Local election in Peterborough, England
Elections to Peterborough City Council took place on 5 May 2022. 19 of the 60 seats were contested. The election took place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom .
2022 Peterborough City Council election
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Wayne Fitzgerald
Shaz Nawaz
Nick Sandford
Party
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Last election
28 seats, 35.5%
16 seats, 34.1%
8 seats, 10.7%
Seats won
7
6
4
Seats after
28
17
8
Seat change
1
Popular vote
14,101
13,686
5,270
Percentage
35.8%
34.8%
13.4%
Swing
0.3%
0.7%
2.7%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Nicola Day
John Fox
Chris Harper
Party
Green
Werrington First
Independent
Last election
3 seats, 7.7%
3 seats, 3.4%
1 seat, 2.2%
Seats won
1
1
0
Seats after
3
3
1
Seat change
Popular vote
3,671
1,373
248
Percentage
9.3%
3.5%
0.6%
Swing
1.6%
0.1%
1.6%
Winner of each seat at the 2022 Peterborough City Council election
Current political makeup
Summary
2022 Peterborough City Council election[4]
Party
This election
Full council
This election
Seats
Net
Seats %
Other
Total
Total %
Votes
Votes %
+/−
Conservative
7
36.84
21
28
46.67
14,101
35.81
0.31
Labour
6
1
31.58
11
17
28.33
13,686
34.76
0.66
Liberal Democrats
4
21.05
4
8
13.33
5,270
13.38
2.68
Green
1
5.26
2
3
5.00
3,671
9.32
1.62
Werrington First
1
5.26
2
3
5.00
1,373
3.49
0.09
Independent
0
0.00
1
1
1.67
248
0.63
1.57
Independent Labour
0
1
0.00
0
0
0.00
615
1.56
New
TUSC
0
0.00
0
0
0.00
52
0.13
New
Freedom Alliance
0
0.00
0
0
0.00
99
0.25
New
Reform UK
0
0.00
0
0
0.00
258
0.66
New
Ward results
Bretton
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent was Scott Warren (Conservative).
UKIP (3.4%) and For Britain Movement (3.9%) did not contest this time.
Central
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent (Mahboob Hussain, Labour) did not seek re-election.
Freedom Alliance (2.5%) did not contest this time.
Dogsthorpe
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent was Dennis Jones (Labour).
Independent Colin Hargreaves (11.4%) and UKIP (4.0%) did not contest this time.
East
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent was Sam Hemraj (Labour).
Eye, Thorney & Newborough
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent (Richard Brown, Conservative) did not seek re-election.
Fletton & Stanground
One vacant seat was up for election ([Liberal Democrat), alongside the incumbent (Christian Hogg, Liberal Democrat).
This seat was last contested in 2018.
The Green Party (7.2%) and John Whitby (Independent) (10.6%) did not contest this time.
Fletton & Woodston
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent was Alan Dowson (Labour).
Freedom Alliance (2.7%) did not contest this time.
Gunthorpe
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent was Andrew Bond (Liberal Democrat).
Christian Peoples Alliance (1.3%) did not contest this time.
Hampton Vale
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent was Marco Cereste (Conservative).
Dave King (Independent) (4.8%) did not contest this time.
Hargate & Hempsted
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent was Mohammed Farooq (Conservative).
North
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent (Shazia Bashir, Conservative) is not seeking re-election in this ward.
UKIP (4.8%), The Green Party (4.7%) and the Lib Dems (4.2%) are not contesting this time.
Orton Longueville
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent (Irene Walsh, Conservative) is not seeking re-election in this ward.
UKIP (14.4%) are not contesting this time.
Orton Waterville
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent is Julie Howell (Green).
A month after contesting the seat, Stevenson (née Howell) resigned from the Green Party to sit as an independent.[5]
Park
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent (Aasiyah Joseph, Labour) is not seeking re-election.
Paston & Walton
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent is Asif Shaheed (Liberal Democrat).
UKIP (8.1%) did not contest this time.
Ravensthorpe
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent, Ed Murphy, was suspended by the Labour Party in 2021.[6] He contested this election as an independent candidate.
UKIP (6.5%) and The Green Party (3%) did not contest this time.
Stanground South
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent is Ray Bisby (Conservative).
UKIP (5%), Julian Bray (Independent) (4.5%), and The Liberal Democrats (4.3%) did not contest this time.
Werrington
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent is Steve Lane (Werrington First).
UKIP (2.9%) did not contest this time.
Changes 2022–2023
References