2025 Hamilton mayoral election

2025 Hamilton mayoral election
11 October 2025
Turnout38,063
 
Candidate Tim Macindoe Sarah Thomson
Affiliation Independent Independent
Primary vote 16,895 9,240
Percentage 44.39% 24.28%
Final vote 18,275 10,183
Percentage 50.30% 28.03%
 
Candidate Maria Huata Rachel Karalus
Affiliation Independent Independent
Primary vote 3,718 3,049
Percentage 9.77% 8.01%
Final vote 4,329 3,546
Percentage 11.91% 9.76%
Mayor before election

Paula Southgate
Independent

Elected mayor

Tim Macindoe
Independent

The 2025 Hamilton mayoral election was a local election held from 9 September to 11 October in Hamilton, New Zealand, as part of that year's city council election and nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Hamilton for the 2025–2028 term of the Hamilton City Council. Postal voting and the single transferable vote system were used.

The incumbent mayor Paula Southgate did not run for a second term.

Candidate names were provisionally released by the City Council on 1 August identifying 12 candidates.

Tim Macindoe was elected mayor, receiving 18,275 votes to Sarah Thomson’s 10,183.

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