Peterborough City Council elections

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Peterborough is a unitary authority in Cambridgeshire, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district.

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Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: [1]

Non-metropolitan district

Party in controlYears
Labour 1973-1976
Conservative 1976-1978
No overall control 1978-1980
Labour 1980-1982
No overall control 1982-1996
Labour 1996-1998

Unitary authority

Party in controlYears
Labour 1997-1998
No overall control 1998-2002
Conservative 2002-2014
No overall control 2014-2016
Conservative 2016–2017
No overall control 2017-2018
Conservative May 2018-June 2018
No overall control June 2018-August 2018
Conservative August 2018 – 2019
No overall control 2019–Present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2003 have been: [2]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Ben Franklin Conservative 25 Jun 20034 Apr 2006
John Peach Conservative 12 Apr 200618 May 2009
Marco Cereste Conservative 18 May 200910 May 2015
John Holdich Conservative 15 May 20159 May 2021
Wayne Fitzgerald Conservative 26 May 20211 Nov 2023
Mohammed Farooq Peterborough First 1 Nov 2023

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Unitary authority elections

City result maps

By-election results

1997-2002

North Bretton By-Election: 22 March 2001 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Angus Ellis80553.7−7.4
Conservative Sheila Scott59139.5+0.6
Liberal Democrats Rohan Wilson1026.8+6.8
Majority21414.2
Turnout 1,49826.8
Labour hold Swing

2002-2006

Walton By-Election: 13 February 2003 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Spencer64052.8+1.1
Conservative Brian Hutchinson35529.3+4.5
Labour Mary Rainey21818.0−5.5
Majority28523.5
Turnout 1,21330.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
West Ward By-Election: 18 September 2003 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matthew Dalton1,40569.5+1.6
Liberal Democrats Jessica Story39319.4+8.1
Labour Michael Langford22411.1−5.2
Majority1,01250.1
Turnout 2,02233.2
Conservative hold Swing

2006-2010

Northborough By-Election: 13 July 2006 [13]
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
Majority50.6
Turnout 88141.0
Conservative hold Swing
West Ward By-Election: 10 December 2009 [14]
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
Majority91142.5
Turnout 2,14534.0
Conservative hold Swing

2014-2018

West By-Election 29 October 2015 [15]
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
Majority43217.1
Turnout 2,528
Conservative hold Swing
East By-Election 8 June 2017 [16]
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
Majority78121.3N/A
Turnout 370152.8+17.8
Labour gain from Conservative Swing 13.7
Park By-Election 17 August 2017 [17]
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
Majority6029.8N/A
Turnout 345649.9-4.4
Labour hold Swing N/A
Eye, Thorney and Newborough By-Election 7 September 2017 [18]
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
Majority46323.8N/A
Turnout 194927.3−11.8
Conservative hold Swing N/A

2018-2022

Orton Longueville By-Election 2 August 2018 [19]
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
Majority562.8N/A
Turnout 195125.9−13.0
Conservative hold Swing N/A

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References

  1. ↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Council minutes". Peterborough City Council. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  3. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Peterborough (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  4. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  5. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Peterborough (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 1997. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  6. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Peterborough (Electoral Changes) Order 2003. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  7. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Peterborough (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2004. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  8. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Peterborough (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  9. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Peterborough (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 20 April 2016.
  10. ↑ 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
  11. ↑ Following the death of Phillip Sharp; Walton By-Election Result Archived 14 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council, 14 February 2003
  12. ↑ 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
  13. ↑ 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
  14. ↑ 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
  15. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  16. ↑ "Declaration of Result" (PDF).
  17. ↑ "Declaration of Result" (PDF).
  18. ↑ "Declaration of Result" (PDF).
  19. ↑ "Declaration of Result" (PDF).


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