2024 Peterborough City Council election

2024 Peterborough City Council election

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23 out of 60 seats to Peterborough City Council 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Dennis Jones Chris Harper Wayne Fitzgerald Party Labour Peterborough First Conservative Last election 14 seats, 32.1% 4 seats, 3.8% 30 seats, 35.5% Seats before 14 10 22 Seats won 7 8 3 Seats after 19 14 11 Seat change 5 3 11 Popular vote 12,153 7,279 13,782 Percentage 26.0% 15.6% 29.5% Swing 6.1% 11.8% 6.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Christian Hogg Nicola Day Party Liberal Democrats Green Independent Last election 8 seats, 11.6% 3 seats, 14.1% 1 seat, 2.5% Seats before 8 2 3 Seats won 2 2 1 Seats after 9 4 3 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 4,393 6,297 2,318 Percentage 9.4% 13.5% 5.0% Swing 2.2% 0.6% 2.5%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Peterborough City Council election
Leader before election Mohammed Farooq Peterborough First No overall control Leader after election Dennis Jones Labour No overall control

The 2024 Peterborough City Council election took place on 2 May 2024 ^[1] to elect members of Peterborough City Council in Cambridgeshire, England. 23 of the 60 seats on the council were contested, including an early election in Werrington. The election took place alongside other local elections across England.

Overview

Prior to the election, the council was under no overall control, being led by a minority administration of local party Peterborough First.

All but two seats up for election in 2024 were last defended in 2021. Park ward was last defended in 2023, whilst one vacated seat in Werrington was last defended in 2022.

Going into the election, the position of the parties and the number of seats they were defending was:

• Conservative: 17 defences* (8 other seats)
• Labour (and co-operative) Party: 2 defences (12 other seats)
• Peterborough First: 2 defences** (6 other seats)
• Liberal Democrats: 1 defence (7 other seats)
• Green Party: 1 defence (2 other seats)
• Independents: 0 defences*** (2 other seats)

*Two of the Conservative defences were in Stanground South and Wittering, where the incumbents had defected to Peterborough First. ^{[2] [3]}

** Peterborough First's two defences were in Werrington, where the incumbents were elected for the group's predecessor, Werrington First.

***The Green Party's defence was in Orton Waterville, where the incumbent councillor - Kirsty Knight - resigned from the party shortly before the election. ^[4]

Following the election, the council remained under no overall control. Labour became the largest party. ^[5] Labour subsequently formed a minority administration, with their group leader Dennis Jones being formally appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 20 May 2024. ^[6]

Overall results

2024 Peterborough City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	7	5	30.4	12	19	31.7	12,153	26.0	–6.1
	Peterborough First	8	3	34.8	6	14	23.3	7,279	15.6	+11.8
	Conservative	3	11	13.0	8	11	18.3	13,782	29.5	–6.0
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	8.7	7	9	15.0	4,393	9.4	–2.2
	Green	2	2	8.7	2	4	6.7	6,297	13.5	–0.6
	Independent	1		4.3	2	3	5.0	2,318	5.0	+2.5
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	111	0.2	±0.0
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	232	0.5	+0.3
	Workers Party	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	89	0.2	N/A

Ward results

Source: ^[7]

Asterisks denote incumbent councillors seeking re-election. ^[8] Unless otherwise noted, the councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2021; changes in vote share are therefore compared to the 2021 election.

Barnack

The incumbent, David Over (Conservative) did not contest this election.

Barnack ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Irene Walsh	437	39.9	23.2
	Independent	Kevin Tighe	396	36.2	NEW
	Labour	Stephanie Gillian Matthews	132	12.1	1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Beki Sellick	70	6.4	9.3
	Green	June Bull	60	5.5	5.5
Majority			41	3.7	43.8
Turnout			1,095	39.9	2.77
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bretton

UKIP (3.35% in 2021) and For Britain (1.08% in 2021) did not contest this election.

Bretton ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Nicola Jenkins	835	44.2	3.3
	Conservative	Chaz Fenner*	757	40.1	8.4
	Green	Mark Williams	175	9.3	NEW
	Liberal Democrats	Rohan Wilson	121	6.4	0.3
Majority			78	4.1
Turnout			1,888	27.9	3.8
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Central

Freedom Alliance (2.42% in 2021) did not contest this election.

Central ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Amjad Iqbal*	1,377	48.1	11.7
	Green	Mohammed Aziz Munir	820	28.6	23.1
	Conservative	Jenae Hannah Toni Gloria Holton	412	14.4	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Kerridge	161	5.6	0.7
	TUSC	Steve Cawley	94	3.3	NEW
Majority			557	19.4	14.5
Turnout			2,864	31.6	9.5
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Dogsthorpe

Colin Hargreaves (Independent – 11.35% in 2021) and UKIP (3.95% in 2021) did not contest this election.

