2024 Peterborough City Council election

2024 Peterborough City Council election
23 out of 60 seats to Peterborough City Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
Leader before election; Mohammed Farooq; Peterborough First; ; No overall control	Leader after election ; TBD;

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

Overview[edit]

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

Conservative: 14 defences (8 other seats)
Peterborough First: 5 defences* (5 other seats)
Labour (and Co-operative): 2 defences (12 other seats)
Liberal Democrat: 1 defence (7 other seats)
Green: 0 defences (2 other seats)
Independents: 1 defence** (2 other seats)

*Peterborough First incumbents in Glinton and Castor, Stanground South and Wittering were elected as Conservatives, whilst the incumbents in Werrington were elected as Werrington First representatives.

**Independent Councillor Kirsty Knight was elected as a Green Party representative, but quit shortly before the election.^[2]

Overall results[edit]

2024 Peterborough City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative				8
	Labour				12
	Peterborough First				5
	Liberal Democrats				7
	Independent				11
	Green				2
	Reform UK				0
	TUSC				0
	Workers Party				0

Ward results[edit]

Asterisks denote incumbent councillors seeking re-election.^[3] Unless otherwise noted, the councillors seeking re-election were elected in 2021; changes in vote share are therefore compared to the 2021 election.

Barnack[edit]

The incumbent, David Over (Conservative) will not be contesting this election.

Barnack ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	June Bull
	Labour	Stephanie Matthews
	Liberal Democrats	Beki Sellick
	Independent	Kevin Tighe
	Conservative	Irene Walsh
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

Bretton[edit]

UKIP (3.35% in 2021) and For Britain (1.08% in 2021) will not be contesting this election.

Bretton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Chaz Fenner*
	Labour Co-op	Nicola Jenkins
	Green	Mark Williams
	Liberal Democrats	Rohan Wilson
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

Central[edit]

Freedom Alliance (2.42% in 2021) will not be contesting this election.

Central ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	TUSC	Steve Cawley
	Conservative	Gloria Holton
	Labour Co-op	Amjad Iqbal*
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Kerridge
	Green	Mohammed Munir
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

Dogsthorpe[edit]

Colin Hargreaves (Independent – 11.35% in 2021) and UKIP (3.95% in 2021) will not be contesting this election.

Dogsthorpe ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Matthew Gray
	Conservative	Ishfaq Hussain*
	Labour Co-op	Jason McNally
	Workers Party	Rob Petch
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Ringler
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

East[edit]

Incumbent Jackie Allen (Conservative) will not contest this seat in 2024. She will, instead, contest the Orton Waterville ward.^[3]

East ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Bruzda
	Labour	Numan Iqbal
	Independent	Jo Johnson
	Conservative	Aleem Miran
	Green	Bismah Noor
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

Eye, Thorney and Newborough[edit]

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

Eye, Thorney and Newborough ward
	Candidate	Votes
Peterborough First	Mark Ormston
Conservative	John Peach
Labour	John Shearman
gain from		Swing

Fletton and Stanground[edit]

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

Fletton and Stanground ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Sam Creedon-Gray
	Liberal Democrats	Polly Geraghty
	Labour	Muhammad Hashimi
	Conservative	Chibuzo Okpala
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

Fletton and Woodston[edit]

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

Fletton and Woodston ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Daisy Blakemore-Creedon
	Conservative	Andy Coles*
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Garner
	TUSC	Jon Lloyd
	Green	Adam Warr
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

Glinton and Castor[edit]

The incumbent, Saqib Farooq (Peterborough First), defected from the Conservative Party in July 2023.^[4] He will not defend this seat in 2024, instead, contesting Hargate and Hempsted^[3]

Glinton and Castor ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Peterborough First	Neil Boyce
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Bysshe
	Labour	Sue Farr
	Green	Greg Guthrie
	Conservative	Andrew Willey
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

Gunthorpe[edit]

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

Gunthorpe ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Shazad Ali
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Shaheed
	Conservative	Bryan Tyler*
	Labour	Joanna Weedon
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

Hampton Vale[edit]

Hampton Vale ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Peterborough First	Roger Antunes
	Green	Charles Coster
	Labour	Christopher McCarthy
	Conservative	Lindsay Sharp*
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Walton
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

Hargate and Hempsted[edit]

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

Peterborough First candidate Saqib Farooq is an incumbent councillor in Glinton and Castor.

Hargate and Hempsted ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Peterborough First	Saqib Farooq
	Green	Amanda Horne
	Labour	Kelly Jesus
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Speed
	Conservative	Vishal Vichare
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

North[edit]

Incumbent Mohammed Haseeb (Labour) will not be contesting this election.

