Peterborough City Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with roughly a third of the council elected each time for a four-year term of office. Peterborough City Council is the local authority for Peterborough in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. Since 1998 the council has been a unitary authority, providing both district and county-level services. Prior to 1998 it was a lower-tier council with county-level services provided by Cambridgeshire County Council.
Political control of the unitary authority has been held by the following groups:
| Election | Party | Seats | +/- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | |||||
| 1999[1] | No overall control Lab largest single party | (25) | 0 | ||
| 2000[2] [3] | No overall control Con largest single party | (27) | +3 | ||
| 2001[4] [5] | No overall control Con largest single party | (26) | −1 | ||
| 2002[6] [7] | 29 | +2 | |||
| 2004[8] [9] | 33 | +9 | |||
| 2006[10] [11] | 35 | +3 | |||
| 2007[12] [13] | 40 | +5 | |||
| 2008[14] [15] | 43 | +3 | |||
| 2010[16] [17] | 39 | −4 | |||
| 2011[18] [19] | 38 | −1 | |||
| 2012[20] [21] | 32 | −6 | |||
| 2014[22] [23] [24] | No overall control Con largest single party | (28) | +2 | ||
| No overall control Con largest single party | (27) | −1 | |||
| 31 | +4 | ||||
| 2017 | No overall control Con largest single party | (30) | −1 | ||
| 31 | +1 | ||||
| No overall control Con largest single party | (28) | −3 | |||
| 2020 | No overall control Con largest single party | (26) | −2 | ||
| No overall control Con largest single party | (29) | +1 | |||
| 2022 | No overall control Con largest single party | (28) | -1 | ||
| 2023 | No overall control Con largest single party | (30) | +2 | ||
| 2024 | No overall control Lab largest single party | (19) | +5 | ||