2022 Kāpiti Coast District Council election

2022 Kāpiti Coast District Council election
8 October 2022
Position of the Kāpiti Coast District within the Greater Wellington region
District council election
Turnout19,718 (45.8%)
Seats
  10 Independents
Mayoral election
8 October 2022
Turnout19,718 (45.8%)
 
Candidate Janet Holborow Rob McCann
Affiliation Independent Independent
Vote count — —
 • First 5,538 4,587
 • Final (5th) 7,819 7,537
 • FPv% 28.09% 23.26%
Mayor before election

K Gurunathan
Independent

Elected mayor

Janet Holborow
Independent

The 2022 Kāpiti Coast District Council election took place between 16 September and 18 October 2022 via postal vote as part of nation-wide local elections.

Background

The Kāpiti Coast District Council used the single transferable vote system to elect the Mayor of Kāpiti Coast and district councillors for the 2022–2025 term.[1] The positions of mayor and ten district councillors were contested by the following candidates:[2]

Mayor

Incumbent mayor K Gurunathan chose not to stand for re-election.[3]

2022 Kāpiti Coast mayoral election[4]
Affiliation Candidate Votes at iteration FPv%
1 2 3 4 5
Independent Janet Holborow 5,538 5,902 6,065 6,792 7,819 28.09
Independent Rob McCann 4,587 4,736 5,086 6,051 7,537 23.26
Independent Chris Mitchell 3,358 3,531 4,023 4,833 0 17.03
Independent Martin Halliday 2,944 3,099 3,417 0 14.93
None Murray Lobb 1,717 1,828 0 8.71
None Michelle Lewis 1,326 0 6.72
Informal 47 0.24
Blank 220 1.12
Turnout 19,718

Council

Summary

Summary of results
Ward Incumbent[5] Elected[6]
District Wide Angela Buswell Liz Koh
District Wide Gwynn Compton Rob Kofoed
District Wide Jackie Elliott Lawrence Kirby
Ōtaki James Cootes Shelly Warwick
Waikanae Jocelyn Prvanov
Waikanae New ward Nigel Wilson
Paekākāriki-Raumati Sophie Handofrd
Paraparaumu Martin Halliday
Paraparaumu Bernie Randall Glen Cooper
Paraparaumu New ward Kathy Spiers

Details

Ōtaki Ward[7]
Affiliation Candidate Votes at iteration FPv%
1
None Shelly Warwick 1,468 56.35
None Chris Papps 1,046 40.15
Informal 3 0.12
Blank 88 3.38
Turnout 2,605
Waikanae Ward[8]
Affiliation Candidate Votes at iteration FPv%
1 2 3 4
Independent Jocelyn Prvanov 2,029 2,090 2,003 2,133 31.68
None Nigel Wilson 1,868 1,949 1,983 2,118 29.17
Independent Tim Parry 784 816 832 940 12.24
None Kate Thomson 557 617 634 724 8.7
None Gerald Ponsford 507 535 542 0 7.92
None Jordon Wansbrough 317 0 4.95
Informal 26 0.41
Blank 324 5.06
Turnout 6,404
Paraparaumu Ward[9]
Affiliation Candidate Votes at iteration FPv%
1 2 3 4 5 6
Independent Martin Halliday 1,690 1,738 1,850 1,799 2,072 1,819 21.97
None Glen Cooper 1,551 1,640 1,766 1,779 2,051 1,831 20.16
Independent Kathy Spiers 1,129 1,181 1,337 1,348 1,586 1,733 14.68
None Murray Lobb 977 1,026 1,135 1,145 1,296 1,453 12.7
Independent David Ogden 920 984 1,107 1,116 0 11.96
None Bernie Randall 675 714 0 8.78
Independent Martin Frauenstein 397 0 5.16
Informal 55 0.72
Blank 316 4.11
Turnout 7,692
Paekākāriki-Raumati Ward[10]
Affiliation Candidate Votes at iteration FPv%
1
None Sophie Handford 2,015 66.79
Independent Richard Young 879 29.13
Informal 3 0.10
Blank 120 3.98
Turnout 3,017
District Wide Ward[11]
Affiliation Candidate Votes at iteration FPv%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Independent Liz Koh 4,179 4,336 4,644 4,961 4,548 4,929 4,441 4,438 4,919 4,386 21.19
None Rob Kofoed 3,176 3,324 3,545 3,903 4,015 4,370 4,510 4,422 4,987 4,397 16.11
None Lawrence Kirby 2,343 2,504 2,622 2,866 2,937 3,223 3,312 3,335 3,765 4,094 11.88
Independent Jackie Elliott 1,847 1,934 2,080 2,261 2,323 2,655 2,735 2,754 3,184 3,466 9.37
None Michelle Lewis 1,877 2,015 2,130 2,327 2,383 2,588 2,659 2,678 0 9.52
None Mark Benton 1,504 1,533 1,736 1,873 1,913 0 7.63
Independent Ian Powell 1,291 1,512 1,669 0 6.55
Independent Michael Scott 1,354 1,401 0 6.87
None Maria McMillan 1,130 0 5.73
Informal 172 0.87
Blank 657 3.33
Turnout 19,718

Other local elections

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

  • Ōtaki Community Board;
  • Paekākāriki Community Board;
  • Paraparaumu Community Board;
  • Raumati Community Board (newly created); or
  • Waikanae Community Board.[2][12]

References

  1. ^ "Vote". www.kapiticoast.govt.nz. Kāpiti Coast District Council. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Candidates". www.kapiticoast.govt.nz. Kāpiti Coast District Council. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  3. ^ Maxwell, Joel (20 May 2022). "'Do I scare them?': Mayor Gurunathan on racial justice and his colourful life". Stuff. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Declared final results – Mayor – Kāpiti Coast District Council" (PDF). Kapiti Coast District Council. 14 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Final results". Kapiti Coast District Council. 22 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Declaration of Results of Election" (PDF). Kapiti Coast District Council. 8 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Declared final results – Ōtaki Ward" (PDF). Kapiti Coast District Council. 14 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Declared final results – Waikanae Ward" (PDF). Kapiti Coast District Council. 14 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Declared final results – Paraparaumu Ward" (PDF). Kapiti Coast District Council. 14 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Declared final results – Paekākāriki-Raumati Ward" (PDF). Kapiti Coast District Council. 14 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Declared final results – District Wide Ward" (PDF). Kapiti Coast District Council. 14 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Who's being elected". www.kapiticoast.govt.nz. Kāpiti Coast District Council. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
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