1997 Peterborough City Council election

Local election in Peterborough, England 1997 Peterborough City Council election Cambridgeshire parliamentary 1996 Peterborough City Council election 1996 1997 5 7 y 1999 Peterborough City Council election 1999 All 57 seats to Peterborough City Council 29 67.0% 95x50px|Blank Labour Party (UK) 29 seats, 49.4% 27 2 76,738 45.8% 3.6% 95x50px|Blank Conservative Party (UK) 13 seats, 33.4% 24 11 71,278 42.5% 9.1% 95x50px|Blank Liberal Party (UK, 1989) 3 seats, 5.5% 3 10,320 6.2% 0.7% 95x50px|Blank Liberal Democrats (UK) 2 seats, 8.6% 2 7,344 4.4% 4.2% 95x50px|Blank Independent Labour 0 seats, 0.0% 1 1 1,734 1.0% N/A Council control Council control after election Labour Party (UK) No overall control The 1997 Peterborough City Council election took place on 7 May 1997 to elect members of Peterborough City Council in England.https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Peterborough-1997-2012.pdf Peterborough City Council Election Results 1997-2012 12 November 2022 Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher 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. Results summary Election results 1997 Peterborough City Council election Labour Party (UK) 27 2 47.4 0 27 47.4 76,738 45.8 -3.6 Conservative Party (UK) 24 11 42.1 0 24 42.1 71,278 42.5 +9.1 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) 3 5.3 0 3 5.3 10,320 6.2 +0.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) 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 Independent Conservative 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 266 0.2 N/A Independent politician 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 N/A N/A N/A Ward results Barnack Barnack Conservative Party (UK) D. Over 1,054 69.8 +11.2 Labour Party (UK) J. Budding 457 30.2 +5.9 597 39.6 +6.3 1,511 76.2 +28.2 1,983 Conservative Party (UK) 2.7 Central Central (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) M. Choudhary 2,199 62.1 Labour Party (UK) R. Akhtar* 2,074 58.6 Labour Party (UK) N. Khan* 1,962 55.4 Conservative Party (UK) M. Hussain* 1,338 37.8 Conservative Party (UK) M. Hussain 974 27.5 Conservative Party (UK) B. Searle 935 26.4 3,539 82.0 4,316 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Dogsthorpe Dogsthorpe (3 seats) Liberal Party (UK, 1989) A. Miners* 2,463 63.2 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) K. Duell 2,239 57.4 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) R. Pobgee 2,100 53.9 Labour Party (UK) C. Fisher 1,013 26.0 Labour Party (UK) W. Houghton 958 24.6 Labour Party (UK) V. Stokes 828 21.2 Conservative Party (UK) S. Holmes 422 10.8 Conservative Party (UK) A. Stead 411 10.5 Conservative Party (UK) M. Wright 332 8.5 3,898 71.9 5,421 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) Liberal Party (UK, 1989) Liberal Party (UK, 1989) East East (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) J. Farrell* 1,917 60.8 Labour Party (UK) C. Edwards 1,699 53.9 Labour Party (UK) M. Todd* 1,497 47.5 Conservative Party (UK) P. Grimwood 1,233 39.1 Conservative Party (UK) D. Hillson 1,075 34.1 Conservative Party (UK) M. Tahir 1,016 32.2 3,151 53.3 5,912 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Eye & Thorney Eye & Thorney (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) J. Bartlett 1,659 55.3 Conservative Party (UK) D. Sanders 1,337 44.6 Labour Party (UK) B. Allway 1,076 35.9 Labour Party (UK) Z. Bishrey* 955 31.8 Independent Conservative A. Semper 266 8.9 3,001 74.2 4,045 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Fletton Fletton (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) C. Gray* 2,142 64.6 Labour Party (UK) M. Farrell 1,732 52.2 Labour Party (UK) B. Payton 1,495 45.1 Conservative Party (UK) G. Casey 1,177 35.5 Conservative Party (UK) A. Vigar 997 30.0 Conservative Party (UK) B. Picton 903 27.2 3,318 65.4 5,073 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Glinton Glinton Conservative Party (UK) J. Holdich* 1,415 75.1 +11.3 Labour Party (UK) S. Lawrence 468 24.9 +6.6 947 50.2 +4.7 1,883 75.7 +30.2 2,487 Conservative Party (UK) 2.4 Newborough Newborough Conservative Party (UK) N. Sanders* 905 68.4 N/A Labour Party (UK) G. McClean 418 31.6 –5.6 487 36.8 N/A 1,323 93.6 +52.9 1,413 Conservative Party (UK) Independent politician North North (2 seats) Independent Labour C. Swift* 1,734 52.1 Labour Party (UK) W. Burke* 794 23.9 Labour Party (UK) P. Baylis* 706 21.2 Conservative Party (UK) P. Gale 544 16.3 Conservative Party (UK) A. Paul 294 8.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) L. Martin 256 7.7 3,329 70.9 4,695 Independent Labour Labour Party (UK) North Bretton North Bretton (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) D. Weston 2,392 64.0 Labour Party (UK) J. Johnson 2,383 63.7 Labour Party (UK) H. Lakhanpaul 1,969 52.7 Conservative Party (UK) M. Bye 1,347 36.0 Conservative Party (UK) B. Dunham 1,248 33.4 Conservative Party (UK) C. McKeown 1,134 30.3 3,739 73.7 5,073 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Northborough Northborough Conservative Party (UK) B. Franklin* 1,011 72.3 +15.4 Labour Party (UK) S. Larder 388 27.7 –1.2 623 44.5 +16.6 1,399 67.6 +24.7 2,070 Conservative Party (UK) 8.3 Orton Longueville Orton Longueville (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) J. Owens* 1,881 41.9 Labour Party (UK) C. Weaver* 1,797 40.1 Labour Party (UK) M. Goffrey* 1,674 37.3 Conservative Party (UK) L. Hopkins 1,385 30.