# 1997 Peterborough City Council election

The 1997 Peterborough City Council election took place on 7 May 1997 to elect members of Peterborough City Council in England. 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 | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | 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 | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | D. Over | 1,054 | 69.8 | +11.2 |
| | Labour | J. Budding | 457 | 30.2 | +5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 597 | 39.6 | +6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,511 | 76.2 | +28.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,983 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 2.7 | |

### Central

Central (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | M. Choudhary | 2,199 | 62.1 |
| | Labour | R. Akhtar* | 2,074 | 58.6 |
| | Labour | N. Khan* | 1,962 | 55.4 |
| | Conservative | M. Hussain* | 1,338 | 37.8 |
| | Conservative | M. Hussain | 974 | 27.5 |
| | Conservative | B. Searle | 935 | 26.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,539 | 82.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,316 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Dogsthorpe

Dogsthorpe (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | A. Miners* | 2,463 | 63.2 |
| | Liberal | K. Duell | 2,239 | 57.4 |
| | Liberal | R. Pobgee | 2,100 | 53.9 |
| | Labour | C. Fisher | 1,013 | 26.0 |
| | Labour | W. Houghton | 958 | 24.6 |
| | Labour | V. Stokes | 828 | 21.2 |
| | Conservative | S. Holmes | 422 | 10.8 |
| | Conservative | A. Stead | 411 | 10.5 |
| | Conservative | M. Wright | 332 | 8.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,898 | 71.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,421 | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Liberal hold |

### East

East (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | J. Farrell* | 1,917 | 60.8 |
| | Labour | C. Edwards | 1,699 | 53.9 |
| | Labour | M. Todd* | 1,497 | 47.5 |
| | Conservative | P. Grimwood | 1,233 | 39.1 |
| | Conservative | D. Hillson | 1,075 | 34.1 |
| | Conservative | M. Tahir | 1,016 | 32.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,151 | 53.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,912 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Eye & Thorney

Eye & Thorney (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | J. Bartlett | 1,659 | 55.3 |
| | Conservative | D. Sanders | 1,337 | 44.6 |
| | Labour | B. Allway | 1,076 | 35.9 |
| | Labour | Z. Bishrey* | 955 | 31.8 |
| | Ind. Conservative | A. Semper | 266 | 8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,001 | 74.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,045 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Fletton

Fletton (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | C. Gray* | 2,142 | 64.6 |
| | Labour | M. Farrell | 1,732 | 52.2 |
| | Labour | B. Payton | 1,495 | 45.1 |
| | Conservative | G. Casey | 1,177 | 35.5 |
| | Conservative | A. Vigar | 997 | 30.0 |
| | Conservative | B. Picton | 903 | 27.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,318 | 65.4 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,073 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Glinton

Glinton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Holdich* | 1,415 | 75.1 | +11.3 |
| | Labour | S. Lawrence | 468 | 24.9 | +6.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 947 | 50.2 | +4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,883 | 75.7 | +30.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,487 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 2.4 | |

### Newborough

Newborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | N. Sanders* | 905 | 68.4 | N/A |
| | Labour | G. McClean | 418 | 31.6 | –5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 487 | 36.8 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,323 | 93.6 | +52.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,413 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent |

### North

North (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent Labour | C. Swift* | 1,734 | 52.1 |
| | Labour | W. Burke* | 794 | 23.9 |
| | Labour | P. Baylis* | 706 | 21.2 |
| | Conservative | P. Gale | 544 | 16.3 |
| | Conservative | A. Paul | 294 | 8.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | L. Martin | 256 | 7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,329 | 70.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,695 | |
| | Independent Labour hold | Independent Labour hold | Independent Labour hold | Independent Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### North Bretton

North Bretton (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | D. Weston | 2,392 | 64.0 |
| | Labour | J. Johnson | 2,383 | 63.7 |
| | Labour | H. Lakhanpaul | 1,969 | 52.7 |
| | Conservative | M. Bye | 1,347 | 36.0 |
| | Conservative | B. Dunham | 1,248 | 33.4 |
| | Conservative | C. McKeown | 1,134 | 30.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,739 | 73.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,073 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Northborough

Northborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | B. Franklin* | 1,011 | 72.3 | +15.4 |
| | Labour | S. Larder | 388 | 27.7 | –1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 623 | 44.5 | +16.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,399 | 67.6 | +24.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,070 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 8.3 | |

### Orton Longueville

Orton Longueville (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | J. Owens* | 1,881 | 41.9 |
| | Labour | C. Weaver* | 1,797 | 40.1 |
| | Labour | M. Goffrey* | 1,674 | 37.3 |
| | Conservative | L. Hopkins | 1,385 | 30.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | A. Ewing | 1,273 | 28.4 |
| | Conservative | L. Markwick | 1,257 | 28.0 |
| | Conservative | J. Staines | 1,163 | 25.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,486 | 62.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,325 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Orton Waterville

