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Sophie Barker

Currently serving: Mayor, Dunedin City Council Independent - working for you
Party Independent - working for you
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Sophie Barker’s Elections & Candidacies

Note: This database contains data from the 2023, 2020, 2017 and 2014 general elections, the 2025 local government election and is gradually being backfilled with other election data.

Contested 4 races — 2 elected 1 not elected 1 withdrawn

2025 NZ Local Government • October 11, 2025 Local
  • Council - At Large
    Dunedin City Council
    Affiliation: Independent - working for you
    [email protected] 022 601 2778 Ballot name: Sophie Barker
    Final Withdrawn
    Vote share • 0.0%
    0 votes
  • Mayor
    Dunedin City Council
    Affiliation: Independent - working for you
    [email protected] 022 601 2778 Ballot name: Sophie Barker
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 29.1%
    16,874 votes
2022 NZ Local Government • October 8, 2022 Local
  • Council - At Large
    Dunedin City Council
    Affiliation: Independent
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 10.7%
    7,361 votes
  • Mayor
    Dunedin City Council
    Affiliation: Independent
    Final Not elected
    Vote share • 16.9%
    9,574 votes
Offices held
  • Mayor
    Dunedin City Council
    Affiliation: Independent - working for you
    Oct 2025 – present
  • Council - At Large
    Dunedin City Council
    Affiliation: Independent
    Oct 2019 – Oct 2025
In the News
‘Let the vampire speak’: A night with the Dunedin mayoral candidates
The Spinoff — September 17, 2025

Tara Ward attends the final mayoral debate in Dunedin to find out what a vampire would do for the city. There was standing room only in First Church’s Burns Hall last night for the final event in the Dunedin Area Citizens Association’s series of local election debates.

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