Of more than 10,000 special votes received, 5,838 special votes have now been validated. Nearly half the special votes were deemed invalid due to incorrect or missing declaration details, or outdated enrolment details.
These final results confirm Wayne Brown as mayor elect of Tāmaki Makaurau. Brown won the mayoral race with a total of 180,130 votes, ahead of Kerrin Leoni who received 77,577 votes.
Auckland Council’s General Manager Governance and Engagement Lou-Ann Ballantyne is pleased with the record-breaking number of special votes received.
“This unprecedented number of special votes shows people were motivated to participate, and able to easily access voting papers,” says Ms Ballantyne.“
A huge congratulations to our elected members and welcome to the 2025-2028 electoral term.”
There have been no major changes for ward councillors since the progress and preliminary results. A total of five new councillors out of 20 are joining the Governing Body alongside the returning mayor.
What’s changed since preliminary results?
Among the tightest of margins, with just 10 votes separating them in the preliminary results, Bianca Ranson has overturned Paul Walden by 18 votes to secure Waiheke Local Board’s fifth seat.
In Henderson-Massey, newcomer Ingrid Papau has overturned and locked in the eighth seat, with 6,514 votes, pushing out Linda Cooper who provisionally held the eighth position with a 20-vote margin.
Puketāpapa Local Board welcomes Rowan Cant in fifth place and Brendan Larmer in the sixth seat, marginally ahead of Raphaela Rose who has missed out by 7 votes.
In Albert-Eden Local Board’s Maungawhau subdivision Michelle Thorp has secured the fourth seat with 4,376 votes, ahead of former board member Rex Smith by 190 votes.
These official results also confirm that Bo Burns is elected for Howick Ward and therefore releases her leading position on the local board, electing Luke Collings to the Howick subdivision of Howick Local Board.
Similarly, with John Gillon now elected as North Shore Ward Councillor and leaving the leading position on Kaipātiki Local Board, the eight seat on the board goes to Emma Ryburn-Phengsavath.
Overall, 49 newly elected members will be joining 123 returning members to govern Tāmaki Makaurau.
“Next up, the electoral term commences with inaugural ceremonies, where newly elected members come together for the first time and will be sworn in,” says Ms Ballantyne.
“I am especially looking forward to onboarding all 172 members to set them up for success for the next three years.”
In the final count, a total of 350,677 votes were returned – that’s 29.3 per cent of enrolled voters. In 2022’s election, the voter turnout was 35.5 per cent.
“And we will be conducting a full evaluation and review of this year’s elections process which will be publicly available for elected members and Aucklanders ahead of the next election,” says Ms Ballantyne.
For the full lists of results, visit voteauckland.co.nz/results2025
