Auckland local elections, 2016

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All 20 seats of the Governing body of the Auckland Council

	First party	Second party

Party	Labour	Communities & Residents
Last election	2 seats, 9.54%	3 seats, 10.59%
Seats won	3	2
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	63,258	44,250
Percentage	10.75%	7.52%
Swing	1.21%	3.07

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Auckland Future	City Vision
Last election	(new)	1 seat, 5.92%
Seats won	1	1
Seat change	1	0
Popular vote	76,342	26,725
Percentage	12.97%	4.96%
Swing	12.97%	0.96%

The Auckland local elections, 2016 took place between September and October by postal vote. The elections were the third since the merger of seven councils into the Auckland Council, composed of the mayor, 20 members of the Council, and 149 members of 21 Local Boards. Twenty-one district health board members and 41 licensing trust members were also elected.

Incumbent Len Brown, the only Mayor of Auckland since the position was created, did not contest the mayoralty.

New Zealand Labour Party MP for Mount Roskill Phil Goff was elected mayor of Auckland.

20 members were elected to the Auckland Council, across thirteen wards. There were 74 nominations and only one of the 13 wards was uncontested.

The incumbent was Penny Webster. She was defeated by Greg Sayers.

The incumbents Wayne Walker and John Watson were both elected to council for another term.

The incumbents were Chris Darby and George Wood. Wood did not contest the ward in 2016. Darby was reelected as councillor. The second councillor elected was Richard Hills, although as preliminary results were extremely close between himself and next rival Grant Gillon, he was not confirmed until after the final results were announced.

The incumbents deputy mayor Penny Hulse and Linda Cooper were both re-elected.

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