area. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Mayor were: Celia Wade-Brown won the election in the final round of the single transferable vote count by 24,881 to 24,705. She was ranked ahead of Kerry Prendergast on a significant number of ballots from the four trailing candidates after they were eliminated, which allowed her to overcome Prendergast's lead after the first round of counting (21,809 to 18,560), although Kerry Prendergast was leading by 40 votes before special votes were counted. Eastern ward The Eastern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were: Lambton Ward The Lambton ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were: Northern Ward The Northern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were: Onslow-Western Ward The Onslow-Western ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were: Southern Ward The Southern ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final iteration of results for the ward were: Hutt City Council The Hutt City Council represents a population of 102,100 as of June 2009, and consists of a mayor and twelve councillors elected from six wards (Central, Eastern, Harbour, Northern, Wainuiomata, Western) elected using the First Past The Post system. Mayor One mayor is elected at large from the entire Hutt City Council area. At close of nominations, the candidates nominated for Mayor were: Central ward The Central ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council. At close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Central ward were: Eastern ward The Eastern ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Eastern ward were: Harbour ward The Harbour ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Harbour ward were: Northern ward The Northern ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Northern ward were: Wainuiomata ward The Wainuiomata ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council. At the close of nominations, the candidates nominated for the Wainuiomata ward were: Western ward The Western ward returns two councillors to the Hutt City Council.