David Bassett

Twelve candidates for By Election in Central Ward in Lower Hutt 2021

Twelve candidates for Hutt City Council Central Ward By-Election – who are they?

The resignation of David Bassett has resulted in a by election for the Central Ward in Lower Hutt – with one year left to run before the next city wide election.

Voting will be by postal vote with voting papers starting to arrive in the mail to households in the Central Ward from 19 August

Voting will close at noon on 10 September.

The Central ward geographically covers:-

Lower Hutt Central Ward Geographical Boundaries

Candidates do not have to reside in the geographic area, or within Lower Hutt.

So who are the candidates – all have stated they are politically Independent and are:-

  • Glenda Barratt
  • Phil Caswell
  • Henry Clayton
  • Andrew Fox
  • Andrea Hilton
  • Michael Lulich
  • Simon Monrad
  • Thomas Morgan
  • Evelyn Richter
  • Ash Roper
  • Faran Shahzad
  • Colin Wilson

The Twelve Candidates for Hutt City Council Central ward vacancy at Public meeting in Library 11 August

To help in the search for further detail about the candidates, as we are all time poor, compiled below is their social media links and any other details found online around their political aspirations, not their personal (it is not complete and will be updated as more become available or are advised)-

In no particular order:

Thomas Morgan

https://www.facebook.com/Thomas-Morgan-Hutt-City-Central-Ward-2021-By-election-Candidate-101123198921482

https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2108/S00228/covid-19-sir-david-is-right.htm

Faran Shahzad

https://www.facebook.com/FaranforCentralWard

Henry Clayton

https://www.facebook.com/henryforthehutt

Michael Lulich

https://www.facebook.com/MichaelLulichforCentralWardCouncillor

Glenda Barratt

https://www.facebook.com/Glenda-Barratt-for-Central-Ward-105274611842239

If you have any further political profiles for any the above candidates please let us know.

Candidates Flyers Gallery

Also listen to the candidates in their own words courtesy of the Hutt Zone

Lack of Confidence in Leadership of Hutt City Council – reason for Bassett resignation

Councillor David Bassett tendered his resignation in June 14 to the CEO of Hutt City Council Jo Miller.

At the time there was little knowledge as to the reason such an experienced councillor of 14 years had taken this course of action.

There is no doubt there is dysfunction at the council table, about how things are being managed, but to take the step of standing down and causing a By Election in the Central Ward is a last resort to express ones disappointment the direction the sitting council is taking.

The following post from Facebook is a group letter from Councillors sent to the Mayor requesting he stand down and provides some insight into this level of disagreement that is occurring at the Hutt City Council table – basically older councillors versus the new – Whatever way it is viewed the ratepayers deserve a functioning council that takes all points into consideration, without the need for a $50,000 (estimated) By Election in the Central Ward.