2015 Peterborough City Council election

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20 out of 57 seats
29 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Conservative Labour Independent
Last election31 seats, 33.2%11 seats, 29.0%6 seats, 7.5%
Seats won1152
Seats after29126
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote27,22921,4133,948
Percentage38.0%29.9%5.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg4.8%Increase2.svg0.9%Decrease2.svg2.0%
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Party UKIP Liberal Democrats Liberal
Last election3 seats, 16.2%3 seats, 5.8%3 seats, 3.0%
Seats won101
Seats after433
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote10,4712,1401,446
Percentage14.6%3.0%2.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg1.6%Decrease2.svg2.8%Decrease2.svg1.0%
Council control before election

Conservative Party

Council control after election

Conservative Party

The 2015 Peterborough City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Peterborough City Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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Election result

2015 Peterborough City Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Conservative 11Decrease2.svg 255.0182950.927,22938.0+4.8
  Labour 5Increase2.svg 125.071221.121,41329.9+0.9
  Independent 2Steady2.svg10.04610.53,9485.5-2.0
  UKIP 1Increase2.svg 15.0347.010,47114.6-1.6
  Liberal Democrats 0Steady2.svg0.0335.32,1403.0-2.8
  Liberal 1Steady2.svg5.0235.31,4462.0-1.0
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.04,5016.3+3.0
  English Democrat 0Steady2.svg0.0000.03240.5-0.8
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01310.2-0.5

Ward results

Bretton North

Bretton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Martin 1,422 37.4 +5.5
Conservative Scott Warren1,06428.0+4.3
UKIP Ann Chanter-Allen94524.9−10.7
Green Wendy Hirst1945.1N/A
Liberal Democrats Rohan Wilson1774.7−4.2
Majority3589.4
Turnout 3,802
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg0.6

Bretton South

Bretton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Cole 601 43.2 −18.0
Labour Angus Ellis41329.7+8.6
Independent Michael Flectcher24017.2N/A
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Pollack715.1N/A
Green Samuel Gibbons674.8−2.5
Majority18813.5
Turnout 1,392
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg13.3

Central

Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mohammed Nadeem 2,294 50.6 +25.7
Labour Sabra Yasin1,85640.9−24.0
Green Alexander Airey3838.4−1.8
Majority4389.7
Turnout 4,533
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg24.9

Dogsthorpe

Dogsthorpe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Christabel Saltmarsh 1,303 38.4 −20.4
Labour Haggai Odep89826.5−3.5
UKIP Peter O'Dell64919.1N/A
Conservative Emily Fisher46013.6+2.4
Green Nicholas Senior832.4N/A
Majority40511.9
Turnout 3,393
Liberal hold Swing Decrease2.svg8.5

East

East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nabil Shabbir 1,622 41.6 +12.4
Conservative Adam Collins1,13529.1−6.9
UKIP Mary Herdman76219.5−2.8
Green Michael Alexander2366.1+1.3
Liberal Sandra Ringler1433.7−3.9
Majority48712.5
Turnout 3,898
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg9.7

Fletton and Woodston

Fletton and Woodston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rui Faustino 1,798 39.5 +8.6
Labour Alan Dowson1,43731.6+2.4
Independent Dusan Obradovic67314.8N/A
Green Ian Tennant51111.2+4.3
TUSC Jonathan Lloyd1312.9+1.3
Majority3617.9
Turnout 4,550
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg3.1

North

North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Charles Swift 1,047 50.3 −12.9
Labour Bonita Yonga59028.4+1.0
Conservative Harr Gartside30314.6+5.2
Green Stephanie Wilson1416.8N/A
Majority45721.9
Turnout 2,081
Independent hold Swing Decrease2.svg7.0

Northborough

Northborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Hiller 1,140 67.6 +7.2
UKIP Terence Palmer36821.8+14.4
Green Sarah Wilkinson17910.6N/A
Majority77245.8
Turnout 1,508
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.6

