Local election results

An open thread for people to post results of the local body elections as they come in, and comment on them. I’ll try and update the main post as significant results are known.

UPDATE1: Len Brown re-elected in Auckland. Julia Hardaker re-elected in Hamilton. John Carter beats Wayne Brown in Far North. Lianne Dalziel elected in Christchurch.

UPDATE2: Hamilton has voted 68% to 32% in favour of retaining fluoride in their water supply. A good victory for science. Christchurch City Council leaning left. Hamilton City Council has had some sensible moderates get elected. Auckland Council has seen Denise Krum beat Richard Northey but not yet clear how overall balance of Council looks.

UPDATE3: A huge margin for John Carter. He got 8,500 votes compared to 2,500 for incumbent Wayne Brown.

UPDATE4: Annette Main beats Michael Laws in Wanganui. Nick Leggett in Porirua doubles his majority and challenger (and Deputy Mayor) Liz Kelly loses her seat.

UPDATE 5: Celia Wade-Brown has retained the Wellington Mayoralty.