The 2022 Hutt City Council election was a local election held from 16 September until 8 October in Lower Hutt, New Zealand as part of that year's nation-wide local elections. Voters elected the mayor of Lower Hutt and 12 city councillors for the 2022âÂÂ2025 term of the Hutt City Council. Postal voting and the first-past-the-post voting system were used.
Alongside the mayor, there are six wards returning one councillor each with a further six councillors being elected at large. All officials were elected through a first-past-the-post system via postal voting.
The incumbent Mayor, Campbell Barry, stood for a second term. He was opposed by retailer Falgoon Patel and former Hutt City Council chief executive Tony Stallinger.
The At large ward returned six councillors to the city council.
There Central ward returned one councillor to the city council.
The Eastern ward returned one councillor to the city council.
The Harbour ward returned one councillor to the city council.
The Northern ward returned one councillor to the city council.
The Wainuiomata ward returned one councillors to the city council.
There Western ward returned one councillor to the city council. Chris Parkin was endorsed by the Green Party.
In 2021 the Hutt City Council resolved to conduct a referendum for which electoral system to use in the 2025 and 2028 local elections. The referendum asked voters to choose between the First Past the Post and Single Transferable Voting electoral systems.
Depending on where in Lower Hutt they lived, voters also voted in concurrent local elections for the: