Local elections 2025: Tararua mayoral race set to be won by Scott Gilmour, incumbent Tracey Collis out

Tararua District Councillor Scott Gilmore looks to have won the race for the mayoralty.

Early results suggest Scott Gilmore has been elected Mayor of Tararua.

Unless there is a large swing in special votes, he would displace current Mayor Tracey Collis, who has been in the role since 2016.

Gilmore (2342) on Saturday led Collis (1960) by almost 400 votes. Steve Wallace (809) was third.

Early results include most ordinary votes but don’t include votes dropped off on the last day or special votes.

Full progress results:

Mayor:

GILMORE, Scott 2,342

COLLIS, Tracey 1,960

WALLACE, Steve 809

SPENCE, Michael 303

NATTRASS, Evan Matthew 226

North Tararua General Ward (4 vacancies)

WALLACE, Steve 1,569

PEETI-WEBBER, Erana 1,471

WARDS, Sharon 1,293

AMBOY, Alison 1,235

WALKER, James 1,180

WALLACE, Ron 1,133

SCOTT, Thomas 680

MOORE, Trev 617

SPENCE, Michael 565

LYFORD, Susan 551

WATSON, Dot 235

South Tararua General Ward (4 vacancies)

GILMORE, Scott (withdrawn if he becomes mayor) 1,571

KENNEDY, Elisabeth 823

JOHNS, Peter 812

NAYLOR, Peter 722

CORLETT, Chris 599

BLYTH, Hamish 521

NATTRASS, Evan Matthew 515

CHRISTISON, Ernie 465

LONG, Mike 453

WATSON, Mark 409

HINDRY, Ethan 373