PETERBOROUGH CITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS: Labour take Dogsthorpe

Labour took one of the Dogsthorpe seats from the Liberal Party in the first result of the night.
The local elections count at the KingsGate Conference CentreThe local elections count at the KingsGate Conference Centre
The local elections count at the KingsGate Conference Centre

Dennis Jones stormed to victory in the seat vacated by former Mayor of Peterborough Keith Sharp.

The Liberal Party now hold two of the three seats in the ward.

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Mr Jones, a lifelong Labour supporter who joined the party locally in 2015, said: "To tip the balance in Dogsthorpe by so much is humbling.

The local elections count at the KingsGate Conference CentreThe local elections count at the KingsGate Conference Centre
The local elections count at the KingsGate Conference Centre

"I'm the first Labour councillor in Dogsthorpe for 38 years so to win by almost 400 votes is good. I didn't expect to win by so much.

"Labour are popular at the moment and we ran a good campaign and I hope to be a good candidate."

Result:

Dennis Peter JONES (Labour and Co-operative) 954

Sandra RINGLER (Liberal Party) 560

Christopher Michael MOON (Conservative) 255

Romina CAMMARATA (UKIP) 88

Carolyn ENGLISH (Green) 58

Turnout: 29.61%