2025 Hamilton City Council election
elections in New Zealand
The 2025 Hamilton City Council election was a local election held from 9 September to 11 October in Hamilton, New Zealand, as part of that year's territorial authority elections and other local elections held nation-wide.
Voters elected the mayor of Hamilton and 14 city councillors for the 2025–2028 term of the Hamilton City Council. Postal voting and the single transferable vote system were used.
A finalised list of candidate names was released by the City Council on 4 August identifying 52 candidates, including 12 candidates for mayor. Incumbent mayor Paula Southgate did not run for re-election.
Councillor Tim Macindoe won the mayoralty, with fellow councillor Sarah Thomson coming in second place.
The council introduced a Māori ward at the 2022 election; in a referendum on its future held at this election (as part of a nation-wide series of referendums) voters elected to keep the Māori ward.
Key dates
4 July 2025: Nominations for candidates opened
1 August 2025: Nominations for candidates closed at 12 pm
9 September 2025: Voting documents were posted and voting opened
11 October 2025: Voting closed at 12 pm and progress/preliminary results were published
16–19 October 2025: Final results were declared.
Background
Positions up for election
Voters in the city elected the mayor of Hamilton and 14 councillors from 3 wards. They also elected several members of the Waikato Regional Council.
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