Peterborough City Council
Peterborough City Council | ||
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Chief Executive | Matthew Gladstone since 2022[3] | |
Structure | ||
Seats | 60 councillors[4] | |
Political groups |
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Elections | ||
First past the post (elected in thirds) | ||
Last election | 4 May 2023 | |
Next election | 2 May 2024 | |
Meeting place | ||
Sand Martin House, Bittern Way, Peterborough, PE2 8TY | ||
Website | ||
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Peterborough City Council is the local authority for Peterborough in the East of England.[5] It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. The City was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1874; from 1888, it fell within the jurisdiction of the Soke of Peterborough county council and from 1965, Huntingdon and Peterborough county council. In 1974, it was replaced by a wholly new non-metropolitan district, broadly corresponding to the Soke, in the new enlarged Cambridgeshire. In 1998, Peterborough became independent of Cambridgeshire as a unitary authority, but the city continues to form part of that county for ceremonial purposes as defined by the Lieutenancies Act 1997.
The
History
Incorporation
A public enquiry was held in 1873, to determine whether it would be advantageous for the city to be administered by a municipal corporation. The result being in the affirmative, the city council, sometimes archaically called the corporation, was founded by a
Watch committee
The new corporation was required to appoint a
Reorganisation
Expansion
In 1927, the city council submitted a memorial to the Minister of Health for permission to extend the borough boundary to include
Administrative county
Under the
Unitary authority
In 1998, the city gained autonomy from
In 2018 the council moved most of its staff from Peterborough Town Hall to modern facilities at Sand Martin House, a refurbished and extended Victorian railway building at Fletton Quays on the south side of the River Nene.[21] Both Sand Martin House and the Town Hall are used for council meetings.[22]
Governance
Executive model
The leader and cabinet model of decision-making, adopted by the city council under the
Budget
The council's budget for the financial year 2018/19 is £418.7m
Mayoralty
The city council elects a Mayor to serve for a term of one year. The role is now largely ceremonial, with political leadership provided instead by the Leader of the Council. Former leaders are listed with the
Tenure | Incumbent |
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1998–1999 | Mary Beatrice Rainey |
1999–2000 | John Ernest Graham Bartlett |
2000–2002 | Raymond Arthur Pobgee |
2002–2003 | Clifford Stanley Horace Sneesby |
2003–2004 | David Raines |
2004–2005 | Raja Akhtar |
2005 died | John Ray Horrell |
2006 | David Thorpe |
2006–2007 | Michael Burton |
2007–2008 | Marion Yvonne Todd |
2008–2009 | Patricia Nash |
2009–2010 | Irene Walsh |
2010–2011 | Keith Sharp |
2011–2012 | Paula Thacker |
2012–2013 | George Simons |
2013–2014 | June Stokes |
2014–2015 | David Over |
2015–2016 | John Peach[28] |
2016–2017 | David Sanders |
2017–2018 | John Fox |
2018–2019 | Chris Ash |
2019–2021 | Gul Nawaz[29] |
2021-2022 | Stephen Lane[30] |
2022-2023 | Alan Dowson |
2023-2024 | Nick Sandford |
Joint committees
The
GO East, the Government Office for the East of England, co-ordinated the functions of national government in the region until 2011. The abolition of the Government Office network was announced in the 2010 Spending Review.
A
Political control
Political control of the unitary authority has been held by the following groups:
In 2016, every councillor was up for re-election following changes made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.[56] Following a vote of no confidence backed by all opposition parties in November 2023, the Conservative group leader and his team were ousted. The council is now run by Independents, a group of 11 known as Peterborough First.
Wards and councillors
The council comprises 60 councillors who represent the city and surrounding villages. Each councillor typically serves for a four-year term, representing an electoral
These are (in alphabetical order):
Independent and Werrington First councillors sit as an Independent group known as "Peterborough First" on the council.[59]
* Julie Stevenson (Orton Waterville) resigned from the Green Party to sit as an Independent in June 2022.[60]
** Councillors Bisby, Hiller and Rush defected from the Conservatives to Peterborough First just two weeks after the Local Election in May 2023.[61] Councillor Elsey defected the following day.[62]
*** Councillor Mohammed Farooq was suspended by the Conservative Party in May 2023.[63] Despite being re-admitted in June, Cllr (M) Farooq quit the party due to a "bullying, toxic culture[64] - followed by his son, Cllr Saqib Farooq[65] and ward-colleague Cllr John Howard.[66]
Parliamentary constituency | Ward | Councillor | Party | Term of office | |
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Peterborough constituency |
Bretton | Chaz Fenner | Conservative | 2021–24 | |
Scott Warren | Conservative | 2022–26 | |||
Richard Strangward | Labour | 2023–27 | |||
Central | Amjad Iqbal | Labour | 2021–24 | ||
Alison Jones | Labour | 2022–26 | |||
Mohammed Jamil | Labour | 2023–27 | |||
Dogsthorpe | Ishfaq Hussain | Conservative | 2021–24 | ||
Dennis Jones | Labour | 2022–26 | |||
Katy Cole | Labour | 2023–27 | |||
East | Jackie Allen | Conservative | 2021–24 | ||
Sam Hemraj | Labour | 2022–26 | |||
Shabina Qayyum | Labour | 2023–27 | |||
