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2015 Peterborough City Council election

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20 out of 57 seats 29 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   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 2 1 Popular vote 27,229 21,413 3,948 Percentage 38.0% 29.9% 5.5% Swing 4.8% 0.9% 2.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   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 1 Popular vote 10,471 2,140 1,446 Percentage 14.6% 3.0% 2.0% Swing 1.6% 2.8% 1.0%
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[edit]

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

Ward results[edit]

Bretton North[edit]

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	0.6

Bretton South[edit]

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	13.3

Central[edit]

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	24.9

Dogsthorpe[edit]

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	8.5

East[edit]

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	9.7

Fletton and Woodston[edit]

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	3.1

North[edit]

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	7.0

Northborough[edit]

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	3.6

Orton Longueville[edit]

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	4.3

Orton Waterville[edit]

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	9.7

Orton with Hampton[edit]

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	3.8

Park[edit]

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	4.0

Paston[edit]

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	4.3

Ravensthorpe[edit]

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	17.8

Stanground Central[edit]

Stanground East[edit]

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	1.3

Werrington North[edit]

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	8.9

Werrington South[edit]

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	19.5

West[edit]

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	2.1

By-elections[edit]

West[edit]

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

References[edit]