1996_Peterborough_City_Council_election

1996 Peterborough City Council election
16 out of 49 seats to Peterborough City Council; 25 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 1996 Peterborough City Council election
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; Labour

1996 Peterborough City Council election

Local election in Peterborough, England

The 1996 Peterborough City Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of Peterborough City Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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1996 Peterborough City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	10	5	58.8	19	29	59.2	16,191	49.4	-2.9
	Conservative	4	6	23.5	9	13	26.5	10,952	33.4	+1.8
	Liberal	1	1	5.9	2	3	6.1	1,809	5.5	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	5.9	1	2	4.1	2,832	8.6	+0.9
	Independent	1	1	5.9	1	2	4.1	1,013	3.1	+1.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Over	554	58.6	–26.8
	Labour	M. Beaver	239	25.3	+10.7
	Liberal Democrats	E. Bishop	153	16.2	N/A
Majority			315	33.3	–37.6
Turnout			946	48.0	–1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	18.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	D. Weston	1,077	71.8	+6.2
	Conservative	B. Dunham*	317	21.1	–4.3
	Liberal Democrats	K. Scott	106	7.1	–1.9
Majority			760	50.7	+10.6
Turnout			1,500	29.9	–0.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	5.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	N. Khan	1,353	58.9	+5.8
	Conservative	M. Hussain	945	41.1	–5.8
Majority			408	17.8	+11.6
Turnout			2,298	50.8	–3.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	5.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	A. Miners*	1,188	63.8	+12.6
	Labour	W. Haughton	506	27.2	–11.0
	Conservative	J. Hunter	169	9.1	–1.5
Majority			682	36.6	+23.6
Turnout			1,863	33.0	+1.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	11.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Farrell*	1,157	65.6	+10.6
	Conservative	P. Grimwood	498	28.2	–11.1
	Liberal Democrats	S. Watkin	109	6.2	N/A
Majority			659	37.4	+21.7
Turnout			1,764	28.0	–8.8
	Labour hold		Swing	10.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	C. Gray*	1,258	77.1	–1.6
	Conservative	D. Hillson	373	22.9	+1.6
Majority			885	54.3	–3.2
Turnout			1,631	25.5	–1.6
	Labour hold		Swing	1.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. Holdich*	726	63.8	–18.2
	Labour	M. Dale	208	18.3	+9.4
	Liberal Democrats	A. Ewing	204	17.9	+8.8
Majority			518	45.5	–27.4
Turnout			1,138	45.5	–0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	13.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	C. Swift*	1,013	52.4	*N/A*
	Labour	W. Easton	618	32.0	–41.9
	Conservative	D. Raines	218	11.3	–0.7
	Liberal Democrats	L. Martin	50	2.6	–4.5
	Liberal	D. Robson	35	1.8	–5.2
Majority			395	20.4	N/A
Turnout			1,934	41.6	+7.6
	Independent gain from Labour

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Owens	1,268	54.6	–8.0
	Conservative	T. Nevett*	695	29.9	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	A. Ewing	360	15.5	+6.4
Majority			573	24.7	–11.0
Turnout			2,323	31.1	–1.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	5.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Kreling*	1,144	52.4	+19.8
	Labour	C. Hubback	1,041	47.6	+5.8
Majority			103	4.7	N/A
Turnout			2,185	33.0	–4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	S. Bradley	644	64.3
	Labour	P. Ward	510	50.9
	Conservative	C. Porteious	180	18.0
	Conservative	M. Sims	153	15.3
	Liberal	R. Keyes	135	13.5
	Liberal	P. Shaw	102	10.2
Turnout			1,001	22.1
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. Ledgister	1,098	69.4	+6.4
	Liberal	S. McGee	349	22.1	–14.9
	Conservative	A. Semper	134	8.5	N/A
Majority			749	47.4	+21.3
Turnout			1,581	31.6	–4.3
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing	10.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Bonner	1,346	52.6	–6.6
	Conservative	G. Simons*	1,028	40.2	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	S. Crowe	184	7.2	+1.5
Majority			318	12.4	–11.8
Turnout			2,558	39.1	–1.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	5.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	J. Sandford	846	38.9	+7.5
	Labour	K. Bleakney	800	36.8	+2.7
	Conservative	D. Porteious*	528	24.3	–10.2
Majority			46	2.1	N/A
Turnout			2,174	42.9	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	2.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	P. Clements	1,522	46.8	+14.8
	Conservative	R. Burke*	1,306	40.1	–1.8
	Liberal Democrats	G. Bishop	426	13.1	–13.1
Majority			216	6.6	N/A
Turnout			3,254	29.3	–3.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	8.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. Ridgway*	1,984	50.6	+6.4
	Labour	A. Ellis	1,546	39.4	–4.8
	Liberal Democrats	P. King	394	10.0	–1.6
Majority			438	11.2	N/A
Turnout			3,924	39.1	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.6