Name: Barnack By-election results
Uploaded: 2025-05-02T08:34:14.000Z
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Turnout in by-election was 45 per cent

Independent councillor Kevin Tighe has won the Barnack by-election, claiming a seat on Peterborough City Council.

Cllr Tighe secured 524 votes – well ahead of the runer-up, Yvonne Scarrott, who represented the Reform Party. She secured 289 votes.

In third place was Conservative Andrew Coles, with 277 votes, while Labour’s Catherine Reid finished fourth with106 votes. The Green Party’s David Pardoe completed the field with 58 votes.

The moment Kevin Tighe was announced as the winner of the by-election (picture and videos from Peterborough City Council)

placeholder image — The moment Kevin Tighe was announced as the winner of the by-election (picture and videos from Peterborough City Council)

The overall turnout was 45 per cent, with 1,257 votes cast – including three papers that were rejected ‘due to being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty’.

The by-election was needed after Conservative Irene Walsh stepped down from her role.

The result means that the City Council make now stands at:

Labour: 18 (17 Labour and Co-operative Party, one Labour Party)

The counting takes place (picture: Peterborough City Council)

Peterborough First: 13

Conservative: 11

Liberal Democrat: Eight

Green Party: Five

Independent: Five

The council by-election result was announced overnight.

The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mayoral election results are set to be announced on Friday (May 2) – with the result expected by the early afternoon at the latest.