Helen Lash

Currently serving: Mayor, Westland District Council
Helen Lash’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Contested 3 races — 2 elected 1 withdrawn

2025 NZ Local Government • October 11, 2025 Local
2022 NZ Local Government • October 8, 2022 Local
  • Mayor
    Westland District Council
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 37.7%
    1,188 votes
  • Southern Ward
    Westland District Council
    Final Withdrawn
    Vote share • 24.1%
    245 votes
Offices held
  • Mayor
    Westland District Council
    Oct 2022 – present
In the News
Jobs of council staff ‘safe’: mayor
Otago Daily Times — November 29, 2025

Westland Mayor Helen Lash. PHOTO: ODT FILES Uncertainty around local government reforms could lead to an "exodus" of council staff to Australia, a South Island mayor has warned.

Fears of regional council staff exodus to Australia
Stuff — November 28, 2025

Westland mayor Helen Lash is promising West Coast Regional Council staff that their jobs will be secure during the coming upheavals of local government reform.

Tight local election results confirm new mayors across New Zealand
NZ Herald — October 17, 2025

Helen Lash retained Westland’s mayoralty by just eight votes in the final count.

Helen Lash retains mayoralty over Jacquie Grant by tiny margin
RNZ — October 16, 2025

Grant had been in the lead on Sunday.

The local election results, by the numbers
The Spinoff — October 16, 2025

We trawl through preliminary results data to bring you fascinating insights and a whole lot of maps.

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