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GALLERY: Peterborough politicians on edge after Thursday’s elections
Photos from count at KingsGate conference centre
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We await the first result from Thursday’s city council elections in Peterborough.
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Local Elections 2024, Kingsgate Conference Centre, Peterborough Thursday 02 May 2024. Picture: Terry Harris
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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. MP Shailesh Vara (above)
Picture by Terry Harris.
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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. Picture by Terry Harris.
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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. 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.
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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](https://www.cambsnews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/RS4818_THS-Local-Elections-Peterborough-7201-1024x683.jpg)
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.
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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.