Orton Waterville (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | M. Cereste* | 2,257 | 57.5 |
| | Conservative | A. Kempsell | 2,224 | 56.7 |
| | Conservative | M. D'Andrew | 2,010 | 51.2 |
| | Labour | K. Speirs | 1,669 | 42.5 |
| | Labour | A. Dale | 1,557 | 39.7 |
| | Labour | R. Strangward | 1,344 | 34.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,923 | 58.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,660 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Park

Park (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Y. Lowndes* | 2,086 | 47.3 |
| | Conservative | J. Peach | 2,020 | 45.8 |
| | Conservative | P. Kreling* | 1,903 | 43.2 |
| | Labour | A. Brosnan | 1,577 | 35.8 |
| | Labour | C. Hubback | 1,355 | 30.7 |
| | Labour | M. Hussain | 1,242 | 28.2 |
| | Liberal | S. Goldspink | 743 | 16.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,408 | 66.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,649 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Paston

Paston (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | S. Bradley* | 1,936 | 51.5 |
| | Labour | J. Bleakney | 1,773 | 47.2 |
| | Labour | P. Ward* | 1,379 | 36.7 |
| | Conservative | P. Lowndes | 1,015 | 27.0 |
| | Conservative | M. Kreling | 958 | 25.5 |
| | Conservative | M. Thompson | 866 | 23.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | P. Turner | 808 | 21.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,758 | 83.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,485 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Ravensthorpe

Ravensthorpe (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | A. Cox* | 1,891 | 51.2 |
| | Labour | J. Ledgister* | 1,547 | 41.9 |
| | Labour | M. Rainey | 1,475 | 39.9 |
| | Liberal | C. Ash | 1,133 | 30.7 |
| | Liberal | S. McGee | 911 | 24.7 |
| | Liberal | D. Robson | 731 | 19.8 |
| | Conservative | A. Hopkins | 669 | 18.1 |
| | Conservative | R. Markwick | 572 | 15.5 |
| | Conservative | J. Smedley | 555 | 15.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,695 | 79.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,675 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### South

South (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | R. Crick | 749 | 50.8 |
| | Labour | M. Dale | 723 | 49.1 |
| | Conservative | G. Simons | 626 | 42.5 |
| | Labour | A. Pears | 607 | 41.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,473 | 66.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,225 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### South Bretton

South Bretton (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | M. Burton | 1,445 | 50.9 |
| | Labour | A. Ellis | 1,393 | 49.1 |
| | Conservative | M. Storti | 1,251 | 44.1 |
| | Labour | D. Matthews | 1,232 | 43.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,837 | 67.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,191 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |

### Stanground

Stanground (3 seatS) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | C. Sneesby | 1,619 | 44.0 |
| | Labour | R. Palmer | 1,598 | 43.5 |
| | Labour | P. Bonner* | 1,502 | 40.8 |
| | Labour | J. Reece* | 1,170 | 31.8 |
| | Conservative | J. Brett | 1,008 | 27.4 |
| | Conservative | P. Fierro | 915 | 24.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | S. Crowe | 457 | 12.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,677 | 56.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,566 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Walton

Walton (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | M. Jackson* | 1,482 | 47.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | N. Sandford* | 1,200 | 38.2 |
| | Conservative | J. Roberts* | 915 | 29.1 |
| | Labour | C. Cabom | 746 | 23.8 |
| | Conservative | R. Allen | 640 | 20.4 |
| | Labour | D. Tarren | 523 | 16.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,141 | 63.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,985 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Werrington North

Werrington North (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | P. Clements* | 1,703 | 42.7 |
| | Conservative | K. Jarvie | 1,490 | 37.3 |
| | Conservative | J. Goodfellow | 1,350 | 33.8 |
| | Conservative | M. Sims | 1,348 | 33.8 |
| | Labour | W. Easton | 1,213 | 30.4 |
| | Labour | J. Hall | 1,197 | 30.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | C. Dacre | 797 | 20.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,990 | 71.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,557 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Werrington South

Werrington South (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | R. Burke | 1,975 | 42.7 |
| | Conservative | D. Raines | 1,864 | 40.3 |
| | Conservative | J. Hunter | 1,628 | 35.2 |
| | Labour | N. Gregory | 1,578 | 34.1 |
| | Labour | D. McGeachie | 1,442 | 31.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | K. Scott | 1,071 | 23.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,624 | 82.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,584 | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### West

West (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | R. Perkins | 2,725 | 63.7 |
| | Conservative | G. Ridgway* | 2,693 | 62.9 |
| | Conservative | D. Thorpe | 2,486 | 58.1 |
| | Labour | A. Dowson | 1,551 | 36.3 |
| | Labour | F. Cooke | 1,345 | 31.4 |
| | Labour | M. Stonham | 1,248 | 29.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,278 | 42.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,971 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Wittering

Wittering :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | J. Horrell | 850 | 70.9 | +19.5 |
| | Labour | M. Beaver | 349 | 29.1 | +16.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 501 | 41.8 | +12.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,199 | 81.0 | +38.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,481 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 1.5 | |