2022 Upper Hutt City Council election

2022 Upper Hutt local elections
	Position of Upper Hutt within the Greater Wellington region
	Mayoral election
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Mayor before election; Wayne Guppy;	Elected mayor ; Wayne Guppy;

The 2022 Upper Hutt City Council election took place between 16 September and 18 October 2022 via postal vote as part of nation-wide local elections.

Background

The Upper Hutt City Council used the first-past-the-post system to elect the Mayor of Upper Hutt and city councillors for the 2022–2025 term.^[1] Voter turnout was 43.15%.^[2] The positions of mayor and ten city councillors elected at-large were contested by the following candidates:^[3]

Mayor

There was one vacancy for the mayoralty of Upper Hutt. The incumbent since 2001 has been Wayne Guppy.^[4]

2022 Upper Hutt mayoral election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Wayne Guppy	5,815	44.94
	Independent	Angela McLeod	4,267	32.98
	Independent	Hellen Swales	1,362	10.52
	Independent	Blair Griffiths	1,346	10.40
	Independent	Keith Bennett	1,324	10.23
Informal votes			148	1.14
Majority			1,548	11.96
Turnout			12,938	43.15

Council

There were ten vacancies for the Upper Hutt City Council, elected at-large.

At-large ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Dave Wheeler	7,390	67.66
	Independent	Hellen Swales	7,203	65.94
	Independent	Heather Newell	6,600	60.42
	Independent	Dylan Bentley	6,459	59.13
	Independent	Matthew Carey	6,439	58.95
	Independent	Bill Hammond	6,371	58.33
	Independent	Emma Holderness	6,345	58.09
	Independent	Tracey Ultra	6,303	57.70
	Independent	Blair Griffiths	6,092	55.77
	Independent	Chris Carson	5,759	52.72
	Independent	Konrad Hickson	5,351	48.99
	Independent	Cyndi Miller	4,923	45.07
	Independent	Paul Lambert	4,896	44.82
	Independent	Teresa Homan	4,260	39.00
	Independent	Jaap Knegtmans	4,202	38.47
	Independent	Keith Bennett	4,100	37.53
	Independent	Ramil Adhikari	4,026	36.86
	Independent	Dean Spicer	3,570	32.68
	Independent	Michael J. Anderson	3,179	29.10
	Independent	Michael Hurle	2,669	24.43
	Independent	Jordan Milburn	1,585	14.51
	Independent	Nigel Mander	1,230	11.26
Informal votes			264	2.41

Other local elections

Upper Hutt voters also voted in concurrent local elections for the:

Hutt Mana Charitable Trust; and
Rimutaka Licensing Trust.^[1]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Local Elections 2022". www.upperhuttcity.com. Upper Hutt City council. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Upper Hutt City Council | 2022 Triennial Elections" (PDF). www.electionz.com. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
^ "Nominations for Upper Hutt City Council 2022 Triennial Elections". www.electionz.com. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ Boyack, Nicholas (23 February 2022). "Hutt Valley mayors both seeking re-election". Stuff. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ "Notice of 2022 Triennial Local Authority Elections". www.upperhuttcity.com. Upper Hutt City Council. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

[UHCC-elect-1] "Local Elections 2022". www.upperhuttcity.com. Upper Hutt City council. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

[uhcc-results-2] "Upper Hutt City Council | 2022 Triennial Elections" (PDF). www.electionz.com. Retrieved 8 October 2022.

[uhcc-3] "Nominations for Upper Hutt City Council 2022 Triennial Elections". www.electionz.com. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

[hutt-4] Boyack, Nicholas (23 February 2022). "Hutt Valley mayors both seeking re-election". Stuff. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[5] "Notice of 2022 Triennial Local Authority Elections". www.upperhuttcity.com. Upper Hutt City Council. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

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