Some interesting statistics from the last election
Thursday, 2 June 2005
The Department of Internal Affairs produces some interesting information about local government. Just in case any of you may get these questions on a Trivial Pursuit challenge, I thought I would share…
In both 2001 and 2004, the sitting Mayor was defeated. 2001 saw 4 Mayoral candidates, in 2004 we had 6.
The average number of registered voters for each of the 15 council positions was 3,398 in 2001 and 3,439 in 2004.
In 2001, 40 candidates stood for election to council, in 2004 it was 37, but in 2001 only 53% of sitting councillors were re-elected, whereas in the last election, 80% were re-elected.
For both 2001 and 2004, 73% of councillors are male, 27% female.
The DIA and Local Government New Zealand both do surveys and analysis of the make-up of local government, so as the year progresses I hope to see some comparative statistics to show how Palmerston North compares to other councils around the country.
Now, enough of trivia. We are still deeply involved with the interim LTCCP.