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) A. Ewing 1,273 28.4 Conservative Party (UK) L. Markwick 1,257 28.0 Conservative Party (UK) J. Staines 1,163 25.9 4,486 62.0 7,325 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Orton Waterville Orton Waterville (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) M. Cereste* 2,257 57.5 Conservative Party (UK) A. Kempsell 2,224 56.7 Conservative Party (UK) M. D'Andrew 2,010 51.2 Labour Party (UK) K. Speirs 1,669 42.5 Labour Party (UK) A. Dale 1,557 39.7 Labour Party (UK) R. Strangward 1,344 34.3 3,923 58.9 6,660 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Park Park (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) Y. Lowndes* 2,086 47.3 Conservative Party (UK) J. Peach 2,020 45.8 Conservative Party (UK) P. Kreling* 1,903 43.2 Labour Party (UK) A. Brosnan 1,577 35.8 Labour Party (UK) C. Hubback 1,355 30.7 Labour Party (UK) M. Hussain 1,242 28.2 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) S. Goldspink 743 16.9 4,408 66.3 6,649 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Paston Paston (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) S. Bradley* 1,936 51.5 Labour Party (UK) J. Bleakney 1,773 47.2 Labour Party (UK) P. Ward* 1,379 36.7 Conservative Party (UK) P. Lowndes 1,015 27.0 Conservative Party (UK) M. Kreling 958 25.5 Conservative Party (UK) M. Thompson 866 23.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) P. Turner 808 21.5 3,758 83.8 4,485 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Ravensthorpe Ravensthorpe (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) A. Cox* 1,891 51.2 Labour Party (UK) J. Ledgister* 1,547 41.9 Labour Party (UK) M. Rainey 1,475 39.9 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) C. Ash 1,133 30.7 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) S. McGee 911 24.7 Liberal Party (UK, 1989) D. Robson 731 19.8 Conservative Party (UK) A. Hopkins 669 18.1 Conservative Party (UK) R. Markwick 572 15.5 Conservative Party (UK) J. Smedley 555 15.0 3,695 79.0 4,675 Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) South South (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) R. Crick 749 50.8 Labour Party (UK) M. Dale 723 49.1 Conservative Party (UK) G. Simons 626 42.5 Labour Party (UK) A. Pears 607 41.2 1,473 66.2 2,225 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) South Bretton South Bretton (2 seats) Conservative Party (UK) M. Burton 1,445 50.9 Labour Party (UK) A. Ellis 1,393 49.1 Conservative Party (UK) M. Storti 1,251 44.1 Labour Party (UK) D. Matthews 1,232 43.4 2,837 67.7 4,191 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Stanground Stanground (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) C. Sneesby 1,619 44.0 Labour Party (UK) R. Palmer 1,598 43.5 Labour Party (UK) P. Bonner* 1,502 40.8 Labour Party (UK) J. Reece* 1,170 31.8 Conservative Party (UK) J. Brett 1,008 27.4 Conservative Party (UK) P. Fierro 915 24.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) S. Crowe 457 12.4 3,677 56.0 6,566 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Walton Walton (2 seats) Liberal Democrats (UK) M. Jackson* 1,482 47.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) N. Sandford* 1,200 38.2 Conservative Party (UK) J. Roberts* 915 29.1 Labour Party (UK) C. Cabom 746 23.8 Conservative Party (UK) R. Allen 640 20.4 Labour Party (UK) D. Tarren 523 16.7 3,141 63.0 4,985 Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats (UK) Werrington North Werrington North (3 seats) Labour Party (UK) P. Clements* 1,703 42.7 Conservative Party (UK) K. Jarvie 1,490 37.3 Conservative Party (UK) J. Goodfellow 1,350 33.8 Conservative Party (UK) M. Sims 1,348 33.8 Labour Party (UK) W. Easton 1,213 30.4 Labour Party (UK) J. Hall 1,197 30.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) C. Dacre 797 20.0 3,990 71.8 5,557 Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Werrington South Werrington South (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) R. Burke 1,975 42.7 Conservative Party (UK) D. Raines 1,864 40.3 Conservative Party (UK) J. Hunter 1,628 35.2 Labour Party (UK) N. Gregory 1,578 34.1 Labour Party (UK) D. McGeachie 1,442 31.2 Liberal Democrats (UK) K. Scott 1,071 23.2 4,624 82.8 5,584 Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) West West (3 seats) Conservative Party (UK) R. Perkins 2,725 63.7 Conservative Party (UK) G. Ridgway* 2,693 62.9 Conservative Party (UK) D. Thorpe 2,486 58.1 Labour Party (UK) A. Dowson 1,551 36.3 Labour Party (UK) F. Cooke 1,345 31.4 Labour Party (UK) M. Stonham 1,248 29.2 4,278 42.9 9,971 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) Wittering Wittering Conservative Party (UK) J. Horrell 850 70.9 +19.5 Labour Party (UK) M. Beaver 349 29.1 +16.5 501 41.8 +12.4 1,199 81.0 +38.5 1,481 Conservative Party (UK) 1.5 References 1997 Category:1990s in Cambridgeshire Peterborough