Peterborough City Council elections

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Peterborough City Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with roughly a third of the council elected each time for a four-year term of office. Peterborough City Council is the local authority for Peterborough in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. Since 1998 the council has been a unitary authority, providing both district and county-level services. Prior to 1998 it was a lower-tier council with county-level services provided by Cambridgeshire County Council.

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Political control

Political control of the unitary authority has been held by the following groups:

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The City of Peterborough (1) shown within Cambridgeshire.
ElectionPartySeats  +/-  
1997 Labour 25
1999 [1] No overall control
Lab largest single party		(25)0
2000 [2] [3] No overall control
Con largest single party		(27)+3
2001 [4] [5] No overall control
Con largest single party		(26)−1
2002 [6] [7] Conservative 29+2
2004 [8] [9] Conservative 33+9
2006 [10] [11] Conservative 35+3
2007 [12] [13] Conservative 40+5
2008 [14] [15] Conservative 43+3
2010 [16] [17] Conservative 39−4
2011 [18] [19] Conservative 38−1
2012 [20] [21] Conservative 32−6
2014 [22] [23] [24] No overall control
Con largest single party		(28)+2
2015 No overall control
Con largest single party		(27)−1
2016 Conservative 31+4
2017 No overall control
Con largest single party		(30)−1
2018 Conservative 31+1
2019 No overall control
Con largest single party		(28)−3
2020 No overall control
Con largest single party		(26)−2
2021 No overall control
Con largest single party		(29)+1
2022 No overall control
Con largest single party		(28)-1
2023 No overall control
Con largest single party		(30)+2
2024 No overall control
Lab largest single party		(19)+5

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Unitary authority elections

City result maps

By-election results

1997-2002

North Bretton By-Election: 22 March 2001 [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Angus Ellis80553.7−7.4
Conservative Sheila Scott59139.5+0.6
Liberal Democrats Rohan Wilson1026.8+6.8
Majority 21414.2
Turnout 1,49826.8
Labour hold Swing

2002-2006

Walton By-Election: 13 February 2003 [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Spencer64052.8+1.1
Conservative Brian Hutchinson35529.3+4.5
Labour Mary Rainey21818.0−5.5
Majority 28523.5
Turnout 1,21330.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
West Ward By-Election: 18 September 2003 [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matthew Dalton1,40569.5+1.6
Liberal Democrats Jessica Story39319.4+8.1
Labour Michael Langford22411.1−5.2
Majority 1,01250.1
Turnout 2,02233.2
Conservative hold Swing

2006-2010

Northborough By-Election: 13 July 2006 [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Hiller39344.6−16.5
Independent Simon Potter38844.0+18.3
Liberal Democrats Peter Stead-Davis647.3+7.3
Labour Mark Duckworth364.0−9.2
Majority 50.6
Turnout 88141.0
Conservative hold Swing
West Ward By-Election: 10 December 2009 [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nick Arculus1,25258.4+4.1
Labour John Knowles34115.9+0.9
Liberal Democrats Ginny McDermid22410.4+7.4
UKIP Frances Fox1778.3+8.3
English Democrat Jane Cage934.3−20.1
Green Fiona Radic582.7−0.5
Majority 91142.5
Turnout 2,14534.0
Conservative hold Swing

2014-2018

West By-Election 29 October 2015 [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lynne Ayres1,17446.4+1.1
Labour Mohammed Sabir74229.4−2.3
UKIP John Myles41516.4+1.6
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Pollack1034.1+4.1
Green Alex Airey943.7−4.5
Majority 43217.1
Turnout 2,528
Conservative hold Swing
East By-Election 8 June 2017 [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matthew Mahabadi190051.3+17.3
Conservative Jay Beecher111130.0−10.0
UKIP Graham Whitehead3589.7−8.9
Liberal Democrats Jelana Stevic3329.0+9.0
Majority 78121.3N/A
Turnout 370152.8+17.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing 13.7
Park By-Election 17 August 2017 [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shahzad Nawaz171349.6+9.8
Conservative Arfan Khan111139.8+2.2
UKIP Graham Whitehead1765.1−4.0
Liberal Democrats Ian Hardman1093.2−1.1
Green Carolyn English832.4−6.9
Majority 6029.8N/A
Turnout 345649.9−4.4
Labour hold Swing N/A
Eye, Thorney and Newborough By-Election 7 September 2017 [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Simons101852.3+17.4
Labour Christian DeFeo55528.5+15.2
UKIP Mary Herdman27914.3−7.5
Green Michael Alexander613.4−6.4
Liberal Democrats Callum Robertson351.8+1.8
Majority 46323.8N/A
Turnout 194927.3−11.8
Conservative hold Swing N/A

