LIVE BLOG: Timetable of key results and events at Peterborough City Council Local Elections 2022
Peterborough went to the polls on Thursday (May 5) to elect 19 city councillors in 18 wards, as well as a number of parish councillors in 12 wards.
Follow all of the results as they come in on the PT live blog below.
LIVE BLOG: Candidates face nervous wait to see how they have fared at Peterborough City Council Local Elections 2022
Key Events
- 19 councillors to be elected
- Conservatives have controlled the council since 2000
- Conservatives currently have 28 seats and 30 are needed for a majority
- 12 parish council elections are also being held
- Green leader Julie Howell and Mayor Steven Lane among those up for election
- Both Labour and the Tories are battling for control of Peterborough
Nineteen of the council’s 60 seats are up for election in the following wards:
- Bretton
- Central
- Dogsthorpe
- East
- Eye
- Thorney & Newborough
- Fletton & Stanground (two seats)
- Fletton & Woodston
- Gunthorpe
- Hampton Vale
- Hargate & Hempsted
- North
- Orton Longueville
- Orton Waterville
- Park
- Paston & Walton
- Ravensthorpe
- Stanground South
- Werrington
Many candidates have said to the Peterborough Telegraph that a “very low turnout” is expected from todays @PeterboroughCC Local Elections 2022 count.
Polls closing soon!
Polls will be closing soon across the city. They will close at 10pm with the first box expected to arrive at the count, at the Showground, at 10:15pm.
What is the current make up of the council?
Seats 60 (31 needed for a majority)
Conservatives 28, Labour/Labour and Cooperative 16, Liberal Democrats 7, Peterborough First 4, Green 3, Independant 1, vacant 1.
Numeber of seats being defended: Conservatives 7, Labour 5, Lib Dem 3, Green 1, Peterborough First 1.
Currently, Peterborough First support the Conservatives in a minortiy administration but should the group find themselves needing more than 4 seats to give them a majority, then they could lose their grip on the town hall.
Labour, Lib Dem, Green and the independants would be much more likely to form together to create a new coalition rather than any of them offering their support to Conservative rule.