Five new councillors out of 20 would join the region\u2019s governing body, alongside returning mayor Wayne Brown, who retained his position by more than 100,000 votes.<\/p>\n
Victoria Short, who stood on the mayor\u2019s \u201cFix Auckland\u201d ticket, was elected as a councillor for the Albany ward.<\/p>\n
She will join incumbent councillor John Watson, but Wayne Walker, who had been a councillor for Albany since the Super City was formed in 2010 and a Rodney District councillor since 2000, has officially lost his seat.<\/p>\n
Matt Winiata will join Daniel Newman as Manurewa-Papakura ward councillors.<\/p>\n
Former local board member John Gillion has been elected as a North Shore councillor alongside Richard Hills.<\/p>\n
Maurice Williamson was re-elected to Auckland Council. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n
Bo Burns has been elected to the Howick ward, with the other spot going to incumbent Maurice Williamson.<\/p>\n
Three councillors resigned and did not stand in local elections this year.<\/p>\n
Former Whau councillor Kerrin Leoni only ran for mayor and not for a council seat. Labour candidate Sarah Paterson-Hamlin has taken that spot.<\/p>\n
Council governance and engagement general manager Lou-Ann Ballantyne said the number of special votes was record-breaking, despite almost half of them being thrown out.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis unprecedented number of special votes shows people were motivated to participate and then able to easily access voting papers to participate.\u201d<\/p>\n
The council said it would be conducting an evaluation and review of this year\u2019s elections process, which would be released publicly before the next election.<\/p>\n
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