# 2024 Peterborough City Council election

The 2024 Peterborough City Council election took place on 2 May 2024 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

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:
* Conservative: 17 defences* (8 other seats)
* Labour (and co-operative) Party: 2 defences (12 other seats)
* Peterborough First: 2 defences** (6 other seats)
* Liberal Democrats: 1 defence (7 other seats)
* Green Party: 1 defence (2 other seats)
* Independents: 0 defences*** (2 other seats)
*Two of the Conservative defences were in Stanground South and Wittering, where the incumbents had defected to Peterborough First.
**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.
Following the election, the council remained under no overall control. Labour became the largest party. 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.

## Overall results

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

## Ward results

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

### Barnack

The incumbent, David Over (Conservative) did not contest this election.
Barnack ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Irene Walsh | 437 | 39.9 | 23.2 |
| | Independent | Kevin Tighe | 396 | 36.2 | NEW |
| | Labour | Stephanie Gillian Matthews | 132 | 12.1 | 1.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Beki Sellick | 70 | 6.4 | 9.3 |
| | Green | June Bull | 60 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 41 | 3.7 | 43.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,095 | 39.9 | 2.77 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bretton

UKIP (3.35% in 2021) and For Britain (1.08% in 2021) did not contest this election.
Bretton ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Nicola Jenkins | 835 | 44.2 | 3.3 |
| | Conservative | Chaz Fenner* | 757 | 40.1 | 8.4 |
| | Green | Mark Williams | 175 | 9.3 | NEW |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rohan Wilson | 121 | 6.4 | 0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 78 | 4.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,888 | 27.9 | 3.8 |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Central

Freedom Alliance (2.42% in 2021) did not contest this election.
Central ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Amjad Iqbal* | 1,377 | 48.1 | 11.7 |
| | Green | Mohammed Aziz Munir | 820 | 28.6 | 23.1 |
| | Conservative | Jenae Hannah Toni Gloria Holton | 412 | 14.4 | 11.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jason Kerridge | 161 | 5.6 | 0.7 |
| | TUSC | Steve Cawley | 94 | 3.3 | NEW |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 557 | 19.4 | 14.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,864 | 31.6 | 9.5 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |

### Dogsthorpe

Colin Hargreaves (Independent – 11.35% in 2021) and UKIP (3.95% in 2021) did not contest this election.
Dogsthorpe ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Jason McNally | 766 | 39.5 | 4.1 |
| | Conservative | Ishfaq Hussain* | 760 | 39.2 | 0.3 |
| | Green | Matthew Gray | 178 | 9.2 | 5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Ringler | 145 | 7.5 | 0.5 |
| | Workers Party | Rob Petch | 89 | 4.6 | NEW |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,938 | 28.0 | 4.4 |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### East

Incumbent Jackie Allen (Conservative) did not contest this seat in 2024. She, instead, contested the Orton Waterville ward.
East ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Numan Ali Iqbal | 1,080 | 44.7 | 0.4 |
| | Conservative | Aleem Miran | 870 | 36.0 | 9.4 |
| | Green | Bismah Noor | 192 | 7.9 | 3.0 |
| | Independent | Jo Johnson | 152 | 6.3 | NEW |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adam Bruzda | 123 | 5.1 | 0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 210 | 8.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,417 | 31.5 | 1.3 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Eye, Thorney and Newborough

Incumbent Nigel Simons (Conservative) and the Liberal Democrats (3.6% in 2021) did not contest this election.
Eye, Thorney and Newborough ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Peterborough First | Mark David Michael Ormston | 862 | 36.0 | NEW |
| | Conservative | John Philip Peach | 853 | 35.6 | 34.4 |
| | Labour | John Francis Shearman | 540 | 22.5 | 4.4 |
| | Green | Carol Sarah Johnson | 141 | 5.9 | 2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9 | 0.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,396 | 32.0 | 0.5 |
| | Peterborough First gain from Conservative | Peterborough First gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Fletton and Stanground

