2016 Auckland mayoral election

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2016 Auckland mayoral election
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Registered1,031,667
Turnout37.9%
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Candidate Phil Goff Victoria Crone
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 187,622 111,731
Percentage 47.3% 28.2%
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Winning margin by local board:
Mayor before election

Len Brown

 Elected Mayor

Phil Goff

An election was held for the Mayor of Auckland in September and October 2016, closing on 8 October, as part of the 2016 Auckland local government elections.[1] Phil Goff was elected.[2]

Background[]

Len Brown, previously the Mayor of Manukau City, was elected to three-year terms as Mayor of Auckland in 2010 and 2013, following the merger of several councils, including Manukau City Council, to form Auckland Council in 2010. He did not stand in 2016.

Candidates[]

  • Mario Alupis.[3][4]
  • Aileen Austin (Independent).[3][4]
  • Penny Bright (Independent), activist and 2013 mayoral candidate.[5][4]
  • Patrick Brown (Communist League).[3][4]
  • Tricia Cheel (STOP).[3][4]
  • Victoria Crone (Independent), New Zealand managing director of Xero; announced candidacy on 14 December 2015.[6][7]
  • Phil Goff (Independent), Labour MP for Mount Roskill;[8][9] announced candidacy on 22 November 2015.[10]
  • David Hay (Independent), former Green parliamentary candidate for Rodney and Epsom and former policy analyst for Manukau City and Auckland Council; announced candidacy on 20 November 2015.[11][4]
  • Alezix Heneti.[3][4]
  • Adam Holland (Auckland Legalise Cannabis), perennial candidate[12][3][4]
  • Susanna Kruger[13]
  • Stan Martin (Independent).[3][4]
  • Bin Thanh Nguyen (Independent).[3][4]
  • Phil O'Conner (Christians Against Abortion).[3][4]
  • John Palino (Independent), entrepreneur and 2013 mayoral runner-up; confirmed candidacy on 29 February 2016.[14][4]
  • Tyrone Raumati (Greater Auckland), West Auckland based community leader.[15][4]
  • Chlöe Swarbrick (Independent), University of Auckland double graduate, journalist, and entrepreneur; announced candidacy on 4 July 2016.[16][4]
  • Mark Thomas (Independent), deputy chair of the Orākei Local Board; announced candidacy on 24 September 2015.[17][4] During September he asked to withdraw from the race, conceding that it was "inevitable" that Phil Goff would win the election.[18] Although he could not be removed from the ballot papers, Thomas refocused his campaign on Goff.[19]
  • Wayne Young.[3][4]

Prospective candidates who did not stand[]

Debates[]

A debate held on 15 February was attended by Goff, Crone, Bright, Thomas, Berry and Hay.[31] Goff promoted the public-private partnership construction of a light rail network in Auckland, while Berry described the idea as fiscally irresponsible and out of date.[32] Maria Slade of Stuff.co.nz opined the debate outcome as a victory for Goff.[33]

Goff, Crone and Thomas participated in a 17 June debate,[34] in which traffic congestion was discussed, and Goff lamented the late commitment to the City Rail Link as an example of poor investment in public infrastructure.[35] A debate was scheduled for 8 September at the University of Auckland's School of Architecture and Planning, to be chaired by journalist Rod Oram.[36]

Opinion polling[]

Poll source Date(s) Sample
size 		Margin of
error 		Len Brown Phil Goff Victoria Crone John Palino Chlöe Swarbrick Penny Bright Mark Thomas David Hay Other Don't know/won't vote
Horizon Research[37] 19–26 March 2015 591 ±4.1% 5% 20% — — — — — — 28% —
The Spinoff/Survey Sampling International[38] 17–19 August 2016 760 ±3.6% N/A 31.2% 8.0% 7.9% — 2.4% 1.7% 1.4% 2.9% 48.3%
Aera Foundation/Horizon Research[39] 8–12 September 2016 748 ±3.6% N/A 38% 11% 6% 5% 4% 4% 2% 8% 27%

Results[]

