2022 Kāpiti Coast District Council election

2022 Kāpiti Coast District Council election
8 October 2022
Turnout19,718 (45.8%)
Mayoral election
 
Candidate Janet Holborow Rob McCann
Affiliation Independent Independent
Vote count — —
 • First 5,538 4,587
 • Final (5th) 7,819 7,537
 • FPv% 28.09% 23.26%
Mayor before election

K Gurunathan
Independent

Elected mayor

Janet Holborow
Independent

Council election
All 10 ward seats on the Kāpiti Coast District Council
Affiliation Seats Change
  Independents 10 Increase 1
  Labour 0 Decrease 1


The 2022 Kāpiti Coast District Council election was a local election held from 16 September until 8 October in the Kāpiti Coast District of New Zealand as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Kāpiti Coast, 10 district councillors, and other local representatives for the 2022–2025 term of the Kāpiti Coast District Council. Postal voting and the single transferable vote system were used.

Key dates

Background

Voting system

The Kāpiti Coast District Council used the single transferable vote system to elect the Mayor of Kāpiti Coast and district councillors for the 2022–2025 term.[1] The positions of mayor and ten district councillors were contested by the following candidates:[2]

Campaign

Results

Mayor

Incumbent mayor K Gurunathan chose not to stand for re-election.[3]

2022 Kāpiti Coast mayoral election[4]
Affiliation Candidate Votes at iteration FPv%
1 2 3 4 5
Independent Janet Holborow 5,538 5,902 6,065 6,792 7,819 28.09
Independent Rob McCann 4,587 4,736 5,086 6,051 7,537 23.26
Independent Chris Mitchell 3,358 3,531 4,023 4,833 0 17.03
Independent Martin Halliday 2,944 3,099 3,417 0 14.93
None Murray Lobb 1,717 1,828 0 8.71
None Michelle Lewis 1,326 0 6.72
Informal 47 0.24
Blank 220 1.12
Turnout 19,718

Council

Summary

Summary of results
Ward Incumbent[5] Elected[6]
District Wide Angela Buswell Liz Koh
District Wide Gwynn Compton Rob Kofoed
District Wide Jackie Elliott Lawrence Kirby
Ōtaki James Cootes Shelly Warwick
Waikanae Jocelyn Prvanov
Waikanae New ward Nigel Wilson
Paekākāriki-Raumati Sophie Handofrd
Paraparaumu Martin Halliday
Paraparaumu Bernie Randall Glen Cooper
Paraparaumu New ward Kathy Spiers

Ōtaki ward

Affiliation Candidate Votes at iteration[7] FPv%
1
None Shelly Warwick 1,468 56.35
None Chris Papps 1,046 40.15
Informal 3 0.12
Blank 88 3.38
Turnout 2,605

Waikanae ward

Affiliation Candidate Votes at iteration[8] FPv%
1 2 3 4
Independent Jocelyn Prvanov 2,029 2,090 2,003 2,133 31.68
None Nigel Wilson 1,868 1,949 1,983 2,118 29.17
Independent Tim Parry 784 816 832 940 12.24
None Kate Thomson 557 617 634 724 8.7
None Gerald Ponsford 507 535 542 0 7.92
None Jordon Wansbrough 317 0 4.95
Informal 26 0.41
Blank 324 5.06
Turnout 6,404

Paraparaumu ward

Affiliation Candidate Votes at iteration[9] FPv%
1 2 3 4 5 6
Independent Martin Halliday 1,690 1,738 1,850 1,799 2,072 1,819 21.97
None Glen Cooper 1,551 1,640 1,766 1,779 2,051 1,831 20.16
Independent Kathy Spiers 1,129 1,181 1,337 1,348 1,586 1,733 14.68
None Murray Lobb 977 1,026 1,135 1,145 1,296 1,453 12.7
Independent David Ogden 920 984 1,107 1,116 0 11.96
None Bernie Randall 675 714 0 8.78
Independent Martin Frauenstein 397 0 5.16
Informal 55 0.72
Blank 316 4.11
Turnout 7,692

Paekākāriki-Raumati ward

Affiliation Candidate Votes at iteration[10] FPv%
1
None Sophie Handford 2,015 66.79
Independent Richard Young 879 29.13
Informal 3 0.10
Blank 120 3.98
Turnout 3,017

District wide ward

Affiliation Candidate Votes at iteration[11] FPv%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Independent Liz Koh 4,179 4,336 4,644 4,961 4,548 4,929 4,441 4,438 4,919 4,386 21.19
None Rob Kofoed 3,176 3,324 3,545 3,903 4,015 4,370 4,510 4,422 4,987 4,397 16.11
None Lawrence Kirby 2,343 2,504 2,622 2,866 2,937 3,223 3,312 3,335 3,765 4,094 11.88
Independent Jackie Elliott 1,847 1,934 2,080 2,261 2,323 2,655 2,735 2,754 3,184 3,466 9.37
None Michelle Lewis 1,877 2,015 2,130 2,327 2,383 2,588 2,659 2,678 0 9.52
None Mark Benton 1,504 1,533 1,736 1,873 1,913 0 7.63
Independent Ian Powell 1,291 1,512 1,669 0 6.55
Independent Michael Scott 1,354 1,401 0 6.87
None Maria McMillan 1,130 0 5.73
Informal 172 0.87
Blank 657 3.33
Turnout 19,718

Aftermath

Other local elections

Voters also elected the members of 5 community boards (Ōtaki, Paekākāriki, Paraparaumu, Raumati, and Waikanae).[2][12]

References

  1. ^ "Vote". www.kapiticoast.govt.nz. Kāpiti Coast District Council. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Candidates". www.kapiticoast.govt.nz. Kāpiti Coast District Council. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  3. ^ Maxwell, Joel (20 May 2022). "'Do I scare them?': Mayor Gurunathan on racial justice and his colourful life". Stuff. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Declared final results – Mayor – Kāpiti Coast District Council" (PDF). Kapiti Coast District Council. 14 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Final results". Kapiti Coast District Council. 22 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Declaration of Results of Election" (PDF). Kapiti Coast District Council. 8 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Declared final results – Ōtaki Ward" (PDF). Kapiti Coast District Council. 14 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Declared final results – Waikanae Ward" (PDF). Kapiti Coast District Council. 14 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Declared final results – Paraparaumu Ward" (PDF). Kapiti Coast District Council. 14 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Declared final results – Paekākāriki-Raumati Ward" (PDF). Kapiti Coast District Council. 14 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Declared final results – District Wide Ward" (PDF). Kapiti Coast District Council. 14 October 2022.
  12. ^ Council, Kāpiti Coast District. "Who's being elected". www.kapiticoast.govt.nz. Kāpiti Coast District Council. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
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