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The cost of being elected to the Rodney Local Board cost the successful candidates an average of $2346 last year.
Figures released by Auckland Council show that none of the elected Local Board candidates received donations or contributions to their campaigns.
Board chair Phelan Pirrie was the biggest spender on electioneering material, paying $4681, while the election cost Wellsford subdivision representative Colin Smith nothing as he was unopposed.
Auckland Council budgeted to spend just over $5.7 million on last year’s election, averaging out at $5.39 per elector. In 2016, the election cost Auckland just over $5.3 million, averaging out at $5.16 per elector.
The Local Board candidates’ election spending was as follows:
Greg Sayers (elected unopposed) $523, signage; Rodney Local Board – Phelan Pirrie $4681, mainly on brochures; Beth Houlbrooke $2579, mainly on advertising; Steven Garner $3763, flyers and advertising; Tim Holdgate $1083, Brent Bailey, $2329, Danielle Hancock $2338, Louise Johnston $688 and Vicki Kenny $2338.
