The deadline to register to vote in the elections – which will take place on Thursday, May 7 – has now passed.
There will be 18 council seats up for grabs this year, and with some long serving city councillors standing down – including former leaders Dennis Jones and Mohammed Farooq – , the authority will have at least some new faces come next month.
In the past in local elections in the city, some seats have been decided by just a handful of votes – in 2024, Dogsthorpe was decided by just six votes, Eye, Thorney and Newborough by nine votes, Paston and Walton by five votes, and Park Ward by two votes.
These narrow winning margins mean that your vote could make all the difference to who wins the seat.
Voter turnout could be key – and Peterborough has a lower average turnout than England as a whole.
This is the latest data for turnouts at the last elections in 2024, with wards listed in alphabetical order. The data is available at https://www.peterborough.gov.uk/asset-library/declarations-of-results-of-poll-city-council-elections-2-may-20241.pdf
The data does not include any by-elections that have taken place since the last elections, as campaigning across the city could impact turnout compared to campaigning in one ward on its own.
7. Eye, Thorney and Newborough
There was a turnout of 31.98 per cent at the last election Photo: Google
8. Fletton & Stanground
There was a turnout of 22.78 per cent at the last election Photo: Google