Peterborough City Council

Peterborough City Council is the local authority for Peterborough in the East of England.[4] 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.

Peterborough City Council
Type
Type	Unitary authority
Leadership
Mayor of Peterborough	Cllr Gul Nawaz, Conservative since 20 May 2019[1]
Leader of the Council	Cllr John Holdich OBE, Conservative since 12 May 2015[2]
Chief executive	Gillian Beasley
Structure
Seats	60 councillors[3]
Political groups	Administration (26)   Conservative (26) Other parties (32)   Labour (17)   Liberal Democrats (9)   Werrington First (3)   Green Party (2)   Liberal (1) Vacancies (2)   Vacant (2)
Elections
Voting system	First past the post (elected in thirds)
Last election	2 May 2019
Meeting place
Peterborough Town Hall
Website
http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/

The leader and cabinet model of decision-making was adopted by the city council in 2001. It is a member of the East of England Local Government Association.

History

Peterborough Town Hall

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 Charter of Incorporation dated 17 March 1874, under the government of a mayor, six aldermen and 18 councillors.[5] Something of an anomaly, the Parliamentary Boundary Commission of 1868 had decided that the urban parts of Fletton and Woodston were so involved in Peterborough that they ought to be in the borough and added the newly built-up portions of these parishes to the parliamentary constituency. In local matters they were still in Huntingdonshire and, as the City of Peterborough did not extend south of the River Nene, the full title of the new municipality was the City and Borough of Peterborough and its inhabitants, citizens and burgesses.[6]

Watch committee

The new corporation was required to appoint a Watch Committee and a police force under the provisions of the County and Borough Police Act 1856. In 1947, the City of Peterborough Constabulary amalgamated with the Liberty of Peterborough Constabulary, which had shared its chief constable with Northamptonshire until 1931 and Peterborough thereafter, to form the Peterborough Combined Police force. This, in turn, merged into Mid-Anglia Constabulary in 1965 and was renamed Cambridgeshire Constabulary in 1974.[7] The Fire Brigades Act 1938 made it a requirement for the corporation to maintain a fire brigade; under the Fire Services Act 1947 this function passed to the councils of counties.

Sunken relief by sculptor Arthur Ayres for Mitchell Engineering Limited at Bridge House, later in use by the city council.[8]

Expansion

In 1927, the city council submitted a memorial to the Minister of Health for permission to extend the borough boundary to include Gunthorpe, Longthorpe, Paston, Walton, Werrington and the area north-east of Fengate; this became effective from 1929.[9] Until this point the council were using the Guildhall and a large number of subsidiary offices, but the need to widen Narrow Bridge Street and the need for a new Town Hall came together in a combined scheme, resulting in the building of the present Town Hall. It was opened in 1933 and accommodated both Peterborough city council and the former Soke of Peterborough county council.[10][11]

Administrative county

Under the Local Government Act 1888, the ancient Soke of Peterborough formed an administrative county in its own right, with boundaries similar, although not identical, to the current unitary authority. Nonetheless, it remained geographically part of Northamptonshire until 1965, when the Soke of Peterborough was merged with Huntingdonshire to form the county of Huntingdon and Peterborough.[12] The municipal borough covered the urban area only; under the Local Government Act 1972, Huntingdon and Peterborough was abolished and the current district created, including the outlying rural areas.[13] However, as a result of intervening development and a new town project, this has a much larger population than the Soke had.[14] Having petitioned for borough status under Section 245 of the Act, letters patent were granted continuing the style of the city over the wider area, which became part of the non-metropolitan county of Cambridgeshire.[15]

Unitary authority

In 1998, the city gained autonomy from county council control as a unitary authority area, but it continues to form part of Cambridgeshire for ceremonial purposes.[16] Policing in the city remains the responsibility of Cambridgeshire Constabulary. The police authority comprises 17 members, including nine councillors, of which seven are nominated by Cambridgeshire county council and two are nominated by Peterborough city council.[17] Firefighting remains the responsibility of Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service. The joint fire authority comprises 17 elected councillors, 13 from Cambridgeshire county council and four from Peterborough city council.[18] Nowadays the Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade, one of few of its kind, effectively functions as a retained fire station, responding to calls as directed by Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service.[19]

Governance

Executive model

The leader and cabinet model of decision-making, adopted by the city council under the Local Government Act 2000, is similar to national government. The council appoints the Leader (usually a member of the group with the political majority) and he or she appoints up to nine other councillors to serve on the cabinet. The cabinet members, one of whom is appointed Deputy Leader, assume responsibility for different key areas of local governance.[20] The full council meets around ten times a year. There are decisions that only full council can make, these include setting budgets and spending programmes, setting council tax levels and approving major policies and priorities. In addition to the Leader of the Council, the council also appoints the Mayor of Peterborough, the Deputy Mayor, committee chairmen and the chief executive. The cabinet and committees report to, and are accountable to, council.

Budget

The council's budget for the financial year 2018/19 is £418.7m[21] (down from £432.6m in 2017/18[22]). The main source of non-school funding is the formula grant, which is paid by government to local authorities based on the services they provide. The remainder, to which the police and fire authorities (and parish council where this exists) set a precept, is raised from council tax and business rates. Following the 2010 Spending Review, the council announced that 11.1% could be cut from departmental budgets to save £65m over a five-year period and up to 181 posts could be lost.[23]

Mayoralty

The city council elects a Mayor to serve for a term of one year. The Right Worshipful the Mayor of the City of Peterborough, Cllr Gul Nawaz (Con. Ravensthorpe) was elected 134th Mayor of Peterborough on 21 May 2019 and will remain in office for one year. The Deputy Mayor is Cllr Diane Lamb (Con. Wittering). Although the powers of the Mayor have diminished over time, the role has retained its importance. The Mayor has social and legal precedence in all places within the city unless HM the Queen or her personal representative, a close member of the Royal Family or the Lord Lieutenant is present. The Mayor also has a key democratic role to play, acting as a politically impartial chairman of the council and making sure that proper conduct takes place in the chamber during its meetings. The Mayor does not take part in debate or vote, except to break ties.[24] Mayoralty of the unitary authority has been held by the following councillors:

Arms of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Peterborough, used from 1874 to 1960.

Tenure	Incumbent
1998–1999	Mary Beatrice Rainey BEd (Hons)
1999–2000	John Ernest Graham Bartlett
2000–2002	Raymond Arthur Pobgee MBE, DL
2002–2003	Clifford Stanley Horace Sneesby
2003–2004	David Raines
2004–2005	Raja Akhtar
2005 died	John Ray Horrell CBE
2006	David Thorpe
2006–2007	Michael Burton OBE, FRIN
2007–2008	Marion Yvonne Todd
2008–2009	Patricia Nash MBE
2009–2010	Irene Walsh
2010–2011	Keith Sharp
2011–2012	Paula Thacker MBE
2012–2013	George Simons
2013–2014	June Stokes
2014–2015	David Over
2015–2016	John Peach[25]
2016–2017	David Sanders
2017–2018	John Fox
2018–2019	Chris Ash
2019–2020	Gul Nawaz[26]

Joint committees

The East of England Regional Assembly was based at Flempton, near Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk. The assembly was created as a voluntary regional chamber by the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 and the first meeting was held in March 1999. Following criticism of the regional assemblies, it was proposed in 2007 that they would be axed, losing their role by 2010.[27] It was replaced by the East of England Local Government Association who established a Regional Strategy Board to act as Local Authority Leaders' Board under the provisions of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009. This role ended in 2010, with the abolition of statutory regional planning in England.

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 combined authority for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough was established in 2017, with the first mayoral elections taking place on 4 May.

Political control

Political control of the unitary authority has been held by the following groups:

The City of Peterborough (6) shown within Cambridgeshire.

Election		Party	Seats	+/-
	1997	Labour	25
	1999[28]	No overall control Lab largest single party	(25)	0
	2000[29][30]	No overall control Con largest single party	(27)	+3
	2001[31][32]	No overall control Con largest single party	(26)	−1
	2002[33][34]	Conservative	29	+2
	2004[35][36]	Conservative	33	+9
	2006[37][38]	Conservative	35	+3
	2007[39][40]	Conservative	40	+5
	2008[41][42]	Conservative	43	+3
	2010[43][44]	Conservative	39	−4
	2011[45][46]	Conservative	38	−1
	2012[47][48]	Conservative	32	−6
	2014[49][50][51]	No overall control Con largest single party	(28)	+2
	2015	No overall control Con largest single party	(27)	−1
	2016	Conservative	31	+4
	2017	No overall control Con largest single party	(30)	−1
	2018	Conservative	31	+1
	2019	No overall control Con largest single party	(28)	−3
	2020	No overall control Con largest single party	(26)	−2

In 2016, every councillor was up for re-election following changes made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.[52] The Conservative group currently run the council on a minority basis with the support of the three Werrington First Councillors and the casting vote of the Conservative Mayor.

