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Peterborough is a unitary authority in Cambridgeshire, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district.
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 control | Years | |
---|---|---|
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 control | Years | |
---|---|---|
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 |
The leaders of the council since 2003 have been: [2]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ben Franklin | Conservative | 25 Jun 2003 | 4 Apr 2006 | |
John Peach | Conservative | 12 Apr 2006 | 18 May 2009 | |
Marco Cereste | Conservative | 18 May 2009 | 10 May 2015 | |
John Holdich | Conservative | 15 May 2015 | 9 May 2021 | |
Wayne Fitzgerald | Conservative | 26 May 2021 | 1 Nov 2023 | |
Mohammed Farooq | Peterborough First | 1 Nov 2023 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |