2021 Peterborough City Council election

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.

2021 Peterborough City Council election

6 May 2021 (2021-05-06)
23 seats (out of 60 seats) to Peterborough City Council
First party Second party Third party   Leader John Holdich Shaz Nawaz Nick Sandford Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Glinton and Castor Park Paston and Walton Last election 15 4 2 Seats before 28 16 9 Seats won 16 4 1 Seats after 29 16 8 Seat change 1 - 1 Popular vote 22,323 15299 5400 Percentage 44.70 30.63 10.81 Swing 12.4 2.7 4.5   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader John Fox Party Werrington First Independent Liberal Leader's seat Werrington Last election 1 0 1 Seats before 3 0 1 Seats won 1 2 0 Seats after 3 2 0 Seat change - 2 1 Popular vote 1736 741 0 Percentage 3.48 1.48 0 Swing 1.2 0.7 2.8   Seventh party Eighth party   Party Green UKIP Last election 0 0 Seats before 2 0 Seats won 1 0 Seats after 3 0 Seat change 1 - Popular vote 4182 262 Percentage 8.37 0.52 Swing 2.2 7.6
Map showing the results of the 2021 Peterborough City Council election

Current political makeup

• Conservative: 13 defences (14 other seats)
• Labour and Co-op: 3 defences (14 other seats)
• Lib Dem: 3 defences (7 other seats)
• Werrington First: 1 defence (2 other seats)
• Liberal: 1 defence (0 other seats)
• Green 0 defences (2 other seats)

Summary

2021 Peterborough City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	16	1	69.57	13	29	48.33	22,323	44.70	12.4
	Labour	4		17.39	11	15	25.00	15,299	30.63	2.7
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	4.35	7	8	13.33	5,400	10.81	4.5
	Green	1	1	4.35	2	3	5.00	4,182	8.37	2.2
	Werrington First	1		4.35	2	3	5.00	1,736	3.48	1.2
	Independent	0		0.0	2	2	3.33	741	1.48	0.7
	Liberal	0	1	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	2.8
	UKIP	0		0	0	0	0	262	0.52	7.6

Ward results

(* indicates sitting councillor)

Barnack

This seat was last contested in 2016.

Barnack

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Edward Over*	729	63.12	18.20
	Liberal Democrats	Prem Gyani	181	15.67	N/A
	Green	Danette Lisa O'Hara	127	11.00	N/A
	Labour	Noreen Bi	118	10.22	8.47
Majority			548	47.45	15.18
Turnout			1,155	42.67	+6.67
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bretton

This seat was last contested in 2019. Green (5.7% in 2019) did not contest this time.

Bretton ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chaz Fenner	1,030	48.54	12.88
	Labour	Angus Alexander Ellis*	868	40.90	6.36
	Liberal Democrats	Rohan Cameron Stuart Wilson	130	6.13	1.26
	UKIP	Frances Agnes Fox	71	3.35	−13.3
	For Britain	Chris Heap	23	1.08	New
Majority			162	7.63	+4.04
Turnout			2,122	31.71	−1.29
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Central

This seat was last contested in 2019. UKIP (5.1% in 2019) did not contest this time.

Central ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amjad Iqbal*	2,000	59.77	+4.4
	Conservative	S Khazar	866	25.88	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	P Geraghty	213	6.37	+0.5
	Green	Fiona Radic	186	5.56	−1.1
	Freedom Alliance	A Federovs	81	2.42	New
Majority			1,134	33.89	+8.29
Turnout			3,346	41.06	−4.94
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.15

Dogsthorpe

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.

Dogsthorpe ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ishfaq Hussain	856	38.87	+30.8
	Labour	Alison Margaret Jones	779	35.38	−2.1
	Independent	Colin Hargreaves	250	11.35	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Ringler	153	6.95	−27.4
	UKIP	Graham John Whitehead	87	3.95	N/A
	Green	Kelsey Jack Brace	77	3.50	−0.7
Majority			77	3.50	−17.51
Turnout			2,202	32.35	−3.65
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing

East

The incumbent, Azher Iqbal (CON) was not seeking re-election. This seat was last contested in 2019.

East ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Allen	1,055	45.4	+11.5
	Labour	Nick Thulbourn	1,029	44.3	−4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart James Clark	125	5.4	−4.3
	Green	Stacey Collins	113	4.9	−3.2
Majority			26	1.11	−7.89
Turnout			2,322	32.84	−2.16
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eye, Thorney & Newborough

This seat was last contested in 2019. UKIP (14.8% in 2019) and SDP (7.9% in 2019) did not contest this time.

Eye, Thorney & Newborough ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Simons *	1,656	70.0	+17.2
	Labour	Emma Goldberg	427	18.1	+4.4
	Green	Michael Alexander	197	8.3	+1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Annie Geraghty	84	3.6	+0.1
Majority			1,229	51.99	+33.59
Turnout			2,364	32.47	−6.53
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.90

Fletton & Stanground

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.

Fletton & Stanground ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Oliver Timothy Sainsbury	682	35.4	+23.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jade Seager	515	26.7	−25.0
	Labour	Phill Dave Brentor	386	20.0	+6.5
	Independent	John Whitby	205	10.6	+10.6
	Green	Raymond John Knight	139	7.2	+0.2
Majority			167	8.66	+3.96
Turnout			1,927	26.92	−4.08
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+11.57

Fletton & Woodston

One vacant seat is up for election, alongside the incumbent.

Fletton & Woodston ward (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andy Coles*	997	41.10	+4.30
	Labour	Imtiaz Ali	933	38.46	+4.16
	Labour	Lisa Forbes	911	37.55	+5.55
	Conservative	Andrew Stephen Willey	900	37.10	+5.90
	Green	David Nicholas Stevenson	274	11.29	−4.61
	Liberal Democrats	Callum Robertson	157	6.47	+6.47
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Walton	122	5.03	+5.03
	Freedom Alliance	Christopher Frederick Hopgood	65	2.7	New
Majority			22	0.91
Turnout			2,426	32.35	+4.35
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Glinton & Castor

The incumbent was outgoing Council Leader John Holdich (CON). This seat was last contested in 2019.

Glinton & Castor ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Saqib M Farooq	1,471	67.6	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Biggam Bysshe	279	12.8	+0.1
	Labour	Stuart Martin	225	10.3	−1.0
	Green	Gregor Guthrie	202	9.3	−1.9
Majority			1,192	54.75	+8.25
Turnout			2,177	42.18	+1.18
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.28

Gunthorpe

The incumbent was Darren Fower, elected as a Lib Dem, but sitting as Labour. 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.

Gunthorpe ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bryan Andrew Tyler	1,277	53.5	+19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Simon James Kail	780	32.7	−11.2
	Labour	Jonas Yonga	297	12.5	+3.3
	CPA	Tom Rogers	31	1.3	+1.3
Majority			497	20.84	+6.44
Turnout			2,385	36.32	−1.68
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hampton Vale

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.

Hampton Vale ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lindsay John Sharp	473	43.8	+22.4
	Liberal Democrats	James Robert Brown	315	29.14	−21.3
	Labour	Mohammed Tokir	241	22.3	−0.6
	Independent	Dave William James King	52	4.8	+4.8
Majority			158	14.62	+1.82
Turnout			1,081	22.12	+0.12
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hargate & Hempsted

This was a vacant seat due to the death of the sitting Conservative councillor. This seat was last contested in 2019.

Hargate & Hempsted ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicolle Nkazimulo Moyo	664	47.3	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Tighe	316	22.5	−12.7
	Labour	Timothy Kujiyat	311	22.2	+4.5
	Green	Samantha Godley	113	8.0	+0.3
Majority			348	24.78	+15.38
Turnout			1,404	24.46	+4.46
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.59

North

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.

North ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Haseeb	1,667	57.8	+4.7
	Conservative	Javed Akhtar	896	31.1	+2.8
	Green	Alison Ambarchian	161	5.58	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Chivall	161	5.58	+0.3
Majority			771	26.72	+18.92
Turnout			2,885	40.98	−10.02
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+17.26

Orton Longueville

This seat was last contested in 2019. UKIP (16.7% in 2019) did not contest this time.

