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2025 Christchurch City Council election

The 2025 Christchurch City Council election was a local election held from 9 September to 11 October in Christchurch, New Zealand, as part of that year's territorial authority elections and other local elections held nation-wide.

The 2025 Christchurch City Council election was a local election held from 9 September to 11 October in Christchurch, New Zealand, as part of that year's territorial authority elections and other local elections held nation-wide.

Voters elected the mayor of Christchurch, 16 city councillors, and other local representatives for the 2025–2028 term of the Christchurch City Council. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.

4 July 2025: Nominations for candidates opened
1 August 2025: Nominations for candidates closed at 12 noon
9 September 2025: Voting documents were posted and voting opened
11 October 2025: Voting closed at 12 noon and progress/preliminary results published
16–19 October 2025: Final results declared.

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Voters in the city elected the mayor of Christchurch, 16 councillors in 16 wards, and the members of six community boards. They also elected several members of Environment Canterbury.

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Sara Templeton did not stand again in the Heathcote ward to focus on the mayoral campaign.
James Gough, councillor for the Fendalton ward since 2010, had initially indicated that he would run for re-election but announced in late July that he would stand down to take up a role as executive director at The Terrace

Incumbent mayor Phil Mauger announced he would stand for re-election. He would face Heathcote ward councillor Sara Templeton and perennial candidate Tubby Hansen.

Each of the 16 wards returned one councillor to the city council. The People's Choice stood candidates in nine of the wards, including their six incumbents.

Candidate	Affiliation	Notes
Aaron Keown		Independent Candidate for Harewood	Incumbent councillor

As the only candidate, Keown was re-elected unopposed.

Candidate	Photo	Affiliation	Notes
Sam MacDonald			Independent Citizens	Incumbent councillor

As the only candidate, MacDonald was re-elected unopposed.

Candidate	Affiliation	Notes
Simon Britten		The People's Choice	Incumbent deputy chair of the Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board. Endorsed by the Green Party.
Victoria Henstock		Your Local Independent Community Voice	Incumbent councillor

Candidate	Notes
David Cartwright	Independent Citizens	Incumbent Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood community board member
Xavier Dickason	For Fendalton's Future
Diane Ellis	Independent

Candidate	Affiliation	Notes
Pauline Cotter		The People's Choice	Deputy mayor and councillor since 2013
Ali Jones		Independent	Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central community board member since 2013, and former councillor 2013–2016.

Candidate	Notes
Kelly Barber	Independent for Burwood	Incumbent councillor
Fionna Chapman	The People's Choice – Labour	Community worker

Candidate	Notes
Taraia Brown	Independent
Celeste Donovan	Independent	Incumbent councillor
Jo Zervos	Independent	Incumbent Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood community board member

Candidate	Affiliation	Notes
Mark Peters		Independent for Hornby	Incumbent councillor

As the only candidate, Peters was re-elected unopposed.

Candidate	Affiliation	Notes
Andrei Moore		Independent	Incumbent councillor
Dylan Smart		Independent Citizens

Candidate	Notes
Mark Chirnside	None
Tyla Harrison-Hunt	The People's Choice	Incumbent since 2022
Debbie Mora	Independent – Back to Common Sense	Incumbent board member of the Waipuna Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton community board
Tony Simons	Independent – for Riccarton	Riccarton Bush-Kilmarnock Residents Association chair and former journalist
Sam Yau	Independent

Candidate	Notes
Melanie Coker	The People's Choice – Labour	Incumbent since 2019

Terry Craze	Centre-right. People-Powered Voice	Previously ran for council in 2022
Tubby Hansen	Leave Commonwealth, leave Anzus	Perennial candidate since 1969. Also ran for mayor.
Ben Yorston	None

Candidate	Notes
Hayley Guglietta	Truly Independent	Community advocate
Raf Manji	Independent	Former councillor for the Fendalton-Waimairi Ward from 2013 to 2016 and Waimairi Ward from 2016 to 2019
Jake McLellan	Labour	Incumbent since 2019
Mace Reid	Independent
Tom Roud	Alliance	Library worker and union delegate

Candidate	Affiliation	Notes
Clare Marks		Independent
Tim Scandrett		Independent	Incumbent councillor

Candidate	Notes
Evan Baker	Independent
Ethan Gullery	Independent
Yani Johanson	The People's Choice – Labour	Incumbent since 2007

Candidate	Affiliation	Notes
Nathaniel Herz Jardine		The People's Choice	Living wage advocate
Ian Kearney		Independent	Lawyer

Candidate	Affiliation	Notes
Dave Dunlay		Independent for Banks Peninsula	Local media personality
Tyrone Fields		The People's Choice	Incumbent since 2022

James Daniels, former councillor for the Coastal Ward from 2019 to 2021 had announced in May that he was standing for council again. However, in late July he withdrew from the race citing a change to his personal circumstances.

