Dunedin local elections, 2010

The Dunedin local elections, 2010 were part of the New Zealand local elections, 2010, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Dunedin elections are used to elect the Mayor of Dunedin and to elect councilors to the Dunedin City Council

As per the Local Electoral Act 2001, all the elections occurred on Saturday 9 October 2010.^[1] Voting was carried out by postal ballot, using the Single Transferrable Vote system.

Mayor

The candidates for mayor included Peter Chin, the incumbent who is running for a third consecutive term. His contenders included Dave Cull and Lee Vandervis.

Councillors

In 2010 the ward system was changed with there now being just three wards in Dunedin. The Central Ward which would elect eleven councilors, Mosgiel Taieri Ward which would elect two and the Waikouaiti Coast-Chalmers Ward which would elect one.^[2]

Central ward

All eleven incumbent councillors sought re-election, while 28 other people sought election to the council.

Eight of the eleven councillors returned to the council as councillors, while councillor Dave Cull returned as mayor. Three new councillors were elected: Richard Thomson, Lee Vandervis, and Jinty MacTavish.

Candidate	Affiliation	First preference		Last Iteration
		Votes	%	Votes	%
Richard Thomson	Greater Dunedin	3741	11.28	3741.00
Lee Vandervis		3483	10.50	3483.00
Bill Acklin	Independent	2298	6.93	2722.61
Jinty MacTavish	Greater Dunedin	1117	3.37	2672.69
John Bezett	Independent	1893	5.71	2618.00
Chris Staynes	Greater Dunedin	1359	4.10	2721.21
Neil Collins		1911	5.76	2709.14
Teresa Stevenson	Independent	893	2.69	2575.58
Fliss Butcher	Independent	1269	3.83	2543.54
Paul Hudson	Independent	1261	3.80	2517.99
Colin Weatherall	Independent	1231	3.71	2514.92
Bev Butler	Independent	1221	3.68	2457.44
Aaron Hawkins	Independent	1067	3.22	2032.22
Chris Marlow	Independent	975	2.94	1779.70
Malcolm Dixon	Independent	1132	3.41	1548.74
Olivier Lequeux		746	2.25	1218.65
Lynn Tozer	Greater Dunedin	729	2.20	1155.94
Richard Walls		752	2.27	990.20
Shane Gallaghar	Greater Dunedin	670	2.02	970.98
Jono Clark	Community VISION	562	1.69	762.10
Jonathan Usher		530	1.60	704.07
Hendrik Koch	Community VISION	438	1.32	581.18
Samuel Mann	Greater Dunedin	363	1.09	480.77
Andrew Whiley	Independent	353	1.06	442.05
Michael Guest	Independent	370	1.12	430.75
Tracey Crampton Smith	Independent	337	1.02	382.74
Olive McRae	Independent	278	0.84	345.37
Lindsay Smith	Greater Dunedin	246	0.74	307.47
Steve O'Conner	Independent	230	0.69	259.41
Lloyd Wilson	Independent	184	0.55	211.64
Bob Gillanders		153	0.46	182.78
George Morrison	Independent	133	0.40	147.46
Andrew Eames	Community VISION	127	0.38	138.97
Randall Ratana	Independent	112	0.34	129.91
Martini Samson	Independent	112	0.34	120.17
Trevor Turner	Independent	82	0.25	97.41
Barry Simpson	Independent	73	0.22	(82.18)
Paul Douglas	Independent	78	0.24	(80.62)
Dave Cull	Greater Dunedin	0^a	0.00	(0.00)
Informal votes		660	1.99	660.00

^a Dave Cull was already elected mayor, so his votes were immediately transferred to the elector's next preference. Source:^[3]

Mosgiel Taieri Ward

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Kate Wilson	Greater Dunedin	Incumbent
	Craig Watson
	Malcom Agnow
	Syd Brown		Deputy mayor
	Biran Miller
	Maurice Prendergast

Source:^[4]

Waikouaiti Coast-Chalmers Ward

	Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Andrew Noone
	Geraldine Tait	Community Vision

Source:^[5]

References

1. "Local Electoral Act 2001 No 35 (as at 24 January 2009), Public Act". Parliamentary Counsel Office. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
2. "Super ward views heard today". Otago Daily Times. 24 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
3. "Dunedin City Council elections 2010 - preliminary results" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-10-11.
4. "Dunedin City Council - Mosgiel Taieri Ward". Local Election 2010 NZ. 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
5. "Dunedin City Council - Waikouaiti Coast Chalmers Ward". Local Election 2010 NZ. 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-19.