2023 Peterborough City Council election
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![]() Winner of each seat at the 2023 Peterborough City Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Peterborough City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect member of Peterborough City Council in Cambridgeshire, England. There were 21 of the 60 seats on the council contested. The election took place alongside other local elections across England.
The council remained under no overall control, being led by a Conservative minority administration.
Overview
[edit]Going into the election, the position of the parties and the number of seats they were defending was:
- Conservative: 6 defences (22 other seats)
- Labour (and Co-operative): 6 defences (6 other seats)
- Liberal Democrat: 4 defences (4 other seats)
- Green: 3 defences (1 other seat)
- Werrington / Peterborough First: 1 defence (3 other seats)
- Independent: 1 defence (1 other seat)
Immediately after the election the position was that the Conservatives had 30 seats, Labour 14, the Liberal Democrats 5, Green 3 and there were 5 independents / Peterborough First.[1][2]
Two weeks after the elections took place, four councillors, Brian Rush (Stanground South), Peter Hiller (Glinton & Castor), Ray Bisby (Stanground South) and Gavin Elsey (Wittering), left the Conservative Party to join Peterborough First.[3]
In June 2023, after an initial suspension, Councillor Mohammed Farooq (Hargate & Hempsted) quit the Conservative Party, citing a "bullying, toxic culture.[4] He was followed soon after by his son, Councillor Saqib Farooq (Glinton & Castor)[5] and ward-colleague Councillor John Howard.[6]
Overall results
[edit]2023 Peterborough City Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 8 | ![]() |
38.1 | 22 | 30 | 50.0 | 15,792 | 35.51 | ![]() | |
Labour | 6 | ![]() |
28.6 | 8 | 14 | 23.3 | 14,278 | 32.11 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | 4 | ![]() |
19.0 | 4 | 8 | 13.3 | 5,139 | 11.56 | ![]() | |
Green | 2 | ![]() |
9.5 | 1 | 3 | 5.0 | 6,282 | 14.13 | ![]() | |
Peterborough First | 1 | ![]() |
4.8 | 3 | 4 | 6.7 | 1,672 | 3.76 | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.7 | 1,101 | 2.48 | ![]() | |
TUSC | 0 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0.16 | NEW | |
CPA | 0 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0.12 | NEW | |
Reform UK | 0 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 0.18 | NEW |
Ward results
[edit]Asterisks denote incumbent councillors seeking re-election. Unless otherwise noted, the councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2019; changes in vote share are therefore compared to the 2019 election.
Bretton
[edit]UKIP (16.7%) did not contest this election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Richard James Strangward | 863 | 44.5 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Chris Burbage* | 785 | 40.4 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Rohan Cameron Stuart Wilson | 133 | 6.9 | ![]() | |
Green | Barry Warne | 81 | 4.2 | ![]() | |
Independent | John O'Connor | 79 | 4.1 | NEW | |
Majority | 78 | 4.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,941 | 29.1 | ![]() | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() |
Central
[edit]UKIP (5.1%) did not contest this election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Mohammed Jamil* | 1,579 | 62.1 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Umar Khan | 509 | 20.0 | ![]() | |
Green | Raymond Knight | 203 | 8.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Michael Whittaker | 179 | 7.0 | ![]() | |
TUSC | Steve Cawley | 73 | 2.9 | NEW | |
Majority | 1,070 | 42.1 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,543 | 29.8 | ![]() | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ![]() |
Dogsthorpe
[edit]Independent Colin Hargreaves (10.7%) and the Veterans and People's Party (5.1%) did not contest this election.
The incumbent, Katia Yurgutene (Labour Co-op) did not seek re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Katy Jane Cole | 902 | 47.4 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Muhammad Ikram | 654 | 34.3 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Sandra Ringler | 152 | 8.0 | ![]() | |
Green | Kelsey Jack Brace | 99 | 5.2 | ||
Independent | Robert Bede Petch | 97 | 5.1 | NEW | |
Majority | 248 | 13.0 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,904 | 28.2 | ![]() | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ![]() |
East
[edit]The Liberal Democrats (9.7%) did not contest this election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Shabina Asad Qayyum* | 1,618 | 65.6 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Ekta Patel | 665 | 27.0 | ![]() | |
Green | Luke Chapman | 120 | 4.9 | ![]() | |
Independent | Jo Johnson | 62 | 2.5 | NEW | |
Majority | 953 | 38.7 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,465 | 33.9 | ![]() | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ![]() |
Eye, Thorney and Newborough
[edit]UKIP (14.8%) and SDP (7.9%) did not contest this election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Steve Allen* | 1,122 | 54.3 | ![]() | |
Labour | John Shearman | 587 | 28.4 | ![]() | |
Green | Michael Alexander | 244 | 11.8 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Annie Rose Francis Mary Geraghty | 115 | 5.6 | ![]() | |
Majority | 535 | 25.9 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,068 | 28.1 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Fletton and Stanground
[edit]UKIP (16%) did not contest this election.