2018-2022

Orton Longueville By-Election 2 August 2018 [41]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gavin Elsey71336.5−1.4
Labour Heather Skibsted65733.7+1.1
Liberal Democrats Daniel Gibbs23712.1+4.6
Green Alexander Airey20110.3−2.7
UKIP Graham Whitehead1437.3−7.0
Majority 562.8N/A
Turnout 195125.9−13.0
Conservative hold Swing N/A

2022-2026

Barnack By-Election 1 May 2025 [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Kevin Tighe52441.8+5.6
Reform UK Yvonne Scarrott28923.0+23.0
Conservative Andy Coles27722.1−17.8
Labour Barbara Reid1068.5−3.6
Green Dave Pardoe584.6−0.9
Majority 23518.7
Turnout 1,254
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ↑ Vote 99 Locals. BBC News. Retrieved 28 December 2007
  2. ↑ Peterborough Election Results Archived 13 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council, 5 May 2000
  3. ↑ Vote 2000 BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2008
  4. ↑ Peterborough Election Results Archived 15 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council, 8 June 2001
  5. ↑ Vote 2001 BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2008
  6. ↑ Local Election Results 2002 Archived 21 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2007
  7. ↑ Vote 2002 BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2008
  8. ↑ Local Election Results 2004 Archived 21 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2007
  9. ↑ Vote 2004 BBC News, 12 June 2004
  10. ↑ Local Election Results 2006 Archived 21 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2007
  11. ↑ Election 2006 BBC News, 5 May 2006
  12. ↑ Local Election Results 2007 Archived 21 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2007
  13. ↑ Election 2007 BBC News, 4 May 2007
  14. ↑ Local Election Results 2008 Archived 23 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council. Retrieved 10 May 2008
  15. ↑ Elections 2008 BBC News, 2 May 2008
  16. ↑ Declaration of Result of Poll Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council, 7 May 2010
  17. ↑ Election 2010 BBC News, 7 May 2008
  18. ↑ Declaration of Result of Poll Archived 17 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council, 13 May 2011
  19. ↑ Election 2011 BBC News, 10 May 2011
  20. ↑ Declaration of Result of Poll Archived 17 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council, 11 May 2012
  21. ↑ Vote 2012 BBC News, 4 May 2012
  22. ↑ Declaration of Result of Poll Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council, 23 May 2014
  23. ↑ Vote 2014 BBC News, 28 May 2014
  24. ↑ McErlain, Ken "Full list of Peterborough City Council 2014 election results" Archived 25 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough Evening Telegraph, 22 May 2014
  25. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Peterborough (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  26. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  27. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Peterborough (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 1997. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  28. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Peterborough (Electoral Changes) Order 2003. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  29. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Peterborough (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2004. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  30. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Peterborough (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  31. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Peterborough (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 20 April 2016.
  32. ↑ Following the resignation of John Johnson; North Bretton By-Election Result Archived 13 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council, 23 March 2001
  33. ↑ Following the death of Phillip Sharp; Walton By-Election Result Archived 14 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council, 14 February 2003
  34. ↑ Following the death of Rex Perkins; By-Election Result 2003 Archived 14 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2007
  35. ↑ Following the death of Benjamin Franklin; "Conservative wins Northborough by-election by five vote margin" Archived 14 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council, Ref. 06/07/ML, 13 July 2006
  36. ↑ Following the death of Michael Burton; Reinis, Nick "By-election: New Tory Arculus takes West Ward" Archived 15 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough Evening Telegraph, 11 December 2009
  37. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  38. ↑ "Declaration of Result" (PDF).
  39. ↑ "Declaration of Result" (PDF).
  40. ↑ "Declaration of Result" (PDF).
  41. ↑ "Declaration of Result" (PDF).
  42. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Barnack Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
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