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The2025 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election took place on 1 May 2025 to elect theMayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. TheConservative candidate and former MPPaul Bristow won, gaining the seat fromLabour. This was held on the same day as otherlocal elections.[1]
The mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough serves as the directly elected leader of theCambridgeshire 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 theCambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner into the post.
In the2021 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayoral election, the Labour candidateNik 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.
In 2017 and 2021, the Mayor was elected using asupplementary 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 usedfirst-past-the-post.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Paul Bristow | 60,243 | 28.4 |  12.1 | |
| Reform | Ryan Coogan | 49,647 | 23.4 | N/A | |
| Labour Co-op | Anna Smith | 42,671 | 20.1 | 12.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lorna Dupré | 41,611 | 19.6 | 7.1 | |
| Green | Bob Ensch | 18,255 | 8.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,596 | 5.0 | –0.5 | ||
| Rejected ballots | 2,145 | ||||
| Turnout | 212,427 | 32.9 | –4.1 | ||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | 7.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Anna Smith | 13,382 | 40.3 | −10.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lorna Dupre | 6,340 | 19.1 | −14.0 | |
| Green | Bob Ensch | 5,332 | 16.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Paul Bristow | 5,042 | 15.2 | −1.1 | |
| Reform | Ryan Coogan | 3,122 | 9.4 | N/A | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Ryan Coogan | 9,246 | 40.5 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Paul Bristow | 8,302 | 36.4 | −28.8 | |
| Labour | Anna Smith | 2,176 | 9.5 | −13.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lorna Dupre | 2,050 | 9.0 | −2.7 | |
| Green | Bob Ensch | 1,063 | 4.7 | N/A | |
| Dates conducted | Pollster | Client | Sample size | Bristow Con | Smith Lab | Dupré LD | Coogan Ref | Ensch Grn | Oth | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29–30 Apr | Find Out Now[12] | N/A | 900 | 32% | 17% | 19% | 23% | 9% | – | 9 |
| 15–23 Apr | More in Common[13] | 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 | |
 Council elections inCambridgeshire | |
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| Cambridgeshire County Council | |
| Peterborough City Council | |
| Cambridge City Council | |
| East Cambridgeshire District Council | |
| Fenland District Council | |
| Huntingdonshire District Council | |
| South Cambridgeshire District Council | |
| Isle of Ely County Council | |
| Huntingdon & Peterborough County Council | |
| Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | |
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| Combined authority mayors | |
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| Single authority mayors | |
| County councils | |
| Metropolitan boroughs | |
| Unitary authorities | |
| Other elections | |
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