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Peterborough 2026

Local elections held 7 May 2026.

18 ward races

18 seats

18 elected below the proportional quota

100.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share they'd need to clinch the seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the signed gap as points below quota (a negative number) — the editorial indictment. Above-quota results clear the bar and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 18 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 18 seats had been shared out in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Reform UK	12,790	27.2%	4	22.2%	5	27.8%	-1
Conservative Party	10,963	23.3%	6	33.3%	5	27.8%	+1
Green Party	7,989	17.0%	2	11.1%	3	16.7%	-1
Labour Party	7,123	15.1%	2	11.1%	3	16.7%	-1
Liberal Democrats	4,544	9.7%	3	16.7%	2	11.1%	+1
Peterborough First	1,898	4.0%	1	5.6%	0	0.0%	+1
Independent	1,550	3.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	86	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Your Party	78	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	47,021	100.0%	18	100.0%	18	100.0%	0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

Council composition: what this election replaced

Two opencouncildata snapshots: the council immediately after the 2026 election (current) and immediately before it (2025). Only ~⅓ of seats were contested in 2026 — most of the bench is unchanged, and the cycle's effect on the overall composition is what shifts.

Current (2026)

Previous (2025)

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Hargate and Hempsted · 1 seat · won at 29.5% · −20.5 pts below quota
Orton Longueville · 1 seat · won at 30.5% · −19.5 pts below quota
Dogsthorpe · 1 seat · won at 31.0% · −19.0 pts below quota
Hampton Vale · 1 seat · won at 31.5% · −18.5 pts below quota
Bretton · 1 seat · won at 33.0% · −17.0 pts below quota
Central · 1 seat · won at 34.6% · −15.4 pts below quota
North · 1 seat · won at 34.8% · −15.2 pts below quota
Park · 1 seat · won at 35.2% · −14.8 pts below quota
East · 1 seat · won at 35.3% · −14.7 pts below quota
Paston and Walton · 1 seat · won at 37.8% · −12.2 pts below quota
Fletton and Woodston · 1 seat · won at 37.8% · −12.2 pts below quota
Orton Waterville · 1 seat · won at 38.0% · −12.0 pts below quota
Stanground South · 1 seat · won at 38.3% · −11.7 pts below quota
Fletton and Stanground · 1 seat · won at 38.9% · −11.1 pts below quota
Ravensthorpe · 1 seat · won at 40.5% · −9.5 pts below quota
Eye, Thorney and Newborough · 1 seat · won at 43.5% · −6.5 pts below quota
Gunthorpe · 1 seat · won at 45.5% · −4.5 pts below quota
Werrington · 1 seat · won at 46.9% · −3.1 pts below quota

Race results

Hargate and Hempsted · single-seat

Marginal winner 29.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −20.5 pts Valid ballots 2,286

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Vishal Vichare	Conservative Party	674	29.5%	−20.5 pts	Elected
2	Simon Christopher Jones	Reform UK	652	28.5%	—
3	Katherine Sharp	Green Party	478	20.9%	—
4	Hamza Jarral	Labour Party	318	13.9%	—
5	Neil Walton	Liberal Democrats	164	7.2%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,286 · EC ward code local.peterborough.hargate-hempsted.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Orton Longueville · single-seat

Marginal winner 30.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −19.5 pts Valid ballots 2,545

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Philip Anthony Whitworth	Reform UK	775	30.5%	−19.5 pts	Elected
2	Jonathan Orchard	Green Party	691	27.2%	—
3	Nick Penniall	Independent	502	19.7%	—
4	Ruwan Madugalla	Conservative Party	322	12.7%	—
5	Olu Akinyele	Labour Party	255	10.0%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,545 · EC ward code local.peterborough.orton-longueville.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Dogsthorpe · single-seat

Marginal winner 31.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −19.0 pts Valid ballots 2,231

