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Local Elections 2008: The results


Peterborough City Council elections 2008

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Published Date:
01 May 2008
THE Conservatives strengthened their grip on Peterborough City Council by gaining four seats in yesterday's election.
The party increased its seats to 43, making gains in Eye & Thorney, Paston, Walton and Werrington South.

The night's biggest losers were the Independent group, with long-serving councillors David Raines and John Bartlett losing their town hall seats.

Meanwhile, Labour's Nazim Khan seized control of Central ward from the Tories.

The make-up of the council is now Conservative (43), Independent (6), Liberal (3), Liberal Democrat (3) and Labour (2).

WHAT does this mean for the city? Comment below or email your views to eteditor@peterboroughtoday.co.uk

Blue still the colour by Jonny Muir
TWO former Peterborough mayors were deposed last night as the Conservatives strengthened their grip on the city council.
02 May 2008

A map showing all your local councillors: peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ election2008
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Ward results from the Peterborough count:

Barnack:
Martin Bamford (Green): 193
David Over (Con): 816

Bretton North:
Penelope Fower (Lib Dem): 241
Colin Martin (Lab): 630
Pat Nash (Con): 1030

Central:
Shaukat Ali (Con): 1351
Nazim Khan (Lab): 1540
Diana Newman (Green): 211
Mohammed Younis (Lib Dem): 296

Dogsthorpe:
Ronald Graves (Lab): 187
Adrian Miners (Liberal): 1356
Nicola Rodgers (Green): 81
Linzer Kaur Sidhu (Con): 222

East:
Simon Collister (Lab): 438
Stephen Goldspink (Con): 1142
Mohammad Hussain (Lib Dem): 279
Sally Plummer (Green): 209

Eye & Thorney:
John Bartlett (Ind):746
Raymond Dobbs (Con):941
Ann Sylvester (Lab): 154

Fletton:
Frances Benton (Con): 1239
Christina Scrine (Lab): 631

Glinton & Wittering:
John Holdich (Con): 1378
Karen How (Green): 101
Amy O'Boyle (UK Ind): 117
Johanna Potter (Ind): 312

Orton Longueville:
Alan Fromm (UK Ind): 206
Peter Heinrich (Lab): 370
Joan Wilkinson (Green): 187
Pam Winslade (Con): 1022

Orton Waterville:
John Crane (Lib Dem): 894
Gavin Elsey (Con): 1384
David Weaver (Lab): 193

Orton With Hampton:
Arthur Ashman (UK Ind): 100
Saima Husain (Green): 67
Karen Peet (Liberal): 101
Mary Rainey (Lab): 227
David Seaton (Con): 1155

Park:
Simon Evans (Liberal): 79
Abdul Hamid (Lib Dem): 120
Graham King (Lab): 263
John Peach (Con): 1723
Fiona Radic (Green): 274

Paston:
Colin Caborn (Lab): 385
David Day( Con): 826
Susan Lovelock (Liberal): 309

Ravensthorpe:
Roger Hughes (Ind): 228
Amjad Iqbal (Lab): 553
Gul Nawaz (Con): 855

Stanground Central
John Knowles (Lab): 462
Irene Walsh (Con): 1060
Chris York (Ind): 504

Walton:
Charles Day (Con): 645
John Johnson (Con): 610
Nick Sandford (Lib Dem): 736
Marianne Walker (Lab): 145
Rohan Wilson (Lib Dem): 522

Werrington North:
June Bull (Con): 390
John Fox (Ind): 1288
Janet Goodacre (Lab): 135
Sheila Walsh (Lib Dem): 91

Werrington South:
Colin Burton (Con): 972
Vince Moon (Lab & Co-Op): 141
Richard Olive (Lib Dem): 742
David Raines (Ind): 706

West:
Ashley Baxter (Green): 99
Bob Burke (Ind): 758
Muhammad Ikram (Lib Dem): 93
Mohammed Sabir (Lab): 466
Samantha Smith (Con): 1683

Key:
Con – Conservative
Lab – Labour
Lab & Co-Op – Labour and Co-Operative
Lib – Liberal
Lib-Dem – Liberal Democrat
Ind – Independence
UK Ind – UK Independence Party

