Peter James Turner (born 28 August 1974)[1] is a British musician and songwriter who has been the bassist for the rock band Elbow since the group's formation.

Turner grew up in Bury, Manchester as an adopted child of white British parents.

[4] He has also said that Public Enemy's record Fear of a Black Planet is his favourite album.

[5] Turner was one of the three embryonic founders of what would later become Elbow, as he had formed a band named RPM with future Elbow members Richard Jupp and Mark Potter.

Turner befriended future Elbow frontman Guy Garvey at Bury College and the latter later joined RPM in 1991, triggering a band name change to Mr. Soft, and eventually later on first to just Soft and finally to Elbow in 1997.