1997 Peterborough City Council election

1997 Peterborough City Council election

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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 1997 Peterborough City Council election took place on 7 May 1997 to elect members of Peterborough City Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as the 1997 general election and other local elections.

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

Dogsthorpe

East

Eye & Thorney

Fletton

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

North

North Bretton

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 Waterville

Park

Paston

Ravensthorpe

South

South Bretton

Stanground

Walton

Werrington North

Werrington South

West

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

References

This page was last edited on 17 September 2023, at 16:27