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

Composition of the council [25]
Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats [a] Green [b] UKIP Liberal Peterborough First [c] Independents
& Others		Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (48 seats)
1973 19281––––0Labour
New ward boundaries (48 seats) [26]
1976 252210–––0Conservative
1978 242310–––0No overall control
1979 232410–––0No overall control
1980 222510–––0Labour
1982 212250–––0No overall control
1983 182370–––0No overall control
1984 182280–––0No overall control
1986 1522100–––1No overall control
1987 172280–––1No overall control
1988 202260–––0No overall control
1990 212340–0–0No overall control
1991 192360–0–0No overall control
1992 221970–0–0No overall control
1994 21191007–0No overall control
1995 19221006–0No overall control
1996 13292004–0Labour
Peterborough becomes a unitary authority; new ward boundaries (57 seats)
1997 [27] 24272003–1No overall control
1999 24253003–1No overall control
2000 27222003–2No overall control
2001 26233003–2No overall control
2002 29193003–3Conservative
New ward boundaries (57 seats) [28] [29]
2004 3374004–9Conservative
2006 3445003–11Conservative
2007 4024003–8Conservative
2008 4323003–6Conservative
2010 3933003–7Conservative
2011 386300316Conservative
2012 3211400325Conservative
2014 2812403325No overall control
2015 2712404325No overall control
New ward boundaries (60 seats) [30]
2016 3114702330Conservative
2018 3114611232Conservative
2019 2817920130No overall control
2021 2915830032No overall control
2022 2817830031No overall control
2023 3014830041No overall control
2024 11199400143No overall control

City result maps

By-election results

1997–2002

North Bretton By-Election: 22 March 2001 [31]
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 [32]
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 [33]
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 [34]
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 [35]
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 [36]
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 [37]
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 [38]
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 [39]
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 [40]
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 [41]
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

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Green Party of England and Wales, the Ecology Party and Green Party UK.
  3. ↑ Includes totals for Werrington First, the predecessor of Peterborough First.

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. ↑ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  26. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The City of Peterborough (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 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 (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 20 April 2016.
  31. ↑ 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
  32. ↑ Following the death of Phillip Sharp; Walton By-Election Result Archived 14 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council, 14 February 2003
  33. ↑ 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
  34. ↑ 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
  35. ↑ 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
  36. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  37. ↑ "Declaration of Result" (PDF).
  38. ↑ "Declaration of Result" (PDF).
  39. ↑ "Declaration of Result" (PDF).
  40. ↑ "Declaration of Result" (PDF).
  41. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Barnack Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
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