The 2022 Hutt City Council election was a local election held from 16 September until 8 October in Lower Hutt, New Zealand as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Lower Hutt and 12 city councillors for the 2022–2025 term of the Hutt City Council. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.
Key dates
Background
Electoral System Alongside the mayor, there are six wards returning one councillor each with a further six councillors being elected at large. All officials were elected through a first-past-the-post system via postal voting.
Campaign
List of candidates
Mayor
The incumbent Mayor, Campbell Barry, stood for a second term. He was opposed by retailer Falgoon Patel and former Hutt City Council chief executive Tony Stallinger.
Results
Mayor
Council
At-large ward The At large ward returned six councillors to the city council.
Central ward There Central ward returned one councillor to the city council.
Eastern ward The Eastern ward returned one councillor to the city council.
Harbour ward The Harbour ward returned one councillor to the city council.
Northern ward The Northern ward returned one councillor to the city council.
Wainuiomata ward The Wainuiomata ward returned one councillors to the city council.
Western ward There Western ward returned one councillor to the city council. Chris Parkin was endorsed by the Green Party.
Electoral system referendum In 2021 the Hutt City Council resolved to conduct a referendum for which electoral system to use in the 2025 and 2028 local elections. The referendum asked voters to choose between the First Past the Post and Single Transferable Voting electoral systems.
Aftermath
Other local elections Depending on where in Lower Hutt they lived, voters also voted in concurrent local elections for the: Eastbourne Community Board; Petone Community Board; Wainuiomata Community Board; and/or Hutt Mana Charitable Trust.
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