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Peterborough
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Photograph shows Peterborough. The constituency reaches beyond the city itself.
Your member of parliament
Andrew Pakes
Labour (Co-op)Labour won Peterborough at the 2024 general election with a majority of 118 votes, or 0.3 points. A swing of 0.1 points to Conservative would take it. That makes it safer than 8 of the 650 seats with a published margin, and less safe than the other 642.
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How safe is this seat?
Marginal
A majority of 0.3 points, which is larger than 8 of the 650 seats with a published margin.
2024 general election
How the seat voted
Labour finished ahead of Conservative by 118 votes.
Majority
118
0.3% of votes cast.
Turnout
57.1%
-2.6 points on the UK figure of 59.7%.
Candidates
8
41,872 valid votes counted.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | vs UK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew PakesElected | Labour | 13,418 | 32.0% | -1.7 |
| Paul Bristow | Conservative | 13,300 | 31.8% | +8.1 |
| Sue Morris | Reform UK | 5,379 | 12.8% | -1.4 |
| Amjad Hussain | Workers Party of Britain | 5,051 | 12.1% | +11.3 |
| Nicola Day | Green Party | 2,542 | 6.1% | -0.3 |
| Nick Sandford | Liberal Democrat | 1,746 | 4.2% | -8.0 |
| Tom Rogers | Christian Peoples Alliance | 225 | 0.5% | +0.5 |
| Zahid Khan | Independent | 211 | 0.5% | -1.5 |
Marginal. Decided by under five points. The vs UK column is each party’s share here against its own national share, summed from all 650 results. That describes the 2024 general election only: arithmetic on the published count, not a forecast.
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