2007 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election

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Results of the 2007 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election

Elections to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Newcastle-under-Lyme Local Election Result 2007
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 830+340.031.78,791+0.1%
  Liberal Democrats 630+330.024.56,811-0.7%
  Labour 406-620.024.16,689-3.4%
  UKIP 210+110.017.44,833+3.1%
  Green 000001.2331-0.1%
  Independent 001-101.1310+1.0%

Ward results

Audley and Bignall End
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ann Beech71738.5+2.0
Liberal Democrats Tom Cicatello61232.9−3.8
Conservative Brenda Edwards28615.4+5.4
UKIP David Nixon24513.2−3.5
Majority 1055.6
Turnout 1,860
Labour hold Swing
Bradwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sandra Hambleton55736.2−5.1
Conservative John Tagg46930.5+9.6
UKIP Donald Bowers28918.8−1.1
Liberal Democrats David Dugdale22514.6−3.3
Majority 885.7−14.7
Turnout 1,540
Labour hold Swing
Butt Lane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Silvia Burgess49139.5+5.1
Labour John Macmillan33927.3−7.2
UKIP Garry Whitehurst20216.3−1.2
Conservative Iley Wainwright1088.7−4.9
Independent Maurice Leese1028.2+8.2
Majority 15212.2
Turnout 1,242
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Chesterton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sandra Simpson57839.4+8.4
UKIP Mark Barlow35524.2+5.4
Liberal Democrats Trevor Johnson32522.2−12.4
Conservative Daniel Worley20914.3−1.4
Majority 22315.2
Turnout 1,467
Labour hold Swing
Cross Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Williams63344.7−0.4
Liberal Democrats Bob Rankin33623.7+6.2
UKIP Barry Milford23216.4−4.3
Conservative Glenys Davies21515.2−1.5
Majority 29721.0−3.4
Turnout 1,416
Labour hold Swing
Halmerend
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Becket57749.6
Conservative Alan Humphreys22319.2
Labour Trevor Sproston21918.8
UKIP Neville Benson14512.5
Majority 35430.4
Turnout 1,164
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Keele
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Wenslie Naylon25732.9−3.0
Green Savitha Piercy22428.6−1.7
Conservative Owen Meredith14418.4−6.4
Labour Gareth Snell 12516.0+8.3
UKIP Wayne Harling324.1+2.8
Majority 334.3−1.3
Turnout 782
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Kidsgrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sandra Bowyer55939.6−9.9
Labour Paul Waring41529.4+0.5
UKIP Glyn Rafferty28019.8+8.3
Conservative Matthew Lewis15911.3+1.1
Majority 14410.2−10.4
Turnout 1,413
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Knutton and Silverdale
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Derrick Huckfield43847.3+12.4
Labour David Leech30633.0−7.1
Conservative Jocelyn Budibent10711.6−0.7
Liberal Democrats Julian Colclough758.1−1.1
Majority 13214.3
Turnout 926
UKIP gain from Labour Swing
Loggerheads and Whitmore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Tomkins1,43168.0−6.1
UKIP David Howell39718.9+11.2
Liberal Democrats Anne Becket27513.1+2.5
Majority 1,03449.1−14.4
Turnout 2,103
Conservative hold Swing
Madeley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Helen Morris50235.7+4.1
Liberal Democrats Steve Burke41029.2+1.2
Labour Bill Sinnott41029.2−4.6
UKIP Joseph Bonfiglio846.0−0.6
Majority 926.5
Turnout 1,406
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
May Bank
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Tagg1,22762.9+6.2
Labour Stephen Harrison31015.9−0.5
UKIP Barbara Lewis22311.4+3.2
Liberal Democrats Chris Wain1919.8−8.9
Majority 91747.0+9.0
Turnout 1,951
Conservative hold Swing
Newchapel
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nora Salt31435.2+35.2
Labour Elsie Bates25829.0−9.8
Liberal Democrats Alan Bowyer18821.1−14.0
UKIP Susan Whitehurst13114.7+14.7
Majority 566.2
Turnout 891
Conservative hold Swing
Ravenscliffe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Bishop32232.5+9.2
Labour Ray Astle23123.3−22.0
Liberal Democrats Geff Hall22422.6−8.7
UKIP Geoffrey Locke21321.5+21.5
Majority 919.2
Turnout 990
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Seabridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Hailstones81152.6+8.8
Labour David Beardmore35423.0−1.2
Liberal Democrats Carol Reddish20513.3−2.1
UKIP Paul Gregory17111.1−5.4
Majority 45729.6+10.0
Turnout 1,541
Conservative hold Swing
Silverdale and Park Site
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Eileen Braithwaite53753.6+21.7
Labour George Cairns28228.1−13.8
Conservative Clive Moss10710.7−2.8
Liberal Democrats Betty Kinnersley767.6−5.2
Majority 25525.5
Turnout 1,002
UKIP hold Swing
Talke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Daniels41844.6−9.8
Independent Arthur Amos20822.2+22.2
UKIP Roger Ruddle17318.4+18.4
Conservative David Cooper13914.8−2.7
Majority 21022.4−4.0
Turnout 938
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent Swing
Thistleberry
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Jones94954.0+0.1
Conservative Luciana Flackett35120.0−2.1
Labour Nicholas Butler24714.1−0.2
UKIP Dominic Arnold21012.0+2.3
Majority 59834.0+2.2
Turnout 1,757
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Westlands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Heesom1,11959.6−0.7
Liberal Democrats Michael Shenton27914.9−3.1
Labour Eileen Robinson26113.9+0.9
UKIP Pamela Jackson21711.6+2.8
Majority 84044.7+2.4
Turnout 1,876
Conservative hold Swing
Wolstanton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tracy Taylor54836.5+8.4
Labour Michael Clarke44729.8−2.1
UKIP David Woolley25917.3+1.5
Liberal Democrats Dennis Richards1399.3−5.5
Green Anne Beirne1077.1−2.3
Majority 1016.7
Turnout 1,500
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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