2022 Peterborough City Council election

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Elections to Peterborough City Council took place on 5 May 2022. 19 of the 60 seats were contested. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.

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2022 Peterborough City Council election
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19 out of 60 seats to Peterborough City Council
31 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderWayne FitzgeraldShaz NawazNick Sandford
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Last election28 seats, 35.5%16 seats, 34.1%8 seats, 10.7%
Seats won764
Seats after28178
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Popular vote14,10113,6865,270
Percentage35.8%34.8%13.4%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.3%Increase2.svg 0.7%Increase2.svg 2.7%
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
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LeaderNicola DayJohn FoxChris Harper
Party Green Werrington First Independent
Last election3 seats, 7.7%3 seats, 3.4%1 seat, 2.2%
Seats won110
Seats after331
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote3,6711,373248
Percentage9.3%3.5%0.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.6%Increase2.svg 0.1%Decrease2.svg 1.6%
Peterborough UK ward map 2022.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2022 Peterborough City Council election
Council control before election


No overall control

Council control after election


No overall control

Current political makeup

Summary

2022 Peterborough City Council election [4]
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Conservative 7Steady2.svg36.84212846.6714,10135.81Increase2.svg0.31
  Labour 6Increase2.svg131.58111728.3313,68634.76Increase2.svg0.66
  Liberal Democrats 4Steady2.svg21.054813.335,27013.38Increase2.svg2.68
  Green 1Steady2.svg5.26235.003,6719.32Increase2.svg1.62
  Werrington First 1Steady2.svg5.26235.001,3733.49Increase2.svg0.09
  Independent 0Steady2.svg0.00111.672480.63Decrease2.svg1.57
  Independent Labour 0Decrease2.svg10.00000.006151.56New
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0.00000.00520.13New
  Freedom Alliance 0Steady2.svg0.00000.00990.25New
  Reform UK 0Steady2.svg0.00000.002580.66New

Ward results

Bretton

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent was Scott Warren (Conservative).

UKIP (3.4%) and For Britain Movement (3.9%) did not contest this time.

Bretton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Scott Warren 850 44.2 Decrease2.svg4.3
Labour Nick Thulbourn69536.1Decrease2.svg4.8
Independent Dave Craig24812.9New
Liberal Democrats Rohan Wilson1316.3Increase2.svg0.2
Majority1558.1Increase2.svg0.5
Turnout 1,92427.7Decrease2.svg4
Conservative hold Swing Increase2.svg0.25

Central

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent (Mahboob Hussain, Labour) did not seek re-election.

Freedom Alliance (2.5%) did not contest this time.

Central ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Alison Margaret Jones 1,720 57.7 Decrease2.svg2.1
Conservative Aleem Miran93731.4Increase2.svg5.4
Green Raymond John Knight1474.9Decrease2.svg0.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Whittaker1274.3Decrease2.svg2.1
TUSC Steve Cawley521.7New
Majority78326.3Decrease2.svg7.6
Turnout 2,98334.97Decrease2.svg6.09
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.75

Dogsthorpe

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent was Dennis Jones (Labour).

Independent Colin Hargreaves (11.4%) and UKIP (4.0%) did not contest this time.

Dogsthorpe ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Dennis Jones 1,107 57.4 Increase2.svg22.2
Conservative Marius Vainauskas56829.5Decrease2.svg9.4
Liberal Democrats Sandra Ringler1407.2Increase2.svg0.2
Green Kelsey Jack Brace683.5
Freedom Alliance Robert Bede Petch452.3New
Majority53927.9Increase2.svg24.4
Turnout 1,92827.59Decrease2.svg5.25
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg15.8

East

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent was Sam Hemraj (Labour).

East ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Sam Hemraj 990 46.8 Increase2.svg2.5
Conservative Dominic Pereira86240.8Decrease2.svg4.6
Liberal Democrats Stuart Clark1446.8Increase2.svg1.4
Green Luke Chapman1185.6Increase2.svg0.7
Majority1286.0Increase2.svg4.9
Turnout 2,11428.7Decrease2.svg4.14
Labour Co-op hold Swing Increase2.svg3.55

Eye, Thorney & Newborough

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent (Richard Brown, Conservative) did not seek re-election.

