2018 Peterborough City Council election

Elections to Peterborough City Council took place on 3 May 2018. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.

2018 Peterborough City Council election

3 May 2018 (2018-05-03)
18 seats (out of 60 seats) to Peterborough City Council 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 13 7 Seats before 30 14 5 Seats won 7 6 3 Seats after 31 13 6 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 14,630 14,059 4,399 Percentage 35.5 34.1 10.7 Swing   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Werrington First Independent Liberal Last election 3 0 3 Seats before 3 2 3 Seats won 1 0 0 Seats after 3 2 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 1,420 914 560 Percentage 3.4 2.2 1.4 Swing 1.4   Seventh party Eighth party   Party Green UKIP Last election 0 2 Seats before 0 2 Seats won 1 0 Seats after 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 3,164 2,068 Percentage 7.7 5.0 Swing
Map showing the results of the 2018 Peterborough City Council election

Results summary

Following the 2016 election, two councillors from Gunthorpe ward left the Liberal Democrat group to sit as Independents.

Peterborough City Council election, 2018

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	31	3	2	1	51.7	35.5	14,630	3.3
	Labour	14	2	3	1	23.3	34.1	14,059	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	6	0	0		10.0	10.7	4,399	4.1
	Werrington First	3	0	0		5.0	3.4	1,420	0.6
	Independent	2	0	0		3.3	2.2	914	0.7
	Liberal	2	0	1	1	3.3	1.4	560	1.4
	Green	1	1	0	1	1.7	4.1	3,164	3.6
	UKIP	1	0	1	1	1.7	10.3	2,068	5.3
Total		60						41,214
	Conservative gain from No overall control

Ward results

Bretton

Bretton ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Scott Warren	851	41.8	11.3
	Labour	Jo Johnson	824	40.5	5.8
	UKIP	Graham Whitehead	188	9.2	21.1
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Kail	92	4.5	3.7
	Green	Barry Warne	80	3.9	7.8
Majority			27	1.3	−
Turnout			2,035	30.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	5.3

Central

Central ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mahboob Hussain	1,794	52.8	7.5
	Independent	Mohammad Choudhary	659	19.4	New
	Conservative	Louise Coles	601	17.7	12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Summerside	132	3.9	New
	Green	Steve Wilson	125	3.7	8.2
	UKIP	Jeff Lipscomb	86	2.5	8.5
Majority			1,135	33.4	—
Turnout			3,397	45.0
	Labour hold		Swing	—

Dogsthorpe

Dogsthorpe ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Jones	954	49.8	20.9
	Liberal	Sandra Ringler	560	29.2	12.6
	Conservative	Christopher Moon	255	13.3	4.4
	UKIP	Romana Cammarata	88	4.6	11.3
	Green	Carolyn English	58	3.0	2.8
Majority			394	20.6	—
Turnout			1,915
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

East

East ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samantha Hemraj	1,131	48.3	13.6
	Conservative	Muhammad Ikram	892	38.1	3.8
	UKIP	Graham McMillan	88	4.5	16.9
	Green	Stefen Clements	58	3.0	New
Majority			239	10.2	—
Turnout			2,342
	Labour hold		Swing	7.8

No Liberal candidate as previous (-6.6).

Eye, Thorney & Newborough

Eye, Thorney & Newborough ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Brown	1,252	54.5	21.8
	Labour	Christian Defeo	656	28.6	9.9
	UKIP	Layton Mills	214	9.3	15.8
	Green	Michael Alexander	105	4.6	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Callum.A.Robertson	70	3.0	New
Majority			596	25.9
Turnout			2,297
	Conservative hold		Swing

No Independent candidate as previous (-20.5).

Fletton & Stanground

Fletton & Stanground

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christian Hogg	920	42.5	8.2
	Conservative	Bryan Tyler	453	20.9	0.3
	Labour	Chris Skidmore	448	20.7	9.1
	UKIP	Peter Reeve	221	10.2	19.4
	Green	Karen Alexander	70	3.2	8.1
	Independent	Peter Slinger	53	2.4	10.0
Majority			467	21.6
Turnout			2,165
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	5.9

Fletton & Woodston

Fletton & Woodston ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Dowson	876	43.6	9.3
	Conservative	Nigel North	864	43.0	11.8
	Green	David Stevenson	268	13.3	2.6
Majority			12	0.6
Turnout			2,008
	Labour hold		Swing	1.4

No Independent (-16.7) or TUSC (-4.9) candidates as previous.

