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20 out of 57 seats
29 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Party Conservative Labour Independent
Last election 31 seats, 33.2% 11 seats, 29.0% 6 seats, 7.5%
Seats won 11 5 2
Seats after 29 12 6
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 27,229 21,413 3,948
Percentage 38.0% 29.9% 5.5%
Swing Increase4.8% Increase0.9% Decrease2.0%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Party UKIP Liberal Democrats Liberal
Last election 3 seats, 16.2% 3 seats, 5.8% 3 seats, 3.0%
Seats won 1 0 1
Seats after 4 3 3
Seat change Increase 1 Steady Steady
Popular vote 10,471 2,140 1,446
Percentage 14.6% 3.0% 2.0%
Swing Decrease1.6% Decrease2.8% Decrease1.0%
Council control before election

Conservative Party

 Council control after election

Conservative Party

The 2015 Peterborough City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Peterborough City Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Election result

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2015 Peterborough City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 11 Decrease 2 55.0 18 29 50.9 27,229 38.0 +4.8
  Labour 5 Increase 1 25.0 7 12 21.1 21,413 29.9 +0.9
  Independent 2 Steady 10.0 4 6 10.5 3,948 5.5 -2.0
  UKIP 1 Increase 1 5.0 3 4 7.0 10,471 14.6 -1.6
  Liberal Democrats 0 Steady 0.0 3 3 5.3 2,140 3.0 -2.8
  Liberal 1 Steady 5.0 2 3 5.3 1,446 2.0 -1.0
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 4,501 6.3 +3.0
  English Democrat 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 324 0.5 -0.8
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 131 0.2 -0.5

Ward results

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Bretton North

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Bretton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin Martin 1,422 37.4 +5.5
Conservative Scott Warren 1,064 28.0 +4.3
UKIP Ann Chanter-Allen 945 24.9 −10.7
Green Wendy Hirst 194 5.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Rohan Wilson 177 4.7 −4.2
Majority 358 9.4
Turnout 3,802
Labour hold Swing Increase0.6

Bretton South

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Bretton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Cole 601 43.2 −18.0
Labour Angus Ellis 413 29.7 +8.6
Independent Michael Flectcher 240 17.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Pollack 71 5.1 N/A
Green Samuel Gibbons 67 4.8 −2.5
Majority 188 13.5
Turnout 1,392
Conservative hold Swing Decrease13.3

Central

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Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mohammed Nadeem 2,294 50.6 +25.7
Labour Sabra Yasin 1,856 40.9 −24.0
Green Alexander Airey 383 8.4 −1.8
Majority 438 9.7
Turnout 4,533
Conservative hold Swing Increase24.9

Dogsthorpe

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Dogsthorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Christabel Saltmarsh 1,303 38.4 −20.4
Labour Haggai Odep 898 26.5 −3.5
UKIP Peter O'Dell 649 19.1 N/A
Conservative Emily Fisher 460 13.6 +2.4
Green Nicholas Senior 83 2.4 N/A
Majority 405 11.9
Turnout 3,393
Liberal hold Swing Decrease8.5

East

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East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nabil Shabbir 1,622 41.6 +12.4
Conservative Adam Collins 1,135 29.1 −6.9
UKIP Mary Herdman 762 19.5 −2.8
Green Michael Alexander 236 6.1 +1.3
Liberal Sandra Ringler 143 3.7 −3.9
Majority 487 12.5
Turnout 3,898
Labour hold Swing Increase9.7

Fletton and Woodston

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Fletton and Woodston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rui Faustino 1,798 39.5 +8.6
Labour Alan Dowson 1,437 31.6 +2.4
Independent Dusan Obradovic 673 14.8 N/A
Green Ian Tennant 511 11.2 +4.3
TUSC Jonathan Lloyd 131 2.9 +1.3
Majority 361 7.9
Turnout 4,550
Conservative hold Swing Increase3.1

North

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North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Charles Swift 1,047 50.3 −12.9
Labour Bonita Yonga 590 28.4 +1.0
Conservative Harr Gartside 303 14.6 +5.2
Green Stephanie Wilson 141 6.8 N/A
Majority 457 21.9
Turnout 2,081
Independent hold Swing Decrease7.0

Northborough

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Northborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Hiller 1,140 67.6 +7.2
UKIP Terence Palmer 368 21.8 +14.4
Green Sarah Wilkinson 179 10.6 N/A
Majority 772 45.8
Turnout 1,508
Conservative hold Swing Decrease3.6

