Photo: Jonathan Thacker · CC BY-SA 2.0Peterborough was decided by 118 votes in 2024
Eye is run by Peterborough City Council, with Eye parish council for local matters. No party holds a majority on Peterborough City Council. Its MP is Andrew Pakes (Labour), member for Peterborough.
£2,317
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Eye’s politics has changed since 2021
No majority on Peterborough City Council
The Conservatives, the largest group, hold 15 of its 60 seats as elected, 16 short of the 31 needed. Labour holds 13, the Liberal Democrats 9, Peterborough First 9, the Greens 7, Reform UK 5 and independents 2. Who’s in charge ↓
The 2026 vote
Across Eye’s wards, Reform UK took 43.5%, the Conservatives took 34.2% and the Greens took 10.6% of votes in May 2026. In 2024, Reform UK had 0%. How Eye has voted ↓
A close seat
Andrew Pakes (Labour) won Peterborough by 118 votes in July 2024, 0.28% of votes cast: the 10th-narrowest result of 543 in England. Parliament ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Eye is £2,317 for 2026–27; Peterborough City Council keeps 79% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 60% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
No party has a majority
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 31 of Peterborough’s 60 seats to run the council alone.
- Conservative15
- Labour13
- Liberal Democrat9
- Peterborough First9
- Green7
- Reform UK5
- Independent2
Latest election: May 2026.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
The councils that run Eye
One council runs every main service here.
Local matters: allotments, play areas, halls, footpaths and benches; it is consulted on planning and adds a precept to the council tax bill. A town council is a parish council by another name.
100% of Eye’s residents · Band D precept £38
Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.
Website ↗Transport, skills and regeneration across several council areas. It is led by an elected mayor.
Mayor: Paul Bristow (Conservative), elected May 2025
Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: here one council runs every main service.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the parish to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Eye, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parishParish tierEye parish council
- 2Peterborough City Council1 ward · 1 councillorLayton Mark Mills
- 3Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined AuthorityCambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority · elected May 2025Paul Bristow
- 4Police and crime commissionerCambridgeshire Constabulary · elected May 2024Darryl Preston
- 5House of CommonsPeterborough
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
1 councillor for 1 ward
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Layton Mark MillsReform UK · May 2026
Show as a table
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eye, Thorney and Newboroughmostly in Eye · 5,419 residents1 seat · May 2026 | 1 | Layton Mark Mills | May 2026 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Peterborough City Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
Who led each council vote, 2021–2026
Share of all votes cast for candidates in Eye’s wards at each scheduled council election since 2021. A gap is a year with no election here.
Seats won at each election
Show as a table
| Party | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 8.3% | 12.6% | 11.8% | 5.9% | 10.6% |
| Labour | 18.1% | 24.3% | 28.4% | 22.5% | 7.4% |
| Liberal Democrat | 3.6% | 6.7% | 5.6% | 0% | 4.3% |
| Conservative | 70.1% | 56.3% | 54.3% | 35.6% | 34.2% |
| Reform UK | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 43.5% |
| Peterborough First | 0% | 0% | 0% | 36% | 0% |
In 2026, Reform UK won 1 of the 1 seats up in Eye’s wards.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Where a ward elects several councillors at once, each voter has that many votes; all of them count here.
Peterborough council election, May 2026
Results in the wards that make up Eye, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
1 ward voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Eye’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗3,113 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Eye is in Peterborough constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Eye).
41,872 votes for candidates · majority 118
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 41,872 votes from 73,378 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 118 of 41,872 votes (0.28%): the 10th-narrowest of 543 in England.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Eye’s Band D council tax is £2,317 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Peterborough City Council keeps £1,836.72 of a Band D bill (79%); the rest goes to the Eye parish council, the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, the Cambridgeshire police and crime commissioner and the Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Authority.
Band D since 1993
Peterborough’s Band D bill has risen 60% in ten years, from £1,432.35 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £534.38 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in Eye, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Cambridgeshire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,100.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Cambridgeshire
| Peterborough | Eye’s councils | Cambridgeshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £407 | £417 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £397 | £224 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £18 | £28 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £29 | £39 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £84 | £135 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £24 | £27 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £36 | £38 | £26 |
| Public health | £73 | £56 | £78 |
| Running the council | £33 | £40 | £59 |
| Other | £0 | £7 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,101 | £1,013 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Cambridgeshire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Eye is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
peterborough.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
peterborough.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Eye is run
Which council runs Eye?
Eye is run by Peterborough City Council.
Does Eye have a town council?
Yes: Eye has its own parish-tier council (Eye parish council; town councils are parish councils by another name), which adds £38 to a Band D bill in 2026–27.
Who is the MP for Eye?
Andrew Pakes (Labour) is the MP for Peterborough, which covers Eye.
How many councillors does Eye have?
1 ward councillors represent Eye’s 1 ward.
When are the next elections in Eye?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Eye’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Eye?
Band D council tax in Eye is £2,317 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Peterborough City Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Conservative 15 · Labour 13 · Liberal Democrat 9 · Peterborough First 9 · Green 7 · Reform UK 5 · Independent 2 of 60 seats; a majority needs 31. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who won the 2026 council election in Eye?
In Eye’s wards on 7 May 2026, Reform UK 1 of the 1 seats up. Reform UK had the largest share of votes, 43.5%.
Is Peterborough a marginal seat?
Andrew Pakes (Labour) won it by 118 votes in July 2024, 0.28% of votes cast: the 10th-narrowest result of 543 in England.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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