2022 Wellington City Council election

2022 Wellington City Council election

8 October 2022
Turnout73,067 (45.54% 4.34 pp)
Mayoral election
 
Candidate Tory Whanau Andy Foster Paul Eagle
Affiliation Independent Green Independent Independent
Primary vote 30,656 11,835 11,935
Percentage 42.56% 16.43% 16.57%
Final vote 34,462 16,711 14,589
Percentage 52.40% 25.41% 22.18%

Mayor before election

Andy Foster
Independent

Elected mayor

Tory Whanau
Independent Green

Council election

15 seats on the Wellington City Council
8 seats needed for a majority
Party Seats +/–
Independents

8 +2
Labour

4 0
Green

3 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
First preference vote share of elected councillors by ward

The 2022 Wellington City Council election was a local election held from 16 September to 11 October in Wellington, New Zealand, as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Wellington, 15 city councillors, and other local representatives for the 2022–2025 term of the Wellington City Council. Postal voting and the single transferable vote voting system were used.