The incumbent, Jade Seager, was elected in 2022.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jade Seager* | 874 | 48.5 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Davide Broccoli | 434 | 24.1 | ![]() | |
Labour | Angus Ellis | 348 | 19.3 | ![]() | |
Green | Danette Lisa O'Hara | 145 | 8.1 | ![]() | |
Majority | 440 | 24.4 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,801 | 24.9 | ![]() | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Fletton and Woodston
[edit]UKIP (16%) and Our Nation (1.7%) did not contest this election.
The incumbent was Imtiaz Ali who had defected to the Green Party from Labour.[7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Nick Thulbourn | 732 | 37.4 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Andrew Stephen Willey | 720 | 36.8 | ![]() | |
Green | Imtiaz Ali* | 406 | 20.8 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Christopher Walton | 98 | 5.0 | ![]() | |
Majority | 12 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,956 | 26.2 | ![]() | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ![]() |
Glinton and Castor
[edit]Hiller defected from the Conservatives to Peterborough First less than two weeks after being re-elected.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter John Hiller* | 1,088 | 59.8 | ![]() | |
Labour | Sue Farr | 278 | 15.3 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Claire Biggam Bysshe | 270 | 14.8 | ![]() | |
Green | Greg Guthrie | 183 | 10.1 | ![]() | |
Majority | 810 | 44.5 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,819 | 35.9 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Gunthorpe
[edit]UKIP (9.3%) and the Green Party (3.6%) did not contest this election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sandra Christine Bond* | 1,166 | 49.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | John Philip Peach | 853 | 36.4 | ![]() | |
Labour | Madison Challis | 269 | 11.5 | ![]() | |
CPA | Tom Rogers | 54 | 2.3 | NEW | |
Majority | 313 | 13.4 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,342 | 35.5 | ![]() | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Hampton Vale
[edit]The Green Party (5.4%) did not contest this time.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Chris Wiggin* | 549 | 47.2 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Rhys Evans | 402 | 34.5 | ![]() | |
Labour | Abdul Mannan | 213 | 18.3 | ![]() | |
Majority | 147 | 12.6 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,164 | 23.0 | ![]() | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Hargate and Hempsted
[edit]Councillor Howard left the Conservative group less than five weeks after being re-elected.[6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Ian Howard* | 637 | 47.7 | ![]() | |
Labour | Timothy Kujiyat | 511 | 38.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Rachel Ann Speed | 113 | 8.5 | ![]() | |
Green | Michael Robert Whitaker | 75 | 5.6 | ![]() | |
Majority | 126 | 9.4 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,336 | 21.0 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
North
[edit]UKIP (9.9%) and the Liberal Democrats (5.3%) did not contest this election.
The incumbent was Ansar Ali who had resigned from the Labour Party.[8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Asim Mahmood | 1,078 | 42.9 | ![]() | |
Independent | Ansar Ali* | 863 | 34.4 | NEW | |
Conservative | Akim Akim | 393 | 15.6 | ![]() | |
Green | Tracey Foreman | 178 | 7.1 | ![]() | |
Majority | 215 | 8,6 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,512 | 35.5 | ![]() | ||
Labour Co-op gain from Independent | Swing | ![]() |
Orton Longueville
[edit]UKIP (16.7%) and the Liberal Democrats (5.7%) did not contest this election.
The incumbent, Heather Skibsted, defected to the Green Party from Labour.[9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Heather Skibsted* | 868 | 44.0 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Aqib Mohammed Farooq | 561 | 28.4 | ![]() | |
Labour Co-op | Wendy Mary Smith | 545 | 27.6 | ![]() | |
Majority | 307 | 15.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,974 | 26.5 | ![]() | ||
Green gain from Labour | Swing |
Orton Waterville
[edit]The incumbent, Nicola Day, is Green Party group leader.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Nicola Day* | 1,786 | 69.8 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Matthew Jon Bliszczak | 496 | 19.4 | ![]() | |
Labour | Oluwaseun Akinyele | 205 | 8.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Vince Carroll | 73 | 2.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,290 | 50.4 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,560 | 36.0 | ![]() | ||
Green hold | Swing | ![]() |
Park
[edit]There were two vacant seats in this ward following the resignation of Shaz Nawaz[10] (elected 2021, Labour).
The incumbent, Ikra Yasin (Labour), did not seek re-election.[11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Khan Arfan | 1,660 | 47.6 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Muhammad Asif | 1,148 | 32.9 | ![]() | |
Labour Co-op | Junayd Hussain | 1,024 | 29.3 | ![]() | |
Labour | Sabra Yasin | 1,003 | 28.7 | ![]() | |
Green | Fiona Radic | 529 | 15.2 | ![]() | |
Green | Steve Wilson | 341 | 9.8 | NEW | |
Liberal Democrats | Ian Hardman | 197 | 5.6 | ![]() | |
Reform UK | Sue Morris | 80 | 2.3 | NEW | |
Majority | 636 | 18.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,490 | 44.6 | ![]() | ||
Conservative gain from Labour Co-op | Swing | ![]() |
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Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() |
Paston and Walton
[edit]UKIP (15.5%) did not contest this time.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Simon Frederick Barkham* | 836 | 44.9 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Alex Rafiq | 597 | 32.0 | ![]() | |
Labour | David Powell | 352 | 18.9 | ![]() | |
Green | Simon Mayhew | 78 | 4.2 | ![]() | |
Majority | 239 | 12.8 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,863 | 25.9 | ![]() | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
Ravensthorpe
[edit]UKIP (12.7%) did not contest this election.