Dogsthorpe ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jason McNally	766	39.5	4.1
	Conservative	Ishfaq Hussain*	760	39.2	0.3
	Green	Matthew Gray	178	9.2	5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Ringler	145	7.5	0.5
	Workers Party	Rob Petch	89	4.6	NEW
Majority			6	0.3
Turnout			1,938	28.0	4.4
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

East

Incumbent Jackie Allen (Conservative) did not contest this seat in 2024. She, instead, contested the Orton Waterville ward. ^[8]

East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Numan Ali Iqbal	1,080	44.7	0.4
	Conservative	Aleem Miran	870	36.0	9.4
	Green	Bismah Noor	192	7.9	3.0
	Independent	Jo Johnson	152	6.3	NEW
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Bruzda	123	5.1	0.3
Majority			210	8.7
Turnout			2,417	31.5	1.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Eye, Thorney and Newborough

Incumbent Nigel Simons (Conservative) and the Liberal Democrats (3.6% in 2021) did not contest this election.

Eye, Thorney and Newborough ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peterborough First	Mark David Michael Ormston	862	36.0	NEW
	Conservative	John Philip Peach	853	35.6	34.4
	Labour	John Francis Shearman	540	22.5	4.4
	Green	Carol Sarah Johnson	141	5.9	2.4
Majority			9	0.4
Turnout			2,396	32.0	0.5
	Peterborough First gain from Conservative		Swing

Fletton and Stanground

Incumbent Oliver Sainsbury (Conservative) and John Whitby (Independent – 10.6% in 2021) did not contest this election.

Fletton and Stanground ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Polly Geraghty	884	52.3	25.6
	Labour	Muhammad Mujtaba Hashimi	338	20.0
	Conservative	Chibuzo Okpala	299	17.7	17.7
	Green	Sam Creedon-Gray	168	9.9	2.7
Majority			546	32.3
Turnout			1,689	22.8	4.12
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Fletton and Woodston

Freedom Alliance (2.7% in 2021) did not contest this election.

Blakemore-Creedon's win made her one of the youngest councillors in the country ^[9] - and the youngest ever elected in Peterborough. ^[10]

Fletton and Woodston ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Daisy Blakemore-Creedon	940	48.1	9.6
	Conservative	Andy Coles*	658	33.6	7.5
	Green	Adam Warr	222	11.3	0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Simon John Garner	99	5.1	1.4
	TUSC	Jon Lloyd	37	1.9	NEW
Majority			282	14.4
Turnout			1,956	25.3	7.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Glinton and Castor

The incumbent, Saqib Farooq (Peterborough First), defected from the Conservative Party in July 2023. ^[11] He will not fight this seat in 2024, instead, contesting Hargate and Hempsted. ^[8]

Glinton and Castor ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peterborough First	Neil David Boyce	714	39.3	NEW
	Conservative	Andrew Stephen Willey	539	29.6	38.0
	Labour	Sue Farr	270	14.8	4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Bysshe	174	9.6	3.2
	Green	Greg Guthrie	122	6.7	2.6
Majority			175	9.6
Turnout			1,819	35.2	7.0
	Peterborough First hold		Swing

Gunthorpe

Christian Peoples Alliance (1.3% in 2021) did not contest this election.

Gunthorpe ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Louise Shaheed	899	41.8	9.1
	Conservative	Bryan Tyler*	865	40.3	13.2
	Labour	Joanna Susan Weedon	303	14.1	1.6
	Green	Shazad Ali	82	3.8	NEW
Majority			34	1.6
Turnout			2,149	31.7	4.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Hampton Vale

Hampton Vale ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peterborough First	Roger Antunes	400	29.8	NEW
	Conservative	Lindsay John Sharp*	327	24.4	19.4
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Christopher Walton	292	21.8	7.3
	Labour	Christopher Martin McCarthy	256	19.1	3.2
	Green	Charles Rhys Coster	66	4.9	NEW
Majority			73	5.4
Turnout			1,341	24.8	2.7
	Peterborough First gain from Conservative		Swing

Hargate and Hempsted

Incumbent Nicolle Trust (Conservative) did not contest this election.

Saqib Farooq (Peterborough First) was an incumbent councillor in Glinton and Castor prior to this election.

Hargate and Hempsted ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peterborough First	Saqib Mohammed Farooq	826	45.4	NEW
	Conservative	Vishal Vichare	421	23.1	24.2
	Labour	Kelly Jesus	364	20.0	2.2
	Green	Amanda Horne	124	6.8	1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Ann Speed	86	4.7	17.8
Majority			405	22.2
Turnout			1,821	26.1	1.64
	Peterborough First gain from Conservative		Swing

North

Incumbent Mohammed Haseeb (Labour) did not contest this election.

North ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Zameer Ali	1,078	46.2	11.6
	Conservative	Mohammed Tokir	640	27.4	3.7
	Green	Misbah Shafiq	419	18.0	12.4
	TUSC	John Anthony McGarry	101	4.3	NEW
	Liberal Democrats	Deeshen Ruttun	95	4.1	1.5
Majority			438	18.8	7.9
Turnout			2,333	32.0	9.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Orton Longueville

Incumbent Graham Casey (Conservative) did not contest this election.

