The political make up of Peterborough City Council following latest resignation - less than a month after elections

The month started with local elections – with 18 seats up for grabs on the city council, changing the face of the political balance on the authority.

A few days after the vote, independent councillor Kirsty Knight (who had originally been elected for the Orton Waterville ward as a Green Party Councillor in 2021 before leaving the party in 2024) announced she had joined the Conservative Party.

On Friday (May 29), another independent councillor, Daisy Blakemore-Creedon, announced she had resigned from Peterborough City Council.

Daisy, who was the youngest councillor in the country when she was elected as for the Labour Party while sitting her A Levels in 2024, had been an independent councillor since resigning from Labour in 2025.

Her resignation means that none of the Fletton and Woodston councillors who were in place just over six months ago are in place, following the sad deaths of Alan Dowson and Nick Thulbourn in the winter.

A by-election will be held for Daisy’s seat in the near future – the third time residents in the Fletton and Woodston ward will go to the polls since February.

The nature of politics in Peterborough means that a number of councillors now represent parties (or are now independent) which is different to the party they were originally elected for.

Make up of the council

The political make up of the council now looks very different than it did just a month ago, when final campaigning was taking place ahead of the local elections.

The party with the most councillors is the Conservatives, who have 13 elected representatives.

Labour (including Labour and Co-operative) have 11 councillors. Because of a coalition with other parties, they have the council leader, cllr Shabina Qayyum.

The Liberal Democrats have eight councillors – and there are also eight independent councillors remaining on the authority.

There are also eight members of the Peterborough First group.

The Green Party have six members on the authority, while Reform UK have five.

There is one vacancy (Daisy Blakemore-Creedon’s old seat).

The coalition means that the council cabinet is made up of Labour, Liberal Democrats and Peterborough First (with one independent councillor having a ‘cabinet advisor’ post.)