2012 Peterborough City Council election

The 2012 Peterborough City Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Peterborough City Council in England.^[1] The last time these seats were up for election was 2008. This was on the same day as other local elections.

The number of seats up for election were 19 (one per ward). The Conservatives retained overall control of Peterborough City Council.

Election result

2012 Peterborough City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	9	6	47.4	26	35	61.4	14,681	40.8	-2.3
	Labour	6	5	31.6	4	10	17.5	11,794	32.7	+1.3
	Independent	0	1	0.0	4	4	7.0	1,547	4.3	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	10.5	1	3	5.3	2,044	5.7	+1.9
	Liberal	1		5.3	2	3	5.3	1,016	2.8	-1.3
	Werrington Ind.	1	1	5.3	1	2	3.5	1,368	3.8	+0.2
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,038	5.7	+0.9
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	807	2.2	+0.8
	Peterborough Ind.	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	311	0.9	-1.0
	English Democrat	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	269	0.7	-2.9
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	103	0.3	N/A
	Socialist Equality	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	40	0.1	N/A

Ward results

Barnack

Barnack
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Over*	572	68.3
	Labour	Alexander Hall	143	17.1
	UKIP	Alex Jamieson	123	14.7
Majority			429	51.2
Turnout			838	36.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bretton North

Bretton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ann Sylvester	590	32.7
	Conservative	Daniel Bird	423	23.4
	Independent	Pat Nash*	397	22.0
	UKIP	Frances Fox	272	15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Pollack	83	4.6
	Socialist Equality	Steve Woodbridge	40	2.2
Majority			167	9.3
Turnout			1,805	27.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nazim Khan	2,194	50.8
	Conservative	Mohammed Sabeel	1,912	44.3
	Green	Ian Tennant	211	4.9
Majority			282	6.5
Turnout			4,317	54.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Dogsthorpe

Dogsthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Adrian Miners*	1,016	60.1
	Labour	Kevin Bull	420	24.9
	UKIP	Roger Herdman	134	7.9
	Conservative	Bob Bailey	120	7.1
Majority			596	35.3
Turnout			1,690	25.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

East

East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jo Johnson	882	47.9
	Conservative	June Bull	617	33.5
	Green	Paul Furnborough	208	11.3
	Liberal Democrats	Abid Hussain	133	7.2
Majority			265	14.4
Turnout			1,840	24.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Eye and Thorney

Eye and Thorney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dale McKean	694	45.1
	Independent	Graham Murphy	374	24.3
	Labour	Ciaran McManus	225	14.6
	UKIP	Mary Herdman	186	12.1
	Green	Les Lazell	60	3.9
Majority			320	20.8
Turnout			1,539	31.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fletton

Fletton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nicholas Thulbourn	744	42.2
	Conservative	Pedro Faustino	520	29.5
	Independent	Fran Benton*	319	18.1
	Green	Michelle Cooper	181	10.3
Majority			224	12.7
Turnout			1,764	21.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Glinton and Wittering

Glinton and Wittering
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Holdrich*	1,157	81.3
	Labour	Luke Pagliaro	266	18.7
Majority			891	62.6
Turnout			1,423	27.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Orton Longueville

Orton Longueville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lisa Forbes	886	47.4
	Conservative	Pieter Smit	599	32.0
	UKIP	Alan Fromm	283	15.1
	TUSC	Mary Cooke	103	5.5
Majority			287	15.3
Turnout			1,871	25.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Orton Waterville

Orton Waterville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gavin Elsey*	1,146	55.5
	Labour	David Weaver	509	24.7
	UKIP	Ian McLaughlin	409	19.8
Majority			637	30.9
Turnout			2,064	31.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Orton with Hampton

Orton with Hampton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Seaton*	788	46.9
	Labour	Nigel Cornwell	440	26.2
	Peterborough Ind.	Roger Antunes	311	18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Wiggin	142	8.4
Majority			348	20.7
Turnout			1,681	18.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Peach*	1,530	51.7
	Labour	Nicola Day-Dempsey	1,284	43.4
	Green	Fiona Radic	147	5.0
Majority			246	8.3
Turnout			2,961	43.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Paston

Paston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Knowles	687	50.3
	Conservative	David Day*	678	49.7
Majority			9	0.7
Turnout			1,365	23.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Ravensthorpe

Ravensthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gul Nawaz*	926	56.2
	Labour	Glennis Bentley	589	35.8
	UKIP	Paul McLaughlin	132	8.0
Majority			337	20.5
Turnout			1,647	32.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stanground Central

Stanground Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Irene Walsh	719	39.0
	Labour	Ron Graves	701	38.1
	English Democrat	Nick Capp	269	14.6
	Independent	Julien Bray	153	8.3
Majority			18	1.0
Turnout			1,842	26.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Walton

Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Sandford*	718	57.8
	Conservative	Rachel Day	286	23.0
	Labour	Sue Johnson	238	19.2
Majority			432	34.8
Turnout			1,242	29.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Werrington North

Werrington North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Werrington Ind.	John Fox*	1,368	84.3
	Conservative	Darren Morley	153	9.4
	Labour	Zayaer Malik	102	6.3
Majority			1,215	74.9
Turnout			1,623	27.7
	Werrington Ind. hold		Swing

Werrington South

Werrington South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Davidson	812	42.3
	Conservative	Colin Burton*	762	39.7
	Labour	Scott Johnson	347	18.1
Majority			50	2.6
Turnout			1,921	36.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

West

West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Yasmeen Maqbool	1,079	41.7
	Labour	Bedrea Laftah	547	21.2
	UKIP	John Myles	499	19.3
	Independent	April Plant	304	11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Beki Sellick	156	6.0
Majority			532	20.6
Turnout			2,585	38.3
	Conservative hold		Swing