After May 7
No overall control. Labour largest party
Council size: 60 seats · 18 up on May 7
Council · Unitary authority
Peterborough
No overall control. Labour largest party after May 7 2026. (Remained no overall control, previously ncc)
What happened on May 7
Seats won and overall control
Reform UK
4 of 60 seats
Won 4 on May 7 · had 0 before
Next election
May 2030
Whole council every 4 years.
Post-May 7 composition
Every party's seat count on the new council
Pre-May-7 composition is the latest OCD snapshot of who held each seat; post is pre minus seats up plus actual winners.
How accurate was the model here?
Our 7 May 2026 forecast for Peterborough
Locked, sha256-witnessed forecast scored against the actual count. See the full national accuracy audit →
Our locked May 7 forecast
The pre-election prediction
This is the seats-on-the-ballot projection we published before polls opened, used here for accuracy comparison only.
All wards
Per-ward forecast vs actual
| Ward | Our top pick | Actual winner | Predicted share | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bretton | Conservative | Reform UK | 32.9% | high |
| Central | Reform UK | Labour | 29.6% | high |
| Dogsthorpe | Reform UK | Conservative | 29.6% | high |
| East | Labour | Labour | 31.1% | high |
| Eye, Thorney & Newborough | Conservative | Reform UK | 40.3% | high |
| Fletton & Stanground | Lib Dem | Lib Dem | 40.6% | high |
| Fletton & Woodston | Reform UK | Green Party | 28.8% | high |
| Gunthorpe | Lib Dem | Lib Dem | 34.1% | high |
| Hampton Vale | Reform UK | Lib Dem | 29.3% | high |
| Hargate & Hempsted | Conservative | Conservative | 30.6% | high |
| North | Labour | Conservative | 35.2% | high |
| Orton Longueville | Reform UK | Reform UK | 28.6% | high |
| Orton Waterville | Independent | Green Party | 32.4% | high |
| Park | Reform UK | Conservative | 29.2% | high |
| Paston & Walton | Lib Dem | Conservative | 34.1% | high |
| Ravensthorpe | Conservative | Conservative | 28.5% | high |
| Stanground South | Peterborough First | Reform UK | 36.5% | high |
| Werrington | Peterborough First | Peterborough First | 40.8% | high |