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 ward. Wards are divided so that each councillor serves an average of around 2,000 electors.[53]

These are (in alphabetical order): Barnack, Bretton, Central, Dogsthorpe, East, Eye, Thorney & Newborough, Fletton & Stanground, Fletton & Woodston, Glinton and Castor, Gunthorpe, Hampton Vale, Hargate and Hempsted, North, Orton Longueville, Orton Waterville, Park, Paston & Walton, Ravensthorpe, Stanground South, Werrington, West, Wittering. 15 wards comprise the Peterborough constituency for elections to the House of Commons, while the remaining seven fall within the North West Cambridgeshire constituency.[54]

Parliamentary constituency	Ward	Councillor	Party		Term of office
Peterborough constituency	Bretton	Angus Ellis		Labour	2016–21
		Scott Warren		Conservative	2018–22
		Chris Burbage		Conservative	2019–23
	Central	Amjad Iqbal		Labour	2016–21
		Mahboob Hussain		Labour	2018–22
		Mohammad Jamil		Labour	2019–23
	Dogsthorpe	Chris Ash		Liberal	2016–21
		Dennis Jones		Labour	2018–22
		Katia Yurgutene		Labour	2019–23
	East	Azher Iqbal		Conservative	2016–21
		Samantha Hemraj		Labour	2018–22
		Shabina Qayyum		Labour	2019–23
	Eye, Thorney & Newborough	Nigel Simons		Conservative	2016–21
		Richard Brown		Conservative	2018–22
		Steve Allen		Conservative	2019–23
	Gunthorpe	Darren Fower		Labour	2016–21
		Andrew Bond		Liberal Democrats	2018–22
		Sandra Bond		Liberal Democrats	2019–23
	North	Mohammed Nadeem		Conservative	2016–21
		Shazia Bashir		Conservative	2018–22
		Anasr Ali		Labour	2019–23
	Park	Shaz Nawaz		Labour	2017–21
		Aasiyah Joseph		Labour	2018–22
		Ikra Yasin		Labour	2019–23
	Paston and Walton	Nick Sandford		Liberal Democrats	2016–21
		Simon Barkham		Liberal Democrats	2018–22
		Asif Shaheed		Liberal Democrats	2019–23
	Ravensthorpe	Gul Nawaz		Conservative	2016–21
		Lucinda Robinson		Labour	2018–22
		Ed Murphy		Labour	2019–23
	Werrington	John Fox		Werrington First	2016–21
		Stephen Lane		Werrington First	2018–22
		Judy Fox		Werrington First	2019–23
	West	Lynne Ayres		Conservative	2016–21
		Wayne Fitzgerald		Conservative	2019–23
North West Cambridgeshire constituency	Barnack	David Over		Conservative	2016–21
	Fletton and Stanground	James Lillis		Liberal Democrats	2016–21
		Christian Hogg		Liberal Democrats	2018–22
		Terri Haynes		Liberal Democrats	2019–23
	Fletton and Woodston	Andy Coles		Conservative	2016–21
		Alan Dowson		Labour	2018–22
		Vacant		Vacant	2019–23
	Glinton and Castor	John Holdich		Conservative	2016–21
		Peter Hiller		Conservative	2019–23
	Hampton Vale	David Seaton		Conservative	2016–21
		Marco Cereste		Conservative	2018–22
		Chris Wiggin		Liberal Democrats	2019–23
	Hargate and Hempsted	Vacant		Vacant	2016–21
		Mohammed Farooq		Conservative	2018–22
		John Howard		Conservative	2019–23
	Orton Longueville	Graham Casey		Conservative	2016–21
		Irene Walsh		Conservative	2018–22
		Heather Skibsted		Labour	2019–23
	Orton Waterville	Kim Aitken		Conservative	2016–21
		Nicola Day		Green	2018–22
		Julie Howell		Green	2019–23
	Stanground South	Chris Harper		Conservative	2016–21
		Ray Bisby		Conservative	2018–22
		Brian Rush		Conservative	2019–23
	Wittering	Diane Lamb		Conservative	2016–21

Composition

Each ward elects up to three councillors by the first past the post system of election. Barnack and Wittering each elect one councillor, Glinton & Castor and West each elect two. All other wards elect three councillors. The current composition of the city council, following the 2019 elections, inclusive of defections and deaths, is:[55]

Party		Seats
	Conservative	26
	Labour	17
	Liberal Democrat	9
	Werrington First	3
	Green Party	2
	Liberal	1
	Vacant	2

Leadership

Cllr John Holdich OBE (Glinton and Castor), Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and University and former mayor (1995-1996) was appointed Leader of the Council in 2015, replacing Cllr Marco Cereste OMRI (Stanground Central), who had served in the role since 2009.[56] The Deputy Leader is currently Cllr Wayne Fitzgerald (West), Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Health and Public Health, replacing Holdich, who had served in that role since 2013.

