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

Mayoralty Votes Received

ZEE, Peri 5,297
GUPPY, Wayne 3,846
MCLEOD, Angela 1,892
GRIFFITHS, Blair 1,844
HOLDERNESS, Emma (Independent) 1,796
SWALES, Hellen (Change we need, voice you deserve) 1,466
INFORMAL 15
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 113

Council – At Large (10 vacancies) Votes Received

HOLDERNESS, Emma (Independent) 8,996
ULTRA, Tracey (Independent) 7,684
MCLEOD, Angela 7,455
WHEELER, Dave 6,675
WHITE, Corey (Independent) 6,644
SWALES, Hellen (The voice you deserve) 6,252
HAMMOND, Bill (Independent) 5,981
WELCH, Daniel (Backing the Future of Upper Hutt) 5,815
CAREY, Matt (Independent) 5,744
DHILLON, Gurpreet 5,606
GUSH, Tofa (Our Community) 5,516
ANDREWS, Euan 5,421
GREY, Henry 5,218
KINGI, Rachel Tukaki 5,035
THOMSON, Brett 4,905
MCKENNA, Kylie (Independent) 4,436
NEWELL, Heather 4,169
BURT, Dave (Hope resilience and a shared future) 3,772
CASHMORE, Wade (Independent) 3,644
ADHIKARI, Ramil 3,634
ANDERSON, Michael J 3,375
MCNICHOLAS, David (DJ) 3,096
HOMAN, Teresa (Independent) 3,016
BLISSETT, Heather 2,808
MANDER, Nigel (Serve the community) 2,765

INFORMAL 50
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 167

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 49.15%, being 16,269 votes, excluding special votes.

Warwick Lampp
Electoral Officer – Upper Hutt City Council
13 October 2025

Source: Upper Hutt City Council

13/10/25