2007 Christchurch mayoral election
# 2007 Christchurch mayoral election

The 2007 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the 2007 New Zealand local elections. On 13 October of that year, elections were held for the Mayor of Christchurch plus other local government roles. Incumbent Garry Moore retired in 2007 after nine years in the office. Bob Parker, previously mayor of Banks Peninsula, beat the Christchurch 2021 representative, Megan Woods, with a majority of 14,212 votes (13.73%). Media personality Jo Giles, who had previously contested the Ilam electorate for the ACT Party for Parliament, came a distant third. A further seven candidate contested the election. Parker's campaign was supported by businessman and Ngāi Tahu board member Nuk Korako, who himself was elected to the House of Representatives in 2014 for the National Party.

## Results

2007 Christchurch mayoral election :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Independent | Bob Parker | 47,033 | 45.44 | |
| | Christchurch 2021 | Megan Woods | 32,821 | 31.71 | |
| | Christchurch City Vision | Jo Giles | 14,454 | 13.96 | |
| | Independent | Mark Ross | 4,505 | 4.35 | |
| | Independent | Peter Wakeman | 1,868 | 1.80 | |
| | Independent | Blair Anderson | 898 | 0.87 | -0.07 |
| | Workers Party | Byron Clark | 720 | 0.70 | |
| | National Front | Kyle Chapman | 680 | 0.66 | -1.24 |
| | Independent | Paul Telfer | 295 | 0.29 | -1.49 |
| | Independent | Michael Hansen | 228 | 0.22 | -0.20 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 229 | 0.22 | -0.06 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 1,544 | 1.47 | -2.20 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14,212 | 13.73 | -42.90 |

## Voting statistics

Participation in local elections has been falling for years. In the 2007 local election, 40.81% of registered voters cast their vote, some two percentage points higher than in 2004. The following table shows the voting statistics since the 1989 local elections:

| | 1989 | 1992 | 1995 | 1998 | 2001 | 2004 | 2007 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Electors on rolls | 200,915 | 208,533 | 215,621 | 223,832 | 227,793 | 235,930 | 251,173 |
| Voters | 121,680 | 105,982 | 107,450 | 116,511 | 110,068 | 91,027 | 102,495 |
| Percentage voted | 60.56% | 50.82% | 49.83% | 52.05% | 48.32% | 38.58% | 40.81% |