2016 Auckland mayoral election[40][41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Phil Goff 187,622 47.29 —
Independent Victoria Crone 111,731 28.16 —
Independent Chlöe Swarbrick 29,098 7.33 —
Independent John Palino 22,387 5.64 -26.03
Independent Mark Thomas 9,573 2.41 —
Independent Penny Bright 7,022 1.77 -1.64
Independent David Hay 2,845 0.72 —
Greater Auckland Tyrone Raumati 2,387 0.60 —
Christians Against Abortion Phil O'Connor 2,095 0.53 -0.35
STOP Tricia Cheel 2,024 0.51 +0.14
Communist League Patrick Brown 1,826 0.46 +0.21
None Mario Alupis 1,800 0.45 —
Legalise Cannabis Adam John Holland 1,772 0.45 —
Independent Susanna Kruger 1,670 0.42 -0.21
None Wayne Young 1,629 0.41 -0.62
Independent Aileen Austin 1,577 0.40 —
Independent Binh Thanh Nguyen 979 0.25 —
Independent Stan Martin 836 0.21 —
Independent Alezix Heneti 599 0.15 —
Majority 75,891 19.13
Total valid votes 389,472 99.63
Informal votes 1,427 0.37 -0.09
Turnout 390,899 37.89 +3.17
Registered electors 1,031,667

By local board[]

Local boards and wards won by Goff
Local boards and wards won by Crone

Source:[42]

Phil Goff Victoria Crone Chlöe Swarbrick John Palino Others[A] Total
Board Ward # % # % # % # % # % #
Albert–Eden Albert–Eden–Roskill 14,650 51.94 6,387 24.24 3,640 12.91 1,123 3.98 2,403 8.52 28,203
Devonport–Takapuna North Shore 7,447 39.59 7,581 40.31 1,338 7.11 981 5.22 1,461 7.77 18,808
Franklin Franklin 7,576 38.83 7,329 37.56 1,751 8.97 913 4.68 1,942 9.95 19,511
Great Barrier Waitematā and Gulf 213 47.02 64 14.13 71 15.67 27 5.96 78 17.22 453
Henderson–Massey Waitākere 12,603 51.92 4,819 19.85 1,875 7.72 1,637 6.74 3,341 13.76 24,275
Hibiscus and Bays Albany 11,045 36.79 12,534 41.75 1,848 6.16 1,924 6.41 2,669 8.89 30,020
Howick Howick 17,052 44.75 12,511 32.84 1,867 4.90 3,042 7.98 3,630 9.53 38,102
Kaipātiki North Shore 9,531 43.45 6,967 31.76 1,774 8.09 1,401 6.39 2,263 10.32 21,936
Māngere–Ōtāhuhu Manukau 9,595 67.15 1,301 9.11 749 5.24 535 3.74 2,108 14.75 14,288
Manurewa Manurewa–Papakura 8,806 57.97 2,138 14.08 763 5.02 1,120 7.37 2,363 15.56 15,190
Maungakiekie–Tāmaki Maungakiekie–Tāmaki 9,072 53.33 3,808 22.38 1,368 8.04 818 4.81 1,946 11.44 17,012
Orākei Orākei 11,054 36.93 13,329 44.52 2,058 6.87 1,281 4.28 2,214 7.40 29,936
Ōtara–Papatoetoe Manukau 10,430 69.22 1,285 8.53 570 3.78 640 4.25 2,143 14.22 15,068
Papakura Manurewa–Papakura 5,356 50.38 2,177 20.48 526 4.95 1,120 10.54 1,452 13.66 10,631
Puketāpapa Albert–Eden–Roskill 11,591 69.89 2,629 15.85 922 5.56 544 3.28 898 5.41 16,584
Rodney Rodney 6,803 35.32 7,924 41.14 1,323 6.87 1,112 5.77 2,099 10.90 19,261
Upper Harbour Albany 5,078 36.88 5,555 40.34 891 6.47 1,056 7.67 1,189 8.64 13,769
Waiheke Waitematā and Gulf 1,998 54.46 781 21.29 448 12.21 87 2.37 355 9.68 3,669
Waitākere Ranges Waitākere 6,770 48.26 3,250 23.17 1,779 12.68 678 4.83 1,552 11.06 14,029
Waitematā Waitematā and Gulf 9,385 46.87 5,858 29.25 3,014 15.05 538 2.69 1,230 6.14 20,025
Whau Whau 11,567 61.85 3,054 16.33 1,361 7.28 911 4.87 1,809 9.67 18,702
Total 187,622 47.29 111,731 28.16 29,098 7.33 22,387 5.64 38,634 9.92 389,472

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Excludes informal votes

References[]

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