The full article contains 505 words and appears in Peterborough ET newspaper.
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  • Last Updated: 02 May 2008 11:51 AM
  • Source: Peterborough ET
  • Location: Peterborough
 
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02/05/2008 01:22:28
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sharonna29,

peterborough 02/05/2008 09:32:04
I didnt get to Vote as I didnt get my voting card even though im on electorial register!!! :(
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Jon1,

P'boro 02/05/2008 10:07:24
In recent years, the Tories have done a decent job of running the city, and the very low council tax increase was particularly welcome at a time of national and international financial trouble.
However, is it healthy to have one party with such a large majority? Who will bring the Conservatives to account if they make poor decisions?
The new Tory councillors voted in last night will have been elected because of the party they represent - not the amount of work they do (or are prepared to do) for the benefit of their constituents.
I bet we won't see or hear from most of them until it's election time again - at which point we'll be deluged by pamphlets proclaiming how "in touch" and "dedicated" our councillors are.
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DonB,

Peterborough 02/05/2008 10:25:34
The electorate has spoken in the most effective manner open to them.
Now, the elected must repay the trust placed in them by acting in a responsible and caring manner.
The Prime Minister says he will listen and learn. Has he learned nothing in 11 years?
He must stop taxing us into the ground. He now has a short time to act on his words, or else!
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SokeBoy,

02/05/2008 10:41:33
Jon1,

You may well be right re: the Tories. Whilst the People of Peterborough(or at least a large minority of them)have spoken, I hope the increased majority won't go to the Tories' heads and that they listen to the concerns of Peterborians.

Anywa, the best advice I ever had regarding voting was the following:

'Don't vote for the same politician twice. Make them work for a change. Voting for them only encourages arrogance'.

Therefore, the candidate I voted for yesterday (and who won) should not take my vote for granted!
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Bodie1,

St Neots 02/05/2008 10:48:58
Yesterday we popped out for an hour at 5 pm. Whilst we were out the Conservative candidate, Andrew Hansard, put his propaganda leaflet through the letterbox and it closed by saying he hoped we would vote for him in NEXT WEEKS election !!!! 5 pm on voting day Andrew ??
Mind you he was the only one of the three standing candidates who even bothered putting a leaflet through so they are obviously not too interested whether they got in or not. This probably explains why the town council are collectively a bunch of idiots who are only interested in personal point scoring and taking individual credit over issues of the swimming pool and cinema, both of which are failing to materialise despite Peter Rowley putting up a million £ towards something the public want ! I thought the Pottyborough councillors were bad enough but in the idiot factor St Neots is winning by a long way !
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werrington lass,

02/05/2008 11:01:55
what does it matter who we vote for?all politicians are the same and i personally do not trust any of them!
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Outcast,

....Westwood 02/05/2008 11:03:49
We had three candidates

Labour
Conservative
Independent

Labour was out if just for the protest.
So decisions...

Tory or the Independent dude ?
Much as it grates me I voted for the Tory. He has actually done some good stuff around our area and he DID get off his fat ar2e and did some canvassing.
If the Independent dude had canvassed he'd have got my vote..

Kind of what my Father said.... " The early bird gets the worm"
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City Centre,

02/05/2008 13:00:45
I voted for the only candidate who cared about getting vote. I contacted each party in my ward requesting further information on their platforms and ideas to better my ward...only 1 responded, and that's who I voted for. I guess the other parties didn't see my vote as being important as we didn't receive any leaflets or canvasing. I will remember that in the federal election
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Danger Mouse,

Peterborough 02/05/2008 16:16:48
I once wrote to my MP asking him to support a ban on fox hunting. He replied saying that he thought it was a great tradition and that a lot of jobs will be lost if it is banned. I wrote back saying that I wasn't interested in his personal opinion, I wanted to know what the rest of his constituents thought as they were who he was chosen to represent and who's views he should be representing irrespective of whether they matched his own opinions. Politicians represent only themselves which is why I no longer vote. And before I get a deluge of replies about people fighting for my right to vote, what people actually fought for was my freedom to choose, and I choose not to sell out my beliefs for an 'also ran' or second best. So put your council tax up, swing to the left or right, change the frequency of bin collections and I will improvise, adapt and overcome. I have better things to do than worry about politics - what's on at the Showcase tonight?
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