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Ishfaq Hussain	Conservative Party	692	31.0%	−19.0 pts	Elected
2	Bryan Andrew Tyler	Reform UK	579	26.0%	—
3	Mohammad Haseeb	Labour Party	431	19.3%	—
4	Pip Gardner	Green Party	390	17.5%	—
5	Sandra Ringler	Liberal Democrats	103	4.6%	—
6	Petr Torak	Independent	36	1.6%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,231 · EC ward code local.peterborough.dogsthorpe.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Hampton Vale · single-seat

Marginal winner 31.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −18.5 pts Valid ballots 1,771

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Paul Wiggin	Liberal Democrats	558	31.5%	−18.5 pts	Elected
2	Steve Newson	Reform UK	463	26.1%	—
3	Toqeer Ahmed Sethi	Green Party	299	16.9%	—
4	Marco Cereste	Conservative Party	281	15.9%	—
5	Simon Turp	Labour Party	170	9.6%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 1,771 · EC ward code local.peterborough.hampton-vale.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Bretton · single-seat

Marginal winner 33.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −17.0 pts Valid ballots 2,084

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	John Robert Bolton	Reform UK	687	33.0%	−17.0 pts	Elected
2	Scott Warren	Conservative Party	627	30.1%	—
3	Susan Jane Glasgow	Labour Party	407	19.5%	—
4	David Kerry Narrainen	Green Party	239	11.5%	—
5	Rohan Wilson	Liberal Democrats	124	6.0%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,084 · EC ward code local.peterborough.bretton.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Central · single-seat

Marginal winner 34.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −15.4 pts Valid ballots 3,195

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Khurram Iqbal	Labour Party	1,106	34.6%	−15.4 pts	Elected
2	Shaz Choudhary	Green Party	1,069	33.5%	—
3	Shahzadi Khan	Conservative Party	403	12.6%	—
4	Jeff Pitt	Reform UK	399	12.5%	—
5	Jason Kerridge	Liberal Democrats	173	5.4%	—
6	Steve Cawley	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	45	1.4%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 3,195 · EC ward code local.peterborough.central.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

North · single-seat

Marginal winner 34.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −15.2 pts Valid ballots 2,334

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Javed Akhtar	Conservative Party	812	34.8%	−15.2 pts	Elected
2	Noreen Bi	Labour Party	738	31.6%	—
3	Keith Sharp	Reform UK	421	18.0%	—
4	Mohammed Munir	Green Party	363	15.6%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,334 · EC ward code local.peterborough.north.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Park · single-seat

Marginal winner 35.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −14.8 pts Valid ballots 2,866

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Murtaza Ahmed-Munir	Conservative Party	1,009	35.2%	−14.8 pts	Elected
2	Saif Ali Yasin	Labour Party	655	22.9%	—
3	Tassadaq Hussain	Green Party	648	22.6%	—
4	Reza Behravan	Reform UK	315	11.0%	—
5	Beki Sellick	Liberal Democrats	124	4.3%	—
6	Fiona Radic	Independent	115	4.0%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,866 · EC ward code local.peterborough.park.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

East · single-seat

Marginal winner 35.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −14.7 pts Valid ballots 2,662

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Sam Hemraj	Labour Party	939	35.3%	−14.7 pts	Elected
2	Aleem Miran	Conservative Party	753	28.3%	—
3	Dave West	Reform UK	562	21.1%	—
4	Nassim Rhaiem	Green Party	297	11.2%	—
5	Ian Hardman	Liberal Democrats	111	4.2%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,662 · EC ward code local.peterborough.east.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Paston and Walton · single-seat

Marginal winner 37.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −12.2 pts Valid ballots 2,644

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Iva Banyalieva	Conservative Party	1,000	37.8%	−12.2 pts	Elected
2	Asif Shaheed	Liberal Democrats	714	27.0%	—
3	Ryan Gallagher	Reform UK	666	25.2%	—
4	Mohammed Yasin	Labour Party	186	7.0%	—
5	Rob Petch	Your Party	78	3.0%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,644 · EC ward code local.peterborough.paston-walton.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Fletton and Woodston · single-seat

Marginal winner 37.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −12.2 pts Valid ballots 2,661

