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2016 Greater Wellington Regional Council election

The 2016 Greater Wellington Regional Council election was a local election held from September to 8 October in the Greater Wellington region of New Zealand as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected 12 councillors for the 2016–2019 term of the Greater Wellington Regional Council. Postal voting and the single transferable vote system were used.

Incumbent councillor Judith Aitken did not seek re-election. Incumbents Sue Kedgley, Chris Laidlaw and Daran Ponter were re-elected, joined by former Wellington City deputy mayor Ian McKinnon and Roger Blakeley. Incumbent Paul Bruce was defeated.

Candidate	Affiliation	First preference	Last iteration
Sue Kedgley	Greens	11,184	20.77	8,815.05	17.32
Chris Laidlaw	Independent	9,933	18.45	8,878.60	17.44
Ian McKinnon	Independent	9,020	16.75	8,843.99	17.38
Daran Ponter	Labour	6,766	12.56	8,890.04	17.47
Roger Blakeley	Independent	5,639	10.47	8,581.70	16.86
Paul Bruce	Green	4,382	8.14	6,891.25	13.54
Russell Tregonning	Independent	3,409	6.33	—N/a
Keith Flinders	Independent	1,075	2.00	—N/a
John Klaphake	Independent	981	1.82	—N/a
Norbert Hausberg	Independent	796	1.48	—N/a
Sam Somers	Independent	664	1.23	—N/a
Total	53,849	100.00	50,900.63	100.00
Non-transferable votes	2,948.37
Informal votes
Blank votes
Total votes cast		100.00
Turnout

Incumbent councillors Ken Laban and Prue Lamason were re-elected, while David Ogden defeated incumbent councillor Sandra Greig.

Candidate	Affiliation	First preference	Last iteration
Ken Laban	Independent	7,170	29.32	5,339.45	25.67
Prue Lamason	Independent	3,575	14.62	5,621.37	25.88
David Ogden	Independent	3,065	12.53	5,490.19	25.28
John Terris	Independent	2,927	11.97	5,031.06	23.17
Sandra Greig	Independent	2,441	9.98	—N/a
Derek Wilshere	Independent	2,303	9.42	—N/a
Leonie Dobbs		1,893	7.74	—N/a
Kath Allen	Team Fred Allen	1,079	4.41	—N/a
Total	24,453	100.00	21,746.94	100.00
Non-transferable votes	2,736.06
Informal votes
Blank votes
Total votes cast		100.00
Turnout

Incumbent councillors Jenny Brash and Barbra Donaldson were re-elected.

Candidate	Affiliation	First preference	Last iteration
Jenny Brash	Independent	7,617	45.35	5,599.00	34.31
Barbara Donaldson	Independent	4,598	27.37	5,577.99	34.18
Joern Scherzer	Independent	2,675	15.93	2,941.52	13.48
Heidi Mills	Independent	1,907	11.35	2,200.28	13.48
Total	16,797	100.00	16,318.79	100.00
Non-transferable votes	478.21
Informal votes
Blank votes
Total votes cast		100.00
Turnout

Retiring Kapiti Coast District Council councillor Penny Gaylor was elected, defeating incumbent councillor Nigel Wilson.

Candidate	Affiliation	First preference	Last iteration
Penny Gaylor	Independent	6,728	40.92	7,738	51.16
Nigel Wilson	Independent	6,701	40.76	7,388	48.84
Peter Bollmann	Independent	3,013	18.33	—N/a
Total	16,442	100.00	15,126	100.00
Non-transferable votes	1,316
Informal votes
Blank votes
Total votes cast		100.00
Turnout

Incumbent councillor Paul Swain was elected unopposed.

The Wairarapa constituency was vacant following the death of councillor Gary McPhee in June 2016. Retiring South Wairarapa mayor Adrienne Staples was elected.

Candidate	Affiliation	First preference	Last iteration
Adrienne Staples		6,487	44.89	7,755	58.31
David Holmes	Independent	4,403	30.47	5,545	41.69
Andrew Wright		1,846	12.78	—N/a
Linton McGill		1,076	7.45	—N/a
Monique Leerschool		638	4.42	—N/a
Total		100.00		100.00
Non-transferable votes	1,150
Informal votes
Blank votes
Total votes cast		100.00
Turnout

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