Invercargill city has elected its new Councillors for the next triennium.
Polls closed at midday today in the local body elections across Aotearoa.
Progress results delivered to Invercargill City Council today show sitting councillors Nigel Skelt, Darren Ludlow, Ian Pottinger and Allan Arnold will remain on council.

They will be joined by new Councillors Tom Campbell and Grant Dermody.
Progress results include all votes cast up to late Friday, however, it does not include votes cast late on Friday or on Saturday, and does not include special votes.
Invercargill City Council Deputy Electoral Officer and Manager Governance and Legal Michael Morris said with 2104 ordinary votes and a number of special votes still to be counted, some candidates were too close to call at this stage.
Those candidates are Ria Bond, Trish Boyle, Lesley Soper, Peter Kett, Alex Crackett, Graham Lewis, Barry Stewart, Terry King, Kerry Hapuku, Rebecca Amundsen, Lisa Tou-McNaughton and Rick Murrell.

Sir Tim Shadbolt will not be returned as Mayor or Councillor.
Preliminary results are expected on Sunday morning and will include 210

“Our preliminary results should provide a clearer picture but it’s likely it won’t be confirmed until our final results are provided in the coming days, after special votes have been counted.”

The Bluff Community Board results show, at this stage, that the members Tammi Topi and Ray Fife will be returned, and joined by new members Justin Sutherland, Terina Stockwell and Sam G

The Invercargill Licensing Trust results are also subject to change after further votes are counted.
Morris said he was pleased with the turnout and the interest the community had in this election.

“We have a passionate and vocal community who were also motivated to cast their vote and help guide the city through the next three years,” he said.

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Progress Results Council – At Large (12 vacancies) Still too close for the last 4 positions.

  1. SKELT, Nigel Dean 7,366
  2. CAMPBELL, Tom 7,363 (Let’s Go Invercargill)
  3. LUDLOW, Darren 6,989
  4. DERMODY, Grant 6,822 (Let’s Go Invercargill)
  5. POTTINGER, Ian 6,812
  6. ARNOLD, Allan 6,706 (Let’s Go Invercargill)
  7. BOND, Ria Independent 6,238
  8. BOYLE, Trish 5,929
    The rest are too close to call with over 2k votes still to be counted.
  9. SOPER, Lesley 5,794
  10. KETT, Peter Warren 5,681
  11. CRACKETT, Alex 5,675
  12. LEWIS, Graham 5,578
  13. STEWART, Barry 5,575 (Let’s Go Invercargill)
  14. KING, Terry 5,448
  15. HAPUKU, Kerry 4,960 (Let’s Go Invercargill)
  16. AMUNDSEN, Rebecca 4,872
  17. TOU-MCNAUGHTON, Lisa 4,629
  18. MURRELL, Rick 4,172 (Let’s Go Invercargill)
  19. BROWN, Kevin 3,962  (Let’s Go Invercargill)
  20. MULROONEY, Kevin 3,845
  21. HERMAN, Karl 3,756 (Let’s Go Invercargill)
  22. POTTINGER, David 3,641
  23. SMITH, Bevan 3,565  (Let’s Go Invercargill)
  24. MARSHALL, Peter 3,400 (Let’s Go Invercargill)
  25. GRABER, Kari 3,136
  26. SHADBOLT, Tim 2,928
  27. ALLEN, Dene 2,910
  28. LOAN, Malcolm 2,802

Invercargill Licensing Trust (6 Vacancies)

  1. O’BRIEN, Paddy 9,713
  2. PRENTICE, Suzanne 8,443
  3. NEWELL, Angela 6,679
  4. HAWKES (HAWKSY), Graham 5,330
  5. BELLEW, Sean 5,074
  6. CAREY, Sheree 4,718

MCDONALD, Reece 4,677
EVANS, Louise 4,620
DIACK, Kirsten 3,779
BILLCLIFF, Mark 2,953
SANFORD, Mike Mike & About 2,128
LOWE, Nigel 1,803

Bluff Community Board Results

  1. TOPI, Tammi 624
  2. SUTHERLAND, Justin 545
  3. FIFE, Ray 487
  4. STOCKWELL, Terina 466
  5. GRAHAM, Sam 251

CHRISTENSEN, Murray 220
TORETTO, Monica 161
BAILEY, Rach 106
FERNANDEZ, Miguel 57
JARVIS, Marc 56
MOORE, Lyn New Nation Party 32

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