Previous election results

Declaration of Result

The final result for the Tasman District Council elections held on Saturday 8 October is as follows. 

Tim KING is declared elected.

Celia BUTLER and Chris HILL are declared elected.

Stuart Gordon BRYANT is declared elected. 

Mike KININMONTH, Christeen MACKENZIE and Dan SHALLCRASS are declared elected.

Barry DOWLER, Brent MARU and Trindi WALKER are declared elected. 

Glen DAIKEE, Jo ELLIS, Mark GREENING and Kit MALING are declared elected. 

David ARMSTRONG, Terina GRAHAM, Nick HUGHES and Claire HUTT are declared elected.

The voter return was 48.89%, being 20,314 votes, excluding special votes.

Elections were not required for the following positions: Golden Bay Community Board (4 required)

As the number of nominations received did not exceed the number of vacancies, Henry DIXON, Robert HEWISON, Grant KNOWLES and Abbie LANGFORD are declared elected.

This election the voter return was 48.89% or 20,314 votes compared to 51.68% in 2019.

The preliminary result for the Tasman District Council elections held on Saturday 8th October is as follows. 

The progress result for the Tasman District Council elections held on Saturday 8 October is as follows.

This result is based upon the counting of approximately 90% of the returned votes.  The progress result does not include some special votes and votes returned today that are still in transit to the processing centre.  The outcome of these elections may change once all votes have been counted.

Mayoralty                                       Votes Received

KING, Tim                                       10,842

HARVEY, Mike                                  2,526

CLARK, Maxwell                               2,378

COOK, Aly
NZ Outdoors & Freedom Party           1,788

OSMASTON, Richard
Money Free Party New Zealand          190

INFORMAL                                        20

BLANK VOTING PAPERS                     329

Golden Bay Ward (2 vacancies)      Votes Received

HILL, Chris                                         1,297

BUTLER, Celia                                     1,233

LAKE, Quinn                                        374

WOLFEN-DUVALL, James                      350

SMITH, Phil                                         44

INFORMAL                                          2

BLANK VOTING PAPERS                       27

Lakes-Murchison Ward (1 vacancy)      Votes Received

BRYANT, Stuart Gordon                              691

MCNAMARA, Dean
No to 3 Waters and irresponsible debt        303

ROGERS, Sharon                                      240

OSMASTON, Richard                                 80

INFORMAL                                               2

BLANK VOTING PAPERS                           30

Moutere-Waimea Ward (3 vacancies)  Votes Received

 MACKENZIE, Christeen                           3,231

SHALLCRASS, Dan                                  2,407

KININMONTH, Mike 
Independent                                           2,191

TROLOVE, Jono
Local Democracy & Public Service             1,859

WOODLEY, Kelvin                                    1,285

ROBINSON, Dan
Common Sense                                       1,250

INFORMAL                                               4

BLANK VOTING PAPERS                            142

Motueka Ward (3 vacancies)              Votes Received

 MARU, Brent                                            2,524

WALKER, Trindi                                         1,723

DOWLER, Barry                                        1,597

PALMER, Ian
Independent                                            1,427

BROWN, Richard
Independent                                            1,100

HUGHES, Nick 
Putting people first                                   779

GRAHAM, Terina
Upholding Integrity                                  602

LEWANDO, Barbara                                  477

INFORMAL                                               12

BLANK VOTING PAPERS                            35

Richmond Ward (4 vacancies)             Votes Received

MALING, Kit
Independent                                            3,815

ELLIS, Jo                                                 2,311

GREENING, Mark   
Sensible, Ethical and Open                        2,078

DAIKEE, Glen                                           1,966

TOMSETT, Joni                                          1,914

STEVENSON, Rachel                                  1,897

CLARK, Maxwell                                        1,811

TYLER, Tim                                               1,433

GRIFFITH, Ray  
Community focused governance                 1,432

TERRILL, Adele
Common sense local governance               1,216

 INFORMAL                                               9

BLANK VOTING PAPERS                            122

Motueka Community Board (4 vacancies)      Votes Received

* MARU, Brent (Withdrawn)                                  2,774

ARMSTRONG, David                                             1,848

HUGHES, Nick
Putting people first                                               1,467

HUTT, Claire                                                         1,264

CARTER, Dana                                                      977

GRAHAM, Terina  
Community Minded                                               952

CORBETT, Tania                                                    786

LEWANDO, Barbara 
Independent                                                         643

URWIN, Maureen                                                   531

MCCALLUM, Margaret|
Independent                                                         455

KAMPHUIS, Ellie                                                    385

PETEREIT, Charmaine                                            268

INFORMAL                                                            3

BLANK VOTING PAPERS                                         78

 (* Progress result only - Withdrawn as potentially elected at ward)

The voter return was 43.49%, being 18,069 votes, excluding votes in transit to the processing centre and special votes.