Eye, Thorney & Newborough | Nigel Simons | Conservative | 2021–24 | ||
Rylan Ray | Conservative | 2022–26 | |||
Steve Allen | Conservative | 2023–27 | |||
Gunthorpe | Bryan Tyler | Conservative | 2021–24 | ||
Andrew Bond | Liberal Democrats | 2022–26 | |||
Sandra Bond | Liberal Democrats | 2023–27 | |||
North | Mohammed Haseeb | Labour | 2021–24 | ||
Noreen Bi | Labour | 2022–26 | |||
Asim Mahmood | Labour | 2023–27 | |||
Park | Muhammad Asif | Conservative | 2023–24 | ||
Mohammed Sabir | Labour | 2022–26 | |||
Arfan Khan | Conservative | 2023–27 | |||
Paston and Walton | Nick Sandford | Liberal Democrats | 2021–24 | ||
Asif Shaheed | Liberal Democrats | 2022–26 | |||
Simon Barkham | Liberal Democrats | 2023–27 | |||
Ravensthorpe | Gul Nawaz | Conservative | 2021–24 | ||
Mohammed Rangzeb | Conservative | 2022–26 | |||
Sabeel Ahmed | Conservative | 2023–27 | |||
Werrington | John Fox | Werrington First
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2021–24 | ||
Steve Lane | Werrington First
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2022–26 | |||
Judy Fox | Werrington First
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2023–27 | |||
West | Lynne Ayres | Conservative | 2021–24 | ||
Wayne Fitzgerald | Conservative | 2023–27 | |||
North West Cambridgeshire constituency |
Barnack | David Over | Conservative | 2021-24 | |
Fletton and Stanground | Oliver Sainsbury | Conservative | 2021–24 | ||
Christian Hogg | Liberal Democrats | 2022–26 | |||
Jade Seager | Liberal Democrats | 2023–27 | |||
Fletton and Woodston | Andy Coles | Conservative | 2021–24 | ||
Alan Dowson | Labour | 2022–26 | |||
Nick Thulbourn | Labour | 2023–27 | |||
Glinton and Castor | Saqib M Farooq*** | Independent | 2021–24 | ||
Peter Hiller** | Independent | 2023–27 | |||
Hampton Vale | Lindsay Sharp | Conservative | 2021–24 | ||
Marco Cereste | Conservative | 2022–26 | |||
Chris Wiggin | Liberal Democrats | 2023–27 | |||
Hargate and Hempsted | Nicolle Moyo | Conservative | 2021–24 | ||
Mohammed Farooq*** | Independent | 2022–26 | |||
John Howard*** | Independent | 2023–27 | |||
Orton Longueville | Graham Casey | Conservative | 2021–24 | ||
Michael Perkins | Conservative | 2022–26 | |||
Heather Skibsted | Green | 2023–27 | |||
Orton Waterville | Kirsty Knight | Green | 2021–24 | ||
Julie Stevenson* | Independent | 2022–26 | |||
Nicola Day | Green | 2023–27 | |||
Stanground South | Chris Harper | Independent | 2021–24 | ||
Ray Bisby** | Independent | 2022–26 | |||
Brian Rush** | Independent | 2023–27 | |||
Wittering | Gavin Elsey** | Independent | 2021–24 |
Composition
Each ward elects up to three councillors by the
Party | Seats | |
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Conservative | 23 | |
Labour | 14 | |
Liberal Democrat | 8 | |
Peterborough First | 8 | |
Green Party | 3 | |
Independent | 4 |
District elections
Turnout
One third of the council is elected each year, followed by one year without elections. At the 2019 election, for example, there were 97 candidates from 9 parties contesting 20 seats and turnout at the polling stations ranged from 24% in Stanground South to 46% in Park ward.[68]
Electoral fraud
In April 2008 a former Mayor, Mohammed Choudhary, was convicted for making a false instrument, namely a
Civil parishes
2016 EU Referendum
On Thursday 23 June 2016 Peterborough voted in the 2016 EU Referendum under the provisions of the European Union Referendum Act 2015 where voters were asked to decide on the question "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?" by voting for either "Remain a member of the European Union" or "Leave the European Union". The result produced a large "Leave" majority by 61% of voters on a turnout of 72% across the city[73] with only the wards of Peterborough Central, Barnack and late postal votes in the city council area returning "Remain" votes and all other wards returning "Leave" majority votes.[citation needed] The then local MP Stewart Jackson backed "Leave", whereas local MP Shailesh Vara campaigned for a "Remain" vote.
Result
United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016 Peterborough | |||
Choice | Votes | % | |
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Leave the European Union | 53,216 | 60.89% | |
Remain a member of the European Union | 34,176 | 39.11% | |
Valid votes | 87,392 | 99.91% | |
Invalid or blank votes | 77 | 0.09% | |
Total votes | 87,469 | 100.00% | |
Registered voters and turnout | 120,892 | 72.35% |
Leave: 53,216 (60.9%) |
Remain: 34,176 (39.1%) | ||
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Results by Council Wards
Council Wards | Votes | |
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Remain | Leave | |
Barnack | 1,010 | 955 |
Bretton | 1,387 | 2,798 |
Central | 1,728 | 1,617 |
Dogsthorpe | 1,273 | 2,622 |
East | 1,384 | 2,186 |
Eye, Thorney & Newborough | 1,846 | 3,568 |
Fletton & Stanground | 1,612 | 2,949 |
Fletton & Woodston | 2,170 | 2,669 |
Glinton & Castor | 1,774 | 2,275 |
Gunthorpe | 1,438 | 2,670 |
Hampton Vale | 1,262 | 1,400 |
Hargate & Hempsted | 1,320 | 1,439 |
North | 1,178 | 2,127 |
Orton Longueville | 1,555 | 3,124 |
Orton Waterville | 2,144 | 3,129 |
Park | 1,770 | 1,975 |
Paston & Walton | 1,442 | 3,226 |
Ravensthorpe | 1,686 | 2,746 |
Stanground South | 1,430 | 2,762 |
Werrington | 2,173 | 3,647 |
West | 1,482 | 1,904 |
Wittering | 649 | 1,094 |
Late Postal | 422 | 344 |
Arms
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See also
- Cambridgeshire local elections
- Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire
- High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire
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