Peter John Harle Smith

Peter John Harle Smith has stood in 93 elections between 1970 and 2026, for Liberal Democrats, winning 28 times. Their best result was 809 votes (67.6%) in Stratton, 1991.

Party: Liberal Democrats
Contests: 93
Times elected: 28
Years: 1970–2026

Peter John Harle Smith: every recorded election result
Date	Election	Ward or constituency	Council / area	Party	Votes	Share	Position	Elected
7 May 2026	Local Elections 2026	West Molesey	East Surrey	Liberal Democrats	906	9.2%	6th	No
4 May 2023	Local Elections 2023	Castle	Leicester	Liberal Democrats	209	2.4%	9th	No
4 May 2023	Local Elections 2023	Vange	Basildon	Liberal Democrats	68	5.7%	3rd	No
5 May 2022	Local Elections 2022	St Anne's & St John's	Colchester	Liberal Democrats	1,478	51.8%	1st	Yes
5 May 2022	Local Elections 2022	Molesey West	Elmbridge	Liberal Democrats	519	23%	3rd	No
6 May 2021	Local Elections 2021	Oakley	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrats	444	4.1%	9th	No
6 May 2021	Local Elections 2021	Worksop West	Nottinghamshire	Liberal Democrats	143	4.6%	3rd	No
6 May 2021	Local Elections 2021	Ripley West and Heage	Derbyshire	Liberal Democrats	119	2.8%	4th	No
2 May 2019	Local Elections 2019	Humberstone & Hamilton	Leicester	Liberal Democrats	421	4.2%	8th	No
2 May 2019	Local Elections 2019	Chartham and Stone Street	Canterbury	Liberal Democrats	277	6.2%	7th	No
2 May 2019	Local Elections 2019	Churchdown Brookfield with Hucclecote	Tewkesbury	Liberal Democrats	579	14.4%	2nd	Yes
2 May 2019	Local Elections 2019	Abbey	Leicester	Liberal Democrats	281	2.9%	12th	No
3 May 2018	Local Elections 2018	St Anne's & St John's	Colchester	Liberal Democrats	1,026	36.9%	2nd	No
8 June 2017	UK General Election 2017	Boston and Skegness	UK Parliamentary general election	Liberal Democrats	771	1.8%	4th	No
4 May 2017	Local Elections 2017	Alport and Derwent	Derbyshire	Liberal Democrats	329	7.5%	3rd	No
4 May 2017	Local Elections 2017	Blidworth	Nottinghamshire	Liberal Democrats	71	3%	4th	No
5 May 2016	Local Elections 2016	St Anne's & St John's	Colchester	Liberal Democrats	1,215	15.3%	3rd	Yes
5 May 2016	Local Elections 2016	Gensing	Hastings	Liberal Democrats	39	3%	5th	No
7 May 2015	Local Elections 2015	Taunton Blackbrook and Holway	Taunton Deane	Liberal Democrats	671	9.7%	6th	No
7 May 2015	Local Elections 2015	The Dales	Ashfield	Liberal Democrats	731	49.4%	2nd	No
7 May 2015	Local Elections 2015	Abbey	Leicester	Liberal Democrats	392	2.4%	12th	No
7 May 2015	UK General Election 2015	Ashfield	UK Parliamentary general election	Liberal Democrats	7,030	14.8%	4th	No
22 May 2014	Local Elections 2014	Belper East	Amber Valley	Liberal Democrats	68	4.4%	4th	No
22 May 2014	Local Elections 2014	Central St Leonards	Hastings	Liberal Democrats	40	3.1%	6th	No
22 May 2014	Local Elections 2014	Grange	Enfield	Liberal Democrats	303	2.7%	10th	No
2 May 2013	Local Elections 2013	St Helens and Silverhill	East Sussex	Liberal Democrats	103	3.5%	5th	No
3 May 2012	Local Elections 2012	St. Johns	Colchester	Liberal Democrats	994	64.4%	1st	Yes
3 May 2012	Local Elections 2012	Hall Green	Birmingham	Liberal Democrats	1,302	20.5%	3rd	No