2020 Motueka Ward By-election final result

2020 Motueka Ward By-election preliminary result (pdf 40 KB)

2020 Motueka Ward By-election progressive result (pdf 41 KB)

Thursday 17 October 2019

The final result for the Tasman District Council elections held on 12 October 2019 is as follows.

The voter return was 51.68%, being 19,846 voting papers, excluding special votes.

Sandra Hartley, Electoral Officer.

Mayor, Tasman District

Informal votes 25

Blank voting papers 355

Tim KING is declared elected.

Golden Bay Ward Councillors (two vacancies)

Informal votes 4

Blank voting papers 9

Celia BUTLER and Chris HILL are declared elected.

Motueka Ward Councillors (three vacancies)

Informal votes 25

Blank voting papers 71

Claire HUTT, David OGILVIE and Trindi WALKER are declared elected.

Moutere-Waimea Ward Councillors (three vacancies)

Informal votes 8

Blank voting papers 179

Christeen MACKENZIE, Dean MCNAMARA and Anne TURLEY are declared elected.

Richmond Ward Councillors (four vacancies)

Informal votes 7

Blank voting papers 90

Mark GREENING, Kit MALING, Trevor TUFFNELL and Dana WENSLEY are declared elected.

Lakes-Murchison Ward Councillor (one vacancy)

• Stuart BRYANT - elected unnopposed

Golden Bay Community Board (four vacancies)

Informal votes 1

Blank voting papers 75

Dave GOWLAND, Averill GRANT, Grant KNOWLES and Abbie LANGFORD are declared elected.

Motueka Community Board (four vacancies)

Informal votes 1

Blank voting papers 84

(*Section 88A of the Local Electoral Act provides that if a person is declared to be elected as a member of the council, and that person is also declared to be elected as a member of a community board, that person must be treated as having vacated office as a member of the community board).

David ARMSTRONG, Richard Charles HORRELL, Brent MARU and Joni TOMSETT are declared elected.

Results of the poll on electoral systems (one vacancy)

Informal votes 16

Blank voting papers 2,017 

The 'First Past the Post (FPP) electoral system' is declared to be the preferred option and will be used for the 2022 and 2025 Tasman District Council elections. 

Sunday 13 October 2019

The preliminary result for the Tasman District Council elections held on Saturday 12th October is as follows.

The voter return was 51.67%, being 19,845 votes, excluding special votes.

Sandra Hartley, Electoral Officer.

Mayor, Tasman District

Informal votes 25

Blank voting papers 352

Golden Bay Ward Councillors (two members)

Informal votes 4

Blank voting papers 9

Motueka Ward Councillors (three members)

Informal votes 24

Blank voting papers 70

Moutere-Waimea Ward Councillors (three members)

Informal votes 8

Blank voting papers 177

Richmond Ward Councillors (four members)

Informal votes 7

Blank voting papers 87

Lakes-Murchison Ward Councillor (one member)

• Stuart BRYANT - elected unnopposed

Golden Bay Community Board (four members)

Informal votes 1

Blank voting papers 74

Motueka Community Board (four members)

Informal votes 1

Blank voting papers 81

(* Preliminary result only - Withdrawn as potentially elected at ward)

Results of electoral system poll (1 vacancy)

Informal votes 14

Blank voting papers 1,988

About these results

These results come from the second count of the votes.

The second count yields the preliminary results, following the progressive results (first count) which are those votes counted by the closing time. The preliminary results (second count) include those votes cast on the final day but counted after closing time, not including special votes.

The third count yields the final results and includes all votes received. Usually released in the week following the polls closing.

Saturday 12 October 2019

Here are progressive results for the Tasman District Council local elections as at 1pm on 12 October 2019.

The voter return was 47.31%, being 18,168 voting papers, excluding votes in transit to the processing centre and special votes.

This result is based upon the counting of approximately 95% of the returned votes.

The outcome of these elections may change once all voting papers have been counted.

Sandra Hartley, Electoral Officer.

Mayor, Tasman District

Informal votes 23

Blank voting papers 301

Golden Bay Ward Councillors (two members)

Informal votes 2

Blank voting papers 9

Motueka Ward Councillors (three members)

Informal votes 22

Blank voting papers 57

Moutere-Waimea Ward Councillors (three members)

Informal votes 8

Blank voting papers 150

Richmond Ward Councillors (four members)

Informal votes 7

Blank voting papers 77

Lakes-Murchison Ward Councillor (one member)

• Stuart BRYANT - elected unnopposed

Golden Bay Community Board (four members)

Informal votes 1

Blank voting papers 63

Motueka Community Board (four members)

Informal votes 0

Blank voting papers 71

Results of the poll on electoral systems

Informal votes 12

Blank voting papers 1,701

About these results

Progressive results are the results from the first of three counts.

The progressive votes are those counted by the closing time. They are usually released within two hours of the polls closing.

The second count yields the preliminary results - this is the count including those cast on the final day but counted after closing time, not including special votes. Usually released within a day of the polls closing.

The third count yields the final results and includes all votes received. Usually released in the week following the polls closing.