Orton Longueville ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Peter Casey*	1,037	46.8	+16.9
	Labour	Wendy Mary Smith	649	29.3	−2.0
	Green	June Mary Bull	321	14.5	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Penniall	209	9.4	+3.7
Majority			388	17.51	+9.41
Turnout			2,216	29.57	−1.43
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.25

Orton Waterville

The incumbent Kim Aitken (CON), was not seeking re-election. This seat was last contested in 2019.

Orton Waterville ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Kirsty Anna Knight	1,505	52.6	−11.4
	Conservative	Michael John Samways	973	34.0	+6.3
	Labour	Haydn James Robson	228	8.0	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Vincent Carroll	82	2.9	+0.8
	UKIP	Iain Peter McLaughlan	74	2.6	+2.6
Majority			532	18.6	−11.2
Turnout			2,862	40.0	+5.0
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Park

The incumbent was Labour group leader. This seat was last contested in 2019. Green (5.8% in 2019) did not contest this time.

Park ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shaz Nawaz*	1,481	49.6	+2.9
	Conservative	John Philip Peach	1,332	44.6	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Edward Hardman	173	5.8	+1.0
Majority			149	4.99	+2.79
Turnout			2,986	43.27	−10.73
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.40

Paston & Walton

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.

Paston & Walton ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Sandford*	981	46.3	−1.7
	Conservative	Charles George Day	626	29.5	+19.0
	Labour	Arthur David Webber	512	24.2	+2.7
Majority			355	16.76	+0.36
Turnout			2,119	28.88	−2.12
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ravensthorpe

This seat was last contested in 2019. UKIP (12.7% in 2019) did not contest this time.

Ravensthorpe ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gul Nawaz*	1,596	57.2	+20.6
	Labour	Natasha Dawn Snarey	911	32.6	−8.1
	Green	Naz Bibi	150	5.4	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard John Thomas Cham	135	4.8	−0.8
Majority			685	24.53	+13.13
Turnout			2,792	37.52	−2.48
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.57

Stanground South

This seat was last contested in 2019. UKIP (17.8% in 2019) did not contest this time.

Stanground South ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Harper*	1,267	64.5	+17.5
	Labour	Richard Campbell-Smith	483	24.6	+2.0
	Green	Stuart Middleton	131	6.7	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Garner	85	4.3	−0.9
Majority			784	39.88	+16.98
Turnout			1,966	27.04	−0.96
	Conservative hold		Swing	+8.34

Werrington

This seat was last contested in 2019.

Werrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Werrington First	John Raymond Fox*	1,736	61.2	−13.5
	Conservative	Rylan Luke Ray	536	18.9	+7.4
	Labour	Matthew James Dear	339	12.0	+6.1
	Green	Georgia Wade	160	5.6	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Richard David Olive	67	2.4	−0.2
Majority			1,200	42.28	+2.38
Turnout			2,838	36.06	−1.94
	Werrington First hold		Swing	-0.71

West

This seat was last contested in 2019.

West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynne Ayres*	1,009	57.6	+3.8
	Labour	Richard James Strangward	443	25.3	+7.6
	Green	Barry Anthony Warne	124	7.08	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Michael Whittaker	112	6.4	−3.3
	Freedom Alliance	Rob Petch	34	1.9	New
	UKIP	John Whitson Myles	30	1.7	−8.8
Majority			566	32.30	−1.40
Turnout			1,752	41.05	+1.05
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.70

Wittering

The incumbent Diane Lamb (CON), was not seeking re-election. This seat was last contested in 2016.

Wittering

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gavin Anthony Elsey	395	49.56	32.36
	Green	Peter Huxley Slinger	202	25.35	N/A
	Independent	John Stannage	114	14.30	N/A
	Labour	Abi Ajoni	61	7.65	10.43
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Wogan	25	3.14	N/A
Majority			193	24.22	39.62
Turnout			797	32.66	+7.66
	Conservative hold		Swing	-28.85