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2010 Dunedin City Council election

2010 elections in Dunedin, New Zealand

Field	Value
election_name	2010 Dunedin City Council election
country	New Zealand
flag_image	Dunedin CoA (shield only).svg
type	parliamentary
previous_election	2007 Dunedin City Council elections
previous_year	2007
next_election	2013 Dunedin City Council election
next_year	2013
election_date	9 October 2010
map_image	File:Dunedin in the South Island.svg
map_caption	Position of Dunedin in the South Island

The 2010 Dunedin City Council election was part of the 2010 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Dunedin elections are used to elect the Mayor of Dunedin and to elect councilors to the Dunedin City Council.

As per the Local Electoral Act 2001, all the elections occurred on Saturday 9 October 2010. Voting was carried out by postal ballot, using the single transferable vote system.

Mayor

Main article: 2010 Dunedin mayoral election

The candidates for mayor included Peter Chin, the incumbent who was running for a third consecutive term. His contenders included Dave Cull and Lee Vandervis.

Councillors

In 2010 the ward system was changed with there now being just three wards in Dunedin. The Central Ward which would elect eleven councilors, Mosgiel Taieri Ward which would elect two and the Waikouaiti Coast-Chalmers Ward which would elect one.

Central ward

All eleven incumbent councillors sought re-election, while 28 other people sought election to the council.

Eight of the eleven councillors returned to the council as councillors, while councillor Dave Cull returned as mayor. Three new councillors were elected: Richard Thomson, Lee Vandervis, and Jinty MacTavish.

Candidate	Affiliation	First preference	Last Iteration	Votes
Richard Thomson	Greater Dunedin	3741	11.28	3741.00
Lee Vandervis		3483	10.50	3483.00
Bill Acklin	Independent	2298	6.93	2722.61
Jinty MacTavish	Greater Dunedin	1117	3.37	2672.69
John Bezett	Independent	1893	5.71	2618.00
Chris Staynes	Greater Dunedin	1359	4.10	2721.21
Neil Collins		1911	5.76	2709.14
Teresa Stevenson	Independent	893	2.69	2575.58
Fliss Butcher	Independent	1269	3.83	2543.54
Paul Hudson	Independent	1261	3.80	2517.99
Colin Weatherall	Independent	1231	3.71	2514.92
Bev Butler	Independent	1221	3.68	2457.44
Aaron Hawkins	Independent	1067	3.22	2032.22
Chris Marlow	Independent	975	2.94	1779.70
Malcolm Dixon	Independent	1132	3.41	1548.74
Olivier Lequeux		746	2.25	1218.65
Lynn Tozer	Greater Dunedin	729	2.20	1155.94
Richard Walls		752	2.27	990.20
Shane Gallaghar	Greater Dunedin	670	2.02	970.98
Jono Clark	Community VISION	562	1.69	762.10
Jonathan Usher		530	1.60	704.07
Hendrik Koch	Community VISION	438	1.32	581.18
Samuel Mann	Greater Dunedin	363	1.09	480.77
Andrew Whiley	Independent	353	1.06	442.05
Michael Guest	Independent	370	1.12	430.75
Tracey Crampton Smith	Independent	337	1.02	382.74
Olive McRae	Independent	278	0.84	345.37
Lindsay Smith	Greater Dunedin	246	0.74	307.47
Steve O'Conner	Independent	230	0.69	259.41
Lloyd Wilson	Independent	184	0.55	211.64
Bob Gillanders		153	0.46	182.78
George Morrison	Independent	133	0.40	147.46
Andrew Eames	Community VISION	127	0.38	138.97
Martini Samson	Independent	112	0.34	120.17
Trevor Turner	Independent	82	0.25	97.41
Barry Simpson	Independent	73	0.22	(82.18)
Paul Douglas	Independent	78	0.24	(80.62)
Dave Cull	Greater Dunedin	0a	0.00	(0.00)
Informal votes	660	1.99	660.00

a Dave Cull was already elected mayor, so his votes were immediately transferred to the elector's next preference. Source:

Mosgiel Taieri Ward

Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Kate Wilson	Greater Dunedin
	Craig Watson
	Malcom Agnow
	Syd Brown
	Biran Miller
	Maurice Prendergast

Source:

Waikouaiti Coast-Chalmers Ward

Name	Affiliation (if any)	Notes
	Andrew Noone
	Geraldine Tait	Community Vision

Source:

References

"Local Electoral Act 2001 No 35 (as at 24 January 2009), Public Act". Parliamentary Counsel Office.
(24 August 2010). "Super ward views heard today". [[Otago Daily Times]].
(October 2010). "Dunedin City Council elections 2010 - preliminary results".
(2010). "Dunedin City Council - Mosgiel Taieri Ward". Local Election 2010 NZ.
(2010). "Dunedin City Council - Waikouaiti Coast Chalmers Ward". Local Election 2010 NZ.

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