1991 Peterborough City Council election

1991 Peterborough City Council election
16 out of 49 seats to Peterborough City Council; 25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	40.7%
	Winner of each seat at the 1991 Peterborough City Council election
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

The 1991 Peterborough City Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Peterborough City Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

1991 Peterborough City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	7	1	43.8	17	24	49.0	14,159	38.3	-10.2
	Conservative	6	2	37.5	13	19	38.8	15,701	42.5	+8.6
	Liberal	2	2	12.5	1	3	6.1	2,952	8.0	-1.2
	Liberal Democrats	0	2	0.0	2	2	4.1	2,954	8.0	+1.5
	Independent	1	1	6.3	0	1	2.0	1,195	3.2	+2.5

Bretton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Rainey	964	46.0
	Conservative	B. Dunham*	873	41.7
	Liberal Democrats	J. Sandford	259	12.4
Majority			91	4.3
Turnout			2,096	37.4
Registered electors			5,597
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Hussain*	1,381	56.7
	Conservative	S. Suri	1,054	43.3
Majority			327	13.4
Turnout			2,435	47.1
Registered electors			5,173
	Labour hold		Swing

Dogsthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	E. Murat	1,240	52.3
	Independent	L. Wallace	712	30.0
	Conservative	A. Stead	418	17.6
Majority			528	22.3
Turnout			2,370	37.1
Registered electors			6,392
	Liberal gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Channing*	1,137	59.3
	Conservative	M. Butler	780	40.7
Majority			357	18.6
Turnout			1,917	31.8
Registered electors			6,027
	Labour hold		Swing

Eye
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Williams*	543	56.3
	Conservative	A. Semper	355	36.8
	Liberal Democrats	T. Smith	66	6.8
Majority			188	19.5
Turnout			964	47.3
Registered electors			2,038
	Labour hold		Swing

Fletton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	A. Chalmers*	1,554	69.2
	Conservative	J. Tiplady	692	30.8
Majority			862	38.4
Turnout			2,246	34.2
Registered electors			6,564
	Labour hold		Swing

Newborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	N. Sanders*	483	72.4
	Labour	B. Keegan	130	19.5
	Liberal Democrats	A. Woodford	54	8.1
Majority			353	52.9
Turnout			667	44.8
Registered electors			1,488
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	K. Luckey*	1,334	67.5
	Conservative	P. Gale	643	32.5
Majority			691	35.0
Turnout			1,977	40.3
Registered electors			4,904
	Labour hold		Swing

Northborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Hedges*	712	78.2
	Labour	N. Duncan	199	21.8
Majority			513	56.4
Turnout			911	43.1
Registered electors			2,113
	Conservative hold		Swing

Orton Longueville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	M. Goffrey	1,442	44.9
	Conservative	H. Scott	1,419	44.2
	Liberal Democrats	J. Gee	350	10.9
Majority			23	0.7
Turnout			3,211	42.8
Registered electors			7,498
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Orton Waterville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Bringeman	1,685	53.8
	Labour	P. Clements	845	27.0
	Liberal Democrats	A. Yates	603	19.2
Majority			840	26.8
Turnout			2,530	44.0
Registered electors			7,113
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	B. Duckworth	1,745	54.2
	Labour	L. Norris	807	25.1
	Liberal	D. Robson	666	20.7
Majority			938	29.1
Turnout			3,218	51.2
Registered electors			6,283
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Ravensthorpe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	R. Hughes	1,046	50.9
	Labour	H. Lakhanpaul	797	38.8
	Conservative	M. Tahir	210	10.2
Majority			249	12.1
Turnout			2,053	34.2
Registered electors			6,007
	Liberal gain from Labour		Swing

Stanground
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	C. Sneesby*	1,523	51.2
	Labour	M. Todd	1,211	40.7
	Liberal Democrats	S. Crowe	239	8.0
Majority			312	10.5
Turnout			2,973	47.0
Registered electors			6,329
	Conservative hold		Swing

Walton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Roberts*	1,185	44.5
	Liberal Democrats	A. Taylor	850	32.0
	Labour	R. Britton	625	23.5
Majority			335	12.5
Turnout			2,660	47.5
Registered electors			5,605
	Conservative hold		Swing

West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	R. Perkins*	2,407	58.3
	Labour	A. Dowson	1,190	28.8
	Liberal Democrats	W. Oldroyd	533	12.9
Majority			1,217	29.5
Turnout			4,130	40.8
Registered electors			10,118
	Conservative hold		Swing