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2025 Election

Results

Final Results

The final result for the Bay of Plenty Regional Council elections held on Saturday 11th October is as follows.

Western Bay of Plenty Regional Constituency (2 vacancies) Votes Received
SCRIMGEOUR, John 6,441
SHIRLEY, Ken 6,104
   
PARKER, Neil 4,735
BARKER, Cathi 3,665
   
INFORMAL 36
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 1,730

John SCRIMGEOUR and Ken SHIRLEY are declared elected.

 

Mauao Māori Regional Constituency (1 vacancy) Votes Received
MCDONALD, Matemoana (Independent) 1,378
   
WEBSTER, Ange (Independent) 984
STANLEY, Paora (Independent) 973
   
INFORMAL 2
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 125

Matemoana MCDONALD is declared elected.

 

Tauranga General Regional Constituency (5 vacancies) Votes Received
CROSBY, Stuart (Independent) 10,612
MALTBY, Tim (Our Rates Are Too High) 8,983
DOUGAL, Glenn (Regional Practical Dougal) 8,348
GRAEME, Kate (Independent) 8,056
MACMILLAN, Kat 7,858
   
VON DADELSZEN, Andrew     7,610
SCOTT, Ron 6,677
WASSUNG, Mark (Independent) 5,995
HILLIS, Ash 5,261
GUY, Murray 5,093
OWENS, Douglas (Independent) 4,995
LANE, Annika 4,640
HARVEY, Daniel 4,585
CHARMAN-MOORE, Vanessa (Independent) 4,173
STEMBRIDGE, Derek 4,035
ARCHIBALD, Shelley 3,550
GRATTAN, Caitlin (Animal Justice Party) 2,180
NAUDE, Clinton 1,096
   
INFORMAL 72
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 36

Stuart CROSBY, Glenn DOUGAL, Kate GRAEME, Kat MACMILLAN and Tim MALTBY are declared elected.

 

Rotorua Regional Constituency (2 vacancies) Votes Received
KUMAR, Raj 6,152
GRAYLING (NEE HEAP), Anna 4,348
   
THURSTON, Lyall 3,891
COFFEY, Tamati 3,680
CHATER, Nick 2,369
WILSON, Brett (Independent) 2,160
BENNETT, Roana 2,088
HIHA-AGNEW, Rose 1,289
MCMANAWAY, Stuart 965
PANI, Jude 759
BEAN, Daryn 667
   
INFORMAL 54
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 669

Anna GRAYLING (nee Heap) and Raj KUMAR are declared elected.

 

Eastern Bay of Plenty Regional Constituency (2 vacancies) Votes Received
CAMPBELL, Malcolm (Independent) 7,106
VAN DER BOOM, Sarah (Independent) 6,498
   
GAULT, Adrian 4,753
GRAY, Jessica Sneha 2,685
   
INFORMAL 17
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 621

Malcolm CAMPBELL and Sarah VAN DER BOOM are declared elected.

 

Ōkurei Māori Regional Constituency (1 vacancy) Votes Received
TE WHAU, Allan Iwi (Mokopuna Decisions) 2,214
   
HINGSTON, Cyrus Tauahika 1,638
WHITE, Te Taru 1,001
   
INFORMAL 5
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 106

Allan Iwi TE WHAU is declared elected.

 

Kōhi Māori Regional Constituency (1 vacancy) Votes Received
KARETAI, Mawera     1,585
   
RANGIAHO, Ngapera (Independent) 1,491
INSLEY, Karamea (Chris) 1,030
TE AMO-TE KURAPA, Jackie 970
   
INFORMAL 39
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 173

Mawera KARETAI is declared elected.

 

Warwick Lampp
Electoral Officer
Bay of Plenty Regional Council
17 October 2025

Preliminary Results

The preliminary results for the Bay of Plenty Regional Council elections held on 11 October 2025 are below.

Preliminary results include votes collected on Saturday. Final results, which will include special votes, will be available between 16 and 19 October.

Western Bay of Plenty Regional Constituency (2 vacancies) Votes Received
SCRIMGEOUR, John 6,369
SHIRLEY, Ken 6,035
   
PARKER, Neil 4,683
BARKER, Cathi 3,623
   
INFORMAL 35
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 1,681

 

Mauao Māori Regional Constituency (1 vacancy) Votes Received
MCDONALD, Matemoana (Independent) 1,356
   
WEBSTER, Ange (Independent) 967
STANLEY, Paora (Independent) 953
   
INFORMAL 2
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 122

 

Tauranga General Regional Constituency (5 vacancies) Votes Received
CROSBY, Stuart (Independent) 10,533
MALTBY, Tim (Our Rates Are Too High) 8,939
DOUGAL, Glenn (Regional Practical Dougal) 8,279
GRAEME, Kate (Independent) 7,979
MACMILLAN, Kat 7,752
   