Incumbent Oliver Sainsbury (Conservative) and John Whitby (Independent – 10.6% in 2021) did not contest this election.
Fletton and Stanground ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Polly Geraghty | 884 | 52.3 | 25.6 |
| | Labour | Muhammad Mujtaba Hashimi | 338 | 20.0 | |
| | Conservative | Chibuzo Okpala | 299 | 17.7 | 17.7 |
| | Green | Sam Creedon-Gray | 168 | 9.9 | 2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 546 | 32.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,689 | 22.8 | 4.12 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Fletton and Woodston

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 - and the youngest ever elected in Peterborough.
Fletton and Woodston ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Daisy Blakemore-Creedon | 940 | 48.1 | 9.6 |
| | Conservative | Andy Coles* | 658 | 33.6 | 7.5 |
| | Green | Adam Warr | 222 | 11.3 | 0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon John Garner | 99 | 5.1 | 1.4 |
| | TUSC | Jon Lloyd | 37 | 1.9 | NEW |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 282 | 14.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,956 | 25.3 | 7.1 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Glinton and Castor

The incumbent, Saqib Farooq (Peterborough First), defected from the Conservative Party in July 2023. He will not fight this seat in 2024, instead, contesting Hargate and Hempsted.
Glinton and Castor ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Peterborough First | Neil David Boyce | 714 | 39.3 | NEW |
| | Conservative | Andrew Stephen Willey | 539 | 29.6 | 38.0 |
| | Labour | Sue Farr | 270 | 14.8 | 4.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Claire Bysshe | 174 | 9.6 | 3.2 |
| | Green | Greg Guthrie | 122 | 6.7 | 2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 175 | 9.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,819 | 35.2 | 7.0 |
| | Peterborough First hold | Peterborough First hold | Swing | | |

### Gunthorpe

Christian Peoples Alliance (1.3% in 2021) did not contest this election.
Gunthorpe ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ann Louise Shaheed | 899 | 41.8 | 9.1 |
| | Conservative | Bryan Tyler* | 865 | 40.3 | 13.2 |
| | Labour | Joanna Susan Weedon | 303 | 14.1 | 1.6 |
| | Green | Shazad Ali | 82 | 3.8 | NEW |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 34 | 1.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,149 | 31.7 | 4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Hampton Vale

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

### Hargate and Hempsted

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 | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Peterborough First | Saqib Mohammed Farooq | 826 | 45.4 | NEW |
| | Conservative | Vishal Vichare | 421 | 23.1 | 24.2 |
| | Labour | Kelly Jesus | 364 | 20.0 | 2.2 |
| | Green | Amanda Horne | 124 | 6.8 | 1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rachel Ann Speed | 86 | 4.7 | 17.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 405 | 22.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,821 | 26.1 | 1.64 |
| | Peterborough First gain from Conservative | Peterborough First gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### North

Incumbent Mohammed Haseeb (Labour) did not contest this election.
North ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Zameer Ali | 1,078 | 46.2 | 11.6 |
| | Conservative | Mohammed Tokir | 640 | 27.4 | 3.7 |
| | Green | Misbah Shafiq | 419 | 18.0 | 12.4 |
| | TUSC | John Anthony McGarry | 101 | 4.3 | NEW |
| | Liberal Democrats | Deeshen Ruttun | 95 | 4.1 | 1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 438 | 18.8 | 7.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,333 | 32.0 | 9.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Orton Longueville

Incumbent Graham Casey (Conservative) did not contest this election.
Orton Longueville ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Imtiaz Ali | 669 | 30.8 | 16.3 |
| | Conservative | Ekta Patel | 647 | 29.8 | 17.0 |
| | Labour | David Frederick John Baker | 521 | 24.0 | 5.3 |
| | Independent | Nick Penniall | 251 | 11.6 | NEW |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicola Mills | 84 | 3.9 | 5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 22 | 1.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,172 | | |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Orton Waterville

