent Paul Bruce Green Incumbent Dianne Buchan Independent Charles Finny Michael Gibson REFORM Chris Laidlaw Independent Incumbent Chris Lipscombe Labour Terry McDavitt Independent Daran Ponter Labour Bill Rainey Independent Fran Wilde Independent Incumbent, Regional Council Chair

Lower Hutt constituency

Porirua-Tawa constituency The Porirua-Tawa constituency returns two members to the GWRC. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Porirua-Tawa constituency were: Name Affiliation (if any) Notes Jenny Brash Independent Current Porirua City Council mayor John Burke Independent Incumbent Barbara Donaldson Incumbent Pat Hanley Independent

Kāpiti Coast constituency One member from the Kapiti constituency was elected to GWRC. Incumbent Nigel Wilson retained the seat against former Kāpiti Coast District councillor Ann Chapman.

Upper Hutt constituency

Wairarapa constituency One member from the Wairarapa constituency was elected to GWRC. Former Carterton District Council mayor Gary McPhee won the constituency, defeating incumbent Ian Buchannan.

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