VON DADELSZEN, Andrew     7,560
SCOTT, Ron 6,620
WASSUNG, Mark (Independent) 5,939
HILLIS, Ash 5,209
GUY, Murray 5,063
OWENS, Douglas (Independent) 4,962
LANE, Annika 4,587
HARVEY, Daniel 4,549
CHARMAN-MOORE, Vanessa (Independent) 4,150
STEMBRIDGE, Derek 4,019
ARCHIBALD, Shelley 3,534
GRATTAN, Caitlin (Animal Justice Party) 2,160
NAUDE, Clinton 1,080
   
INFORMAL 72
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 36

 

Rotorua Regional Constituency (2 vacancies) Votes Received
KUMAR, Raj 5,995
GRAYLING (NEE HEAP), Anna 4,232
   
THURSTON, Lyall 3,819
COFFEY, Tamati 3,588
CHATER, Nick 2,311
WILSON, Brett (Independent) 2,106
BENNETT, Roana 2,031
HIHA-AGNEW, Rose 1,255
MCMANAWAY, Stuart 951
PANI, Jude 734
BEAN, Daryn 645
   
INFORMAL 52
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 645

 

Eastern Bay of Plenty Regional Constituency (2 vacancies) Votes Received
CAMPBELL, Malcolm (Independent) 7,004
VAN DER BOOM, Sarah (Independent) 6,390
   
GAULT, Adrian 4,688
GRAY, Jessica Sneha 2,627
   
INFORMAL 17
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 599

 

Ōkurei Māori Regional Constituency (1 vacancy) Votes Received
TE WHAU, Allan Iwi (Mokopuna Decisions) 2,078
   
HINGSTON, Cyrus Tauahika 1,554
WHITE, Te Taru 967
   
INFORMAL 5
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 103

 

Kōhi Māori Regional Constituency (1 vacancy) Votes Received
KARETAI, Mawera     1,519
   
RANGIAHO, Ngapera (Independent) 1,446
INSLEY, Karamea (Chris) 992
TE AMO-TE KURAPA, Jackie 943
   
INFORMAL 37
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 164

 

Progress results

The progress results for the Bay of Plenty Regional Council elections held on 11 October 2025 are below.

Preliminary results, which will include votes collected on Saturday, are expected to be available on Sunday or Monday. Final results, which will include special votes, will be available between 16 and 19 October.

Western Bay of Plenty Regional Constituency (2 vacancies) Votes Received
SCRIMGEOUR, John 5,399
SHIRLEY, Ken 5,151
   
PARKER, Neil 3,973
BARKER, Cathi 3,029
   
INFORMAL 28
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 1,387

 

Mauao Māori Regional Constituency (1 vacancy) Votes Received
MCDONALD, Matemoana (Independent) 1,176
   
WEBSTER, Ange (Independent) 841
STANLEY, Paora (Independent) 811
   
INFORMAL 1
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 95

 

Tauranga General Regional Constituency (5 vacancies) Votes Received
CROSBY, Stuart (Independent) 9,773
MALTBY, Tim (Our Rates Are Too High) 8,125
DOUGAL, Glenn (Regional Practical Dougal) 7,553
GRAEME, Kate (Independent) 7,250
VON DADELSZEN, Andrew     6,987
   
MACMILLAN, Kat 6,982
SCOTT, Ron 6,081
WASSUNG, Mark    (Independent) 5,356
HILLIS, Ash 4,723
GUY, Murray 4,641
OWENS, Douglas (Independent) 4,603
LANE, Annika 4,145
HARVEY, Daniel 4,128
CHARMAN-MOORE, Vanessa (Independent) 3,869
STEMBRIDGE, Derek 3,665
ARCHIBALD, Shelley 3,254
GRATTAN, Caitlin (Animal Justice Party) 1,948
NAUDE, Clinton 986
   
INFORMAL 65
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 33

 

Rotorua Regional Constituency (2 vacancies) Votes Received
KUMAR, Raj 5,125
GRAYLING (NEE HEAP), Anna 3,542
   
THURSTON, Lyall 3,326
COFFEY, Tamati 3,102
CHATER, Nick 1,978
WILSON, Brett    (Independent) 1,810
BENNETT, Roana 1,766
HIHA-AGNEW, Rose 1,063
MCMANAWAY, Stuart 798
PANI, Jude 602
BEAN, Daryn 556
   
INFORMAL 40
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 527

 

Eastern Bay of Plenty Regional Constituency (2 vacancies) Votes Received
CAMPBELL, Malcolm    (Independent) 5,582
VAN DER BOOM, Sarah    (Independent) 5,012
   
GAULT, Adrian 3,768
GRAY, Jessica Sneha 2,054
   
INFORMAL 11
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 421

 

Ōkurei Māori Regional Constituency (1 vacancy) Votes Received
TE WHAU, Allan Iwi (Mokopuna Decisions) 1,777
   
HINGSTON, Cyrus Tauahika 1,281
WHITE, Te Taru 846
   
INFORMAL 2
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 83

 

Kōhi Māori Regional Constituency (1 vacancy) Votes Received
KARETAI, Mawera     1,207
   
RANGIAHO, Ngapera (Independent) 1,133
INSLEY, Karamea (Chris) 806
TE AMO-TE KURAPA, Jackie 732
   
INFORMAL 29
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 143

 

Confirmed candidates, profiles and videos

Names, contact details, videos and profiles of confirmed candidates are available here.

