2025 Elections

Final results

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

Mayoralty

		Votes Received
CAMPBELL, Tom		6,948

CRACKETT, Alex	(Independent)	5,202
POTTINGER, Ian		2,322
BOND, Ria	(Independent)	1,803
MORTON, Tom	(Independent)	711
CLARK, Andrew		291
CHERNISHOV, Stevey		229
MCCRONE, Gordon	(Advanced Task Force Political Party)	66

INFORMAL		75
BLANK VOTING PAPERS		349

Tom CAMPBELL is declared elected.

Council - At Large (12 vacancies)

		Votes Received
BROAD, Steve		11,503
CRACKETT, Alex	(Independent)	10,056
LUSH, Marcus		8,396
DERMODY, Grant		8,321
BOYLE, Trish	(Integrity, Independence)	7,457
BOND, Ria	(Independent)	7,373
LUDLOW, Darren		7,371
POTTINGER, Ian		7,195
ARNOLD, Allan		6,105
DE VRIES, Andrea		5,920
TOU MCNAUGHTON, Lisa	(Positivity, Partnership and Progress)	5,816
STEWART, Barry		5,710

REEVES, Ian		5,689
MCKERROW, Lynley		5,608
MEADES, David	(Independent)	5,414
HERMAN, Karl		4,788
KING, Terry	(Advocate and Lobbyist for Invercargill)	4,691
DAWSON, Chris		4,510
COOTE, Jay	(Independent)	4,137
COOTE, Pania	(Consumer Advocate)	3,904
VAN DER LEM, Tony		3,749
MORTON, Tom	(Independent)	3,268
HEENAN, Carl		2,979
O'CONNELL, Dan		2,320
LAURIE, Amanda		2,128
PETERSON, Noel	(Independent - Serving Community)	1,301
JASPERSE, Carol (CJ)		1,005

INFORMAL		51
BLANK VOTING PAPERS		132

Allan ARNOLD, Ria BOND, Trish BOYLE, Steve BROAD, Alex CRACKETT, Andrea DE VRIES, Grant DERMODY, Darren LUDLOW, Marcus LUSH, Ian POTTINGER, Barry STEWART and Lisa TOU MCNAUGHTON are declared elected.

Bluff Community Board (5 vacancies)

		Votes Received
ERUERA, Jo		625
SUTHERLAND, Justin		610
FIFE, Ray		490
SIMEON, Haylee	(Community Voice)	414
MURDOCH, Frazer	(Bluff Promotions)	298

GOODALL, Glen		249
JASPERSE, Carol (CJ)		112

INFORMAL		2
BLANK VOTING PAPERS		18

Jo ERUERA, Ray FIFE, Frazer MURDOCH, Haylee SIMEON and Justin SUTHERLAND are declared elected.

Invercargill Licensing Trust (6 vacancies)

	Votes Received
O'BRIEN, Paddy	10,231
PRENTICE, Suzanne	9,416
NEWELL, Angela	8,153
HAWKES, Graham (Hawksy)	7,577
CAREY, Sheree	7,494
JEFFREY, Nick	5,669

JOHNSON, Kane (Big Daddy)	5,157
DOUGLAS, Aaron (Ronnie)	2,522

INFORMAL	5
BLANK VOTING PAPERS	607

Sheree CAREY, Graham (Hawksy) HAWKES, Nick JEFFREY, Angela NEWELL, Paddy O'BRIEN and Suzanne PRENTICE are declared elected.

Returns

The voter return was 46.02%, being 17,997 votes, including special votes.

Anthony Morton
Electoral Officer
Invercargill City Council
16 October 2025

Election expenses

Electorate candidates have to file a return of election expenses after the election, reporting their election advertising expenses for the regulated period.