3 May 2012	Local Elections 2012	Central St Leonards	Hastings	Liberal Democrats	94	8.3%	4th	No
5 May 2011	Local Elections 2011	Hornby	Mansfield	Liberal Democrats	204	24.1%	2nd	No
5 May 2011	Local Elections 2011	Hall Green	Birmingham	Liberal Democrats	1,625	20%	3rd	No
5 May 2011	Local Elections 2011	Taunton Blackbrook and Holway	Taunton Deane	Liberal Democrats	715	16.4%	3rd	Yes
5 May 2011	Local Elections 2011	Abbey	Leicester	Liberal Democrats	185	2.2%	14th	No
5 May 2011	Local Elections 2011	Abbey	South Norfolk	Liberal Democrats	328	32.6%	2nd	No
5 May 2011	Local Elections 2011	Wotton-under-Edge	Stroud	Liberal Democrats	1,211	45.5%	1st	Yes
6 May 2010	UK General Election 2010	Boston and Skegness	UK Parliamentary general election	Liberal Democrats	6,371	14.8%	3rd	No
6 May 2010	Local Elections 2010	Central St. Leonards	Hastings	Liberal Democrats	447	21.3%	3rd	No
6 May 2010	Local Elections 2010	Southgate	Enfield	Liberal Democrats	1,298	7.1%	9th	No
4 June 2009	Local Elections 2009	Sutton in Ashfield East	Ashfield	Liberal Democrats	628	22.2%	2nd	No
1 May 2008	Local Elections 2008	St. Johns	Colchester	Liberal Democrats	1,244	59.1%	1st	Yes
1 May 2008	Local Elections 2008	Castle	Hastings	Liberal Democrats	286	18.5%	2nd	No
3 May 2007	Local Elections 2007	Zetland	Redcar & Cleveland	Liberal Democrats	381	13%	6th	No
3 May 2007	Local Elections 2007	Abbey	Leicester	Liberal Democrats	223	4.5%	10th	No
3 May 2007	Local Elections 2007	Taunton Blackbrook and Holway	Taunton Deane	Liberal Democrats	983	22.1%	3rd	Yes
3 May 2007	Local Elections 2007	Coxhoe	County Durham	Liberal Democrats	358	8%	5th	No
3 May 2007	Local Elections 2007	Goldington	Bedford	Liberal Democrats	1,102	48%	1st	Yes
3 May 2007	Local Elections 2007	Wotton-under-Edge	Stroud	Liberal Democrats	1,212	52.2%	1st	Yes
4 May 2006	Local Elections 2006	Alphington	Exeter	Liberal Democrats	906	40.4%	1st	Yes
4 May 2006	Local Elections 2006	Grange	Enfield	Liberal Democrats	385	3.3%	10th	No
5 May 2005	Local Elections 2005	North Mansfield	Nottinghamshire	Liberal Democrats	2,161	13.7%	3rd	No
10 June 2004	Local Elections 2004	Castle	Hastings	Liberal Democrats	576	40.6%	1st	Yes
10 June 2004	Local Elections 2004	Gawthorpe	Burnley	Liberal Democrats	535	29.7%	2nd	No
10 June 2004	Local Elections 2004	St. Johns	Colchester	Liberal Democrats	929	55.4%	1st	Yes
1 May 2003	Local Elections 2003	Leeming	Mansfield	Liberal Democrats	741	21.6%	1st	Yes
1 May 2003	Local Elections 2003	Wotton-under-Edge	Stroud	Liberal Democrats	998	52.8%	1st	Yes
1 May 2003	Local Elections 2003	Goldington	Bedford	Liberal Democrats	975	54.6%	1st	Yes
1 May 2003	Local Elections 2003	Abbey	Leicester	Liberal Democrats	1,430	17.6%	3rd	Yes
1 May 2003	Local Elections 2003	Rosegrove With Lowerhouse	Burnley	Liberal Democrats	192	13.6%	3rd	No
1 May 2003	Local Elections 2003	Stratton	South Norfolk	Liberal Democrats	662	28.6%	1st	Yes
1 May 2003	Local Elections 2003	Goldsworth East	Woking	Liberal Democrats	727	52.2%	1st	Yes
2 May 2002	Local Elections 2002	Castle	Hastings	Liberal Democrats	483	18.2%	4th	No
2 May 2002	Local Elections 2002	St. Johns	Colchester	Liberal Democrats	919	33.5%	2nd	Yes
