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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
  Blank Blank Blank
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 Increase 5 Increase 3 Decrease 11
Popular vote 12,153 7,279 13,782
Percentage 26.0% 15.6% 29.5%
Swing Decrease 6.1% Increase 11.8% Decrease 6.0%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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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 Increase 1 Increase 2 Steady
Popular vote 4,393 6,297 2,318
Percentage 9.4% 13.5% 5.0%
Swing Decrease 2.2% Decrease 0.6% Increase 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

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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:

*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

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2024 Peterborough City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 7 Increase 5 30.4 12 19 31.7 12,153 26.0 –6.1
  Peterborough First 8 Increase 3 34.8 6 14 23.3 7,279 15.6 +11.8
  Conservative 3 Decrease11 13.0 8 11 18.3 13,782 29.5 –6.0
  Liberal Democrats 2 Increase 1 8.7 7 9 15.0 4,393 9.4 –2.2
  Green 2 Increase 2 8.7 2 4 6.7 6,297 13.5 –0.6
  Independent 1 Steady 4.3 2 3 5.0 2,318 5.0 +2.5
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 111 0.2 ±0.0
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 232 0.5 +0.3
  Workers Party 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 89 0.2 N/A

Ward results

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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

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

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

Bretton

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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 Increase 3.3
Conservative Chaz Fenner* 757 40.1 Decrease 8.4
Green Mark Williams 175 9.3 NEW
Liberal Democrats Rohan Wilson 121 6.4 Increase 0.3
Majority 78 4.1
Turnout 1,888 27.9 Decrease 3.8
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing Steady

Central

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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 Decrease 11.7
Green Mohammed Aziz Munir 820 28.6 Increase 23.1
Conservative Jenae Hannah Toni Gloria Holton 412 14.4 Decrease 11.5
Liberal Democrats Jason Kerridge 161 5.6 Decrease 0.7
TUSC Steve Cawley 94 3.3 NEW
Majority 557 19.4 Decrease 14.5
Turnout 2,864 31.6 Decrease 9.5
Labour Co-op hold Swing Steady

Dogsthorpe

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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 Increase 4.1
Conservative Ishfaq Hussain* 760 39.2 Increase 0.3
Green Matthew Gray 178 9.2 Increase 5.7
Liberal Democrats Sandra Ringler 145 7.5 Increase 0.5
Workers Party Rob Petch 89 4.6 NEW
Majority 6 0.3
Turnout 1,938 28.0 Decrease 4.4
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing Steady

East

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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 Increase 0.4
Conservative Aleem Miran 870 36.0 Decrease 9.4
Green Bismah Noor 192 7.9 Increase 3.0
Independent Jo Johnson 152 6.3 NEW
Liberal Democrats Adam Bruzda 123 5.1 Decrease 0.3
Majority 210 8.7
Turnout 2,417 31.5 Decrease 1.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Steady

Eye, Thorney and Newborough

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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 Decrease 34.4
Labour John Francis Shearman 540 22.5 Increase 4.4
Green Carol Sarah Johnson 141 5.9 Decrease 2.4
Majority 9 0.4
Turnout 2,396 32.0 Decrease 0.5
Peterborough First gain from Conservative Swing Steady

Fletton and Stanground

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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 Increase 25.6
Labour Muhammad Mujtaba Hashimi 338 20.0 Steady
Conservative Chibuzo Okpala 299 17.7 Decrease 17.7
Green Sam Creedon-Gray 168 9.9 Increase 2.7
Majority 546 32.3
Turnout 1,689 22.8 Decrease 4.12
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Steady

Fletton and Woodston

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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 Increase 9.6
Conservative Andy Coles* 658 33.6 Decrease 7.5
Green Adam Warr 222 11.3 Increase 0.1
Liberal Democrats Simon John Garner 99 5.1 Decrease 1.4
TUSC Jon Lloyd 37 1.9 NEW
Majority 282 14.4
Turnout 1,956 25.3 Decrease 7.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Steady

Glinton and Castor

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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 Decrease 38.0
Labour Sue Farr 270 14.8 Increase 4.5
Liberal Democrats Claire Bysshe 174 9.6 Decrease 3.2
Green Greg Guthrie 122 6.7 Decrease 2.6
Majority 175 9.6
Turnout 1,819 35.2 Decrease 7.0
Peterborough First hold Swing Steady

