2022 Peterborough City Council election

2022 Peterborough City Council election
19 out of 60 seats to Peterborough City Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2022 Peterborough City Council election
Council control before election; ; No overall control	Council control after election ; ; No overall control

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.

Current political makeup

Conservative: 7 defences (21 other seats)^[1]
Labour and Co-operative: 5 defences (11 other seats)^[1]
Liberal Democrat: 4 defences (4 other seats)^[1]
Werrington First: 1 defence (2 other seats)^[1]
Green: 1 defence (2 other seats)^[1]
Independent Labour:^[2] 1 defence ^[3] (0 other seats)^[1]
Independent: 0 defences (1 other seat)^[1]

Summary

2022 Peterborough City Council election^[4]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		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.

Bretton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Scott Warren	850	44.2	4.3
	Labour	Nick Thulbourn	695	36.1	4.8
	Independent	Dave Craig	248	12.9	New
	Liberal Democrats	Rohan Wilson	131	6.3	0.2
Majority			155	8.1	0.5
Turnout			1,924	27.7	4
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.25

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.

Central ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Alison Margaret Jones	1,720	57.7	2.1
	Conservative	Aleem Miran	937	31.4	5.4
	Green	Raymond John Knight	147	4.9	0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Whittaker	127	4.3	2.1
	TUSC	Steve Cawley	52	1.7	New
Majority			783	26.3	7.6
Turnout			2,983	34.97	6.09
	Labour hold		Swing	3.75

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.

Dogsthorpe ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Dennis Jones	1,107	57.4	22.2
	Conservative	Marius Vainauskas	568	29.5	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Ringler	140	7.2	0.2
	Green	Kelsey Jack Brace	68	3.5
	Freedom Alliance	Robert Bede Petch	45	2.3	New
Majority			539	27.9	24.4
Turnout			1,928	27.59	5.25
	Labour hold		Swing	15.8

East

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent was Sam Hemraj (Labour).

East ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Sam Hemraj	990	46.8	2.5
	Conservative	Dominic Pereira	862	40.8	4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Clark	144	6.8	1.4
	Green	Luke Chapman	118	5.6	0.7
Majority			128	6.0	4.9
Turnout			2,114	28.7	4.14
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	3.55

Eye, Thorney & Newborough

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent (Richard Brown, Conservative) did not seek re-election.

Eye, Thorney & Newborough ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rylan Ray	1,269	56.3	13.7
	Labour	Kim Michelle Lewis	549	24.3	6.2
	Green	Michael Alexander	285	12.6	4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Annie Geraghty	152	6.7	3.1
Majority			720	32.0	20.0
Turnout			2,255	29.83	2.64
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.95

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 & Stanground ward (2 Seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christian Hogg	1,030	49.6	23.9
	Liberal Democrats	Jade Seager	928	44.7	*New*
	Conservative	Irene Walsh	605	29.1	6.3
	Conservative	Vishal Vichare	566	27.3	New
	Labour	Asim Mahmood	442	21.3	1.8
Majority			425	20.5	11.8
Turnout			2,077	26.5	0.42
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	15.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	15.1

Fletton & Woodston

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent was Alan Dowson (Labour).

Freedom Alliance (2.7%) did not contest this time.

Fletton & Woodston ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Alan Grant Dowson	880	43.3	4.8
	Conservative	Andrew Stephen Willey	812	39.9	1.2
	Green	David Nicholas Stevenson	202	9.9	1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Walton	139	6.8	0.3
Majority			68	3.4	2.5
Turnout			2,033	26.12	6.23
	Labour hold		Swing	3.0

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.

Gunthorpe ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Bond	1,259	50.3	17.6
	Conservative	John Philip Peach	996	39.8	13.7
	Labour	Jack James Gower	250	10.0	2.5
Majority			263	10.5	10.3
Turnout			2,505	37.06	0.74
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	15.65

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.

Hampton Vale ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marco Cereste	398	37.1	6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Polly Geraghty	291	27.2	1.9
	Labour	Bill Thompson	264	24.6	2.3
	Green	Barry Anthony Warne	65	6.1	New
	Freedom Alliance	Arthurs Fedorovs	54	5.0	New
Majority			107	9.9	4.7
Turnout			1,072	20.65	1.47
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.4

Hargate & Hempsted

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent was Mohammed Farooq (Conservative).

Hargate & Hempsted ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mohammed Farooq	672	50.0	2.7
	Labour	Timothy Akau Kujiyat	427	31.8	9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Speed	155	11.5	10.5
	Green	Michael Robert Whitaker	90	6.7	1.3
Majority			245	18.2	6.4
Turnout			1,344	21.73	3.05
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.45

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.

North ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Noreen Bi	1,708	72.4	30.7
	Conservative	Akim Akim	652	27.6	16.9
Majority			1,056	44.8	42.0
Turnout			2,360	32.86	6.73
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	23.8

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 Longueville ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Perkins	823	39.4	1.5
	Labour	Wendy Mary Smith	804	38.5	5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Penniall	241	11.5	3.9
	Green	June Mary Bull	221	10.6	3.0
Majority			19	0.9	4.4
Turnout			2,089	26.99	2.82
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.2

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]

Orton Waterville ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Julie Lisa May Howell	1,907	68.4	17.6
	Conservative	Michael John Samways	593	21.3	16.7
	Labour	Henry James McKearney	217	7.8	1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Vince Carroll	72	2.6	0.3
Majority			1,314	47.1	34.3
Turnout			2,789	38.02	0.87
	Green hold		Swing	17.2

Park

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent (Aasiyah Joseph, Labour) is not seeking re-election.

Park ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Mohammed Sabir	1,504	52.9	0.9
	Conservative	Shazia Bashir	895	31.5	8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Hardman	201	7.1	3.8
	Green	Fiona Radic	128	4.5	1.2
	Reform UK	Sue Morris	116	4.1	New
Majority			609	21.4	7.2
Turnout			2,844	39.9	6.45
	Labour hold		Swing	3.6

Paston & Walton

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent is Asif Shaheed (Liberal Democrat).

UKIP (8.1%) did not contest this time.

Paston & Walton ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Asif Shaheed	895	44.6	6.6
	Conservative	Angie Fenner	505	25.2	6.6
	Labour	Gregory Mickiewicz	374	18.6	11.5
	Reform UK	Tony Allen	142	7.1	New
	Green	Amanda Horne	92	4.6	0.4
Majority			390	19.4	11.3
Turnout			2,008	26.65	4.44
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	9.1

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.

Ravensthorpe ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mohammed Rangzeb	1,202	43.7	1.1
	Labour Co-op	Mohammed Tokir	775	28.2	17.6
	Independent Labour	Ed Murphy	615	22.4	New
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Cham	156	5.7	New
Majority			427	15.5	14.5
Turnout			2,748	35.97	1.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	8.3

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.

Stanground South ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Bisby	967	56.4	2.7
	Labour	Timothy William Fish	566	33.0	6.7
	Green	Stuart Middleton	182	10.6	7.8
Majority			401	23.4	8.6
Turnout			1,715	22.48	5.32
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.7

Werrington

This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent is Steve Lane (Werrington First).

UKIP (2.9%) did not contest this time.

Werrington ward
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Werrington First	Steve Lane	1,373	53.1	0.1
	Conservative	Hayley Jayne Shelton	495	19.2	1.7
	Labour	Jason McNally	414	16.0	5.1
	Green	Georgia Wade	166	6.4	2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Kail	137	5.3	6.3
Majority			878	33.9	1.8
Turnout			2,585	32.4	1.4
	Werrington First hold		Swing	0.9