Elections to Peterborough City Council took place on 6 May 2021. 23 of the 60 seats were contested. The election was held alongside the elections for the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.[1]
| Election Name: | 2021 Peterborough City Council election |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2019 Peterborough City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2022 Peterborough City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Seats For Election: | 23 seats (out of 60 seats) to Peterborough City Council |
| Leader1: | John Holdich |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat1: | Glinton and Castor |
| Seats Before1: | 28 |
| Seats1: | 16 |
| Seats After1: | 29 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 22,323 |
| Percentage1: | 44.70 |
| Swing1: | 12.4 |
| Leader2: | Shaz Nawaz |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leaders Seat2: | Park |
| Last Election2: | 4 |
| Seats Before2: | 16 |
| Seats2: | 4 |
| Seats After2: | 16 |
| Seat Change2: | - |
| Popular Vote2: | 15299 |
| Percentage2: | 30.63 |
| Swing2: | 2.7 |
| Leader3: | Nick Sandford |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Leaders Seat3: | Paston and Walton |
| Last Election3: | 2 |
| Seats Before3: | 9 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seats After3: | 8 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 5400 |
| Percentage3: | 10.81 |
| Swing3: | 4.5 |
| Leader4: | John Fox |
| Party4: | Werrington First |
| Leaders Seat4: | Werrington |
| Last Election4: | 1 |
| Seats Before4: | 3 |
| Seats4: | 1 |
| Seats After4: | 3 |
| Seat Change4: | - |
| Popular Vote4: | 1736 |
| Percentage4: | 3.48 |
| Swing4: | 1.2 |
| Party5: | Independent (politician) |
| Last Election5: | 0 |
| Seats Before5: | 0 |
| Seats5: | 2 |
| Seats After5: | 2 |
| Seat Change5: | 2 |
| Popular Vote5: | 741 |
| Percentage5: | 1.48 |
| Swing5: | 0.7 |
| Party6: | Liberal Party (UK, 1989) |
| Last Election6: | 1 |
| Seats Before6: | 1 |
| Seats6: | 0 |
| Seats After6: | 0 |
| Seat Change6: | 1 |
| Popular Vote6: | 0 |
| Percentage6: | 0 |
| Swing6: | 2.8 |
| Party7: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Last Election7: | 0 |
| Seats Before7: | 2 |
| Seats7: | 1 |
| Seats After7: | 3 |
| Seat Change7: | 1 |
| Popular Vote7: | 4182 |
| Percentage7: | 8.37 |
| Swing7: | 2.2 |
| Party8: | UKIP |
| Last Election8: | 0 |
| Seats Before8: | 0 |
| Seats8: | 0 |
| Seats After8: | 0 |
| Seat Change8: | - |
| Popular Vote8: | 262 |
| Percentage8: | 0.52 |
| Swing8: | 7.6 |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Last Election1: | 15 |
(* indicates sitting councillor)
This seat was last contested in 2016.
This seat was last contested in 2019. Green (5.7% in 2019) did not contest this time.
This seat was last contested in 2019. UKIP (5.1% in 2019) did not contest this time.
The incumbent, Chris Ash (Liberal Party), is not seeking re-election. This seat was last contested in 2019. Veterans and People's Party (5.1% in 2019) did not contest this time.
The incumbent, Azher Iqbal (CON) was not seeking re-election. This seat was last contested in 2019.
This seat was last contested in 2019. UKIP (14.8% in 2019) and SDP (7.9% in 2019) did not contest this time.
The incumbent, James Lillis (Lib Dem), was not seeking re-election. This seat was last contested in 2019. UKIP (16.0% in 2019) did not contest this time, although the previous candidate stood as an independent.
One vacant seat is up for election, alongside the incumbent.
The incumbent was outgoing Council Leader John Holdich (CON). This seat was last contested in 2019.
The incumbent was Darren Fower, elected as a Lib Dem, but sitting as Labour.[3] He did not seek re-election. This seat was last contested in 2019. UKIP (9.3% in 2019) and Green (3.6% in 2019) did not contest this time.
The incumbent David Seaton (CON), was not seeking re-election. This seat was last contested in 2019. Green (5.4% in 2019) did not contest this time.
This was a vacant seat due to the death of the sitting Conservative councillor. This seat was last contested in 2019.
The incumbent Mohammed Nadeem (CON), was not seeking re-election. This seat was last contested in 2019. UKIP (9.9% in 2019) did not contest this time.
This seat was last contested in 2019. UKIP (16.7% in 2019) did not contest this time.
The incumbent Kim Aitken (CON), was not seeking re-election. This seat was last contested in 2019.
The incumbent was Labour group leader. This seat was last contested in 2019. Green (5.8% in 2019) did not contest this time.
The incumbent was the Liberal Democrat group leader. This seat was last contested in 2019. UKIP (15.5% in 2019) and Green (4.5% in 2019) did not contest this time.
This seat was last contested in 2019. UKIP (12.7% in 2019) did not contest this time.
This seat was last contested in 2019. UKIP (17.8% in 2019) did not contest this time.
This seat was last contested in 2019.
This seat was last contested in 2019.
The incumbent Diane Lamb (CON), was not seeking re-election. This seat was last contested in 2016.