2025 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election

2025 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election

←  2021 1 May 2025

Lab Lib Candidate Anna Smith Paul Bristow Lorna Dupré Party Labour Co-op Conservative Liberal Democrats   Gre Ref Candidate Bob Ensch Ryan Coogan Party Green Reform UK

Area covered by election

The 2025 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election is due to take place on 1 May 2025 to elect the Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. This will be on the same day as other local elections. Nik Johnson was first elected in 2021. ^[1]

Background

The mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough serves as the directly elected leader of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority. The mayor has power over investment directly to the combined authority from the government of £20 million a year for 30 years from 2017. The mayor does not incorporate the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner into the post.

In the 2021 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election, the Labour candidate Nik Johnson was elected with 32.8% of the vote in the first round and 51.3% of the second round vote. In early 2025, Johnson announced he would not be running for a second term.

Electoral system

In 2017 and 2021, the Mayor was elected using a supplementary vote system, in which voters may express a first and second preference for candidates. The 2019-24 Conservative government abolished this system, meaning the 2025 election will use first-past-the-post. ^[2]

Candidates

Confirmed

• Anna Smith (Labour) ^[3]
• Paul Bristow (Conservative) ^[4]
• Lorna Dupré (Liberal Democrats) ^[5]
• Bob Ensch (Green Party) ^[6]
• Ryan Coogan ( Reform UK) ^[7]

Declined

• Nik Johnson (Labour), incumbent Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Opinion Polling

Dates conducted	Pollster	Client	Sample size	Bristow	Smith	Dupré	Reform	Green	Others	Lead
6–10 Mar 2025	Labour Together [a]	N/A	822	31%	27%	20%	13%	6%	3%	4
6 May 2021	2021 mayoral election (1st round)		–	40.5%	32.8%	26.7%	–	–	–	7.7

1. Labour Together is not a BPC pollster.

Results

2025 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mayoral Election ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Bristow
	Reform UK	Ryan Coogan
	Liberal Democrats	Lorna Helen Dupré
	Green	Bob Ensch
	Labour Co-op	Anna Smith

References

1. "Cambridgeshire and Peterborough's mayor in the hot seat". BBC News. 2024-11-18. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
2. "First Past the Post to be introduced for all local mayoral and police and crime commissioner elections". Gov.uk. 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
3. "Anna Smith selected as Labour candidate for mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough". Cambridge Independent. 2025-02-21. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
4. "Ex-MP Paul Bristow to run for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough mayor". BBC News. 2024-11-25. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
5. "Liberal Democrat councillor to run for mayor". BBC News. 2025-01-27. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
6. "Green Party selects candidate to run for mayor". BBC News. 2025-02-23. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
7. "Nigel Farage visits Cambridgeshire and gets a temporary 'British bulldog' tattoo as Ryan Coogan is unveiled as Reform UK's mayoral candidate". Cambridge Independent. 2025-04-01. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
8. "Statement of persons nominated: combined authority mayor" (PDF). Cambridge City Council. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.

See also

• Cambridgeshire County Council elections