2024 Peterborough City Council election
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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 | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Shazad Ali | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Ann Shaheed | ||||
Conservative | Bryan Tyler* | ||||
Labour | Joanna Weedon | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
gain from | Swing |
Hampton Vale[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Callum Alexander | ||||
Conservative | Alex Rafiq | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Nick Sandford* | ||||
Green | Ali Shokat | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
gain from | Swing |
Ravensthorpe[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.