2002 Peterborough City Council election

The 2002 Peterborough City Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Peterborough City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Election result

2002 Peterborough City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	13	3	68.4	17	30	52.6	16,223	51.6	+11.2
	Labour	4	4	21.1	14	18	31.6	9,493	30.2	-9.0
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	5.3	3	4	7.0	3,675	11.7	+2.5
	Liberal	1		5.3	2	3	5.3	1,941	6.2	+0.8
	Independent	0		0.0	1	1	1.8	103	0.3	-4.8
	Independent Labour	0		0.0	1	1	1.8	N/A	N/A	N/A

Ward results

Central

Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mohammed Younis	1,926	55.7
	Labour	Nazim Khan*	1,338	38.7
	Liberal	David Robson	192	5.6
Majority			588	17.0
Turnout			3,456	55.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Dogsthorpe

Dogsthorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Raymond Pobgee*	1,052	69.6
	Labour	Jane Goodacre	265	17.5
	Conservative	Aileen Stead	195	12.9
Majority			787	52.1
Turnout			1,512	26.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

East

East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Goldspink	921	50.7
	Labour	Jarrett Ledgister	685	37.7
	Liberal Democrats	Betty Smith	211	11.6
Majority			236	13.0
Turnout			1,817	29.9
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Eye and Thorney

Eye and Thorney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Sanders*	1,007	69.2
	Labour	Stephen Lawrence	448	30.8
Majority			559	38.4
Turnout			1,455	34.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fletton

Fletton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Withers*	751	51.4
	Conservative	Amanda Vigar	533	36.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Booth	176	12.1
Majority			218	14.9
Turnout			1,460	24.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Glinton

Glinton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Holdrich*	878	79.0
	Labour	Carol Fisher	118	10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Davies	116	10.4
Majority			760	68.3
Turnout			1,112	45.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newborough

Newborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neville Sanders*	571	80.8
	Labour	Christopher Whitworth	136	19.2
Majority			435	61.5
Turnout			707	38.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Bretton

North Bretton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harmesh Lakhanpaul*	693	50.8
	Conservative	Sheila Scott	479	35.1
	Liberal Democrats	Rohan Wilson	191	14.0
Majority			214	15.7
Turnout			1,363	23.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Northborough

Northborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Benjamin Franklin*	566	76.7
	Labour	Geoffrey Jackson	172	23.3
Majority			394	53.4
Turnout			738	37.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Orton Longueville

Orton Longueville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Murphy	696	43.1
	Labour	Margaret Cochrane	610	37.8
	Liberal	Albert Clarke	309	19.1
Majority			86	5.3
Turnout			1,615	25.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Orton Waterville

Orton Waterville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Isobel Bain	1,023	45.9
	Conservative	Mario D'Andrea*	919	41.2
	Labour	Mark Goffrey*	287	12.9
Majority			104	4.7
Turnout			2,229	33.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Park

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pamela Kreling*	1,329	57.3
	Labour	Mohammed Hussain	672	29.0
	Liberal Democrats	William Wright	317	13.7
Majority			657	28.3
Turnout			2,318	37.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Paston

Paston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Caborn*	487	44.4
	Conservative	Brian Hutchinson	336	30.6
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Evans	274	25.0
Majority			151	13.8
Turnout			1,097	19.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Ravensthorpe

Ravensthorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gul Nawaz	1,056	53.8
	Labour	Mary Rainey*	768	39.1
	Liberal Democrats	Tat Kong	140	7.1
Majority			288	14.7
Turnout			1,964	33.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Stanground

Stanground

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Sylvester	977	54.3
	Conservative	Paul Rudd*	708	39.4
	Liberal Democrats	Cleveland Walker	114	6.3
Majority			269	15.0
Turnout			1,799	29.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Werrington North

Werrington North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Fox	974	60.6
	Labour	Marie Stonham	372	23.2
	Liberal Democrats	Dorian East	260	16.2
Majority			602	37.5
Turnout			1,606	28.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Werrington South

Werrington South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee Gilbert	1,112	51.4
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Fower*	781	36.1
	Labour	Michelle White	271	12.5
Majority			331	15.3
Turnout			2,164	39.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

West

West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Thorpe*	1,551	67.9
	Labour	David Westbrook	373	16.3
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Spencer	258	11.3
	Independent	Anthony Stoneham	103	4.5
Majority			1,178	51.6
Turnout			2,285	38.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wittering

Wittering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Horrell*	466	63.1
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Chilvers	202	27.4
	Labour	Michael Beaver	70	9.5
Majority			264	35.8
Turnout			738	34.6
	Conservative hold		Swing