2025 Christchurch City Council election

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Mayoral election

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

17 seats on theChristchurch City Council 9 seats needed for a majority

Party Seats +/– Independents 8 −1 The People's Choice 4 +1 The People's Choice –Labour 2 0 Independent Citizens 2 0 Labour 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Changes by ward Margin of victory by affiliation Margin of victory by political lean

The2025 Christchurch City Council election was a local election held from 9 September to 11 October inChristchurch, New Zealand, as part of that year'snation-wide local elections. Voters elected themayor of Christchurch, 16 city councillors, and other local representatives for the 2025–2028 term of theChristchurch City Council. Postal voting and thefirst-past-the-post voting system were used.

• 4 July 2025: Nominations for candidates opened
• 1 August 2025: Nominations for candidates closed at 12 noon
• 9 September 2025: Voting documents were posted and voting opened
• 11 October 2025: Voting closed at 12 noon and progress/preliminary results published
• 16–19 October 2025: Final results declared.^[1][2]

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Voters in the city elected themayor of Christchurch, 16 councillors in 16 wards, and the members of six community boards.^[a][3] They alsoelected several members of Environment Canterbury.^[b][4]

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• Sara Templeton did not stand again in the Heathcote ward to focus on the mayoral campaign.^[5]
• James Gough, councillor for the Fendalton ward since 2010, had initially indicated that he would run for re-election^[6] but announced in late July that he would stand down to take up a role as executive director at The Terrace^[7][8]

Incumbent mayor Phil Mauger announced he would stand for re-election. He would face Heathcote ward councillor Sara Templeton and perennial candidate Tubby Hansen.^[9][10]

Each of the 16 wards returned one councillor to the city council.^[11]The People's Choice stood candidates in nine of the wards, including their six incumbents.^[12]

As the only candidate, Keown was re-elected unopposed.^[16]

Candidate[10]	Photo	Affiliation[c]		Notes
Sam MacDonald			Independent Citizens	Incumbent councillor[17][15]

As the only candidate, MacDonald was re-elected unopposed.^[16]

Candidate[10]	Photo	Affiliation[c]		Notes
Taraia Brown			Independent
Celeste Donovan			Independent	Incumbent councillor[15][23]
Jo Zervos			Independent	Incumbent Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood community board member[24][25][23]

As the only candidate, Peters was re-elected unopposed.^[16]

Candidate[10]	Photo	Affiliation[c]		Notes
Melanie Coker			The People's Choice – Labour	Incumbent since 2019[12][15]
Terry Craze			Centre-right. People-Powered Voice	Previously ran for council in 2022[32]
Tubby Hansen			Leave Commonwealth, leave Anzus	Perennial candidate since 1969.[33] Also ran for mayor.
Ben Yorston			None

Candidate[10]	Photo	Affiliation[c]		Notes
Hayley Guglietta			Truly Independent	Community advocate[34][35]
Raf Manji			Independent	Former councillor for the Fendalton-Waimairi Ward from 2013 to 2016 and Waimairi Ward from 2016 to 2019[36]
Jake McLellan			Labour	Incumbent since 2019[12][15]
Mace Reid			Independent
Tom Roud			Alliance	Library worker and union delegate[37]

Candidate[10]	Photo	Affiliation[c]		Notes
Evan Baker			Independent
Ethan Gullery			Independent
Yani Johanson			The People's Choice – Labour	Incumbent since 2007[12][15]

• James Daniels, former councillor for the Coastal Ward from 2019 to 2021 had announced in May that he was standing for council again.^[40] However, in late July he withdrew from the race citing a change to his personal circumstances.^[41][23]

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