Eye, Thorney & Newborough ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rylan Ray 1,269 56.3 Decrease2.svg13.7
Labour Kim Michelle Lewis54924.3Increase2.svg6.2
Green Michael Alexander28512.6Increase2.svg4.3
Liberal Democrats Annie Geraghty1526.7Increase2.svg3.1
Majority72032.0Decrease2.svg20.0
Turnout 2,25529.83Decrease2.svg2.64
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg9.95

Fletton & Stanground

One vacant seat was up for election ([Liberal Democrat), alongside the incumbent (Christian Hogg, Liberal Democrat).

This seat was last contested in 2018.

The Green Party (7.2%) and John Whitby (Independent) (10.6%) did not contest this time.

Fletton & Stanground ward (2 Seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christian Hogg 1,030 49.6 Increase2.svg23.9
Liberal Democrats Jade Seager 928 44.7 New
Conservative Irene Walsh60529.1Decrease2.svg6.3
Conservative Vishal Vichare56627.3New
Labour Asim Mahmood44221.3Increase2.svg1.8
Majority42520.5Increase2.svg11.8
Turnout 2,07726.5Decrease2.svg0.42
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg15.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg15.1

Fletton & Woodston

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent was Alan Dowson (Labour).

Freedom Alliance (2.7%) did not contest this time.

Fletton & Woodston ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Alan Grant Dowson 880 43.3 Increase2.svg4.8
Conservative Andrew Stephen Willey81239.9Decrease2.svg1.2
Green David Nicholas Stevenson2029.9Decrease2.svg1.4
Liberal Democrats Neil Walton1396.8Increase2.svg0.3
Majority683.4Increase2.svg2.5
Turnout 2,03326.12Decrease2.svg6.23
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg3.0

Gunthorpe

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent was Andrew Bond (Liberal Democrat).

Christian Peoples Alliance (1.3%) did not contest this time.

Gunthorpe ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Bond 1,259 50.3 Increase2.svg17.6
Conservative John Philip Peach99639.8Decrease2.svg13.7
Labour Jack James Gower25010.0Decrease2.svg2.5
Majority26310.5Decrease2.svg10.3
Turnout 2,50537.06Decrease2.svg0.74
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg15.65

Hampton Vale

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent was Marco Cereste (Conservative).

Dave King (Independent) (4.8%) did not contest this time.

Hampton Vale ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marco Cereste 398 37.1 Decrease2.svg6.7
Liberal Democrats Polly Geraghty29127.2Decrease2.svg1.9
Labour Bill Thompson26424.6Increase2.svg2.3
Green Barry Anthony Warne656.1New
Freedom Alliance Arthurs Fedorovs545.0New
Majority1079.9Decrease2.svg4.7
Turnout 1,07220.65Decrease2.svg1.47
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg2.4

Hargate & Hempsted

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent was Mohammed Farooq (Conservative).

Hargate & Hempsted ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mohammed Farooq 672 50.0 Increase2.svg2.7
Labour Timothy Akau Kujiyat42731.8Increase2.svg9.6
Liberal Democrats Rachel Speed15511.5Decrease2.svg10.5
Green Michael Robert Whitaker906.7Decrease2.svg1.3
Majority24518.2Decrease2.svg6.4
Turnout 1,34421.73Decrease2.svg3.05
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.45

North

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent (Shazia Bashir, Conservative) is not seeking re-election in this ward.

UKIP (4.8%), The Green Party (4.7%) and the Lib Dems (4.2%) are not contesting this time.

North ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Noreen Bi 1,708 72.4 Increase2.svg30.7
Conservative Akim Akim65227.6Decrease2.svg16.9
Majority1,05644.8Increase2.svg42.0
Turnout 2,36032.86Decrease2.svg6.73
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg23.8

Orton Longueville

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent (Irene Walsh, Conservative) is not seeking re-election in this ward.

