Lawton set to take Dunstan

Ella Lawton
Ella Lawton
Wanaka's Ella Lawton is the likely winner of the Otago Regional Council Dunstan Constituency by-election.

Preliminary results released at 12.53pm had Dr Lawton on 7184 votes to Gary Kelliher's 5213.

The 12,426 votes counted equal a 34.1% voter turnout, but exclude votes in transit to the processing centre and special votes.

There were 29 blank voting papers.

The election was triggered by the death of councillor Maggie Lawton in March.

Ella Lawton is a former Queenstown Lakes district councillor and Dr Lawton's daughter.

Mr Kelliher is a former Otago regional councillor who farms in the Manuherikia Valley, near Alexandra.

The voting deadline was at noon today.

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