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2007 Christchurch mayoral election

The 2007 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the 2007 New Zealand local elections. On 13 October of that year, elections were held for the Mayor of Christchurch plus other local government roles. Incumbent Garry Moore retired in 2007 after nine years in the office. Bob Parker, previously mayor of Banks Peninsula, beat the Christchurch 2021 representative, Megan Woods, with a majority of 14,212 votes (13.73%). Media personality Jo Giles, who had previously contested the Ilam electorate for the ACT Party for Parliament, came a distant third. A further seven candidate contested the election. Parker's campaign was supported by businessman and Ngāi Tahu board member Nuk Korako, who himself was elected to the House of Representatives in 2014 for the National Party.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Independent	47,033	45.44
	Christchurch 2021	32,821	31.71
	Christchurch City Vision	14,454	13.96
	Independent	4,505	4.35
	Independent	1,868	1.80
	Independent	898	0.87	−0.07
	Workers Party	720	0.70
	National Front	680	0.66	−1.24
	Independent	295	0.29	−1.49
	Independent	228	0.22	−0.20
229	0.22	−0.06
1,544	1.47	-2.20
14,212	13.73	−42.90

Participation in local elections has been falling for years. In the 2007 local election, 40.81% of registered voters cast their vote, some two percentage points higher than in 2004. The following table shows the voting statistics since the 1989 local elections:

1989	1992	1995	1998	2001	2004	2007
Electors on rolls	200,915	208,533	215,621	223,832	227,793	235,930	251,173
Voters	121,680	105,982	107,450	116,511	110,068	91,027	102,495
Percentage voted	60.56%	50.82%	49.83%	52.05%	48.32%	38.58%	40.81%

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