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Desley simpson auckland city council
Political career
Simpson chaired the Hobson Community Board in the Auckland City Council. With the merger of the Auckland City Council into the Auckland Council, Simpson was elected to the Orākei Local Board at the 2010 elections and became the chairwomen. She was re-elected in 2013.
At the 2016 Auckland elections, Simpson stood for the Orākei ward on the Council, following the incumbent Cameron Brewer announcing he would not stand for re-election. Simpson stood for Communities & Residents, despite the formation of Auckland Future, a group supported by the National Party.
Simpson was elected to council in a landslide, receiving over 18,000 votes. The Mayor of Auckland, Phil Goff, appointed her as the deputy chair of the finance and performance committee.
Personal life
Her great great uncle, Sir Henry Brett, was the Mayor of Auckland City in 1878.
Simpson is married to the New Zealand National Party president, Peter Goodfellow. She was previously married to National MP, Scott Simpson, and they separated in 2004 or 2005. Since September 2008, she has lived with Goodfellow, who beat her former husband for the party presidency in 2009.
