2006 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election

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Results of the 2006 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election

Elections to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Newcastle-under-Lyme Local Election Result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 805-540.027.57,873-9.5%
  Conservative 630+330.031.69,029+3.9%
  Liberal Democrats 631+230.025.27,198-8.1%
  UKIP 0000014.34,088+14.3%
  Green 000001.3377+0.7%
  Independent 000000.133-0.7%

Ward results

Audley and Bignall End
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Cornes Dylis69336.7
Labour Ann Beech69036.5
UKIP David Nixon31616.7
Conservative Betty Cartwright18910.0
Majority 30.2
Turnout 1,888
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Bradwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Trevor Hambleton64341.3−15.4
Conservative Alan Humphreys32520.9−2.6
UKIP David Parfit31019.9+19.9
Liberal Democrats David Dugdale27917.9−1.9
Majority 31820.4−12.8
Turnout 1,557
Labour hold Swing
Butt Lane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mavis Lench40534.5−12.9
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Burgess40434.4+2.7
UKIP Paul Edwards20617.5+17.5
Conservative Glenys Davies16013.6−7.2
Majority 10.1−15.6
Turnout 1,175
Labour hold Swing
Chesterton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Cooley49234.6
Labour Sandra Simpson44131.0
UKIP Mark Barlow26818.8
Conservative Jocelyn Budibent22315.7
Majority 513.6
Turnout 1,424
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Clayton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Sweeney63246.3+2.9
Labour David Beardmore35225.8−11.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Shenton21015.4−3.6
UKIP Brian Dunkley17212.6+12.6
Majority 28020.5+14.7
Turnout 1,366
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Cross Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gillian Williams62745.1−9.2
UKIP Neville Benson28820.7+20.7
Liberal Democrats Leo Hamburger24317.5+1.1
Conservative Tagg John23216.7−3.0
Majority 33924.4−10.2
Turnout 1,390
Labour hold Swing
Holditch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Simpson40148.7−17.1
UKIP Barbara Lewis19223.3+23.3
Liberal Democrats Eric Durber12715.4−18.8
Conservative David Cooper10412.6+12.6
Majority 20925.4−6.2
Turnout 824
Labour hold Swing
Keele
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robin Studd27935.9−31.1
Green Andrew Dobson23630.3+30.3
Conservative Joel Foley19324.8+10.3
Labour Stephen James607.7−10.9
UKIP Sajid Mahmood101.3+1.3
Majority 435.6−42.8
Turnout 778
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Kidsgrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mary Maxfield80949.5+28.5
Labour Paul Waring47228.9−33.3
UKIP Geoffrey Locke18811.5+11.5
Conservative Edward Lowe16610.2−6.7
Majority 33720.6
Turnout 1,635
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Knutton and Silverdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Gorton38040.1−14.3
UKIP Derrick Huckfield33134.9+34.9
Conservative Nicola Gregory11712.3+11.4
Liberal Democrats Betty Kinnersley879.2+4.4
Independent Michael Nicklin333.5+1.3
Majority 495.2−11.6
Turnout 948
Labour hold Swing
Loggerheads and Whitmore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Maskery1,64074.1+3.4
Liberal Democrats Anne Becket23510.6−8.1
UKIP Trevor Colclough1717.7+7.7
Labour Glyn Williams1667.5−3.1
Majority 1,40563.5+11.5
Turnout 2,212
Conservative hold Swing
Madeley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Howells43333.8−10.1
Conservative Richard Lowe40431.6+10.2
Liberal Democrats Bryan Kirkham35828.0−6.7
UKIP Joseph Bonfiglio856.6+6.6
Majority 292.2−7.0
Turnout 1,280
Labour hold Swing
May Bank
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Holland1,12656.7+8.3
Liberal Democrats Donald Maciver37118.7−10.8
Labour Jacqueline Olszewski32616.4−5.7
UKIP Michael Beckett1638.2+8.2
Majority 75538.0+19.1
Turnout 1,986
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Porthill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julie Cooper57047.6+5.7
Labour Bertram Lawton34328.7−11.5
Liberal Democrats Emma Cooley14912.4−5.4
UKIP Yvonne Heath13511.3+11.3
Majority 22718.9+17.2
Turnout 1,197
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Seabridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Fear73843.8−2.7
Labour Rex Harper40824.2−11.2
UKIP Paul Gregory27816.5+16.5
Liberal Democrats Carol Reddish26015.4−2.7
Majority 33019.6+8.5
Turnout 1,684
Conservative hold Swing
Silverdale and Parksite
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elaine Blake38941.9+2.6
UKIP Andrea Liversage29631.9+31.9
Conservative Alexander Hayward12513.5+4.0
Liberal Democrats Richard O'Callaghan11912.8+2.3
Majority 9310.0
Turnout 929
Labour hold Swing
Thistleberry
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats June Walklate93453.9−1.8
Conservative Gerald Cork38422.1−1.6
Labour Doris Boden24814.3−1.2
UKIP Dominic Arnold1689.7+9.7
Majority 95031.8−0.2
Turnout 1,734
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Shenton58649.0+0.7
Labour Albert Clarke36530.5−2.7
Conservative Luciana Flackett13611.4−1.5
UKIP Glyn Jones1089.0+9.0
Majority 22118.5+3.4
Turnout 1,195
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Westlands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Glennis Deakin1,14360.3+4.8
Liberal Democrats Hilary Jones34118.0−8.4
Labour Eileen Robinson24613.0−5.1
UKIP Pamela Jackson1668.8+8.8
Majority 80242.3+13.2
Turnout 1,896
Conservative hold Swing
Wolstanton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Foy47831.9−6.7
Conservative Stephen Morris42228.1+8.9
UKIP David Woolley23715.8+15.8
Liberal Democrats Christopher Dunning22214.8−15.3
Green Ann Beirne1419.4−2.8
Majority 563.8−4.7
Turnout 1,500
Labour hold Swing

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