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We await the first result from Thursday’s city council elections in Peterborough.

Local Elections 2024, Kingsgate Conference Centre, Peterborough Thursday 02 May 2024. Picture: Terry Harris

Local Elections 2024, Kingsgate Conference Centre, Peterborough Thursday 02 May 2024. Picture by Terry Harris. Above: Andrew Pakes, Labour Parliamentary candidate, with Conservative activist Sophie Corcoran.

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Local Elections 2024, Kingsgate Conference Centre, Peterborough Thursday 02 May 2024. Picture by Terry Harris.

Local Elections 2024, Kingsgate Conference Centre, Peterborough Thursday 02 May 2024. Picture by Terry Harris.

Local Elections 2024, Kingsgate Conference Centre, Peterborough Thursday 02 May 2024. Picture by Terry Harris.

Local Elections 2024, Kingsgate Conference Centre, Peterborough Thursday 02 May 2024. Picture by Terry Harris.

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Local Elections 2024, Kingsgate Conference Centre, Peterborough Thursday 02 May 2024. First declaration is imminent, but the council has released details of the numbers voting – the turnout was 23 per cent, excluding postal votes.

Here are some of our best moments from the count so far.

Local Elections 2024, Kingsgate Conference Centre, Peterborough Thursday 02 May 2024. Picture by Terry Harris.

Cllr Wayne Fitzgerald with Tory activist Sophie Corcoran at tonight’s Peterborough City Council count questioning where it all went wrong. PHOTO: Terry Harris

Cllr Wayne Fitzgerald with Tory activist Sophie Corcoran at tonight’s Peterborough City Council count questioning where it all went wrong. PHOTO: Terry Harris
Kingsgate Conference Centre, Peterborough Thursday 02 May 2024.

Local Elections 2024, Kingsgate Conference Centre, Peterborough Thursday 02 May 2024.
Picture by Terry Harris.

It is taking place at KingsGate conference centre at Parnwell.

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