2022 Hutt City Council election
Elections in New Zealand
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.
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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.
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