1997 Peterborough City Council election

The 1997 Peterborough City Council election took place on 7 May 1997 to elect members of Peterborough City Council in England. This was on the same day as the 1997 general election and other local elections.

1997 Peterborough City Council election

7 May 1997 (1997-05-07)
All 57 seats to Peterborough City Council 29 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	67.0%
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Conservative Liberal Last election 29 seats, 49.4% 13 seats, 33.4% 3 seats, 5.5% Seats won 27 24 3 Seat change 2 11 Popular vote 76,738 71,278 10,320 Percentage 45.8% 42.5% 6.2% Swing 3.6% 9.1% 0.7%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Liberal Democrats Independent Labour Last election 2 seats, 8.6% 0 seats, 0.0% Seats won 2 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 7,344 1,734 Percentage 4.4% 1.0% Swing 4.2% N/A
Council control before election Labour Council control after election No overall control

The whole council was up for election on new ward boundaries and the number of seats increased by 8. Labour lost their majority on the council, which they had narrowly gained at the 1996 election. Despite this, Labour remained the largest party.

Summary

Election result

1997 Peterborough City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	27	2	47.4	0	27	47.4	76,738	45.8	-3.6
	Conservative	24	11	42.1	0	24	42.1	71,278	42.5	+9.1
	Liberal	3		5.3	0	3	5.3	10,320	6.2	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	2		3.5	0	2	3.5	7,344	4.4	-4.2
	Independent Labour	1	1	1.8	0	1	1.8	1,734	1.0	N/A
	Ind. Conservative	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	266	0.2	N/A
	Independent	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	N/A	N/A	N/A

Ward results

Barnack

Barnack

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Over	1,054	69.8	+11.2
	Labour	J. Budding	457	30.2	+5.9
Majority			597	39.6	+6.3
Turnout			1,511	76.2	+28.2
Registered electors			1,983
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.7

Central

Central (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Choudhary	2,199	62.1
	Labour	R. Akhtar*	2,074	58.6
	Labour	N. Khan*	1,962	55.4
	Conservative	M. Hussain*	1,338	37.8
	Conservative	M. Hussain	974	27.5
	Conservative	B. Searle	935	26.4
Turnout			3,539	82.0
Registered electors			4,316
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Dogsthorpe

Dogsthorpe (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	A. Miners*	2,463	63.2
	Liberal	K. Duell	2,239	57.4
	Liberal	R. Pobgee	2,100	53.9
	Labour	C. Fisher	1,013	26.0
	Labour	W. Houghton	958	24.6
	Labour	V. Stokes	828	21.2
	Conservative	S. Holmes	422	10.8
	Conservative	A. Stead	411	10.5
	Conservative	M. Wright	332	8.5
Turnout			3,898	71.9
Registered electors			5,421
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

East

East (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Farrell*	1,917	60.8
	Labour	C. Edwards	1,699	53.9
	Labour	M. Todd*	1,497	47.5
	Conservative	P. Grimwood	1,233	39.1
	Conservative	D. Hillson	1,075	34.1
	Conservative	M. Tahir	1,016	32.2
Turnout			3,151	53.3
Registered electors			5,912
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Eye & Thorney

Eye & Thorney (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Bartlett	1,659	55.3
	Conservative	D. Sanders	1,337	44.6
	Labour	B. Allway	1,076	35.9
	Labour	Z. Bishrey*	955	31.8
	Ind. Conservative	A. Semper	266	8.9
Turnout			3,001	74.2
Registered electors			4,045
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fletton

Fletton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Gray*	2,142	64.6
	Labour	M. Farrell	1,732	52.2
	Labour	B. Payton	1,495	45.1
	Conservative	G. Casey	1,177	35.5
	Conservative	A. Vigar	997	30.0
	Conservative	B. Picton	903	27.2
Turnout			3,318	65.4
Registered electors			5,073
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Glinton

Glinton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Holdich*	1,415	75.1	+11.3
	Labour	S. Lawrence	468	24.9	+6.6
Majority			947	50.2	+4.7
Turnout			1,883	75.7	+30.2
Registered electors			2,487
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.4

Newborough

Newborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	N. Sanders*	905	68.4	N/A
	Labour	G. McClean	418	31.6	–5.6
Majority			487	36.8	N/A
Turnout			1,323	93.6	+52.9
Registered electors			1,413
	Conservative gain from Independent

North

North (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Labour	C. Swift*	1,734	52.1
	Labour	W. Burke*	794	23.9
	Labour	P. Baylis*	706	21.2
	Conservative	P. Gale	544	16.3
	Conservative	A. Paul	294	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	L. Martin	256	7.7
Turnout			3,329	70.9
Registered electors			4,695
	Independent Labour hold
	Labour hold

North Bretton

North Bretton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Weston	2,392	64.0
	Labour	J. Johnson	2,383	63.7
	Labour	H. Lakhanpaul	1,969	52.7
	Conservative	M. Bye	1,347	36.0
	Conservative	B. Dunham	1,248	33.4
	Conservative	C. McKeown	1,134	30.3
Turnout			3,739	73.7
Registered electors			5,073
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Northborough

Northborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	B. Franklin*	1,011	72.3	+15.4
	Labour	S. Larder	388	27.7	–1.2
Majority			623	44.5	+16.6
Turnout			1,399	67.6	+24.7
Registered electors			2,070
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.3

Orton Longueville

Orton Longueville (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Owens*	1,881	41.9
	Labour	C. Weaver*	1,797	40.1
	Labour	M. Goffrey*	1,674	37.3
	Conservative	L. Hopkins	1,385	30.9
	Liberal Democrats	A. Ewing	1,273	28.4
	Conservative	L. Markwick	1,257	28.0
	Conservative	J. Staines	1,163	25.9
Turnout			4,486	62.0
Registered electors			7,325
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Orton Waterville

Orton Waterville (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Cereste*	2,257	57.5
	Conservative	A. Kempsell	2,224	56.7
	Conservative	M. D'Andrew	2,010	51.2
	Labour	K. Speirs	1,669	42.5
	Labour	A. Dale	1,557	39.7
	Labour	R. Strangward	1,344	34.3
Turnout			3,923	58.9
Registered electors			6,660
	Conservative hold
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Park

Park (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Y. Lowndes*	2,086	47.3
	Conservative	J. Peach	2,020	45.8
	Conservative	P. Kreling*	1,903	43.2
	Labour	A. Brosnan	1,577	35.8
	Labour	C. Hubback	1,355	30.7
	Labour	M. Hussain	1,242	28.2
	Liberal	S. Goldspink	743	16.9
Turnout			4,408	66.3
Registered electors			6,649
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative hold

Paston

Paston (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Bradley*	1,936	51.5
	Labour	J. Bleakney	1,773	47.2
	Labour	P. Ward*	1,379	36.7
	Conservative	P. Lowndes	1,015	27.0
	Conservative	M. Kreling	958	25.5
	Conservative	M. Thompson	866	23.0
	Liberal Democrats	P. Turner	808	21.5
Turnout			3,758	83.8
Registered electors			4,485
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour win (new seat)

Ravensthorpe

Ravensthorpe (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Cox*	1,891	51.2
	Labour	J. Ledgister*	1,547	41.9
	Labour	M. Rainey	1,475	39.9
	Liberal	C. Ash	1,133	30.7
	Liberal	S. McGee	911	24.7
	Liberal	D. Robson	731	19.8
	Conservative	A. Hopkins	669	18.1
	Conservative	R. Markwick	572	15.5
	Conservative	J. Smedley	555	15.0
Turnout			3,695	79.0
Registered electors			4,675
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

South

South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Crick	749	50.8
	Labour	M. Dale	723	49.1
	Conservative	G. Simons	626	42.5
	Labour	A. Pears	607	41.2
Turnout			1,473	66.2
Registered electors			2,225
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

South Bretton

South Bretton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Burton	1,445	50.9
	Labour	A. Ellis	1,393	49.1
	Conservative	M. Storti	1,251	44.1
	Labour	D. Matthews	1,232	43.4
Turnout			2,837	67.7
Registered electors			4,191
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Stanground

Stanground (3 seatS)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. Sneesby	1,619	44.0
	Labour	R. Palmer	1,598	43.5
	Labour	P. Bonner*	1,502	40.8
	Labour	J. Reece*	1,170	31.8
	Conservative	J. Brett	1,008	27.4
	Conservative	P. Fierro	915	24.9
	Liberal Democrats	S. Crowe	457	12.4
Turnout			3,677	56.0
Registered electors			6,566
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Walton

Walton (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	M. Jackson*	1,482	47.2
	Liberal Democrats	N. Sandford*	1,200	38.2
	Conservative	J. Roberts*	915	29.1
	Labour	C. Cabom	746	23.8
	Conservative	R. Allen	640	20.4
	Labour	D. Tarren	523	16.7
Turnout			3,141	63.0
Registered electors			4,985
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Werrington North

Werrington North (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Clements*	1,703	42.7
	Conservative	K. Jarvie	1,490	37.3
	Conservative	J. Goodfellow	1,350	33.8
	Conservative	M. Sims	1,348	33.8
	Labour	W. Easton	1,213	30.4
	Labour	J. Hall	1,197	30.0
	Liberal Democrats	C. Dacre	797	20.0
Turnout			3,990	71.8
Registered electors			5,557
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Werrington South

Werrington South (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Burke	1,975	42.7
	Conservative	D. Raines	1,864	40.3
	Conservative	J. Hunter	1,628	35.2
	Labour	N. Gregory	1,578	34.1
	Labour	D. McGeachie	1,442	31.2
	Liberal Democrats	K. Scott	1,071	23.2
Turnout			4,624	82.8
Registered electors			5,584
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

West

West (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Perkins	2,725	63.7
	Conservative	G. Ridgway*	2,693	62.9
	Conservative	D. Thorpe	2,486	58.1
	Labour	A. Dowson	1,551	36.3
	Labour	F. Cooke	1,345	31.4
	Labour	M. Stonham	1,248	29.2
Turnout			4,278	42.9
Registered electors			9,971
	Conservative gain from Labour
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Wittering

Wittering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Horrell	850	70.9	+19.5
	Labour	M. Beaver	349	29.1	+16.5
Majority			501	41.8	+12.4
Turnout			1,199	81.0	+38.5
Registered electors			1,481
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.5