Orton Longueville

Orton Longueville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Casey 1,398 36.0 +6.0
UKIP Rupert Dexter1,12829.1−2.6
Labour Evelina Sidlauskiene1,12228.9+0.7
Green Richard Horton2346.0±0.0
Majority2706.9
Turnout 3,882
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg4.3

Orton Waterville

Orton Waterville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kim Aitken 2,532 54.5 +9.0
UKIP Iain McLaughlan92419.9−10.4
Labour David Weaver87418.8+4.3
Green Colin Honeyman-Smith3196.9−1.1
Majority1,60834.6
Turnout 4,649
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg9.7

Orton with Hampton

Orton with Hampton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel North 2,476 42.3 +4.7
Labour Susan Johnson1,32822.7−2.8
UKIP Matthew Bliszczak1,04717.9N/A
Green Darren Bisby-Boyd4988.5−2.9
Liberal Democrats Christopher Wiggin4988.5−2.2
Majority1,14819.6
Turnout 5,847
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg3.8

Park

Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Shearman 2,049 50.3 +4.7
Conservative Stephen Allen1,43835.3−3.2
UKIP Graham Whitehead3268.0−1.2
Green Fiona Radic1724.2+0.3
Liberal Democrats Rebeka Sellick902.2−0.2
Majority61115.0
Turnout 4,075
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg4.0

Paston

Paston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jonas Hopogap Yonga 1,116 33.6 −1.3
Conservative Bryan Tyler1,03731.3+7.2
UKIP Sharon Varkalis84225.4−15.6
Liberal Democrats Peter Chivall1715.2N/A
Green Roger Proudfoot1514.6N/A
Majority792.3
Turnout 3,317
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Decrease2.svg4.3

Ravensthorpe

Ravensthorpe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Murphy 1,207 46.4 +10.6
Conservative Harry Newton81331.2−25.0
UKIP David Neville49619.1+11.1
Green Joanna Weedon873.3N/A
Majority39415.2
Turnout 2,603
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg17.8

Stanground Central

Stanground Central (2 seats due to by-election)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Raymond Bisby 1,731 44.9
UKIP John Whitby 1,560 40.4
Conservative Marco Cereste1,41836.8
Labour Margaret Thulbourn1,27333.0
Labour Christopher York1,03126.7
Green Jonathan Phillipson Brown3769.7
English Democrat Nicholas Capp3248.4
Turnout 3,857
Conservative hold
UKIP gain from Conservative

Stanground East

Stanground East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Harper 775 59.0 +1.6
Labour John Thulbourn40330.7+4.2
Green Ruth Fiddy13610.4N/A
Majority37228.3
Turnout 1,314
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.3

Werrington North

Werrington North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Judith Fox 1,988 52.7 −8.0
Conservative Darren Morley94225.0+5.8
Labour Christopher Jones63216.8+4.0
Green Chery Beeby2095.5N/A
Majority1,04627.7
Turnout 3,771
Independent hold Swing Decrease2.svg8.9

Werrington South

Werrington South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paula Thacker 1,562 39.1 +18.8
Liberal Democrats Andrew Bond1,13328.4−20.2
UKIP Michael Kennedy66916.8−4.8
Labour Vincent Moon52113.1+3.6
Green Joseph Wells1072.7N/A
Majority42910.7
Turnout 3,992
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg19.5

West

West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Wane Fitzgerald 2,312 45.3 +4.3
Labour Mohammed Sabir1,61931.7+0.2
UKIP John Myles75514.8−4.6
Green Karen Lawrence4188.2N/A
Majority69313.6
Turnout 5,104
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg2.1

By-elections

West

A by-election was called due to the resignation of Cllr Nick Arculus.

West: 29 October 2015
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lynne Ayres 1,174 46.4
Labour Mohammed Sabir74229.4
UKIP John Myles41516.4
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Pollack1034.1
Green Alex Airey943.7
Majority43217.0
Turnout 2,528
Conservative hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
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