Paul Bristow

Paul Bristow
Official portrait, 2020
Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Assumed office
5 May 2025
Preceded byNik Johnson
Member of Parliament
for Peterborough
In office
12 December 2019  30 May 2024
Preceded byLisa Forbes
Succeeded byAndrew Pakes
Member of Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council for Fulham Reach
In office
4 May 2006  7 May 2010
Personal details
Born (1979-03-27) 27 March 1979
York, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Sara Petela
(m. 2019)
Children2
Alma materCartmel College, Lancaster (BA)
Websitewww.paulbristow.org.uk

Paul Bristow (born 27 March 1979) is a British politician who has served as Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough since 2025 and formerly served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Peterborough from 2019 until 2024, when he was defeated by the Labour candidate Andrew Pakes. A member of the Conservative Party, he worked as a public relations consultant and was the chairman of the lobbying trade body, the Association of Professional Political Consultants, prior to his parliamentary career. Bristow was also a councillor on Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council between 2006 and 2010.