The incumbent, Lucinda Robinson (Labour Co-op), is not seeking re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Raja Sabeel Ahmed | 1,239 | 48.3 | ![]() | |
Labour Co-op | Jason McNally | 872 | 34.0 | ![]() | |
Green | Edward Murphy | 363 | 14.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Cham | 91 | 3.5 | ![]() | |
Majority | 367 | 14.3 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,565 | 34.4 | ![]() | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ![]() |
Stanground South
[edit]UKIP (17.8%) did not contest this election.
Rush defected from the Conservatives to Peterborough First less than two weeks after being re-elected.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian Rush* | 798 | 49.4 | ![]() | |
Labour | Harry Lewis | 553 | 34.2 | ![]() | |
Green | Stuart Middleton | 165 | 10.2 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon John Garner | 101 | 6.2 | ![]() | |
Majority | 245 | 15.2 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,617 | 21.6 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Werrington
[edit]This is the first time Werrington First have contested an election under the "Peterborough First – Werrington Independent" description.[12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Peterborough First | Judy Fox* | 1,672 | 66.3 | ![]() | |
Labour | Rosalind Jones | 332 | 13.2 | ![]() | |
Conservative | Hayley Jayne Shelton | 280 | 11.1 | ![]() | |
Green | Georgia Wade | 158 | 6.3 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon James Kail | 78 | 3.1 | ![]() | |
Majority | 1,340 | 53.2 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 2,520 | 32.8 | ![]() | ||
Peterborough First hold | Swing | ![]() |
West
[edit]UKIP (10.5%) did not contest this election.
The incumbent, Wayne Fitzgerald, is Leader of the Council.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Wayne Fitzgerald* | 842 | 51.7 | ![]() | |
Labour | Lorraine Andison | 414 | 25.4 | ![]() | |
Green | Collette Francis | 260 | 16.0 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | Polly Geraghty | 114 | 7.0 | ![]() | |
Majority | 428 | 26.3 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,630 | 39.6 | ![]() | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ![]() |
Changes 2023–2024
[edit]- Councillors Bisby, Hiller and Rush defected from the Conservatives to Peterborough First just two weeks after the local election in May 2023.[13] Councillor Elsey defected the following day.[3]
- Councillor Mohammed Farooq was suspended by the Conservative Party in May 2023.[14] Despite being re-admitted in June, Cllr (M) Farooq quit the party due to a "bullying, toxic culture[15] - followed by his son, Cllr Saqib Farooq[16] and ward-colleague Cllr John Howard.[17]
References
[edit]- ^ "Local elections 2023: Peterborough is a little microclimate of its own". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ Taylor, Joanna (5 May 2023). "Conservatives still 'very much in charge' council leader says as elections results announced". Peterborough Telegraph. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Peterborough City Council: Fourth Conservative resigns from party". BBC News. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Elworthy, John (7 June 2023). "'Bullying, toxic culture' nearly killed me says Peterborough city councillor". cambsnews.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Elworthy, John (7 June 2023). "Tories rocked by second resignation of the day – and its only 9 o'clock". cambsnews.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ a b Elworthy, John (7 June 2023). "Third – and biggest – name quits Tory group on Peterborough Council". cambsnews.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Briggs, Stephen (10 January 2023). "Councillor for Fletton and Woodston ward 'resigns' from Labour to join Peterborough Green Party". peterboroughtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ Taylor, Joanna (23 January 2023). "Ansar Ali: Second Peterborough councillor 'resigns' from Labour Party". peterboroughtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ Jones, Ben (19 July 2022). "Peterborough councillor leaves Labour Party to join Green Party". peterboroughtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "Peterborough Labour Group Leader announces his resignation from the council". Peterborough Telegraph. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Ex-Labour councillor Ikra Yasin explains why she's standing down from Peterborough City Council". Peterborough Telegraph. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ Jones, Ben (10 May 2022). "Chris Harper takes over as leader of Peterborough First group on city council". peterboroughtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "Three Conservative councillors resign from party with Horsey Bridge development among issues". Peterborough Telegraph. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ "North West Cambs Conservative Association 'disappointed' by its president's suspension from Peterborough council group". Peterborough Telegraph. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ Elworthy, John (7 June 2023). "'Bullying, toxic culture' nearly killed me says Peterborough city councillor". Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Elworthy, John (7 June 2023). "Tories rocked by second resignation of the day – and its only 9 o'clock". Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Elworthy, John (7 June 2023). "Third – and biggest – name quits Tory group on Peterborough Council". cambsnews.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2023.