2025 Christchurch City Council election

2025 Christchurch City Council election

11 October 2025
 
Candidate Phil Mauger Sara Templeton
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 60,137 40,533
Percentage 55.96% 37.72%

Mayor before election

Phil Mauger
Independent

Elected mayor

Phil Mauger
Independent

Council election

16 seats on the Christchurch City Council
9 seats needed for a majority
Party Vote % Seats +/–
Independent

59.30 7 −1
The People's Choice and Labour

30.56 7 +1
Independent Citizens

7.36 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

The 2025 Christchurch City Council election was a local election held from 9 September to 11 October in Christchurch, New Zealand, as part of that year's territorial authority elections and other local elections held nation-wide.

Voters elected the mayor of Christchurch, 16 city councillors, and other local representatives for the 2025–2028 term of the Christchurch City Council. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.