About one in five ACT local candidates won the seats they stand for and party leader David Seymour says he’s happy more weren’t successful because now they can stand to run for Parliament.
“In some cases, I was kind of hoping they wouldn’t get elected so we can run them next year,” he told The Post.
In total, ACT ran 46 candidates in 25 councils at ward and constituency levels from Northland to Otago, including nine candidates in Auckland Local Board positions. It was the party’s first attempt at local government.
Candidates signed up to a set of ACT values, like lower rates, reducing “waste” and opposing the push to “get people out of their cars”. They fundraised for their own campaigns, but were supported by the party machine.
On provisional results, it appears nine were elected
Getting 20% of your candidates elected is a pretty reasonable result for the first time a party has contested local elections.
So long as National doesn’t contest local elections (or even provide guidance on who is worth supporting) I suspect ACT Local candidates will do better and better, as the brand will be a guide to fiscal responsibility.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders
Candidates signed up to a set of ACT values, like lower rates, reducing “waste” and opposing the push to “get people out of their cars”. They fundraised for their own campaigns, but were supported by the party machine.
On provisional results, it appears nine were elected
Getting 20% of your candidates elected is a pretty reasonable result for the first time a party has contested local elections.
So long as National doesn’t contest local elections (or even provide guidance on who is worth supporting) I suspect ACT Local candidates will do better and better, as the brand will be a guide to fiscal responsibility.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders
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