2000 Peterborough City Council election

The 2000 Peterborough City Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Peterborough City Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Election result

2000 Peterborough City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	9	3	45.0	19	28	49.1	15,822	52.7	+0.1
	Labour	7	4	35.0	15	22	38.6	10,044	33.5	-7.8
	Liberal	1		5.0	2	3	5.3	1,230	4.1	-0.2
	Liberal Democrats	2		10.0	0	2	3.5	1,963	6.5	+5.5
	Independent Labour	1	1	5.0	1	2	3.5	877	2.9	N/A
	Legalise Cannabis	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	85	0.3	N/A

Barnack
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Over*	671	84.5
	Labour	G. Jackson	123	15.5
Majority			548	69.0
Turnout			794	41.9
	Conservative hold		Swing


Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Akhtar*	1,478	54.7
	Conservative	M. Hussain	1,224	45.3
Majority			254	9.4
Turnout			2,702	48.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Dogsthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	C. Ash	902	63.8
	Labour	C. Hubback	256	18.1
	Conservative	P. Gale	256	18.1
Majority			646	45.7
Turnout			1,414	26.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	M. Collins	893	59.8
	Labour	C. Edwards*	516	34.5
	Legalise Cannabis	M. Davies	85	5.7
Majority			377	25.2
Turnout			1,494	28.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Fletton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Farrell*	605	50.9
	Conservative	A. Vigar	584	49.1
Majority			21	1.8
Turnout			1,189	21.8
	Labour hold		Swing

North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Labour	K. Sharp	877	69.4
	Conservative	A. Stead	227	18.0
	Labour	J. Washington	159	12.6
Majority			650	51.5
Turnout			1,263	33.1
	Independent Labour gain from Labour		Swing

North Bretton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Johnson*	702	61.1
	Conservative	S. Scott	447	38.9
Majority			255	22.2
Turnout			1,149	20.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Orton Longueville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Weaver*	772	47.4
	Conservative	G. Murphy	707	43.5
	Liberal	A. Clarke	148	9.1
Majority			65	4.0
Turnout			1,627	28.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Orton Waterville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	A. Kempsell*	1,444	76.2
	Labour	K. Whitworth	452	23.8
Majority			992	52.3
Turnout			1,896	30.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Peach*	1,833	76.1
	Labour	M. Hussain	422	17.5
	Liberal Democrats	C. Spencer	154	6.4
Majority			1,411	58.6
Turnout			2,409	40.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Paston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Bleakney*	507	47.8
	Conservative	K. Jarvie	366	34.5
	Liberal	C. Walker	187	17.6
Majority			141	13.3
Turnout			1,060	19.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Ravensthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	L. O'Brien	638	54.2
	Conservative	H. Newton	398	33.8
	Liberal	D. Robson	141	12.0
Majority			240	20.4
Turnout			1,177	22.5
	Labour hold		Swing

South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Dale*	421	54.2
	Conservative	L. Serluca	356	45.8
Majority			65	8.4
Turnout			777	30.5
	Labour hold		Swing

South Bretton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	E. Law	823	61.2
	Labour	A. Ellis*	521	38.8
Majority			302	22.5
Turnout			1,344	32.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Stanground
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B. Rush	992	52.5
	Labour	R. Palmer*	899	47.5
Majority			93	4.9
Turnout			1,891	33.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Walton (2 seats due to by-election)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Sandford*	943	65.9
	Liberal Democrats	D. Fower	866	60.5
	Conservative	J. Roberts	402	28.1
	Conservative	R. Allen	305	21.3
	Labour	W. Burke	147	10.3
	Labour	Z. Bishrey	126	8.8
Turnout			1,432	37.0
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Werrington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	T. Hitchborn	834	62.2
	Labour	M. Jamil	506	37.8
Majority			328	24.5
Turnout			1,340	25.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Werrington South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Raines*	1,287	77.2
	Labour	C. Fisher	380	22.8
Majority			907	54.4
Turnout			1,667	30.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	G. Ridgway*	1,773	81.1
	Labour	A. Pears	414	18.9
Majority			1,359	62.1
Turnout			2,187	39.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

^ "Peterborough City Council Election Results 1997-2012" (PDF). Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher. Retrieved 13 November 2022.