Manukau Mayor Len Brown leads Auckland City Mayor John Banks
in the race to be the proposed Super City's first mayor,
according to a new poll.
The UMR Research head-to-head poll, which surveyed 482
Aucklanders, showed Mr Brown had 35 percent support, slightly
ahead of Mr Banks on 34 percent.
UMR Research spokesman Gavin White said the poll showed Mr
Brown had strong support in South Auckland and with older
voters, while Mr Banks was more popular with younger voters.
Mr Banks told the New Zealand Herald he thought the poll
result was interesting.
"Len Brown would be a very attractive candidate for the
centre-left. He is someone I like and someone I respect and I
wouldn't take his candidacy lightly," Mr Banks said.
The Government has introduced a bill to Parliament which
provides for a single authority to govern Auckland from
November 1, 2010.
Members of a transition agency to oversee the process have
been announced.
Results were based on questions to a representative sample of
482 Auckland residents in two surveys from June 18-22 and
July 2-6.
The margin of error was plus or minus 4.5 percent.
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