2013 Auckland local elections
Affiliation ( if any ) Name Votes
Labour Alf Filipaina 17441
Independent Arthur Anae 12961
Labour Tunumafono Ava Fa'amoe 11842
Mana Roger Fowler 4213
Independent Avtar Hans 3679
Mana Joe Trinder 2192
Communist League Baskaran Appu 1154
Informal/blank 1385
Council ward elections -- Manukau ( 2 )
The 2013 Auckland local elections took place between 20 September and 12 October and were conducted by postal vote. The elections were the second since the merger of seven councils into the Auckland Council, which is composed of the mayor and 20 councillors, and 149 members of 21 local boards. Twenty-one district health board members and 41 licensing trust members were also elected. The previous elections were in 2010. Early (not final) voting figures are below. The overall effect of the election was a shift of the Auckland Council to the right.