Congratulations to Catherine Chu, Helen Broughton and Gamal Fouda for their successes in this month’s local body elections.

Catherine is Riccarton’s City Council representative and also topped the poll for the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board, while Helen has retained her seat on the Community Board.

Because Catherine has secured a seat on the City Council, she does not take a ward seat on the Community Board, and the second spot there has been gained by Gamal, who was was third in the voting.

Below is a table of how all the Riccarton candidates fared in the elections, and a list of all Christchurch election results can be seen by clicking here:

City Council, Riccarton Ward (1 vacancy)

CHU, Catherine Independent Citizens 2,282
RIMELL, Anthony The People's Choice -Labour 882
LALOLI, Peter Independent 543
CONNELLY, John Independent 515
CHANDLER, Luke Independent -Best for Riccarton 223
INFORMAL 37
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 114

Riccarton Ward of the
Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board (2 vacancies)

CHU, Catherine (Withdrawn) Independent Citizens 2,650
BROUGHTON, Helen Independent Citizens 1,645
FOUDA, Gamal The People's Choice -Labour 1,033
LALOLI, Peter Independent 943
AITKEN, Al Independent 805
PANDEY, Manish The People's Choice -Labour 648
CHANDLER, Luke Independent -Best for Riccarton 544
INFORMAL 3
BLANK VOTING PAPERS 134