2022 Nelson City Council election

2022 Nelson City Council election
8 October 2022
Turnout20,897 (53.2%)
Council election
Affiliation Seats Change
  Independents 9 Steady 0
  Independent Green 2 Steady 0
  Nelson Citizens Alliance 1 Increase 1
  Labour 0 Decrease 1
Mayoral election
 
Candidate Nick Smith Matt Lawrey
Affiliation Independent None
First round 9,582 5,750
45.85% 27.52%
Final round 10,569 6,352
 
Candidate Rohan O'Neill-Stevens Tim Skinner
Affiliation None (Green endorsed) Nelson Citizens Alliance
First round 2,642 2,159
13.98% 10.33%
Final round 2,921 eliminated
Mayor before election

Rachel Reese
Independent

Elected mayor

Nick Smith
Independent

First preference vote share of elected councillors by ward

The 2022 Nelson City Council election was a local election held from 16 September to 8 October in Nelson, New Zealand, as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Nelson and 12 city councillors for the 2025–2028 term of the Nelson City Council. Postal voting and the single transferable vote system were used.

Incumbent mayor Rachel Reese did not stand for re-election. Former National MP and government minister Nick Smith won the race, defeating second place Matt Lawrey by over 3,000 votes on final preferences.

Key dates

Background

Campaign

List of candidates

Mayor

Candidate Photo Affiliation Note
Matt Lawrey None
Kerry Neal None
Rohan O'Neill-Stevens None Endorsed by Green Party[1]
Richard Osmaston Money Free Party New Zealand
Tim Skinner Nelson Citizens Alliance
Nick Smith Independent
John Wakelin None

Councillors

Results

Mayor

Nelson mayoral election[2][a]
Affiliation Candidate Votes at iteration FPv%
1 2 3 4 5
Independent Nick Smith 9,582 9,590 9,608 9,709 10,569 45.85
None Matt Lawrey 5,750 5,763 5,777 5,856 6,352 27.52
None Rohan O'Neill-Stevens 2,642 2,650 2,669 2,712 2,921 12.64
Nelson Citizens Alliance Tim Skinner 2,159 2,169 2,190 2,253 10.33
None Kerry Neal 363 366 369 1.74
Money Free Party New Zealand Richard Osmaston 90 94 0.43
None John Wakelin 59 0.28
Informal 31 0.14
Blank 102 0.49
Turnout 20,897

Council

Summary of results
Ward Incumbent[3] Elected[2]
Whakatū Māori New ward Kahu Paki Paki
At large Rohan O'Neill-Stevens (Ind. Green)
At large Tim Skinner
At large Rachel Sanson (Ind. Green)
Central[b] Pete Rainey
Central New ward Aaron Stallard
Central New ward Matty Anderson
Central New ward James Hodgson
Stoke-Tāhunanui[b] Mel Courtney
Stoke-Tāhunanui New ward Campbell Rollo
Stoke-Tāhunanui[b] Trudie Brand
Stoke-Tāhunanui New ward Matthew Benge

Details

Whakatū Māori Ward[2][a]
Affiliation Candidate Votes at iteration FPv%
1
None Kahu Paki Paki 240 58.54
Work 4 U Bernie Goldsmith 125 30.49
Informal 6 1.46
Blank 33 8.05
Turnout 410
At large Ward[2][a]
Affiliation Candidate Votes at iteration FPv%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
None (Green endorsed)[4] Rohan O'Neill-Stevens 5,678 4,871 4,845 4,829 4,864 4,852 4,814 4,916 4,795 4,783 4,988 4,868 4,737 4,694 5,003 27.17
None Tim Skinner 4,998 4,933 4,836 4,829 4,859 4,871 4,810 4,857 4,799 4,782 4,834 4,947 4,722 4,695 4,923 23.92
None (Green endorsed)[4] Rachel Sanson 2,942 3,285 3,314 3,314 3,371 3,409 3,436 3,541 3,604 3,612 3,800 4,055 4,169 4,196 4,607 14.08
Independent Ian Williams 1,209 1,278 1,296 1,298 1,315 1,375 1,389 1,423 1,443 1,447 1,516 1,652 1,712 1,722 1,914 5.79
Nelson Citizens Alliance Zoe Byrne 1,236 1,295 1,314 1,316 1,337 1,370 1,384 1,446 1,465 1,469 1,519 1,689 1,751 1,761 1,870 5.91
None Mike Ward 1,141 1,252 1,266 1,269 1,287 1,315 1,327 1,406 1,430 1,434 1,501 1,616 1,667 1,678 5.46
Nelson Citizens Alliance Mani Rai 638 685 697 699 709 744 753 789 803 805 855 3.05
Whiria te tāngata Weave together Marie Lindaya 547 619 624 626 656 670 676 766 782 784 2.62
Work 4 U Cindy Batt 518 562 567 568 597 611 616 2.48
Independent Brent Pahl 263 279 283 283 293 1.26
None Margot Haley 238 263 266 266 1.14
Informal 334 1.60
Blank 1,039 4.97
Turnout 20,897
Central Ward[2][a]
Affiliation Candidate Votes at iteration FPv%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Independent Pete Rainey 2,661 2,098 1,924 1,854 1,842 1,842 1,854 1,819 1,794 1,807 1,815 1,758 1,704 25.29
Independent Aaron Stallard 2,518 2,138 1,911 1,856 1,842 1,845 1,854 1,821 1,794 1,812 1,832 1,758 1,705 23.93
Independent Matty Anderson 1,309 1,680 1,849 1,887 1,844 1,867 1,897 1,827 1,802 1,842 1,912 1,767 1,717 12.44
Nelson Citizens Alliance James Hodgson 778 905 959 978 994 1,017 1,057 1,091 1,111 1,233 1,522 1,618 1,672 7.39
Nelson Citizens Alliance Peter Win 883 953 980 990 995 1,038 1,080 1,094 1,103 1,244 1,444 1,484 1,506 8.40
Nelson Citizens Alliance Cleo Cowdrey 470 537 565 576 585 606 650 671 683 807 4.47
Nelson Citizens Alliance Murray Cameron 424 471 489 496 500 515 547 556 562 4.03
None Sean Davis 250 277 288 293 299 318 2.38
Independent Dai Mitchell 154 182 194 198 202 1.46
Informal 326 3.10
Blank 689 6.55
Turnout 10,524
Stoke-Tāhunanui Ward[2][a]
Affiliation Candidate Votes at iteration FPv%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Independent Mel Courtney 2,381 1,822 1,817 1,816 1,819 1,834 1,849 1,776 1,838 1,751 1,832 1,737 1,791 1,692 1,635 1,606 1,591 1,583 23.90
Independent Campbell Rollo 1,138 1,220 1,230 1,254 1,277 1,371 1,498 1,511 1,656 1,673 1,856 1,744 1,956 1,695 1,654 1,612 1,594 1,585 11.42
Working For You Trudie Brand 952 1,033 1,055 1,078 1,100 1,174 1,225 1,236 1,372 1,388 1,503 1,549 1,743 1,740 1,644 1,613 1,594 1,585 9.56
None Matthew Benge 762 802 804 812 831 877 975 982 1,066 1,075 1,170 1,202 1,382 1,479 1,533 1,561 1,575 1,582 7.65
Time to work better together Ian Barker 835 948 954 968 979 1,012 1,064 1,080 1,178 1,198 1,261 1,303 1,370 1,459 1,510 1,536 1,549 1,556 8.38
None Valmai Palatchie 578 601 612 624 671 715 770 774 839 844 987 1,017 5.80
Independent Harvey Ruru 635 669 677 688 698 722 779 784 806 812 6.37
Nelson Citizens Alliance Allan Douglas Hoult 491 527 537 550 566 652 721 727 4.93
Independent Mike Gane 485 523 527 543 551 582 4.87
Nelson Citizens Alliance Harry Pearson 452 475 479 484 500 4.54
Independent Sarah Minchington 163 174 180 191 1.64
None Rhys Bromell 142 149 156 1.43
None Lyndell Dodunski 97 103 0.97
Informal 271 2.72
Blank 533 5.35
Turnout 9,963


Aftermath

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Votes rounded to whole numbers
  2. ^ a b c Previously At large Ward

References

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference green endorsed was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Nelson City Council 2022 Triennial Elections Final Result and Expense Returns". Nelson City Council. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Nelson City Council 2019 Triennial Elections Final Result and Expense Returns". Nelson City Council. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  4. ^ a b Walford, Chennoah (2022). "Local government elections spotlight". Te Awa. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
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