2022 Dunedin local elections

2022 Dunedin local elections

8 October 2022

The 2022 Dunedin local elections were held via postal voting between September and October 2022 as part of the wider 2022 New Zealand local elections. Elections in Dunedin covered one territorial authority, the Dunedin City Council, and six community boards.

Dunedin City Council

The Dunedin City Council used the single transferable voting system to elect the Mayor of Dunedin and city councillors for the 2022-2025 term. Voter turnout was 48.21%. The positions of mayor and fourteen city councillors elected at-large were contested by the following candidates:

Mayor

Main article: 2022 Dunedin mayoral election

Former city councillor Jules Radich was returned as mayor, defeating incumbent Aaron Hawkins.

2022 Dunedin mayoral election

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Team Dunedin	Jules Radich	36.32%	17,184	17,224	17,250	17,396	17,487	17,793	18,126	18,622	21,286
	Green Ōtepoti	Aaron Hawkins†	22.08%	10,445	10,451	10,530	10,562	10,920	11,019	11,087	11,241	11,388
	Independent	Sophie Barker	15.52%	7,345	7,389	7,423	7,496	7,756	7,969	8,271	8,892	9,574
	Independent	Lee Vandervis	12.64%	5,980	6,058	6,072	6,113	6,155	6,250	6,432	6,574
	Independent	Carmen Houlahan	3.34%	1,582	1,593	1,633	1,676	1,782	1,916	2,087
	Independent	Bill Acklin	2.8%	1,326	1,355	1,362	1,400	1,440	1,519
	Independent	David Joseph Milne	2.3%	1,090	1,104	1,121	1,231	1,266
	Independent	Mandy Mayhem-Bullock	2.29%	1,082	1,099	1,164	1,181
	Southern Independents	Richard Seager	1.29%	612	641	651
	Independent	Jett Groshinski	0.7%	333	335
	Independent	Pamela Taylor	0.7%	332
Valid: 47311   Spoilt: 106 + 400 blank   Quota: 1st iteration: 23,656; final iteration: 21,124

†Incumbent candidate

Councillors

2022 Dunedin City Council – Council at-large election

Party		Candidate	First count	FPv%	Iter	Quota	Result
	Independent	Sophie Barker†	7,361	16.12%	1	3,044.13	Elected
	Independent	Lee Vandervis†	6,372	13.95%	1	3,044.13	Elected
	Team Dunedin	Brent Weatherall	3,816	8.36%	1	3,044.13	Elected
	Green Ōtepoti	Marie Laufiso†	3,461	7.58%	1	3,044.13	Elected
	Team Dunedin	Andrew Whiley†	3,082	6.75%	1	3,044.13	Elected
	Independent	Bill Acklin	1,542	3.38%	42	2,909.76	Elected
	Independent	Christine Garey†	1,866	4.09%	42	2,909.76	Elected
	Labour	Steve Walker†	1,903	4.17%	51	2,885.64	Elected
	Independent	Jim O'Malley†	1,385	3.03%	52	2,884.62	Elected
	Independent	Carmen Houlahan†	1,453	3.18%	53	2,862.65	Elected
	Team Dunedin	Kevin Gilbert	870	1.91%	58	2,835.64	Elected
	Independent	Mandy Mayhem-Bullock	1,274	2.79%	67	2,751.44	Elected
	Independent	David Benson-Pope†	1,077	2.36%	68	2,743.25	Elected
	Independent	Cherry Lucas	940	2.06%	73	2,721.58	Elected
	Independent	Rachel Elder†	820	1.8%	73	2,721.58	Excluded
	Independent	Robyn McLean	896	1.96%	64	2,797.13	Excluded
	Team Dunedin	Lynette Scott	470	1.03%	57	2,851.02	Excluded
	Independent	Chris McBride	693	1.52%	52	2,884.62	Excluded
	Labour	Joy Davis	699	1.53%	49	2,895.87	Excluded
	Team Dunedin	Callum Steele	393	0.86%	47	2,906.51	Excluded
	Southern Independents	Richard Seager	541	1.18%	41	2,918.83	Excluded
	Independent	Doug Hall Jr†	536	1.17%	37	2,933.22	Excluded
	Independent	Randal Scott	612	1.34%	34	2,943.70	Excluded
	Independent	Jett Groshinski	537	1.18%	33	2,948.61	Excluded
	Independent	Richard Knights	510	1.12%	31	2,953.48	Excluded
	Team Dunedin	Cheryl May Neill	312	0.68%	29	2,957.98	Excluded
	Independent	Bruce Mitchell	371	0.81%	27	2,967.02	Excluded
	Independent	Tracey Pita	277	0.61%	25	2,975.48	Excluded
	Independent	Peter Barron	319	0.7%	22	2,977.34	Excluded
	Independent	Vick Veera	272	0.6%	19	2,981.41	Excluded
	Independent	Pamela Taylor	234	0.51%	17	2,985.35	Excluded
	Independent	Michael Lee	182	0.4%	15	2,987.67	Excluded
	Independent	Chriss Hamilton	162	0.35%	14	2,988.71	Excluded
	Pro-Freedom Jedi	Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle	120	0.26%	13	2,989.52	Excluded
	Independent	Rob Waide	81	0.18%	12	2,990.57	Excluded
	Independent	Marita Johnson	76	0.17%	11	2,991.10	Excluded
	Independent	Nathan Gordon	72	0.16%	9	2,991.89	Excluded
	Independent	Veronica Jackman	64	0.14%	6	2,992.57	Excluded
	Independent	David Smith	11	0.02%	5	2,992.71	Excluded
	Team Dunedin	Jules Radich†	-	-	1	3,044.13	Withdrawn*
Valid votes: 45662; Spoilt: 961 + 860 blank

*Withdrawn due to being elected as mayor
†Incumbent candidate

Other local elections

See also: 2022 Otago Regional Council election

Depending on where in Dunedin they lived, voters also voted in concurrent local elections for the:

• Otago Regional Council:
  • Dunedin Constituency, or
  • Molyneux Constituency

and

• Strath Taieri Community Board
• Waikouaiti Coast Community Board
• Mosgiel-Taieri Community Board
• Saddle Hill Community Board
• West Harbour Community Board, or
• Otago Peninsula Community Board

and/or

• Oamaru Licensing Trust.