Affiliation	Councillors
	Independent	51,493	59.30		7	−1
	The People's Choice and Labour	26,534	30.56		7	+1
↪ The People's Choice	15,193	17.50		4	+1
↪ The People's Choice – Labour	9,471	10.91		2	0
↪ Labour	1,870	2.15		1	0
	Independent Citizens	6,389	7.36		2	0
	Alliance	407	0.47		0	0
138	0.16
2,283	2.63
86,834

	No majority
	Independent holds mayoralty

Ward	Elected
Mayor	Phil Mauger	Phil Mauger
Banks Peninsula	Tyrone Fields	Tyrone Fields
Burwood	Kelly Barber	Kelly Barber
Cashmere	Tim Scandrett	Tim Scandrett
Central	Jake McLellan	Jake McLellan
Coastal	Celeste Donovan	Celeste Donovan
Fendalton	James GoughR	David Cartwright
Halswell	Andrei Moore	Andrei Moore
Harewood	Aaron Keown	Aaron Keown
Heathcote	Sara TempletonR	Nathaniel Herz Jardine
Hornby	Mark Peters	Mark Peters
Innes	Pauline Cotter	Pauline Cotter
Linwood	Yani Johanson	Yani Johanson

Papanui	Victoria Henstock	Victoria Henstock
Riccarton	Tyla Harrison-Hunt	Tyla Harrison-Hunt
Spreydon	Melanie Coker	Melanie Coker

Waimairi	Sam MacDonald	Sam MacDonald
R retired

Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Phil Mauger†	60,137	55.96
	Independent	Sara Templeton	40,533	37.72
	Independent	Thomas Healey	1,714	1.59
	Independent	Nikora Nitro	1,525	1.42
	Independent	Blair Anderson	1,327	1.23
	Independent	Phil Arps	448	0.42
	Independent	Tubby Hansen	354	0.33
	Independent	Peter Wakeman	320	0.30
105	0.10
1,008	0.94
107,471	37.81
284,225
	Independent hold
† incumbent

Affiliation	Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Aaron Keown†	Unopposed

	Independent hold
† incumbent

Affiliation	Candidate	Vote
	Independent Citizens	Sam MacDonald†	Unopposed

	Independent Citizens hold
† incumbent

Affiliation	Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Victoria Henstock†	4,367	65.93
	The People's Choice	Simon Britten	2,105	31.78
3	0.05
149	2.25
6,624

	Independent hold
† incumbent

Affiliation	Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent Citizens	David Cartwright	5,228	66.43
	Independent	Xavier Dickason	1,683	21.39
	Independent	Diane Ellis	640	8.13
11	0.14
308	3.91
7,870

	Independent Citizens hold
† incumbent

Affiliation	Candidate	Vote	%
	The People's Choice	Pauline Cotter†	3,273	50.81
	Independent	Ali Jones	3,027	46.99
3	0.05
139	2.16
6,442

	The People's Choice hold
† incumbent

Affiliation	Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Kelly Barber†	5,390	77.06
	The People's Choice – Labour	Fionna Chapman	1,455	20.08

1	0.01
149	2.13
6,995

	Independent hold
† incumbent

Affiliation	Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Celeste Donovan†	4,605	58.34
	Independent	Jo Zervos	2,844	35.97
	Independent	Taraia Brown	333	4.21
12	0.15
113	1.43
7,907

	Independent hold
† incumbent

Affiliation	Candidate	Vote
	Independent	Mark Peters†	Unopposed

	Independent hold
† incumbent

Affiliation	Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Andrei Moore†	7,513	85.12
	Independent Citizens	Dylan Smart	1,161	13.15
4	0.05
148	1.68
8,826

	Independent hold
† incumbent

Affiliation	Candidate	Vote	%
	The People's Choice	Tyla Harrison-Hunt†	1,657	40.17
	Independent	Tony Simons	1,139	27.61
	Independent	Sam Yau	630	15.27
	Independent	Debbie Mora	366	8.87
	Independent	Mark Chirnside	242	5.87
16	0.39
75	1.82
4,125

	The People's Choice hold
† incumbent

Affiliation	Candidate	Vote	%
	The People's Choice – Labour	Melanie Coker†	4,315	78.70

	Independent	Ben Yorston	883	16.10
	Independent	Terry Craze	410	7.48
	Independent	Tubby Hansen	99	1.81
20	0.36
166	3.03
5,483

	The People's Choice – Labour hold

† incumbent

Affiliation	Candidate	Vote	%
	Labour	Jake McLellan†	1,870	38.95
	Independent	Raf Manji	1,203	25.06
	Independent	Hayley Guglietta	941	19.60
	Alliance	Tom Roud	407	8.48
	Independent	Mace Reid	235	4.89
42	0.87
103	2.15
4,801

	Labour hold
† incumbent

Affiliation	Candidate	Vote	%
	Independent	Tim Scandrett†	5,819	61.57
	Independent	Clare Marks	3,158	33.41
5	0.05
469	4.96
9,451

	Independent hold
† incumbent

Affiliation	Candidate	Vote	%
	The People's Choice – Labour	Yani Johanson†	3,701	72.20

	Independent	Evan Baker	867	16.91
	Independent	Ethan Gullery	443	8.64
14	0.27
101	1.97
5,126

	The People's Choice – Labour hold

† incumbent

Affiliation	Candidate	Vote	%
	The People's Choice	Nathaniel Herz Jardine	5,206	57.35
	Independent	Ian Kearney	3,594	39.59
7	0.08
270	2.97
9,077

	The People's Choice gain from Independent

Affiliation	Candidate	Vote	%
	The People's Choice	Tyrone Fields†	2,952	71.88
	Independent	Dave Dunlay	1,062	25.86
0	0.00
93	2.26
4,107

	The People's Choice hold
† incumbent

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