North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	TUSC	John McGarry
	Liberal Democrats	Deeshen Ruttun
	Green	Misbah Shafiq
	Conservative	Mohammed Tokir
	Labour	Ali Zameer
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

Orton Longueville[edit]

Incumbent Graham Casey (Conservative) will not be contesting this election.

Orton Longueville ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Green	Imtiaz Ali
	Labour	David Baker
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Mills
	Conservative	Ekta Patel
	Independent	Nick Penniall
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

Orton Waterville[edit]

The incumbent, Kirsty Knight (Independent), quit the Green Party in March 2024.^[5]

Conservative Party candidate Jackie Allen is an incumbent councillor in East Ward.

Orton Waterville ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Oluwaseun Akinyele
	Conservative	Jackie Allen
	Green	Ed Murphy
	Independent	Kirsty Knight*
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

Park[edit]

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

Incumbent Muhammad Asif (Conservative) will not be contesting this election.

Park ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Murtaza Ahmed
	Green	Iqra Ali
	Labour Co-op	Angus Ellis
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Hardman
	Reform UK	Sue Morris
	Independent	Fiona Radic
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

Paston and Walton[edit]

Paston and Walton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Callum Alexander
	Conservative	Alex Rafiq
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Sandford*
	Green	Ali Shokat
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

Ravensthorpe[edit]

Ravensthorpe ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Raja Khan
	Labour	Abdul Mannan
	Conservative	Gul Nawaz*
	Green	Farid Qaiser
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

Stanground South[edit]

The incumbent, Chris Harper (Leader of Peterborough First), defected from the Conservative Party in December 2021.^[6]

Stanground South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Peterborough First	Chris Harper*
	Green	Joe Horne
	Conservative	Neil Seekings
	Labour	Margaret Thulbourn
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

Werrington[edit]

One vacant seat is up for election, alongside the incumbent.^[7]

Werrington ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Sara Bristow
	Conservative	Ruta Dalton
	Peterborough First	John Fox*
	Peterborough First	Sarah Hillier
	Labour	Roz Jones
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Kail
	Green	Katherine Sharp
	Green	Barry Warne
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

West[edit]

Freedom Alliance (1.9% in 2021) and UKIP (1.7% in 2021) will not be contesting this election.

West ward
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Lynne Ayres*
	Labour Co-op	Christopher Cole
	Independent	Collette Francis
	Liberal Democrats	Annie Geraghty
	Green	Chelsea Windsor
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

Wittering[edit]

The incumbent is Gavin Elsey (Peterborough First), who defected from the Conservative Party in May 2023.^[8]

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
	Candidate	Votes
Peterborough First	Gavin Elsey
Labour	Julie Hall
Conservative	Chantel Saunders
gain from		Swing

References[edit]

^ Peterborough City Council (25 March 2024). "NOTICE OF ELECTION" (PDF). Peterborough City Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
^ "Peterborough councillor quits Green Party over clash of beliefs". BBC News. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Peterborough City Council (5 April 2024). "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED, NOTICE OF POLL AND SITUATION OF POLLING STATIONS" (PDF). peterborough.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
^ Jones, Ben (14 July 2023). "Peterborough First add three former Conservatives to council group". Peterborough Telegraph. Archived from the original on 9 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
^ "Peterborough councillor quits Green Party over clash of beliefs". BBC News. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
^ Jones, Ben (10 May 2022). "Chris Harper takes over as leader of Peterborough First group on city council". Peterborough Telegraph. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
^ Peterborough City Council (12 March 2024). "NOTICE OF CASUAL VACANCY" (PDF). peterborough.gov.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
^ "Peterborough City Council: Fourth Conservative resigns from party". BBC News. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

[1] Peterborough City Council (25 March 2024). "NOTICE OF ELECTION" (PDF). Peterborough City Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

[2] "Peterborough councillor quits Green Party over clash of beliefs". BBC News. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

[:0-3] Peterborough City Council (5 April 2024). "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED, NOTICE OF POLL AND SITUATION OF POLLING STATIONS" (PDF). peterborough.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

[4] Jones, Ben (14 July 2023). "Peterborough First add three former Conservatives to council group". Peterborough Telegraph. Archived from the original on 9 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

[5] "Peterborough councillor quits Green Party over clash of beliefs". BBC News. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

[6] Jones, Ben (10 May 2022). "Chris Harper takes over as leader of Peterborough First group on city council". Peterborough Telegraph. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

[7] Peterborough City Council (12 March 2024). "NOTICE OF CASUAL VACANCY" (PDF). peterborough.gov.uk. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 April 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

[8] "Peterborough City Council: Fourth Conservative resigns from party". BBC News. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2024.

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