Former Selwyn mayor Sam Broughton. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver
Former Selwyn mayor Sam Broughton will step down as president of Local Government New Zealand following his landslide loss.
The three-term incumbent was earlier this month ousted as mayor by Lydia Gliddon, who won almost three-quarters of the vote.
Broughton announced on Monday that he would be resigning as LGNZ president.
"I made this announcement at mayors school in Wellington, which brings together mayors from around the country to equip them with the information and tools they need for the job in the first 100 days," he said.
"I will transition out and hand over to that new board once LGNZ's new National Council is up and running. National Council sets LGNZ's direction and strategy - it's LGNZ's governing board."
The new national council was expected to be up and running by the end of this year.
Broughton was first elected mayor of Selwyn in 2016 and became president of LGNZ in 2023.
He lost his bid to be re-elected Selwyn's mayor for a fourth time earlier this month when Gliddon, a one-term councillor from the largely rural Malvern ward, beat him by about 13,500 votes.
Broughton had come under fire as ratepayers faced repeated double-digit rate rises.
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