Palmerston North City Council Elections and Polls 2010
Declaration of Results

The official results for the Palmerston North City Council elections and polls held on Saturday 9 October 2010 are as follows. These results were determined after the scrutiny of the roll was completed, the validity of all special votes was determined and all valid votes were counted:

ELECTION OF MAYOR
(One Candidate to be elected)

Candidate Votes Received

BELL-BOOTH, Mark (Independent) 2,229
CHATHA, Arshad (New Zealand Justice Party) 292
HAAR, Leighton 804
JOHNSON, Russell 894
NAYLOR, Jono 16,717
SETON, Grant R (Independent) 1,021
Informal Votes 26
Blank Votes 470

Jono Naylor is declared elected.

ELECTION OF COUNCILLORS FOR PAPAIOEA WARD
(Four Candidates to be elected)

Candidate Votes Received

ALLAN, Natasha (An Environmental Voice) 2,504
BARNETT, Jan (Independent) 3,301
BATY, Susan (Independent) 2,889
FINDLAY, Lew (Independent) 4,363
JOHNSON, Russell 2,063
LINKLATER, Ross (Independent) 3,587
Informal Votes 1
Blank Votes 208

Jan Barnett, Susan Baty, Lew Findlay and Ross Linklater are declared elected.


ELECTION OF COUNCILLORS FOR TAKARO WARD
(Three Candidates to be elected)

Candidate Votes Received

BUYS, Tina 1,178
DENNISON, Vaughan 1,815
IRELAND, David (Independent) 1,263
McGAFFIN, Jan 1,102
MEEHAN, Billy 1,380
SMITH, Allen 652
TE PAPA, Nola 539
UTIKERE, Tangi 1,446
WARBRICK, Warren (Independent) 571
Informal Votes 21
Blank Votes 100

Vaughan Dennison, Billy Meehan and Tangi Utikere are declared elected.

ELECTION OF COUNCILLORS FOR AWAPUNI WARD
(Three Candidates to be elected)

Candidate Votes Received

BROAD, Adrian 1,791
HAPETA, Leonie 1,339
HOLMES, Geraldine 952
KELLY, Pat 1,646
NIXON, Annette 1,542
PETTENGILL, James (An Environmental Voice) 697
SPENCER, Wayne 596
WHEELER, Peter 1,260
Informal Votes 25
Blank Votes 100

Adrian Broad, Pat Kelly and Annette Nixon are declared elected.

ELECTION OF COUNCILLORS FOR ASHHURST-FITZHERBERT WARD
(Two Candidates to be elected)

Candidate Votes Received

MAY, Margaret 1,371
McCANN, Duncan (Independent) 1,393
WILSON, Bruce 1,817
Informal Votes 1
Blank Votes 165

Duncan McCann and Bruce Wilson are declared elected.

ELECTION OF COUNCILLORS FOR HOKOWHITU WARD
(Three Candidates to be elected)

Candidate Votes Received

BATY, Les 1,297
CRUDEN, Gordon (Independent) 1,591
FINDLAY, Sarah (Independent) 1,676
GUY, Nikki (Independent) 2,857
JEFFERIES, Jim 2,132
SOUTHEY, Colin (Independent) 1,517
TEO-SHERRELL, Chris (Sustainable Palmerston North) 1,847
Informal Votes 20
Blank Votes 129

Nikki Guy, Jim Jefferies and Chris Teo-Sherrell are declared elected.


POLL ON BASIS OF ELECTION OF COUNCILLORS
(One Option to be Chosen)

Option Votes Received

Councillors should be elected on a ward basis 10,022
Councillors should be elected on a city-wide basis 11,519
Informal Votes 2
Blank Votes 910

The option Councillors should be elected on a city-wide basis is declared the preferred option. This was a non-binding poll. The result will help indicate whether future elections for Councillors should be by ward or city-wide.

POLL ON NUMBER OF COUNCILLORS
(One Option to be Chosen)

Option Votes Received

The number of Councillors should remain as present 11,609
The number of Councillors should be increased 628
The number of Councillors should be decreased 9,251
Informal Votes 10
Blank Votes 955

The option The number of Councillors should remain as present is declared the preferred option. This was a non-binding poll. The result will help indicate whether for future elections the number of Councillors should remain the same, be increased, or be decreased.

The number of valid votes cast, including special votes, was 22,453. The Voter Return was 43.2%.

ENDS

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