2 May 2002	Local Elections 2002	Alphington	Exeter	Liberal Democrats	1,200	52.2%	1st	Yes
2 May 2002	Local Elections 2002	Goldington	Bedford	Liberal Democrats	1,057	19.6%	3rd	Yes
2 May 2002	Local Elections 2002	Hounslow South	Hounslow	Liberal Democrats	340	4.3%	8th	No
7 June 2001	Local Elections 2001	Central St. Leonards & Gensing	Hastings	Liberal Democrats	697	22.3%	3rd	No
7 June 2001	UK General Election 07 Jun 2001	Don Valley	UK Parliamentary general election	Liberal Democrats	4,089	11.2%	3rd	No
4 May 2000	Local Elections 2000	Castle	Hastings	Liberal Democrats	334	44.9%	1st	No
4 May 2000	Local Elections 2000	Alphington	Exeter	Liberal Democrats	960	16.4%	3rd	Yes
4 May 2000	Local Elections 2000	Hollington	Hastings	Liberal Democrats	150	18.5%	3rd	No
4 May 2000	Local Elections 2000	Whitton	Ipswich	Liberal Democrats	241	23.1%	3rd	No
6 May 1999	Local Elections 1999	Stoke Bishop	Bristol, City of	Liberal Democrats	669	10.7%	4th	No
6 May 1999	Local Elections 1999	Leeming	Mansfield	Liberal Democrats	484	22.9%	1st	Yes
6 May 1999	Local Elections 1999	St. Helens	Hastings	Liberal Democrats	523	36.6%	2nd	No
6 May 1999	Local Elections 1999	Stratton	South Norfolk	Liberal Democrats	478	59.9%	1st	No
7 May 1998	Local Elections 1998	Goldington	Bedford	Liberal Democrats	1,121	52.2%	1st	Yes
7 May 1998	Local Elections 1998	Silverhill	Hastings	Liberal Democrats	368	31.7%	2nd	No
1 May 1997	UK General Election 01 May 1997	Rochford and Southend East	UK Parliamentary general election	Liberal Democrats	4,387	9.4%	3rd	No
1 May 1997	Local Elections 1997	Silverhill & Wishing Tree	Hastings	Liberal Democrats	1,822	32.8%	2nd	No
1 May 1997	UK General Election 01 May 1997	Wellingborough	UK Parliamentary general election	Liberal Democrats	5,279	9.4%	3rd	No
2 May 1996	Local Elections 1996	Hodge Hill	Birmingham	Liberal Democrats	506	11.8%	3rd	No
2 May 1996	Local Elections 1996	Alphington	Exeter	Liberal Democrats	1,156	48.6%	1st	Yes
4 May 1995	Local Elections 1995	Stratton	South Norfolk	Liberal Democrats	661	59.8%	1st	Yes
5 May 1994	Local Elections 1994	Silverhill	Hastings	Liberal Democrats	753	50.5%	1st	Yes
6 May 1993	Local Elections 1993	Old Hastings & Mount Pleasant	Hastings	Liberal Democrats	888	32.6%	2nd	No
6 May 1993	Local Elections 1993	Stoneygate	Leicester	Liberal Democrats	354	11.1%	3rd	No
2 May 1991	Local Elections 1991	Stratton	South Norfolk	Liberal Democrats	809	67.6%	1st	No
2 May 1991	Local Elections 1991	Stoneygate	Leicester	Liberal Democrats	286	3.9%	6th	No
10 October 1974	UK General Election 10 Oct 1974	Fareham	UK Parliamentary general election	Liberal Democrats	14,605	33.1%	2nd	No
10 October 1974	UK General Election 10 Oct 1974	Norwich South	UK Parliamentary general election	Liberal Democrats	5,429	15.4%	3rd	No
28 February 1974	UK General Election 28 Feb 1974	Fareham	UK Parliamentary general election	Liberal Democrats	14,426	25.9%	2nd	No
28 February 1974	UK General Election 28 Feb 1974	Norwich South	UK Parliamentary general election	Liberal Democrats	5,429	9.7%	5th	No
18 June 1970	UK General Election 18 Jun 1970	Gosport and Fareham	UK Parliamentary general election	Liberal Democrats	11,754	16.3%	3rd	No