2025 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election

The 2025 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election is due to take place on 1 May 2025 to elect the Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. This will be on the same day as other local elections. Nik Johnson was first elected in 2021.^[1]

Background

The mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough serves as the directly elected leader of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority. The mayor has power over investment directly to the combined authority from the government of £20 million a year for 30 years from 2017. The mayor does not incorporate the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner into the post.

In the 2021 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election, the Labour candidate Nik Johnson was elected with 32.8% of the vote in the first round and 51.3% of the second round vote. In early 2025, Johnson announced he would not be running for a second term.

Electoral system

In 2017 and 2021, the Mayor was elected using a supplementary vote system, in which voters may express a first and second preference for candidates. The 2019-24 Conservative government abolished this system, meaning the 2025 election will use first-past-the-post.^[2]

Candidates

Confirmed

Anna Smith (Labour)^[3]
Paul Bristow (Conservative)^[4]
Lorna Dupré (Liberal Democrats)^[5]
Bob Ensch (Green Party)^[6]
Ryan Coogan (Reform UK)^[7]

Declined

Nik Johnson (Labour), incumbent Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Opinion polling

Dates conducted	Pollster	Client	Sample size	Bristow Con	Smith Lab	Dupré LD	Coogan Ref	Ensch Grn	Oth	Lead
Dates conducted	Pollster	Client	Sample size						Oth	Lead
15–23 Apr	More in Common^[8]	The Observer	997	30%	23%	20%	18%	9%	–	7
9–23 Apr 2025	YouGov	N/A	1165	32%	19%	18%	20%	10%	–	12
6–10 Mar 2025	Labour Together^[a]	N/A	822	31%	27%	20%	13%	6%	3%	4
6 May 2021	2021 mayoral election (1st round)		–	40.5%	32.8%	26.7%	–	–	–	7.7

^ Labour Together is not a BPC pollster.

References

^ "Cambridgeshire and Peterborough's mayor in the hot seat". BBC News. 2024-11-18. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
^ "First Past the Post to be introduced for all local mayoral and police and crime commissioner elections". Gov.uk. 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
^ "Anna Smith selected as Labour candidate for mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough". Cambridge Independent. 2025-02-21. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
^ "Ex-MP Paul Bristow to run for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough mayor". BBC News. 2024-11-25. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
^ "Liberal Democrat councillor to run for mayor". BBC News. 2025-01-27. Retrieved 2025-02-21.
^ "Green Party selects candidate to run for mayor". BBC News. 2025-02-23. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
^ "Nigel Farage visits Cambridgeshire and gets a temporary 'British bulldog' tattoo as Ryan Coogan is unveiled as Reform UK's mayoral candidate". Cambridge Independent. 2025-04-01. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
^ "More in Common mayoral election pollig". More in Common. 2025-04-27. Retrieved 2025-04-27.

v t e Council elections in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025
Peterborough City Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Cambridge City Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
East Cambridgeshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Fenland District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Huntingdonshire District Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2022
South Cambridgeshire District Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2022
Isle of Ely County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964
Huntingdon & Peterborough County Council	1967 1970 Abolished
Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough	2017 2021 2025
See also: Wards Boundary changes

v t e (2024 ←) 2025 United Kingdom local elections (→ 2026)
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Single authority mayors	Doncaster North Tyneside
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Other elections	City of London Isles of Scilly