Auckland Council election progress results

Progress results for the Auckland Council elections show incumbent Mayor Len Brown has been re-elected for a second term and is currently 50,014 votes ahead of his nearest rival John Palino. On the basis of the progress results, incumbent councillors Richard Northey (Maungakiekie-Tamaki) and Ann Hartley (North Shore) have lost their seats. The new councillors-elect are Denise Krum for Maungakiekie-Tamaki and Chris Darby on the North Shore. In the Whau ward, incumbent councillor Noelene Raffills is 89 votes ahead of Ross Clow. The final result could be affected by the special votes still to be counted. Other new faces replacing retiring councillors are: Linda Cooper (Waitakere) who replaces Sandra Coney; John Watson (Albany) who replaces Michael Goudie; and Bill Cashmore (Franklin), who replaces Des Morrison. By this morning 34.3% of eligible voters had cast their votes. The progress results for Mayor are:
Candidate BERRY, Stephen BRIGHT, Penny BROWN, Len BUTLER, Jesse CHEEL, Tricia DUFFY, Paul GOODE, Matthew HUSSEY, Emmett KRUGER, Susanna Susara Affiliation Affordable Auckland Independent Independent Candidate No 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 Votes Received 12577 10635 148944 1348 1083 2838 1908 2668 2025

Independent Independent

MINTO, John O'CONNOR, Phil PALINO, John SHADBOLT, Reuben UNASA, Uesifili VERMUNT, Annalucia WILLMOTT, David YOUNG, Wayne INFORMAL BLANK

Mana Movement Christians Against Abortion Independent Independent Independent Communist League Roads First Working for the Homeless

110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119

10279 2773 98930 2905 7251 788 1547 3605 1454 6402

All progress results are available at www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/elections Preliminary results will also be posted online around 9pm this evening. The final result will be declared on Thursday 17 October.