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 |
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.
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.
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.
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent was Sam Hemraj (Labour).
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent (Richard Brown, Conservative) did not seek re-election.
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.
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent was Alan Dowson (Labour).
Freedom Alliance (2.7%) did not contest this time.
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent was Andrew Bond (Liberal Democrat).
Christian Peoples Alliance (1.3%) did not contest this time.
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent was Marco Cereste (Conservative).
Dave King (Independent) (4.8%) did not contest this time.
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent was Mohammed Farooq (Conservative).
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.
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.
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]
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent (Aasiyah Joseph, Labour) is not seeking re-election.
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent is Asif Shaheed (Liberal Democrat).
UKIP (8.1%) did not contest this time.
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.
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.
This seat was last contested in 2018. The incumbent is Steve Lane (Werrington First).
UKIP (2.9%) did not contest this time.