There are 22 city wards in Peterborough. You can find a current list of city councillors on the Democracy Peterborough website.
Key dates in the election timetable
- End of candidate nomination period - Thursday 9 April 2026 at 4pm
- List of candidates published - Thursday 9 April 2026 after 4pm
- Deadline for registering to vote - Monday 20 April 2026
- Deadline for postal vote applications - Tuesday 21 April 2026 at 5pm
- Deadline for proxy vote applications - Tuesday 28 April 2026 at 5pm
- Deadline for Voter Authority Certificate applications - Tuesday 28 April 2026 at 5pm
- Day of poll (election day) - Thursday 7 May 2026
City Council Elections 2026
On Thursday 7 May 2026, city council elections will take place in the following 18 wards:
- Bretton
- Central
- Dogsthorpe
- East
- Eye, Thorney and Newborough
- Fletton and Stanground
- Fletton and Woodston
- Gunthorpe
- Hampton Vale
- Hargate and Hempsted
- North
- Orton Longueville
- Orton Waterville
- Park
- Paston and Walton
- Ravensthorpe
- Stanground South
- Werrington
There will also be one parish council election taking place on 7 May 2026 for Wittering (9 seats).
View the documents below to see the list of candidates, polling stations and election agents for each city council ward and for the parish of Wittering.
Parish Council Elections 2026
A poll will only take place if there are more nominations than there are seats for a particular parish ward. The following parish councils were uncontested:
- Ailsworth (7 seats)
- Castor (9 seats)
- Glinton (11 seats)
- Marholm (5 seats)
- Newborough and Borough Fen (Newborough = 8 seats and Borough Fen = 4 seats)
- Peakirk (7 seats)
- Sutton (5 seats)
- Thorney (12 seats)
- Thornhaugh (5 seats)
- Wansford (7 seats)
View the ‘Notice of Uncontested Parish Elections’ document below to see the persons duly elected for the above parish councils.
Only the parish of Wittering (9 seats) was contested. An election for Wittering Parish Council will therefore take place on Thursday 7 May 2026. You can view the list of candidates and polling stations for this election in the document higher up this page titled ‘Statement of Persons Nominated, Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations – City Councillors and Wittering Parish – 7 May 2026’.
Wards and polling stations
Your poll card shows your ward and polling station.
A list of polling stations per ward is available in the document higher up this page called 'Situation of Polling Stations'.
You can also use the Electoral Commission's postcode look-up tool to find your local polling station.
You can also view our online map system to find out:
Contact Electoral Services
If you have any queries relating to local or parish council elections, please email electoralservices@peterborough.gov.uk or visit the Electoral Commission webpages for local elections or parish council elections.