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.[57]

Electoral fraud

In April 2008 a former Mayor, Mohammed Choudhary, was convicted for making a false instrument, namely a poll card, in connection with vote-rigging allegations during the 2004 election.[58][59] In May 2008 chief executive, Gillian Beasley, said "People can have confidence in this result because measures that have been put in place have ensured that the vote was carried out within the law." Beasley also revealed the city council was to write a report on tackling election fraud, after the Electoral Commission said it could be adopted as best practice. As part of the drive to reduce election fraud, the council sent out blank registration forms, resulting in more than 8,000 people falling off the electoral roll.[60]

Civil parishes

Civil parishes do not cover the whole of England and mostly exist in rural areas. They are usually administered by parish councils which have various local responsibilities. Parish councillors, like city councillors, are elected to represent the views of local people. Ailsworth, Bainton, Barnack, Borough Fen, Bretton, Castor, Deeping Gate, Etton, Eye, Glinton, Helpston, Marholm, Maxey, Newborough & Borough Fen, Northborough, Orton Longueville, Orton Waterville, Peakirk, Southorpe, Sutton, Thorney, Thornhaugh, Ufford, Wansford, Wittering, and Wothorpe & St Martin's Without each have a parish council. Wothorpe and St Martin's Without merged on 4 March 2020. The city council also works closely with Werrington neighbourhood association which operates on a similar basis to a parish council.[61] Parish elections are held every four years on the ordinary day of election of councillors for the unitary authority.

By-election results

[62]

Orton Longueville By-Election 2 August 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gavin Elsey	713	36.5	-1.4
	Labour	Heather Skibsted	657	33.7	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Gibbs	237	12.1	+4.6
	Green	Alexander Airey	201	10.3	−2.7
	UKIP	Graham Whitehead	143	7.3	−7.0
Majority			56	2.8	N/A
Turnout			1951	25.9	−13.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

[63]

Eye, Thorney and Newborough By-Election 7 September 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Simons	1018	52.3	+17.4
	Labour	Christian DeFeo	555	28.5	+15.2
	UKIP	Mary Herdman	279	14.3	−7.5
	Green	Michael Alexander	61	3.4	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Callum Robertson	35	1.8	+1.8
Majority			463	23.8	N/A
Turnout			1949	27.3	−11.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

[64]

Park By-Election 17 August 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shahzad Nawaz	1713	49.6	+9.8
	Conservative	Arfan Khan	1111	39.8	+2.2
	UKIP	Graham Whitehead	176	5.1	−4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Hardman	109	3.2	-1.1
	Green	Carolyn English	83	2.4	−6.9
Majority			602	9.8	N/A
Turnout			3456	49.9	-4.4
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

[65]

East By-Election 8 June 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Mahabadi	1900	51.3	+17.3
	Conservative	Jay Beecher	1111	30.0	-10.0
	UKIP	Graham Whitehead	358	9.7	−8.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jelana Stevic	332	9.0	+9.0
Majority			781	21.3	N/A
Turnout			3701	52.8	+17.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	13.7

West Ward By-Election: 10 December 2009[66]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Arculus	1,252	58.4	+4.1
	Labour	John Knowles	341	15.9	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ginny McDermid	224	10.4	+7.4
	UKIP	Frances Fox	177	8.3	+8.3
	English Democrat	Jane Cage	93	4.3	−20.1
	Green	Fiona Radic	58	2.7	−0.5
Majority			911	42.5
Turnout			2,145	34.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Northborough By-Election: 13 July 2006[67]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Hiller	393	44.6	−16.5
	Independent	Simon Potter	388	44.0	+18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Stead-Davis	64	7.3	+7.3
	Labour	Mark Duckworth	36	4.0	−9.2
Majority			5	0.6
Turnout			881	41.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

West Ward By-Election: 18 September 2003[68]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matthew Dalton	1,405	69.5	+1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jessica Story	393	19.4	+8.1
	Labour	Michael Langford	224	11.1	−5.2
Majority			1,012	50.1
Turnout			2,022	33.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Walton By-Election: 13 February 2003[69]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Spencer	640	52.8	+1.1
	Conservative	Brian Hutchinson	355	29.3	+4.5
	Labour	Mary Rainey	218	18.0	−5.5
Majority			285	23.5
Turnout			1,213	30.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

North Bretton By-Election: 22 March 2001[70]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angus Ellis	805	53.7	−7.4
	Conservative	Sheila Scott	591	39.5	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Rohan Wilson	102	6.8	+6.8
Majority			214	14.2
Turnout			1,498	26.8
	Labour hold		Swing

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[71] 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. 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	%
	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%

Peterborough referendum result (without spoiled ballots):

Leave: 53,216 (60.9%)	Remain: 34,176 (39.1%)
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Results by Council Wards

Council Wards	Votes
	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

See also

• Cambridgeshire local elections
• Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire
• High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire

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• Peterborough City Council
• Local Government Commission for England