Orton Longueville

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Orton Longueville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Casey 1,398 36.0 +6.0
UKIP Rupert Dexter 1,128 29.1 −2.6
Labour Evelina Sidlauskiene 1,122 28.9 +0.7
Green Richard Horton 234 6.0 ±0.0
Majority 270 6.9
Turnout 3,882
Conservative hold Swing Increase4.3

Orton Waterville

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Orton Waterville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kim Aitken 2,532 54.5 +9.0
UKIP Iain McLaughlan 924 19.9 −10.4
Labour David Weaver 874 18.8 +4.3
Green Colin Honeyman-Smith 319 6.9 −1.1
Majority 1,608 34.6
Turnout 4,649
Conservative hold Swing Increase9.7

Orton with Hampton

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Orton with Hampton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel North 2,476 42.3 +4.7
Labour Susan Johnson 1,328 22.7 −2.8
UKIP Matthew Bliszczak 1,047 17.9 N/A
Green Darren Bisby-Boyd 498 8.5 −2.9
Liberal Democrats Christopher Wiggin 498 8.5 −2.2
Majority 1,148 19.6
Turnout 5,847
Conservative hold Swing Increase3.8

Park

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Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Shearman 2,049 50.3 +4.7
Conservative Stephen Allen 1,438 35.3 −3.2
UKIP Graham Whitehead 326 8.0 −1.2
Green Fiona Radic 172 4.2 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Rebeka Sellick 90 2.2 −0.2
Majority 611 15.0
Turnout 4,075
Labour hold Swing Increase4.0

Paston

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Paston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jonas Hopogap Yonga 1,116 33.6 −1.3
Conservative Bryan Tyler 1,037 31.3 +7.2
UKIP Sharon Varkalis 842 25.4 −15.6
Liberal Democrats Peter Chivall 171 5.2 N/A
Green Roger Proudfoot 151 4.6 N/A
Majority 79 2.3
Turnout 3,317
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Decrease4.3

Ravensthorpe

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Ravensthorpe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Murphy 1,207 46.4 +10.6
Conservative Harry Newton 813 31.2 −25.0
UKIP David Neville 496 19.1 +11.1
Green Joanna Weedon 87 3.3 N/A
Majority 394 15.2
Turnout 2,603
Labour hold Swing Increase17.8

Stanground Central

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Stanground Central (2 seats due to by-election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Raymond Bisby 1,731 44.9
UKIP John Whitby 1,560 40.4
Conservative Marco Cereste 1,418 36.8
Labour Margaret Thulbourn 1,273 33.0
Labour Christopher York 1,031 26.7
Green Jonathan Phillipson Brown 376 9.7
English Democrat Nicholas Capp 324 8.4
Turnout 3,857
Conservative hold
UKIP gain from Conservative

Stanground East

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Stanground East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Harper 775 59.0 +1.6
Labour John Thulbourn 403 30.7 +4.2
Green Ruth Fiddy 136 10.4 N/A
Majority 372 28.3
Turnout 1,314
Conservative hold Swing Decrease1.3

Werrington North

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Werrington North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Judith Fox 1,988 52.7 −8.0
Conservative Darren Morley 942 25.0 +5.8
Labour Christopher Jones 632 16.8 +4.0
Green Chery Beeby 209 5.5 N/A
Majority 1,046 27.7
Turnout 3,771
Independent hold Swing Decrease8.9

Werrington South

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Werrington South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paula Thacker 1,562 39.1 +18.8
Liberal Democrats Andrew Bond 1,133 28.4 −20.2
UKIP Michael Kennedy 669 16.8 −4.8
Labour Vincent Moon 521 13.1 +3.6
Green Joseph Wells 107 2.7 N/A
Majority 429 10.7
Turnout 3,992
Conservative hold Swing Increase19.5

West

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West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wane Fitzgerald 2,312 45.3 +4.3
Labour Mohammed Sabir 1,619 31.7 +0.2
UKIP John Myles 755 14.8 −4.6
Green Karen Lawrence 418 8.2 N/A
Majority 693 13.6
Turnout 5,104
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.1

By-elections

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West

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A by-election was called due to the resignation of Cllr Nick Arculus.

West: 29 October 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lynne Ayres 1,174 46.4
Labour Mohammed Sabir 742 29.4
UKIP John Myles 415 16.4
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Pollack 103 4.1
Green Alex Airey 94 3.7
Majority 432 17.0
Turnout 2,528
Conservative hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
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