Daily voting statistics

See daily voting statistics at the below links. Note that across the region Bay of Plenty Regional Council's votes are collected by our district council partners on our behalf, apart from in Tauranga where there is no election being held this year and this is being managed by the Regional Council. 

Candidate Donations and Expenses Returns 2025

Under section 112A of the Local Electoral Act 2001, candidates who stand for local election have to supply details of their expenses and the electoral donations they’ve received. The returns are grouped into Constituency, then alphabetical.

Earlier elections

Final results - Friday 14 October 2022

Eastern Bay of Plenty General Constituency - two required
Candidate Votes received - Progress (8 October) Votes Received - Preliminary (10 October) Votes received - final
Malcolm CAMPBELL 6,408 7,536 7,651
Doug LEEDER 4,785 5,649 5,716
       
Sarah Jane VAN DER BOOM 3,515 4,263 4,358
Russell ORR - Independent 2,483 2,903 2,961
Mawera KARETAI 1,886 2,319 2,382
       
INFORMAL 15 18 18
BLANK 429 555 569

Malcolm CAMPBELL and Doug LEEDER are declared elected.

Rotorua General Constituency - two required
Candidate Votes received - Progress (8 October) Votes Received - Preliminary (10 October) Votes received - final
Kevin WINTERS 6,361 6,950 7,102
Lyall THURSTON 5,980 6,483 6,623
       
Tim SMITH - Independent 4,672 5,159 5,286
Mark GOULD - Rotorua District Residents & Ratepayers 4,675 5,073 5,190
Katie Priscilla PAUL 3,305 3,626 3,719
Radhika DAHYA 2,484 2,747 2,817
       
INFORMAL 24 26 27
BLANK 940 1,104 1,139

Lyall THURSTON and Kevin WINTERS are declared elected.

Māuao Māori Constituency - one required
Candidate Votes received - Progress (8 October) Votes Received - Preliminary (10 October) Votes received - final
Matemoana MCDONALD 1,102 1,266 1,281
       
Buddy MIKAERE 776 894 901
       
INFORMAL 4 5 5
BLANK 52 63 64

Matemoana MCDONALD is declared elected.

Tauranga General Constituency - five required
Candidate Votes received - Progress (8 October) Votes Received - Preliminary (10 October) Votes received - final
Stuart CROSBY - Independent 11,798 12,277 12,316
Ron SCOTT 10,477 10,942 10,983
Paula THOMPSON 9,573 9,989 10,029
Andrew VON DADELSZEN 8,582 9,009 9,050
Kat MACMILLAN - Vision Tauranga 8,281 8,788 8,834
       
Mark WASSUNG 8,041 8,485 8,539
David LOVE 7,533 7,825 7,848
Murray GUY - Tauranga City Democracy 6,932 7,319 7,342
Matt COONEY - Independent 6,505 6,808 6,825
Jason NICHOLLS-FAITELE - Independent 5,806 6,175 6,198
Phil ROSS 5,648 5,980 6,022
Jos NAGELS - Independent 5,146 5,435 5,465
Larry BALDOCK 4,426 4,608 4,628
Murray WHITE 4,256 4,512 4,529
Mark FOGERTY - Independent 3,362 3,554 3,567
Stephen WHEELER 1,629 1,722 1,734
Bryan DEUCHAR 1,613 1,711 1,718
       
INFORMAL 54 60 60
BLANK 37 38 37

Stuart CROSBY, Kat MACMILLAN, Ron SCOTT, Paula THOMPSON and Andrew VON DADELSZEN are declared elected.

Ōkurei Māori Constituency - one required
Candidate Votes received - Progress (8 October) Votes Received - Preliminary (10 October) Votes received - final
Te Taru WHITE 1,590 1,728 1,809
       
Raina M MEHA 1,583 1,735 1,791
       
INFORMAL 1 1 1
BLANK 305 349 362

Te Taru WHITE is declared elected.

Western Bay of Plenty General Constituency - two required
Candidate Votes received - Progress (8 October) Votes Received - Preliminary (10 October) Votes received - final
Jane NEES 7,162 8,199 8,264
Ken SHIRLEY 5,546 6,335 6,380
       
Sean NEWLAND - Independent 3,576 4,175 4,217
Julian FITTER 2,768 3,259 3,290
       
INFORMAL 18 18 18
BLANK 924 1,077 1,087

Jane NEES and Ken SHIRLEY are declared elected.

Kohi Māori Constituency - one required

As the number of candidates did not exceed the number of vacancies, Toi Kai Rākau ITI has been duly declared elected to the Kohi Māori Constituency seat.