Peterborough City Council elections

Local government elections in Cambridgeshire, England

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.

Political control

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

The City of Peterborough (6) shown within Cambridgeshire.

	Party	Seats	+/-
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

1973 Peterborough City Council election
1976 Peterborough City Council election (New ward boundaries)^[25]
1978 Peterborough City Council election
1979 Peterborough City Council election
1980 Peterborough City Council election
1982 Peterborough City Council election
1983 Peterborough City Council election
1984 Peterborough City Council election
1986 Peterborough City Council election
1987 Peterborough City Council election
1988 Peterborough City Council election
1990 Peterborough City Council election (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[26]
1991 Peterborough City Council election
1992 Peterborough City Council election
1994 Peterborough City Council election
1995 Peterborough City Council election
1996 Peterborough City Council election

Unitary authority elections

City result maps

2016 results map
2018 results map
2019 results map
2021 results map
2022 results map
2023 results map

By-election results

1997-2002

North Bretton By-Election: 22 March 2001^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angus Ellis	805	53.7	−7.4
	Conservative	Sheila Scott	591	39.5	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Rohan Wilson	102	6.8	+6.8
Majority			214	14.2
Turnout			1,498	26.8
	Labour hold		Swing

2002-2006

Walton By-Election: 13 February 2003^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Spencer	640	52.8	+1.1
	Conservative	Brian Hutchinson	355	29.3	+4.5
	Labour	Mary Rainey	218	18.0	−5.5
Majority			285	23.5
Turnout			1,213	30.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

West Ward By-Election: 18 September 2003^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Dalton	1,405	69.5	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jessica Story	393	19.4	+8.1
	Labour	Michael Langford	224	11.1	−5.2
Majority			1,012	50.1
Turnout			2,022	33.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006-2010

Northborough By-Election: 13 July 2006^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Hiller	393	44.6	−16.5
	Independent	Simon Potter	388	44.0	+18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Stead-Davis	64	7.3	+7.3
	Labour	Mark Duckworth	36	4.0	−9.2
Majority			5	0.6
Turnout			881	41.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Ward By-Election: 10 December 2009^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Arculus	1,252	58.4	+4.1
	Labour	John Knowles	341	15.9	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ginny McDermid	224	10.4	+7.4
	UKIP	Frances Fox	177	8.3	+8.3
	English Democrat	Jane Cage	93	4.3	−20.1
	Green	Fiona Radic	58	2.7	−0.5
Majority			911	42.5
Turnout			2,145	34.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2014-2018

West By-Election 29 October 2015^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynne Ayres	1,174	46.4	+1.1
	Labour	Mohammed Sabir	742	29.4	-2.3
	UKIP	John Myles	415	16.4	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Pollack	103	4.1	+4.1
	Green	Alex Airey	94	3.7	-4.5
Majority			432	17.1
Turnout			2,528
	Conservative hold		Swing

East By-Election 8 June 2017^[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Mahabadi	1900	51.3	+17.3
	Conservative	Jay Beecher	1111	30.0	-10.0
	UKIP	Graham Whitehead	358	9.7	−8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jelana Stevic	332	9.0	+9.0
Majority			781	21.3	N/A
Turnout			3701	52.8	+17.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	13.7

Park By-Election 17 August 2017^[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shahzad Nawaz	1713	49.6	+9.8
	Conservative	Arfan Khan	1111	39.8	+2.2
	UKIP	Graham Whitehead	176	5.1	−4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Hardman	109	3.2	-1.1
	Green	Carolyn English	83	2.4	−6.9
Majority			602	9.8	N/A
Turnout			3456	49.9	-4.4
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

Eye, Thorney and Newborough By-Election 7 September 2017^[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Simons	1018	52.3	+17.4
	Labour	Christian DeFeo	555	28.5	+15.2
	UKIP	Mary Herdman	279	14.3	−7.5
	Green	Michael Alexander	61	3.4	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Callum Robertson	35	1.8	+1.8
Majority			463	23.8	N/A
Turnout			1949	27.3	−11.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

2018-2022

Orton Longueville By-Election 2 August 2018^[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gavin Elsey	713	36.5	-1.4
	Labour	Heather Skibsted	657	33.7	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Gibbs	237	12.1	+4.6
	Green	Alexander Airey	201	10.3	−2.7
	UKIP	Graham Whitehead	143	7.3	−7.0
Majority			56	2.8	N/A
Turnout			1951	25.9	−13.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

References

^ Vote 99 Locals. BBC News. Retrieved 28 December 2007
^ Peterborough Election Results Archived 13 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council, 5 May 2000
^ Vote 2000 BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2008
^ Peterborough Election Results Archived 15 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council, 8 June 2001
^ Vote 2001 BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2008
^ Local Election Results 2002 Archived 21 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2007
^ Vote 2002 BBC News. Retrieved 10 May 2008
^ Local Election Results 2004 Archived 21 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2007
^ Vote 2004 BBC News, 12 June 2004
^ Local Election Results 2006 Archived 21 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2007
^ Election 2006 BBC News, 5 May 2006
^ Local Election Results 2007 Archived 21 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2007
^ Election 2007 BBC News, 4 May 2007
^ Local Election Results 2008 Archived 23 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council. Retrieved 10 May 2008
^ Elections 2008 BBC News, 2 May 2008
^ Declaration of Result of Poll Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council, 7 May 2010
^ Election 2010 BBC News, 7 May 2008
^ Declaration of Result of Poll Archived 17 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council, 13 May 2011
^ Election 2011 BBC News, 10 May 2011
^ Declaration of Result of Poll Archived 17 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council, 11 May 2012
^ Vote 2012 BBC News, 4 May 2012
^ Declaration of Result of Poll Archived 18 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council, 23 May 2014
^ Vote 2014 BBC News, 28 May 2014
^ 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
^ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Peterborough (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire (County Boundaries) Order 1989. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Peterborough (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 1997. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Peterborough (Electoral Changes) Order 2003. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Peterborough (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2004. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Peterborough (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Peterborough (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 20 April 2016.
^ 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
^ Following the death of Phillip Sharp; Walton By-Election Result Archived 14 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council, 14 February 2003
^ 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
^ 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
^ 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
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
^ "Declaration of Result" (PDF).
^ "Declaration of Result" (PDF).
^ "Declaration of Result" (PDF).
^ "Declaration of Result" (PDF).

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