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.

Political control

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

The City of Peterborough (1) shown within Cambridgeshire.
More information Election, Party ...
ElectionPartySeats  +/-  
1997Labour25
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]Conservative29+2
2004[8][9]Conservative33+9
2006[10][11]Conservative35+3
2007[12][13]Conservative40+5
2008[14][15] Conservative43+3
2010[16][17] Conservative39−4
2011[18][19] Conservative38−1
2012[20][21] Conservative32−6
2014[22][23][24]No overall control
Con largest single party		(28)+2
2015No overall control
Con largest single party		(27)−1
2016Conservative31+4
2017No overall control
Con largest single party		(30)−1
2018Conservative31+1
2019No overall control
Con largest single party		(28)−3
2020No overall control
Con largest single party		(26)−2
2021No overall control
Con largest single party		(29)+1
2022No 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
2026 No overall control
Con largest single party		 (13) +2
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Council elections

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Composition of the council[25]
Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats[a] Green[b] Reform UKIP Liberal Peterborough First[c] Independents
& Others		 Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (48 seats)
1973 19 28 1 – – – – – 0 Labour
New ward boundaries (48 seats)[26]
1976 25 22 1 0 – – – – 0 Conservative
1978 24 23 1 0 – – – – 0 No overall control
1979 23 24 1 0 – – – – 0 No overall control
1980 22 25 1 0 – – – – 0 Labour
1982 21 22 5 0 – – – – 0 No overall control
1983 18 23 7 0 – – – – 0 No overall control
1984 18 22 8 0 – – – – 0 No overall control
1986 15 22 10 0 – – – – 1 No overall control
1987 17 22 8 0 – – – – 1 No overall control
1988 20 22 6 0 – – – – 0 No overall control
1990 21 23 4 0 – – 0 – 0 No overall control
1991 19 23 6 0 – – 0 – 0 No overall control
1992 22 19 7 0 – – 0 – 0 No overall control
1994 21 19 1 0 – 0 7 – 0 No overall control
1995 19 22 1 0 – 0 6 – 0 No overall control
1996 13 29 2 0 – 0 4 – 0 Labour
Peterborough becomes a unitary authority; new ward boundaries (57 seats)
1997[27] 24 27 2 0 – 0 3 – 1 No overall control
1999 24 25 3 0 – 0 3 – 1 No overall control
2000 27 22 2 0 – 0 3 – 2 No overall control
2001 26 23 3 0 – 0 3 – 2 No overall control
2002 29 19 3 0 – 0 3 – 3 Conservative
New ward boundaries (57 seats)[28][29]
2004 33 7 4 0 – 0 4 – 9 Conservative
2006 34 4 5 0 – 0 3 – 11 Conservative
2007 40 2 4 0 – 0 3 – 8 Conservative
2008 43 2 3 0 – 0 3 – 6 Conservative
2010 39 3 3 0 – 0 3 – 7 Conservative
2011 38 6 3 0 – 0 3 1 6 Conservative
2012 32 11 4 0 – 0 3 2 5 Conservative
2014 28 12 4 0 – 3 3 2 5 No overall control
2015 27 12 4 0 – 4 3 2 5 No overall control
New ward boundaries (60 seats)[30]
2016 31 14 7 0 – 2 3 3 0 Conservative
2018 31 14 6 1 – 1 2 3 2 Conservative
2019 28 17 9 2 – 0 1 3 0 No overall control
2021 29 15 8 3 0 0 0 3 2 No overall control
2022 28 17 8 3 0 0 0 3 1 No overall control
2023 30 14 8 3 0 0 0 4 1 No overall control
2024 11 19 9 4 0 0 0 14 3 No overall control
2026 13 11 8 6 4 0 0 8 9 No overall control
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City result maps

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  • 2024 results map
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By-election results

1997–2002

More information Party, Candidate ...
North Bretton By-Election: 22 March 2001[31]
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
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2002–2006

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Walton By-Election: 13 February 2003[32]
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
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More information Party, Candidate ...
West Ward By-Election: 18 September 2003[33]
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
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2006–2010

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Northborough By-Election: 13 July 2006[34]
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
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More information Party, Candidate ...
West Ward By-Election: 10 December 2009[35]
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
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2014–2018

More information Party, Candidate ...
West By-Election 29 October 2015[36]
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
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More information Party, Candidate ...
East By-Election 8 June 2017[37]
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
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Park By-Election 17 August 2017[38]
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
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Eye, Thorney and Newborough By-Election 7 September 2017[39]
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
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2018–2022

More information Party, Candidate ...
Orton Longueville By-Election 2 August 2018[40]
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
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2022–2026

More information Party, Candidate ...
Barnack By-Election 1 May 2025[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Kevin Tighe 524 41.8 +5.6
Reform Yvonne Scarrott 289 23.0 +23.0
Conservative Andy Coles 277 22.1 −17.8
Labour Barbara Reid 106 8.5 −3.6
Green Dave Pardoe 58 4.6 −0.9
Majority 235 18.7
Turnout 1,254
Independent gain from Conservative Swing
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More information Party, Candidate ...
Fletton and Woodston By-Election 12 February 2026[42]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Andrew O'Neil 565 29.4 +29.4
Green Ed Murphy 529 27.6 +16.3
Conservative Andrew Willey 419 21.8 −11.8
Labour Harvey Woodhouse 323 16.8 −31.3
Liberal Democrats Neil Walton 84 4.4 −0.7
Majority 36 1.9
Turnout 1,920
Reform gain from Labour Swing
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2026–2030

More information Party, Candidate ...
Fletton and Woodston By-Election 16 July 2026[43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Katherine Sharp 664 41.2 +3.4
Reform Ryan Gallagher 479 29.7 +2.9
Labour Adam Marshall 213 13.2 +3.7
Conservative Janet Brown 208 12.9 −3.2
Liberal Democrats Lewis Page 37 2.3 +2.3
Your Party Jonathan Wilde 11 0.7 +0.7
Majority 185 11.5
Turnout 1,612
Green gain from Labour Swing
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Notes

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

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