1998 Wellington City local elections

1998 Wellington local elections

10 October 1998

First party Second party Third party   Party Wellington Alive Labour Green Last election N/A 4 3 Seats won 7 5 2 Seat change 7 1 1

Position of Wellington City within Wellington Region

The 1998 Wellington local elections were part of the 1998 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Wellington elections cover the regional council (the Wellington Regional Council), city council, area health board, and various community boards and licensing trusts. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Wellington City Council

The Wellington City Council consists of a mayor and eighteen councillors elected from six wards (Eastern, Lambton, Northern, Onslow, Southern, Western).

Mayor

Main article: 1998 Wellington City mayoral election

1998 Wellington mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mark Blumsky	33,828	58.81	+14.82
	Alliance	Stephanie Cook	12,918	22.46
	Independent	Bryan Pepperell	7,402	12.87	+11.25
	Independent	Rama Ramanathan	1,381	2.40
	Independent	Hugh Baker-Boyd	1,374	2.38
	Independent	Robert Te Whare	609	1.05
Majority			20,910	36.35	+11.84
Turnout			57,512	48.46	−4.64
Registered electors			118,669

Eastern ward

The Eastern ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Eastern Ward (4 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sue Kedgley	5,914	56.15	−10.14
	Independent	Ruth Gotlieb	5,695	54.07	−17.49
	Labour	Leonie Gill	4,285	40.68
	Wellington Alive	Rob Goulden	4,050	38.45
	Wellington Alive	Jo Morgan	4,008	38.05
	Labour	Kevin Burrows	3,298	31.31
	Independent	Brian Barraclough	3,214	30.51	−11.54
	Independent	Rama Ramanathan	3,098	29.41	−9.93
	Labour	Kathy Moe	2,917	27.69
	Independent	Linda Hobman	1,940	18.42
	Independent	Phil Sprey	1,912	18.15
	Independent	Arthur Attrill	1,798	17.07
Turnout			10,532	43.03	+0.53
Registered electors			24,474

Lambton ward

The Lambton ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Lambton Ward (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Mary Varnham	4,197	47.22
	Alliance	Stephanie Cook	3,971	44.68
	Wellington Alive	Chris Parkin	3,513	39.52
	Wellington Alive	Francine Russell	3,447	38.78
	Wellington Alive	David Simms	3,037	34.17
	Labour	Michael Gibbs	2,488	27.99
	Green	Craig Palmer	2,189	24.63
	Independent	Alistair Shaw	1,987	22.35
	Legalise Cannabis	Michael Appleby	791	8.90
	Independent	Peter Isaac	604	6.79
	Independent	Rosamund Averton	438	4.92
Turnout			8,887	39.80
Registered electors			22,327

Northern ward

The Northern ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Northern Ward (4 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Wellington Alive	Kerry Prendergast	6,789	58.41
	Wellington Alive	Robert Armstrong	6,046	52.02
	Wellington Alive	Ian Hutchings	5,403	46.48	+20.26
	Independent	Helene Ritchie	4,708	40.50	+15.42
	Wellington Alive	Phil Guerin	4,487	38.60
	Independent	Kent Clark	3,027	26.04	+0.01
	Independent	Lois Robertson	2,620	22.54
	Independent	Alex Tan	2,610	22.45
	Green	Deirdre Kent	2,268	19.51
	Independent	Roger Bradshaw	2,098	18.05
	Independent	Vryn Evans	1,612	13.87
	Alliance	Ron England	1,599	13.75
	Independent	Hugh Baker-Boyd	1,238	10.65
	Independent	John Fourier	1,209	10.40
	Independent	Eugene Ryder	772	6.64
Turnout			11,622	45.73	+4.00
Registered electors			25,411

Onslow ward

The Onslow ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Onslow Ward (2 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Judy Siers	2,981	51.69
	Wellington Alive	Allan Johnston	2,920	50.64
	Wellington Alive	Reece Mead	2,442	42.35
	Independent	Jack Ruben	1,559	27.03
	Alliance	John Fanning	762	13.21
	Independent	Alexander Schiff	348	6.03
	Independent	Phillip Rennie	237	4.11
	Independent	Matthew Hodgetts	149	2.58
	Independent	Craig Ranapia	134	2.32
Turnout			5,766	49.66
Registered electors			11,610

Southern ward

The Southern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Southern Ward (3 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sue Piper	4,727	55.96	+2.55
	Labour	Alick Shaw	4,304	50.95
	Independent	Bryan Pepperell	3,358	39.75	+9.24
	Labour	Rupert Watson	2,752	32.58
	Wellington Alive	Coleen Singleton	2,658	31.47
	Wellington Alive	Matt Taylor	2,661	31.50
	Independent	Ray Clegg	1,673	19.80
	Green	John Robinson	1,464	17.33
	Independent	Maurice Moresi	779	9.22
	Alliance	Robert Te Whare	653	7.73	−17.50
	Independent	Victoria Loisei	308	3.64
Turnout			8,446	41.51	+4.62
Registered electors			20,345

Western ward

The Western ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:

Western Ward (2 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andy Foster	4,059	59.39	−3.04
	Wellington Alive	John Morrison	3,654	53.46
	Independent	Barbara Nef	3,564	52.15	+6.02
	Independent	Guy Nunns	1,413	20.67
	Independent	Craig Wylie	564	8.25	−21.31
	Independent	Beverly Murta	414	6.05
Turnout			6,834	47.12	+6.54
Registered electors			14,502

Wellington Regional Council

Wellington Ward

The Wellington ward returns five councillors to the Wellington Regional Council.

Wellington Ward (5 vacancies)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chris Laidlaw	28,074	65.92
	Labour	Margaret Bonner	23,404	54.95
	Labour	Terry McDavitt	21,629	50.78
	Independent	Euan McQueen	17,572	41.26
	Independent	Michael Gibson	15,606	36.64
	Wellington Alive	Martyn Turner	15,318	35.96
	Labour	Jim Turner	15,049	35.33
	Green	Toni Atkinson	14,419	33.86
	Labour	Daran Ponter	14,418	33.85
	Wellington Alive	Bob Henare	13,597	31.92
	Alliance	Tony Simpson	12,904	30.30
	Green	Roland Sapsford	11,861	27.85
	Alliance	Russell Taylor	9,082	21.32
Turnout			42,586	35.88
Registered electors			118,669