Elections | Hamilton City Council

2025 Election and binding poll

In 2025 Hamilton City Council will hold its triennial election and a binding poll on the retention of the Kirikiriroa Maaori Ward.

Candidate, electoral donations and expenses	Votes received
HUATA, Maria Te Aukaha	806
HENDERSON, Horiana	422
TE UA, Olly	296
RURI, Marian	236
POKERE-PHILLIPS, Donna	194
GALLAGHER, Jarrad	139
MARKS, Danielle	106
MANARANGI, Riki	77

Candidate, electoral donations and expenses	Votes received
MACINDOE, Tim	5874
LIU, Leo	2208
NAND, Jenny	1894
GONZALEZ, Jose	1265
BRISTER, Richard	1065
SMART, Anna	832
WEST, Michael	658
HENDERSON, Horiana	520
TANG, Tony	509
MCDONALD, John	478
NG, Jono	430
LEPINA, Marie-Claire	315
GIELEN, Jacobus	217
BECH, Aksel Danger	84
TEMONI-SYME, Tania	82
STRATFORD, Roger	27

Candidate, electoral donations and expenses	Votes received
Mayor
Paula Southgate	15,880
Geoff Taylor	14,043
Horiana Henderson	1789
Donna Pokere-Phillips	1248
Lachlan Coleman	1109
Riki Manarangi	969
Jack Gielen	517
Lee Bloor	416
Blanks	413
Informals	217
East ward
Ryan Hamilton	2953
Anna Casey-Cox	2800
Maxine van Oosten	2285
Mark Donovan	2300
Kesh Naidoo-Rauf	2259
Andrew Bydder	2153
Peter Humphreys	1562
Jenny Nand	1102
Horiana Henderson	841
Raymond Mudford	703
Jason Jonassen	580
Riki Manarangi	471
Ross Macleod	413
Jack Gielen	379
Russelle Sonya Knaap	347
Jake Tait	165
Jess Hona	133
Jaqui Stokes	104
Amy-Leigh Hopa	77
Blanks	290
Informals	754
Kirikiriroa Maaori Ward
Moko Tauariki	726
Melaina Huaki	572
Donna Pokere-Phillips	531
Te Pora Thompson	403
James Ratana	180
Maatai Ariki Kauae Te Toki	104
Blanks	73
Informals	31
West Ward
Geoff Taylor	4600
Angela O'Leary	2135
Ewan Wilson	1834
Sarah Thomson	1805
Emma Pike	1885
Louise Hutt	1700
Michael West	1373
Dave Boyd	969
Jose Gonzalez	875
Matthew Small	670
Rudi Du Plooy	598
Sanjay Joshi	489
Dan Steer	314
Melissa Smith	244
Dhirendra Kumar Naresh	209
Shanti Ralm	85
Roger Stratford	48
Blanks	166
Informals	405

Candidate, electoral donations and expenses	Votes received
Mark Donovan	1774
Anna Casey-Cox	1566
Anna Smart	1470
Peter Humphreys	929
Ada Xiao	903
Horiana Henderson	779
Naomi Pocock	634
Emma Pike	577
Lisa Lewis	569
Wiremu Taylor Puke	444
Riki Manarangi	361
Pirihira Kaio	291
Ross Macleod	280
Donna Pokere-Phillips	247
Jack Gielen	209
Roshni Desai	209
Chris van der Aa	193
Colm McKeogh	180
Daniel Pascoe	129
Ritesh Chandra	125
Kat Waswo	120
Jennifer Myers	57
Michelle Houghton	47
Christopher Manson	40
Informal	37
Blank	8

Candidate, electoral donations and expenses	Votes received
Mayor
Paula Southgate	13,452
Andrew King	10,315
Angela O’Leary	7870
Louise Hutt	2623
Mike West	2134
James Casson	1996
Lisa Lewis	1103
Jack Gielen	375
Informal	147
Blank	482
East Ward
Mark Bunting	8342
Kesh Naidoo-Rauf	7772
Maxine Van Oosten	7414
Margaret Forsyth	7042
Ryan Hamilton	6848
Rob Pascoe	6541
Meleane Burgess	6394
James Casson	6380
Anna Smart	5881
Garry Mallett	5632
Mike West	5422
Tim Young	5205
Andrew Bydder	4595
Andrea Jane McLachlan	4208
Brad Hills	4154
Tony Dixon	4039
Peter Humphreys	3759
Lisa Lewis	3471
Krishna Reddy	3358
Jack Gielen	1517
Informal	100
Blank	424
West Ward
Angela O’Leary	10,105
Martin Gallagher	9092
Geoff Taylor	7759
Sarah Thomson	6973
Dave Macpherson	6131
Ewan Wilson	5965
Louise Hutt	5885
Leo Tooman	4739
Siggi Henry	4074
Michelle Houghton	3633
Rudi du Plooy	3041
Matthew Small	3025
Melaina Huaki	3009
David McNab	2951
Chris Davis	2826
Peter Harry Bos	2312
Shanti Ralm	2040
Geoff Holt	1728
Matt Shea	1363
Informal	81
Blank	329