2023 Peterborough City Council election

Elections to Peterborough City Council are due to take place on 4 May 2023. 21 of the 60 seats will be contested. The election will take place alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.

2023 Peterborough City Council election
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
21 out of 60 seats to Peterborough City Council
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Wayne Fitzgerald Dennis Jones Christian Hogg
Party Conservative Labour Co-op Liberal Democrats
Last election 28 seats, 35.8% 17 seats, 34.8% 8 seats, 13.4%
Seats before 28 14 8
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Swing Increase Increase Increase
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Nicola Day Chris Harper
Party Green Peterborough First Independent
Last election 3 seats, 9.3% NEW 1 seat, 0.6%
Seats before 4 4 2
Seat change Steady Steady Steady
Swing Increase Increase Increase
Winner of each seat at the 2022 Peterborough City Council election
Council control before election


No overall control

 Council control after election

TBD

Current political makeup

Summary
2023 Peterborough City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative Increase
  Labour Increase
  Liberal Democrats Increase
  Green Increase
  Peterborough First Increase
  Independent Increase
  TUSC Increase
  CPA New
  Reform UK Increase

Ward results[1]

Bretton

This seat was last contested in 2022. The incumbent is Chris Burbage (Conservative).

Bretton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Burbage Steady
Labour Richard James Strangward Steady
Liberal Democrats Rohan Cameron Stuart Wilson Steady
Green Barry Warne NEW
Independent John O'Connor NEW
Majority Steady
Turnout Steady
Swing Steady

Central

This seat was last contested in 2022. The incumbent is Mohammed Jamil (Labour Co-op).

Central ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Umar Khan Steady
Labour Co-op Mohammed Jamil Steady
Liberal Democrats Paul Michael Whittaker Steady
Green Raymond Knight Steady
TUSC Steve Cawley Steady
Majority Steady
Turnout Steady
Swing Steady

Dogsthorpe

This seat was last contested in 2022. The incumbent (Katia Yurgutene, Labour Co-op) is not seeking re-election.

Petch contested the previous election as a Freedom Alliance candidate (2.3%).

Dogsthorpe ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Muhammad Ikram Steady
Labour Co-op Katy Jane Cole Steady
Liberal Democrats Sandra Ringler Steady
Green Kelsey Jack Brace
Independent Robert Bede Petch New
Majority Steady
Turnout Steady
Swing Steady

East

This seat was last contested in 2022. The incumbent is Shabina Asad Qayyum (Labour Co-op).

The Liberal Democrats (6.8%) did not contest this time.

East ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ekta Patel Steady
Labour Co-op Shabina Asad Qayyum Steady
Green Luke Chapman Steady
Independent Jo Johnson NEW
Majority Steady
Turnout Steady
Swing Steady

Eye, Thorney & Newborough

This seat was last contested in 2022. The incumbent is Steve Allen (Conservative).

Eye, Thorney & Newborough ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve Allen Steady
Labour John Shearman Steady
Green Michael Alexander Steady
Liberal Democrats Annie Rose Francis Mary Geraghty Steady
Majority Steady
Turnout Steady
Swing Steady

Fletton & Stanground

This seat was last contested in 2022. The incumbent is Jade Seager (Liberal Democrat).

Fletton & Stanground ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Davide Broccoli Steady
Labour Angus Ellis Steady
Liberal Democrats Jade Seager Steady
Green Danette Lisa O'Hara NEW
Majority Steady
Turnout Steady
Swing Steady

Fletton & Woodston

This seat was last contested in 2022. The incumbent Imtiaz Ali (Green) defected from the Labour Party[2].

Fletton & Woodston ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Stephen Willey Steady
Labour Co-op Nick Thulbourn Steady
Liberal Democrats Neil Christopher Walton Steady
Green Imtiaz Ali Steady
Majority Steady
Turnout Steady
Swing Steady

Glinton & Castor

This seat was last contested in 2021. The incumbent is Peter Hillier (Conservative).

Glinton & Castor ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter John Hillier Steady
Labour Sue Farr Steady
Liberal Democrats Claire Biggam Bysshe Steady
Green Greg Guthrie Steady
Majority Steady
Turnout Steady
Swing Steady

Gunthorpe

This seat was last contested in 2022. The incumbent is Sandra Bond (Liberal Democrat).

Gunthorpe ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Philip Peach Steady
Labour Madison Challis Steady
Liberal Democrats Sandra Christine Bond Steady
CPA Tom Rogers NEW
Majority Steady
Turnout Steady
Swing Steady

Hampton Vale

This seat was last contested in 2022. The incumbent is Chris Wiggin (Liberal Democrat).

The Green Party (6.1%) and Freedom Alliance (5%) did not contest this time.

