The final 2025 local body election results have been announced for the Invercargill City Council.

Invercargill City Council Deputy Electoral Officer Michael Morris said the final results – released just after 6pm today – confirmed that Allan Arnold, Andrea De Vries, Lisa Tou

McNaughton and Barry Stewart had taken out the final few remaining spots around the 12-seat Council table, with 6,105, 5,920, 5,816 and 5,710 votes, respectively.

They will join Councillors Steve Broad, Alex Crackett, Marcus Lush, Grant Dermody, Trish Boyle, Darren Ludlow, Ria Bond, and Ian Pottinger.

Mayor-Elect Campbell said he would announce his new Deputy Mayor and Committee Chairs in the coming days.

“It has been an anxious wait for a few of them, so it’s great to now be able to officially congratulate those successfully elected to the Invercargill City Council and Bluff Community

Board."

"I also want to extend a special congratulations to those who have been chosen by the people to lead our community for the first time."

"I know what an immense honour and privilege that is,” he said.

“I also want to sincerely thank and acknowledge past elected members – your dedication and service has helped shape the strong, resilient, and innovative community we are today.”

Campbell said he was looking forward to settling into his new role and getting to work quickly.

“I have an enormous amount of gratitude to have been chosen by the people of our community to represent them as Mayor."

"Thank you for placing your trust in me, and in our new Council."

"Your voice is at the heart of every decision we make and together, I am confident we will continue to build a community that reflects our shared values, supports our residents, and grows opportunities to thrive for generations to come.”

Morris said a whopping 904 special votes were cast this time around, compared to just 594 at the same time in the 2022 Elections.

Jo Eruera, Justin Sutherland, Ray Fife, Haylee Simeon, and Frazer Murdoch had been confirmed as elected to the Bluff Community Board.

Meanwhile, Paddy O’Brien, Suzanne Prentice, Angela Newell, Graham Hawkes, and Sheree Carey would all return to the Invercargill Licensing Trust.

They would also be joined by new member Nick Jeffrey.

The new Council would be sworn-in on Tuesday, 28 October with the first meeting to be held on Tuesday, 4 November, Morris said.

2025 Invercargill City Council Triennial Election Results

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

Mayoralty

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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.

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