The incumbent, Kirsty Knight (Independent), quit the Green Party in March 2024.
Conservative Party candidate Jackie Allen was an incumbent councillor in East Ward prior to the election.
Orton Waterville ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Kirsty Knight* | 1,254 | 48.2 | NEW |
| | Green | Ed Murphy | 701 | 26.9 | 25.7 |
| | Conservative | Jackie Allen | 440 | 16.9 | 17.1 |
| | Labour | Oluwaseun Akinyele | 207 | 8.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 553 | 21.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,602 | 36.2 | 3.8 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |

### Park

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 | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Angus Alexander Ellis | 827 | 33.6 | 4.3 |
| | Conservative | Murtaza Ahmed Munir | 825 | 33.5 | 14.1 |
| | Green | Iqra Ali | 509 | 20.7 | 5.5 |
| | Reform UK | Sue Morris | 111 | 4.5 | 2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Hardman | 95 | 3.9 | 1.7 |
| | Independent | Fiona Radic | 94 | 3.8 | NEW |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,461 | 34.0 | 10.6 |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Paston and Walton

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

### Ravensthorpe

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

### Stanground South

The incumbent, Chris Harper (Leader of Peterborough First), defected from the Conservative Party in December 2021.
Stanground South ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Peterborough First | Chris Harper* | 1,111 | 56.2 | NEW |
| | Labour | Margaret Thulbourn | 404 | 20.4 | 4.2 |
| | Conservative | Neil Frank Seekings | 373 | 18.9 | 45.6 |
| | Green | Joe Horne | 88 | 4.5 | 2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 707 | 35.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,976 | 25.5 | 1.5 |
| | Peterborough First hold | Peterborough First hold | Swing | | |

### Werrington

One vacant seat was up for election, alongside the incumbent.
The two seats were previously represented by Werrington First - the predecessor group to Peterborough First.
Werrington ward (2 Seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Peterborough First | John Raymond Fox* | 1,664 | 55.8 | 5.4 |
| | Peterborough First | Sarah Areatha Hillier | 1,307 | 43.8 | 9.3 |
| | Conservative | Sara Louise Bristow | 626 | 21.0 | 2.1 |
| | Labour | Roz Jones | 421 | 14.1 | 2.1 |
| | Conservative | Ruta Dalton | 392 | 13.1 | 6.1 |
| | Green | Katherine Ann Sharp | 178 | 6.0 | 0.4 |
| | Green | Barry Warne | 103 | 3.5 | 2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon James Kail | 92 | 3.1 | 0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,038 | 34.8 | 7.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,981 | 33.8 | 2.3 |
| | Peterborough First hold | Peterborough First hold | Swing | - | |
| | Peterborough First hold | Peterborough First hold | Swing | - | |

### West

Freedom Alliance (1.9% in 2021) and UKIP (1.7% in 2021) did not contest this election.
West ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lynne Ayres* | 663 | 43.2 | 14.4 |
| | Labour Co-op | Christopher Ian Cole | 472 | 30.7 | 5.4 |
| | Independent | Collette Francis | 171 | 11.1 | NEW |
| | Green | Chelsea Windsor | 149 | 9.7 | 2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Annie Geraghty | 80 | 5.2 | 1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 191 | 12.4 | −19.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,535 | 36.8 | 4.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Wittering

The incumbent Gavin Elsey (Peterborough First) defected from the Conservative Party in May 2023.
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 | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Peterborough First | Gavin Elsey* | 395 | 57.2 | NEW |
| | Conservative | Chantel Saunders | 210 | 30.4 | 19.1 |
| | Labour | Julie Hall | 85 | 12.3 | 4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 185 | 26.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 690 | 28.2 | 4.5 |
| | Peterborough First hold | Peterborough First hold | Swing | | |

## Changes 2024–2026

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