Gunthorpe

Gunthorpe ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Bond	1,097	48.7	16.0
	Conservative	Emily Fisher	688	30.6	5.0
	Labour	Haggai Odep	205	9.1	6.4
	Independent	Antony Lockheart	120	5.3	New
	UKIP	Mark Boylan-Taylor	92	4.1	15.6
	Green	Cherry Beeby	50	2.2	New
Majority			409	18.1
Turnout			2,252
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.0

Hampton Vale

Hampton Vale ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marco Cereste	529	52.5	20.2
	Labour	Mohammed Munir	292	29.0	0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Mills	121	12.0	New
	Green	Greg Guthrie	66	6.5	12.5
Majority			237	23.5
Turnout			1,008
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hargate & Hempsted

Hargate & Hempsted ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mohammed Farooq	616	49.1	18.1
	Labour	Callie Louise Hargreaves	306	24.4	0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Wiggin	289	23.0	4.0
	Green	Alex Bailey	44	3.5	New
Majority			310	24.7
Turnout			1,255
	Conservative hold		Swing

North

North ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shazia Bashir	1,233	44.5	5.4
	Labour	Naz Bibi	1,156	41.7	1.3
	UKIP	John Myles	134	4.8	9.6
	Green	Nicola Day	131	4.7	4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Whitley	115	4.2	3.8
Majority			77	2.8	—
Turnout			2,769	—
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Orton Longueville

Orton Longueville ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Irene Walsh	850	37.9	12.6
	Labour	Heather Skibsted	730	32.6	3.9
	UKIP	John Okonkowski	322	14.4	22.4
	Green	Alex Airey	170	7.6	10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Gibbs	170	7.6	4.1
Majority			120	5.3	—
Turnout			2,242	—	—
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Orton Waterville

Orton Waterville ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Julie Howell	1,413	50.8	27.8
	Conservative	Gavin Elsey	1,058	38.0	9.6
	Labour	Alan Gasperutti	249	8.9	9.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Speed	64	2.3	10.9
Majority			355	12.8	—
Turnout			2,784
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

No UKIP candidate as previous (-18.5).

Park

Park ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aasiyah Joseph	1,714	53.8	16.6
	Conservative	John Peach	1,260	39.6	3.2
	Green	Fiona Radic	105	3.3	6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Hardman	104	3.3	1.2
Majority			454	14.2	—
Turnout			3,183	—	—
	Labour hold		Swing

No UKIP candidate as previous (-8.7).

Paston & Walton

Paston & Walton ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Asif Shaheed	873	38.2	2.5
	Labour	Jonas Hopogap Yonga	687	30.1	7.9
	Conservative	Haq Nawaz	424	18.6	1.2
	UKIP	Massimo Pinto	186	8.1	11.0
	Green	Joseph Wells	114	5.0	New
Majority			186	8.1
Turnout			2,284
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ravensthorpe

Ravensthorpe ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Murphy	1,285	45.8	6.5
	Conservative	Paul Bristow	1,257	44.8	6.3
	UKIP	Mark Perry	181	6.5	13.8
	Green	Goran Radic	83	3.0	New
Majority			28	1.0	—
Turnout			2,806	—	—
	Labour hold		Swing

Stanground South

Stanground South ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Bisby	1,080	59.1	13.6
	Labour	Tony Otley	481	26.3	0.4
	UKIP	Lisa Ann Duffy	92	5.0	21.2
	Independent	Julian Bray	82	4.5	New
	Green	Jon Phillipson Brown	51	2.8	New
	Liberal Democrats	Terri Haynes	42	2.3	New
Majority			559	32.8
Turnout			1,828
	Conservative hold		Swing

Werrington

Werrington ward, 3 May 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Werrington First	Steve Lane	1,420	53.2	10.2
	Conservative	Ruth Dalton	467	17.5	2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Bond	310	11.6	New
	Labour	Suzanne Marie White	291	10.9	1.3
	Green	Roger Proudfoot	102	3.8	6.4
	UKIP	June Kennedy	76	2.9	16.2
Majority			953	35.7	—
Turnout			2,666
	Werrington First hold		Swing

By-elections

Orton Longueville

Orton Longueville: 2 August 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gavin Elsey	713	36.5
	Labour	Heather Skibsted	657	33.7
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Gibbs	237	12.1
	Green	Alex Airey	201	10.3
	UKIP	Graham Whitehead	143	7.3
Majority			56	2.8
Turnout			1,951
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• Beasley, Gillian (4 May 2018). "Declaration of Results – May 2018" (PDF). Peterborough City Council. Retrieved 3 April 2022.