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UPDATED: Monday 10th October 2:20pm Final election result sees change in Council table.
The count of special votes has resulted in a change in Council with Lindsay Abbott replacing Graham Sycamore in the 12th seat.
Electoral Officer Graham Low said on election night Mr Sycamore had a margin of three votes, but now Mr Abbott was in with a margin of six votes.
“We processed 46 special votes-that was the only change going through. We finalised 21,378 votes, which is 54.9% of eligible voters.”
The members of the new Invercargill City Council will be sworn in at an Inaugural Council Meeting on October 26 at 4pm at Council’s Civic Administration Building and the Bluff
Community Board members on October 31 at 7pm and the Bluff Municipal Chambers.
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Invercargill’s voters have re-elected Tim Shadbolt to serve an eighth term as Mayor, Invercargill City Council Electoral Officer Graham Low announced today.
Mr Shadbolt won the Mayoralty with 11,590 votes over Mayoral candidates Tom Conroy with 6,109 votes and Karen Arnold with 3,193 votes.
Mr Shadbolt’s first term as Mayor of Invercargill was 1993-1995. He was re-elected Mayor in 1998-2001 and has held the position since.
Four new Councillors have been elected; Toni Biddle, Alex Crackett, Lesley Soper, Allan Arnold.
Re-Elected Mayor Tim Shadbolt with Southland’s Town Crier Lynley McKerrow. Photo: whatsoninvers.nz
The Bluff Community Board has stayed the same.
Electoral Officer Graham Low said he had received 21,318 votes which represents a voter return percentage of 54.8%.
Mr Low said these were preliminary results with approximately 50 special votes still to be processed. The 12th, 13th and 14th seats were separated by just 20 votes. Final results are expected to be announced on Wednesday.
The new Invercargill City Council will be sworn in at an Inaugural Council Meeting on October 26 at 4pm at Council’s Civic Administration Building and the Bluff Community Board members on October 31 at 7pm and the Bluff Municpial Chambers.
Official Results:
Invercargill Mayor (1 required)
SHADBOLT, Tim 11,590
CONROY, Tom 6,109
ARNOLD, Karen 3,193
Invercargill City Council (12 required)
- LUDLOW, Darren 9,654
- ESLER, Lloyd 9,551
- BIDDLE, Toni 9,522
- AMUNDSEN, Rebecca 8,526
- LEWIS, Graham 8,127
- CRACKETT, Alex 7,827
- ARNOLD, Karen 7,782
- SOPER, Lesley 7,621
- POTTINGER, Ian 7,157
- ARNOLD, Allan 7,128
- THOMAS, Lindsay 6,937
- ABBOTT, Lindsay 6,144*
SYCAMORE, Graham 6,137*
*tbc Sycamore scapped thry by thee vote on day, but after special votes Lindsay Abbot got 6 more votes to take the 12th chair at the council table.
BONIFACE, Neil 6,123
KETT, Peter 5,933
LEYS, Andrew 5,804
TURNBULL, Jon 5,266
SURENDRAN, Rochelle 5,039
ROHAN, Dave 4,963
CHERRINGTON, Mata 4,565
DOW, Lindsay 4,519
KENNEDY, Dave 4,369
McEWAN, Wayne 3,748
PLEASANCE, Shane 3,714
THWAITES, Regan 3,638
THOMAS, Neil Leonard 3,523
HALLIGAN-VAN RIEL, Rosie 3,297
HEENAN, Carl E 3,077
FOWLER, Kylie 3,049
FRASER, Brent 2,670
TRIBE, Rodney 2,589
CHERNISHOV, Stevey 2,256
Invercargill Licensing Trust Board (6 vacancies)
O’BRIEN, Paddy 11,131
PRENTICE, Suzanne 10,540
MIKA, Mike 10,456
NEWELL, Angela Mary 8,899
DENNIS, Alan 7,795
BELLEW, Sean 6,738
YOUNG, John Norman Philip 6,567
DOWLING, Tom 5,071
HEENAN, Carl E 3,242