Hampton Vale ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rhys Evans Steady
Labour Abdul Mannan Steady
Liberal Democrats Chris Wiggin Steady
Majority Steady
Turnout Steady
Swing Steady

Hargate & Hempsted

This seat was last contested in 2022. The incumbent is John Howard (Conservative).

Hargate & Hempsted ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Ian Howard Steady
Labour Timothy Kujiyat Steady
Liberal Democrats Rachel Ann Speed Steady
Green Michael Robert Whitaker Steady
Majority Steady
Turnout Steady
Swing Steady

North

This seat was last contested in 2022. The incumbent is Ansar Ali (Independent), who resigned from the Labour Party[3].

North ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Akim Akim Steady
Labour Co-op Asim Mahmood Steady
Green Tracey Foreman Steady
Independent Ansar Ali Steady
Majority Steady
Turnout Steady
gain from Swing Steady

Orton Longueville

This seat was last contested in 2022. The incumbent is Heather Skibsted (Green), who was originally elected for the Labour Party[4].

The Liberal Democrats (11.5%) did not contest this time.

Orton Longueville ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Aqib Mohammed Farooq Steady
Labour Wendy Mary Smith Steady
Green Heather Skibsted Steady
Majority Steady
Turnout Steady
Swing Steady

Orton Waterville

This seat was last contested in 2022. The incumbent is Green Group Leader Nicola Day.

Orton Waterville ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew Jon Bliszczak Steady
Labour Oluwaseun Akinyele Steady
Liberal Democrats Vince Carroll Steady
Green Nicola Day Steady
Majority Steady
Turnout Steady
Swing Steady

Park

This seat was last contested in 2022.

There are two vacant seats in this ward following the resignations of Shaz Nawaz[5] and Ikra Yasin[6] (Labour).

Park ward (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Khan Arfan Steady
Conservative Muhammad Asif Steady
Labour Co-op Junayd Hussain Steady
Labour Sabra Yasin Steady
Liberal Democrats Ian Hardman Steady
Green Fiona Radic Steady
Green Steve Wilson Steady
Reform UK Sue Morris Steady
Majority Steady
Turnout Steady
Swing Steady

Paston & Walton

This seat was last contested in 2022. The incumbent is Simon Barkham (Liberal Democrat).

Reform UK (7.1%) did not contest this time.

Paston & Walton ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alex Rafiq Steady
Labour David Powell Steady
Liberal Democrats Simon Frederick Barkham Steady
Green Simon Mayhew Steady
Majority Steady
Turnout Steady
Swing Steady

Ravensthorpe

This seat was last contested in 2022. The incumbent (Lucinda Robinson, Labour Co-op) is not seeking re-election.

Ravensthorpe ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Raja Sabeel Ahmed Steady
Labour Co-op Jason McNally Steady
Liberal Democrats Richard Cham Steady
Green Edward Murphy Steady
Majority Steady
Turnout Steady
gain from Swing Steady

Stanground South

This seat was last contested in 2022. The incumbent is Brian Rush (Conservative).

Stanground South ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Rush Steady
Labour Harry Lewis Steady
Liberal Democrats Simon John Garner Steady
Green Stuart Middleton Steady
Majority Steady
Turnout Steady
Swing Steady

Werrington

This seat was last contested in 2022. The incumbent is Judy Fox (Werrington/Peterborough First).

This is the first time Werrington First have contested an election under the "Peterborough First - Werrington Independent" description[7].

Werrington ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Judy Fox Steady
Conservative Hayley Jayne Shelton Steady
Labour Rosalind Jones Steady
Green Georgia Wade Steady
Liberal Democrats Simon James Kail Steady
Majority Steady
Turnout Steady
Swing Steady

West

This seat was last contested in 2021. The incumbent is Conservative Council Leader Wayne Fitzgerald.

Freedom Alliance (1.9%) and UKIP (1.7%) did not contest this election.

West ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wayne Fitzgerald Steady
Labour Lorraine Andison Steady
Liberal Democrats Polly Geraghty Steady
Green Collette Francis Steady
Majority Steady
Turnout Steady
Swing Steady

References
  1. Peterborough City Council (4 April 2023). "Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations" (PDF). peterborough.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Briggs, Stephen (10 January 2023). "Councillor for Fletton and Woodston ward 'resigns' from Labour to join Peterborough Green Party". peterboroughtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Taylor, Joanna (23 January 2023). "Ansar Ali: Second Peterborough councillor 'resigns' from Labour Party". peterboroughtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. Jones, Ben (19 July 2022). "Peterborough councillor leaves Labour Party to join Green Party". peterboroughtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Jones, Ben (15 February 2023). "Peterborough Labour Group Leader resigns and will step away from the council". peterboroughtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Taylor, Joanna (6 March 2023). "Peterborough City Council loses another Labour councillor as Ikra Yasin resigns". peterboroughtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. Jones, Ben (10 May 2022). "Chris Harper takes over as leader of Peterborough First group on city council". peterboroughtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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