Ben Bell

Currently serving: Mayor, Gore District Council
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Ben Bell’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 2 races — 2 elected

2025 NZ Local Government • October 11, 2025 Local
2022 NZ Local Government • October 8, 2022 Local
  • Mayor
    Gore District Council
    Affiliation: Team Hokonui
    Final Elected
    Vote share • 50.1%
    2,371 votes
Offices held
  • Mayor
    Gore District Council
    Oct 2025 – present
  • Mayor
    Gore District Council
    Affiliation: Team Hokonui
    Oct 2022 – Oct 2025
In the News
Winners, losers, big losers and gigantic losers from the 2025 local elections
The Spinoff — October 13, 2025

Winner: the endless cycle of underinvestment in core infrastructure. Big loser: the pipes.

Local elections 2025: Gore’s youngest Mayor Ben Bell re-elected after term of conflict, no confidence vote
NZ Herald — October 11, 2025

Ben Bell made history as the district’s youngest-ever mayor in 2022, but things soured.

Gore mayoralty: Rates, debt hot topics as Ben Bell, Nicky Davis square off
RNZ — August 19, 2025

It's a two horse race with a former councillor and current mayor Ben Bell facing off for the mayoralty.

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