Gunthorpe

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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 Increase 9.1
Conservative Bryan Tyler* 865 40.3 Decrease 13.2
Labour Joanna Susan Weedon 303 14.1 Increase 1.6
Green Shazad Ali 82 3.8 NEW
Majority 34 1.6
Turnout 2,149 31.7 Decrease 4.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing Steady

Hampton Vale

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

Hargate and Hempsted

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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 Decrease 24.2
Labour Kelly Jesus 364 20.0 Decrease 2.2
Green Amanda Horne 124 6.8 Decrease 1.2
Liberal Democrats Rachel Ann Speed 86 4.7 Decrease 17.8
Majority 405 22.2
Turnout 1,821 26.1 Increase 1.64
Peterborough First gain from Conservative Swing Steady

North

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

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

Orton Longueville

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

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

Orton Waterville

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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 Decrease 25.7
Conservative Jackie Allen 440 16.9 Decrease 17.1
Labour Oluwaseun Akinyele 207 8.0 Steady
Majority 553 21.3
Turnout 2,602 36.2 Decrease 3.8
Independent hold Swing Steady

Park

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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 Increase 4.3
Conservative Murtaza Ahmed Munir 825 33.5 Decrease 14.1
Green Iqra Ali 509 20.7 Increase 5.5
Reform UK Sue Morris 111 4.5 Increase 2.2
Liberal Democrats Ian Hardman 95 3.9 Decrease 1.7
Independent Fiona Radic 94 3.8 NEW
Majority 2 0.1
Turnout 2,461 34.0 Decrease 10.6
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative Swing Steady

Paston and Walton

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

Ravensthorpe

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

Stanground South

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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 Decrease 4.2
Conservative Neil Frank Seekings 373 18.9 Decrease 45.6
Green Joe Horne 88 4.5 Decrease 2.2
Majority 707 35.8
Turnout 1,976 25.5 Decrease 1.5
Peterborough First hold Swing Steady

Werrington

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

West

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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 Decrease 14.4
Labour Co-op Christopher Ian Cole 472 30.7 Increase 5.4
Independent Collette Francis 171 11.1 NEW
Green Chelsea Windsor 149 9.7 Increase 2.6
Liberal Democrats Annie Geraghty 80 5.2 Decrease 1.2
Majority 191 12.4 −19.9
Turnout 1,535 36.8 Decrease 4.3
Conservative hold Swing Steady

Wittering

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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 Decrease 19.1
Labour Julie Hall 85 12.3 Increase 4.7
Majority 185 26.8
Turnout 690 28.2 Decrease 4.5
Peterborough First hold Swing Steady

Changes 2024–2026

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  • Simon Barkham, elected for the Liberal Democrats, left the party to sit as an independent shortly after the May 2024 elections.[16]

References

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  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. ^ Jones, Ben (10 May 2022). "Chris Harper takes over as leader of Peterborough First group on city council". Peterborough Telegraph. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  3. ^ Jones, Ben (21 May 2023). "Fourth councillor resigns from Peterborough Conservative Group over 'integrity' and 'ethics'". Peterborough Telegraph. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Peterborough councillor quits Green Party over clash of beliefs". BBC News. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  5. ^ McMenemy, Rachael; Ahmed, Shariqua (3 May 2024). "Labour becomes biggest party in Peterborough". BBC News. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  6. ^ McMenemy, Rachael; McLeod, Dotty (21 May 2024). "Labour lead council for first time in 25 years". BBC News. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Upcoming elections". Peterborough City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  8. ^ a b c ITV News (3 May 2024). "Teenager Daisy Blakemore-Creedon wins Peterborough council seat a week before her A levels". itv.com. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  9. ^ ITV News (3 May 2024). "Teenager Daisy Blakemore-Creedon wins Peterborough council seat a week before her A levels". ITV News. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  10. ^ Peterborough Telegraph (3 May 2024). "Peterborough elects youngest ever councillor with big ambitions at 18 years old". Peterborough Telegraph. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Peterborough councillor quits Green Party over clash of beliefs". BBC News. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  13. ^ Jones, Ben (10 May 2022). "Chris Harper takes over as leader of Peterborough First group on city council". Peterborough Telegraph. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "Peterborough City Council: Fourth Conservative resigns from party". BBC News. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  16. ^ Taylor, Joanna (8 May 2024). "'Just a parting of people': Lib Dem councillor resigns from party in Peterborough". Peterborough Telegraph. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
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