The final result for the Upper Hutt City Council elections held on Saturday 11th October is as follows.

Mayoralty Votes Received

ZEE, Peri 5,479
GUPPY, Wayne 3,931
MCLEOD, Angela 1,941
GRIFFITHS, Blair 1,892
HOLDERNESS, Emma (Independent) 1,843
SWALES, Hellen (Change we need, voice you deserve) 1,511
INFORMAL 15
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 116

Peri ZEE is declared elected.

Council – At Large (10 vacancies) Votes Received

HOLDERNESS, Emma (Independent) 9,251
ULTRA, Tracey (Independent) 7,903
MCLEOD, Angela 7,651
WHEELER, Dave 6,836
WHITE, Corey (Independent) 6,807
SWALES, Hellen (The voice you deserve) 6,424
HAMMOND, Bill (Independent) 6,117
WELCH, Daniel (Backing the Future of Upper Hutt) 5,963
CAREY, Matt (Independent) 5,892
DHILLON, Gurpreet 5,777
GUSH, Tofa (Our Community) 5,710
ANDREWS, Euan 5,552
GREY, Henry 5,381
KINGI, Rachel Tukaki 5,182
THOMSON, Brett 5,029
MCKENNA, Kylie (Independent) 4,565
NEWELL, Heather 4,248
BURT, Dave (Hope resilience and a shared future) 3,853
CASHMORE, Wade (Independent) 3,760
ADHIKARI, Ramil 3,733
ANDERSON, Michael J 3,460
MCNICHOLAS, David (DJ) 3,164
HOMAN, Teresa (Independent) 3,087
BLISSETT, Heather 2,878
MANDER, Nigel (Serve the community) 2,844
INFORMAL 51
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 172

Matt CAREY, Gurpreet DHILLON, Bill HAMMOND, Emma HOLDERNESS, Angela MCLEOD, Hellen
SWALES, Tracey ULTRA, Daniel WELCH, Dave WHEELER and Corey WHITE are declared elected.

Rimutaka Licensing Trust (6 vacancies) Votes Received

As the number of nominations received did not exceed the number of vacancies, Bruce BOLD, Bob
HANLON, Colleen HILDER, Tom JONES, Sean NEAREY are elected unopposed.

The voter return was 50.06%, being 16,728 votes, including special votes.

Warwick Lampp
Electoral Officer
Upper Hutt City Council
16 October 2025

Source: Upper Hutt City Council

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