2004 Hutt City local elections

The 2004 Hutt City local elections were part of the 2004 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Hutt City elections covered one regional council (the Wellington Regional Council), city council, district health board and various local boards and licensing trusts. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.

Hutt City Council

2004 Lower Hutt mayoral election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Ogden	10,272	41.52
	Independent	John Terris	8,409	33.99	−23.22
	Hutt 2020 - Labour	Scott Dalziel	3,718	15.03	−22.84
	Independent	Stu Carlson	2,254	9.11
Informal votes			83	0.33	−4.58
Majority			1,863	7.53
Turnout			24,736	37.00	−8.76
Registered electors			66,850

The Central Ward elected two members to the Hutt City Council

Central Ward^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	City Vision	Chris Milne	2,929	57.71
	Independent	Deborah Hislop	1,972	38.85
	City Vision	John Austad	1,834	36.13	−18.38
	Independent	Mike Rumble	1,773	34.93
	Hutt 2020 – Labour	Stephen Lulich	1,593	31.38
Informal votes			49	0.96	−3.13
Turnout			5,075	37.69	−6.33
Registered electors			13,462

The Eastern Ward elected two members to the Hutt City Council

Eastern Ward^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	City Vision	Roger Styles	2,364	59.14	3.54
	Independent	David Ogden^{[nb 1]}	1,845	46.15
	Independent	Glenda Barratt	1,235	30.89
	Hutt 2020 – Labour	Lisa Bridson	1,058	26.46
	Independent	Teri Puketapu	796	19.91	−19.72
	Independent	Jim Short	631	15.78	4.17
Informal votes			65	1.62	−0.37
Turnout			3,997	35.31	−8.62
Registered electors			11,319

Table footnotes:

^ As Ogden won the Mayoralty his election to the council was voided and his seat was awarded to the highest polling unsuccessful candidate.

The Harbour Ward elected two members to the Hutt City Council

Harbour Ward^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joy Baird	2,706	61.50	15.22
	Independent	Ross Jamieson	2,640	60.00	6.31
	Independent	Neil Newman	1,205	27.38
	Hutt 2020 – Labour	Clive Haley	883	20.06
	Hutt 2020 – Labour	Dave Stonyer	852	19.36
	Independent	Lawry Sutherland	498	11.31
Informal votes			16	0.36	−2.47
Turnout			4,400	35.18	−6.55
Registered electors			12,505

The Northern Ward elected two members to the Hutt City Council

Northern Ward^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Hutt 2020 – Labour	Julie Englebretsen	1,739	55.55	4.99
	City Vision	Angus Finlayson	1,650	52.71	−3.20
	Independent	Fred Allen	1,386	44.28
	Hutt 2020 – Labour	Mena Malu Aokuso	736	23.51
	Independent	Athol John Greentree	725	23.16
Informal votes			24	0.76	−1.40
Turnout			3,130	32.38	−10.49
Registered electors			9,664

The Wainuiomata Ward elected two members to the Hutt City Council

Wainuiomata Ward^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ray Wallace	3,426	93.68	17.69
	Independent	Tracey Pollard	2,183	59.69	31.92
	Independent	Julie Sylvester	1,701	46.51	8.23
Informal votes			4	0.10	−2.28
Turnout			3,657	33.04	−10.29
Registered electors			11,067

The Western Ward elected one member to the Hutt City Council

Western Ward^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Margaret Cousins	1,580	48.66	−7.57
	City Vision	Kathryn McGavin	1,054	32.46	−9.02
	Independent	Andrew Fox	600	18.47
Informal votes			13	0.40	−1.87
Turnout			3,247	36.75	−8.20
Registered electors			8,833

The Lower Hutt Ward elected three members to the Wellington Regional Council

Lower Hutt Ward^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Glen Evans	11,711	53.75	16.26
	Hutt 2020 – Labour	Peter Glensor	10,738	49.28	15.53
	Independent	Sandra Greig	10,489	48.14	19.95
	Hutt 2020 – Labour	Dick Werry	8,626	39.59	−0.38
	City Vision	Rosemarie Thomas	8,533	39.16	−2.53
	Independent	Maurie Bognuda	8,248	37.85
	Hutt 2020 – Labour	Steve Ritchie	6,990	32.08
Informal votes			27	0.12
Turnout			21,787	32.59	−7.25
Registered electors			66,850

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "How You Voted - Our community leaders for the next three years". The Dominion Post. 11 October 2004. p. A8.