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Andrew Simms’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 3 races — 2 elected 1 not elected
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Council - At LargeDunedin City CouncilAffiliation: Future DunedinFinal ElectedVote share • 10.9%7,540 votes
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MayorDunedin City CouncilAffiliation: Future DunedinFinal Not electedVote share • 25.9%14,976 votes
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Final ElectedVote share • 16.8%1,836 votes
Offices held
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Council - At LargeDunedin City CouncilAffiliation: Future DunedinOct 2025 – present
In the News
Mayoral candidate says offer of $4k car discount for a vote was a joke, not a bribe
Stuff — September 18, 2025Andrew Simms claims a $4k vehicle discount was a tongue-in-cheek response, but it has led to an official complaint.
‘Let the vampire speak’: A night with the Dunedin mayoral candidates
The Spinoff — September 17, 2025Tara 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.
The disagreement over Dunedin’s new dump
The Spinoff — September 16, 2025A group of Dunedin local body candidates has forced Smooth Hill, the city’s proposed new landfill, onto the election agenda – but mayor Jules Radich and other candidates say there’s no point in returning to a decision that’s been made. “Are you sure it’s a controversial issue?” says Jules Radich, mayor of Dunedin, on the phone.
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