2022 Peterborough City Council election explained

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.

Election Name:2022 Peterborough City Council election
Country:Cambridgeshire
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:2021 Peterborough City Council election
Previous Year:2021
Next Election:2023 Peterborough City Council election
Next Year:2023
Seats For Election:19 out of 60 seats to Peterborough City Council
Majority Seats:31
Leader1:Wayne Fitzgerald
Party1:Conservative Party (UK)
Last Election1:28 seats, 35.5%
Seats1:7
Seats After1:28
Popular Vote1:14,101
Percentage1:35.8%
Swing1: 0.3%
Leader2:Shaz Nawaz
Party2:Labour Party (UK)
Last Election2:16 seats, 34.1%
Seats2:6
Seats After2:17
Seat Change2: 1
Popular Vote2:13,686
Percentage2:34.8%
Swing2: 0.7%
Leader3:Nick Sandford
Party3:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Last Election3:8 seats, 10.7%
Seats3:4
Seats After3:8
Popular Vote3:5,270
Percentage3:13.4%
Swing3: 2.7%
Leader4:Nicola Day
Party4:Green Party of England and Wales
Last Election4:3 seats, 7.7%
Seats4:1
Seats After4:3
Popular Vote4:3,671
Percentage4:9.3%
Swing4: 1.6%
Leader5:John Fox
Party5:Werrington First
Last Election5:3 seats, 3.4%
Seats5:1
Seats After5:3
Popular Vote5:1,373
Percentage5:3.5%
Swing5: 0.1%
Leader6:Chris Harper
Party6:Independent politician
Last Election6:1 seat, 2.2%
Seats6:0
Seats After6:1
Popular Vote6:248
Percentage6:0.6%
Swing6: 1.6%
Council control
Posttitle:Council control after election
Before Party:No overall control
After Party:No overall control

Current political makeup

Summary

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 of England and Wales|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.[4]

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.[5] 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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Thompson-Chambers . Vicky . September 20, 2006 . Peterborough City Council - Councillors, democracy and elections . democracy.peterborough.gov.uk.
  2. Web site: Councillor Ed Murphy . 25 April 2022 . Peterborough City Council.
  3. Web site: Jones . Ben . 7 April 2022 . Peterborough City Council elections: Every candidate standing .
  4. Web site: Briggs . Stephen . 10 June 2022 . Former Peterborough Green Party leader resigns from group to become independent . 19 July 2022 . Peterborough Telegraph.
  5. Web site: Lamy . Joel . 9 April 2021 . Suspended Peterborough Labour councillor insists investigation is 'storm in a tea cup' . live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210409080911/https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/politics/suspended-peterborough-labour-councillor-insists-investigation-is-storm-in-a-tea-cup-3194210 . 9 April 2021 .
  6. Web site: Briggs . Stephen . 10 June 2022 . Former Peterborough Green Party leader resigns from group to become independent . 19 July 2022 . Peterborough Telegraph.