Peterborough City Council elections

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

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
Labour1973-1976
Conservative1976-1978
No overall control1978-1980
Labour1980-1982
No overall control1982-1996
Labour1996-1998

Unitary authority

Party in controlYears
Labour1997-1998
No overall control1998-2002
Conservative2002-2014
No overall control2014-2016
Conservative2016–2017
No overall control2017-2018
ConservativeMay 2018-June 2018
No overall controlJune 2018-August 2018
ConservativeAugust 2018 – 2019
No overall control2019–Present

Leadership

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

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Ben Franklin Conservative25 Jun 20034 Apr 2006
John Peach Conservative12 Apr 200618 May 2009
Marco Cereste Conservative18 May 200910 May 2015
John Holdich Conservative15 May 20159 May 2021
Wayne Fitzgerald Conservative26 May 2021

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Unitary authority elections

City result maps
  • 2019 results map
    2019 results map
  • 2021 results map
    2021 results map

By-election results

By-election results

[10]

Orton Longueville By-Election 2 August 2018
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

[11]

Eye, Thorney and Newborough By-Election 7 September 2017
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

[12]

Park By-Election 17 August 2017
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

[13]

East By-Election 8 June 2017
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
West Ward By-Election: 10 December 2009[14]
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
Northborough By-Election: 13 July 2006[15]
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: 18 September 2003[16]
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
Walton By-Election: 13 February 2003[17]
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
North Bretton By-Election: 22 March 2001[18]
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

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. "Declaration of Result" (PDF).
  11. "Declaration of Result" (PDF).
  12. "Declaration of Result" (PDF).
  13. "Declaration of Result" (PDF).
  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. 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
  16. 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
  17. Following the death of Phillip Sharp; Walton By-Election Result Archived 14 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Peterborough City Council, 14 February 2003
  18. 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


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