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Representation and elections

BOPRC Representation Review 2024

Every six years councils must review how communities are represented in the make-up of their council. A representation review looks at the structures in place, including the number of constituencies (electoral areas) and their boundaries, the number of elected members (councillors) representing each constituency and the names of our General and Māori constituencies.

The last representation review for Bay of Plenty Regional Council was completed in 2018 and resulted in Council having 14 Councillors representing 4 general constituencies (Western Bay of Plenty, Tauranga, Rotorua and Eastern Bay of Plenty) and 3 Māori constituencies (Mauao, Ōkurei and Kōhi).

To learn more about this review please visit Participate BOPRC.

Tauranga City Council Elections 2024

The Tauranga City Council elections will take place in 2024.All other local and regional elections (including Bay of Plenty Regional Council) will take place in 2025. To find out more about the Tauranga City Council elections, visit their website.

Regional Council Elections 2022

Final results - Friday 14 October 2022

Eastern Bay of Plenty General Constituency - two required
Candidate Votes received - Progress (8 October) Votes Received - Preliminary (10 October) Votes received - final
Malcolm CAMPBELL 6,408 7,536 7,651
Doug LEEDER 4,785 5,649 5,716
       
Sarah Jane VAN DER BOOM 3,515 4,263 4,358
Russell ORR - Independent 2,483 2,903 2,961
Mawera KARETAI 1,886 2,319 2,382
       
INFORMAL 15 18 18
BLANK 429 555 569

Malcolm CAMPBELL and Doug LEEDER are declared elected.

Rotorua General Constituency - two required
Candidate Votes received - Progress (8 October) Votes Received - Preliminary (10 October) Votes received - final
Kevin WINTERS 6,361 6,950 7,102
Lyall THURSTON 5,980 6,483 6,623
       
Tim SMITH - Independent 4,672 5,159 5,286
Mark GOULD - Rotorua District Residents & Ratepayers 4,675 5,073 5,190
Katie Priscilla PAUL 3,305 3,626 3,719
Radhika DAHYA 2,484 2,747 2,817
       
INFORMAL 24 26 27
BLANK 940 1,104 1,139

Lyall THURSTON and Kevin WINTERS are declared elected.

Māuao Māori Constituency - one required
Candidate Votes received - Progress (8 October) Votes Received - Preliminary (10 October) Votes received - final
Matemoana MCDONALD 1,102 1,266 1,281
       
Buddy MIKAERE 776 894 901
       
INFORMAL 4 5 5
BLANK 52 63 64

Matemoana MCDONALD is declared elected.

Tauranga General Constituency - five required
Candidate Votes received - Progress (8 October) Votes Received - Preliminary (10 October) Votes received - final
Stuart CROSBY - Independent 11,798 12,277 12,316
Ron SCOTT 10,477 10,942 10,983
Paula THOMPSON 9,573 9,989 10,029
Andrew VON DADELSZEN 8,582 9,009 9,050
Kat MACMILLAN - Vision Tauranga 8,281 8,788 8,834
       
Mark WASSUNG 8,041 8,485 8,539
David LOVE 7,533 7,825 7,848
Murray GUY - Tauranga City Democracy 6,932 7,319 7,342
Matt COONEY - Independent 6,505 6,808 6,825
Jason NICHOLLS-FAITELE - Independent 5,806 6,175 6,198
Phil ROSS 5,648 5,980 6,022
Jos NAGELS - Independent 5,146 5,435 5,465
Larry BALDOCK 4,426 4,608 4,628
Murray WHITE 4,256 4,512 4,529
Mark FOGERTY - Independent 3,362 3,554 3,567
Stephen WHEELER 1,629 1,722 1,734
Bryan DEUCHAR 1,613 1,711 1,718
       
INFORMAL 54 60 60
BLANK 37 38 37

Stuart CROSBY, Kat MACMILLAN, Ron SCOTT, Paula THOMPSON and Andrew VON DADELSZEN are declared elected.

Ōkurei Māori Constituency - one required
Candidate Votes received - Progress (8 October) Votes Received - Preliminary (10 October) Votes received - final
Te Taru WHITE 1,590 1,728 1,809
       
Raina M MEHA 1,583 1,735 1,791
       
INFORMAL 1 1 1
BLANK 305 349 362

Te Taru WHITE is declared elected.

Western Bay of Plenty General Constituency - two required
Candidate Votes received - Progress (8 October) Votes Received - Preliminary (10 October) Votes received - final
Jane NEES 7,162 8,199 8,264
Ken SHIRLEY 5,546 6,335 6,380
       
Sean NEWLAND - Independent 3,576 4,175 4,217
Julian FITTER 2,768 3,259 3,290
       
INFORMAL 18 18 18
BLANK 924 1,077 1,087

Jane NEES and Ken SHIRLEY are declared elected.

Kohi Māori Constituency - one required

As the number of candidates did not exceed the number of vacancies, Toi Kai Rākau ITI has been duly declared elected to the Kohi Māori Constituency seat.