UKIP (14.4%) are not contesting this time.

Orton Longueville ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Perkins 823 39.4 Increase2.svg1.5
Labour Wendy Mary Smith80438.5Increase2.svg5.9
Liberal Democrats Nick Penniall24111.5Increase2.svg3.9
Green June Mary Bull22110.6Increase2.svg3.0
Majority190.9Decrease2.svg4.4
Turnout 2,08926.99Decrease2.svg2.82
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg2.2

Orton Waterville

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent is Julie Howell (Green).

A month after contesting the seat, Stevenson (née Howell) resigned from the Green Party to sit as an independent. [5]

Orton Waterville ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Julie Lisa May Howell 1,907 68.4 Increase2.svg17.6
Conservative Michael John Samways59321.3Decrease2.svg16.7
Labour Henry James McKearney2177.8Decrease2.svg1.1
Liberal Democrats Vince Carroll722.6Increase2.svg0.3
Majority1,31447.1Increase2.svg34.3
Turnout 2,78938.02Decrease2.svg0.87
Green hold Swing Increase2.svg17.2

Park

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent (Aasiyah Joseph, Labour) is not seeking re-election.

Park ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Mohammed Sabir 1,504 52.9 Decrease2.svg0.9
Conservative Shazia Bashir89531.5Decrease2.svg8.1
Liberal Democrats Ian Hardman2017.1Increase2.svg3.8
Green Fiona Radic1284.5Increase2.svg1.2
Reform UK Sue Morris1164.1New
Majority60921.4Increase2.svg7.2
Turnout 2,84439.9Decrease2.svg6.45
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg3.6

Paston & Walton

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent is Asif Shaheed (Liberal Democrat).

UKIP (8.1%) did not contest this time.

Paston & Walton ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Asif Shaheed 895 44.6 Increase2.svg6.6
Conservative Angie Fenner50525.2Increase2.svg6.6
Labour Gregory Mickiewicz37418.6Decrease2.svg11.5
Reform UK Tony Allen1427.1New
Green Amanda Horne924.6Decrease2.svg0.4
Majority39019.4Increase2.svg11.3
Turnout 2,00826.65Decrease2.svg4.44
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase2.svg9.1

Ravensthorpe

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent, Ed Murphy, was suspended by the Labour Party in 2021. [6] He contested this election as an independent candidate.

UKIP (6.5%) and The Green Party (3%) did not contest this time.

Ravensthorpe ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mohammed Rangzeb 1,202 43.7 Decrease2.svg1.1
Labour Co-op Mohammed Tokir77528.2Decrease2.svg17.6
Independent Labour Ed Murphy61522.4New
Liberal Democrats Richard Cham1565.7New
Majority42715.5Increase2.svg14.5
Turnout 2,74835.97Decrease2.svg1.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg8.3

Stanground South

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent is Ray Bisby (Conservative).

UKIP (5%), Julian Bray (Independent) (4.5%), and The Liberal Democrats (4.3%) did not contest this time.

Stanground South ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ray Bisby 967 56.4 Decrease2.svg2.7
Labour Timothy William Fish56633.0Increase2.svg6.7
Green Stuart Middleton18210.6Increase2.svg7.8
Majority40123.4Decrease2.svg8.6
Turnout 1,71522.48Decrease2.svg5.32
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg4.7

Werrington

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent is Steve Lane (Werrington First).

UKIP (2.9%) did not contest this time.

Werrington ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Werrington First Steve Lane 1,373 53.1 Decrease2.svg0.1
Conservative Hayley Jayne Shelton49519.2Increase2.svg1.7
Labour Jason McNally41416.0Increase2.svg5.1
Green Georgia Wade1666.4Increase2.svg2.6
Liberal Democrats Simon Kail1375.3Decrease2.svg6.3
Majority87833.9Decrease2.svg1.8
Turnout 2,58532.4Decrease2.svg1.4
Werrington First hold Swing Decrease2.svg0.9

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  2. ↑ "Councillor Ed Murphy". Peterborough City Council. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
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