Chris Darby
| Chris Darby | |
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Darby in 2014
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| North Shore Ward Councillor | |
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Assumed office 2013 Serving with George Wood Richard Hills |
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| Preceded by | Ann Hartley |
Chris Darby is an Auckland Councillor who is focused on public transport, urban regeneration & environmental issues. He is a progressive independent not affiliated to any political party. He ran on his independent ticket 'Taking the Shore Forward', in both the 2013 and 2016 elections.
Before the 'Super City' merger, Darby served on the North Shore City Council.
At the 2010 Auckland Council elections, Darby ran for the North Shore ward of Auckland Council for Shore Voice alongside Ann Hartley, who was elected. However, Darby finished 6th and was not elected to the Council. He did however make it on to the Devonport-Takapuna Local Board for the 2010–2013 term.
At the 2013 Auckland Council elections, Darby ran for Council again and was elected as a Councillor for the North Shore ward, polling higher than both incumbents, George Wood and Ann Hartley. Wood remained Co-Councillor with Darby, given the North Shore ward elects two Councillors, however Hartley lost her seat to Darby, with whom she had campaigned on the Shore Voice ticket in 2010. Darby served his first term on the Council with George Wood.
In the 2013–16 Auckland Council he was the Deputy Chair of the Auckland Development Committee and Infrastructure Committee, and is council's Political Urban Design Champion.
He is also a member of; Finance & Performance Committee | Strategy & Policy Committee | Hearings Committee | Unitary Plan Committee | CCO Governance & Monitoring Committee | Parks, Sport & Recreation Committee | Environment Committee | Hauraki Gulf Forum | Treaty Settlements Working Party | Tupuna Maunga Authority | Greenways Leadership Group
Darby was re-elected at the 2016 Auckland elections, Richard Hills was elected to serve with Darby. The new mayor, Phil Goff, appointed Darby the Chairperson of the Planning Committee.
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