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Ed Murphy	Green Party	1,007	37.8%	−12.2 pts	Elected
2	Yvonne Claire Scarrott	Reform UK	714	26.8%	—
3	Andy Coles	Conservative Party	428	16.1%	—
4	Steve Harknett	Independent	258	9.7%	—
5	Harvey Woodhouse	Labour Party	254	9.5%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,661 · EC ward code local.peterborough.fletton-woodston.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Orton Waterville · single-seat

Marginal winner 38.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −12.0 pts Valid ballots 3,127

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Alex Bowerbanks	Green Party	1,187	38.0%	−12.0 pts	Elected
2	Stephen James Arnott	Reform UK	897	28.7%	—
3	Raymond Knight	Independent	559	17.9%	—
4	Sanjaya Dodamgoda	Conservative Party	310	9.9%	—
5	Steve Bailey	Labour Party	174	5.6%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 3,127 · EC ward code local.peterborough.orton-waterville.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Stanground South · single-seat

Marginal winner 38.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −11.7 pts Valid ballots 2,354

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Peter David Reeve	Reform UK	902	38.3%	−11.7 pts	Elected
2	June Mary Bull	Peterborough First	450	19.1%	—
3	Janet Elizabeth Brown	Conservative Party	325	13.8%	—
4	Charles Rhys Coster	Green Party	291	12.4%	—
5	Andrew Deacon	Labour Party	229	9.7%	—
6	Julian Bray	Independent	80	3.4%	—
7	Miriam Sellick	Liberal Democrats	77	3.3%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,354 · EC ward code local.peterborough.stanground-south.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Fletton and Stanground · single-seat

Marginal winner 38.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −11.1 pts Valid ballots 2,364

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Christian Hogg	Liberal Democrats	919	38.9%	−11.1 pts	Elected
2	Maria Pinotes	Reform UK	874	37.0%	—
3	Andrew Johnson	Labour Party	275	11.6%	—
4	Neil Seekings	Conservative Party	255	10.8%	—
5	Jon Lloyd	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	41	1.7%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,364 · EC ward code local.peterborough.fletton-stanground.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Ravensthorpe · single-seat

Marginal winner 40.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −9.5 pts Valid ballots 2,994

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Gul Nawaz	Conservative Party	1,214	40.5%	−9.5 pts	Elected
2	Shokat Ali	Green Party	699	23.3%	—
3	Ashli Philip	Reform UK	638	21.3%	—
4	Matthew Clements	Labour Party	329	11.0%	—
5	Nick Sandford	Liberal Democrats	114	3.8%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,994 · EC ward code local.peterborough.ravensthorpe.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Eye, Thorney and Newborough · single-seat

Marginal winner 43.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −6.5 pts Valid ballots 3,113

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Layton Mark Mills	Reform UK	1,355	43.5%	−6.5 pts	Elected
2	John Peach	Conservative Party	1,064	34.2%	—
3	Adam Warr	Green Party	331	10.6%	—
4	Sue Farr	Labour Party	230	7.4%	—
5	Anthony Church	Liberal Democrats	133	4.3%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 3,113 · EC ward code local.peterborough.eye-thorney-newborough.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Gunthorpe · single-seat

Marginal winner 45.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −4.5 pts Valid ballots 2,705

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Andrew Bond	Liberal Democrats	1,230	45.5%	−4.5 pts	Elected
2	Tom Rogers	Reform UK	912	33.7%	—
3	Andrew MacFarlaine	Conservative Party	401	14.8%	—
4	Muhammad Ahmed	Labour Party	162	6.0%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 2,705 · EC ward code local.peterborough.gunthorpe.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index

Werrington · single-seat

Marginal winner 46.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota −3.1 pts Valid ballots 3,085

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Below quota	Elected
1	Sarah Areatha Hillier	Peterborough First	1,448	46.9%	−3.1 pts	Elected
2	Chris Watson	Reform UK	979	31.7%	—
3	Ruta Dalton	Conservative Party	393	12.7%	—
4	Bradley Dilloway	Labour Party	265	8.6%	—

Electorate 0 · Ballots cast 3,085 · EC ward code local.peterborough.werrington.2026-05-07 · Back to ward index