Orton Longueville ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Imtiaz Ali	669	30.8	16.3
	Conservative	Ekta Patel	647	29.8	17.0
	Labour	David Frederick John Baker	521	24.0	5.3
	Independent	Nick Penniall	251	11.6	NEW
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Mills	84	3.9	5.5
Majority			22	1.0
Turnout			2,172
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Orton Waterville

The incumbent, Kirsty Knight (Independent), quit the Green Party in March 2024. ^[12]

Conservative Party candidate Jackie Allen was an incumbent councillor in East Ward prior to the election.

Orton Waterville ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kirsty Knight*	1,254	48.2	NEW
	Green	Ed Murphy	701	26.9	25.7
	Conservative	Jackie Allen	440	16.9	17.1
	Labour	Oluwaseun Akinyele	207	8.0
Majority			553	21.3
Turnout			2,602	36.2	3.8
	Independent hold		Swing

Park

This seat was last contested in 2023, changes in vote share are therefore compared to the 2023 election.

Incumbent Muhammad Asif (Conservative) did not contest this election.

Park ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Angus Alexander Ellis	827	33.6	4.3
	Conservative	Murtaza Ahmed Munir	825	33.5	14.1
	Green	Iqra Ali	509	20.7	5.5
	Reform UK	Sue Morris	111	4.5	2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Hardman	95	3.9	1.7
	Independent	Fiona Radic	94	3.8	NEW
Majority			2	0.1
Turnout			2,461	34.0	10.6
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Paston and Walton

Paston and Walton ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Rafiq	824	39.8	10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Sandford*	819	39.6	6.7
	Labour	Callum Patrick Alexander	339	16.4	7.8
	Green	Ali Shokat	86	4.2	NEW
Majority			5	0.2
Turnout			2,068	28.5	0.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Ravensthorpe

Ravensthorpe ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Qaiser Farid	1,045	39.3	33.9
	Conservative	Gul Nawaz*	944	35.5	21.7
	Labour	Abdul Mannan	598	22.5	10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Raja Ejaz Ahmed Khan	74	2.8	2.0
Majority			101	3.8
Turnout			2,661	34.9	2.6
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Stanground South

The incumbent, Chris Harper (Leader of Peterborough First), defected from the Conservative Party in December 2021. ^[13]

Stanground South ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peterborough First	Chris Harper*	1,111	56.2	NEW
	Labour	Margaret Thulbourn	404	20.4	4.2
	Conservative	Neil Frank Seekings	373	18.9	45.6
	Green	Joe Horne	88	4.5	2.2
Majority			707	35.8
Turnout			1,976	25.5	1.5
	Peterborough First hold		Swing

Werrington

One vacant seat was up for election, alongside the incumbent. ^[14]

The two seats were previously represented by Werrington First - the predecessor group to Peterborough First.

Werrington ward (2 Seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peterborough First	John Raymond Fox*	1,664	55.8	5.4
	Peterborough First	Sarah Areatha Hillier	1,307	43.8	9.3
	Conservative	Sara Louise Bristow	626	21.0	2.1
	Labour	Roz Jones	421	14.1	2.1
	Conservative	Ruta Dalton	392	13.1	6.1
	Green	Katherine Ann Sharp	178	6.0	0.4
	Green	Barry Warne	103	3.5	2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Simon James Kail	92	3.1	0.7
Majority			1,038	34.8	7.5
Turnout			2,981	33.8	2.3
	Peterborough First hold		Swing	-
	Peterborough First hold		Swing	-

West

Freedom Alliance (1.9% in 2021) and UKIP (1.7% in 2021) did not contest this election.

West ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynne Ayres*	663	43.2	14.4
	Labour Co-op	Christopher Ian Cole	472	30.7	5.4
	Independent	Collette Francis	171	11.1	NEW
	Green	Chelsea Windsor	149	9.7	2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Annie Geraghty	80	5.2	1.2
Majority			191	12.4	−19.9
Turnout			1,535	36.8	4.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wittering

The incumbent Gavin Elsey (Peterborough First) defected from the Conservative Party in May 2023. ^[15]

John Stannage (Independent – 14.3% in 2021), the Green Party (25.35%) and the Liberal Democrats (3.14%) will not be contesting this election.

Wittering ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peterborough First	Gavin Elsey*	395	57.2	NEW
	Conservative	Chantel Saunders	210	30.4	19.1
	Labour	Julie Hall	85	12.3	4.7
Majority			185	26.8
Turnout			690	28.2	4.5
	Peterborough First hold		Swing

Changes 2024–2026

• Simon Barkham, elected for the Liberal Democrats, left the party to sit as an independent shortly after the May 2024 elections. ^[16]
• Irene Walsh, elected as a Conservative in Barnack, resigned. The by-election on 1 May 2025 was won by Kevin Tighe (Independent). ^[17]

By-elections

Barnack

Barnack by-election: 1 May 2025

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kevin Tighe	524	41.8	+5.6
	Reform UK	Yvonne Scarrott	289	23.0	N/A
	Conservative	Andrew Coles	277	22.1	–17.8
	Labour	Catherine Reid	106	8.5	–3.6
	Green	David Pardoe	58	4.6	–0.9
Majority			235	18.8	N/A
Turnout			1,257	45.0	+5.1
Registered electors			2,791
	Independent gain from Conservative

References

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