Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme

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Newcastle-under-Lyme
Non-metropolitan district and borough
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme (1).jpg
Newcastle-under-Lyme market day and high street
Newcastle-under-Lyme UK locator map.svg
Newcastle-under-Lyme shown within Staffordshire
Region West Midlands
Non-metropolitan county Staffordshire Flag.svg  Staffordshire
Status Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ Newcastle-under-Lyme
Incorporated1 April 1974
Government
 • TypeNon-metropolitan district council
 • BodyNewcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
 •  MPs Adam Jogee (Labour)
Karen Bradley (Conservative)
Gavin Williamson (Conservative)
Area
 • Total211.0 km2 (81.5 sq mi)
 • Rank142nd (of 296)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total125,297
 • Rank191st (of 296)
 • Density590/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Ethnicity (2021)
[1]
 •  Ethnic groups
List
Religion (2021)
[1]
 •  Religion
List
Time zone UTC0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code 41UE (ONS)
E07000195 (GSS)
OS grid reference SJ8463746024

The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme is a local government district with borough status in Staffordshire, England.

Contents

It is named after the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, where the council is based. The borough also includes the town of Kidsgrove and several villages and surrounding rural areas lying generally to the west of Newcastle itself. Most of the borough's built-up areas form part of The Potteries Urban Area.

The neighbouring districts are Staffordshire Moorlands, Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford, Shropshire and Cheshire East.

History

The town of Newcastle-under-Lyme was an ancient borough, established in the 12th century. It is known to have been granted a charter (since lost) around 1173 by Henry II. [2] [3] The earliest surviving charter dates from 1235. The borough was formally incorporated in 1590 under a new charter from Elizabeth I. [4]

The borough was reformed in 1836 to become a municipal borough under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, which reformed many boroughs across the country. The municipal borough was enlarged several times, notably in 1932 when it took in what had been the Wolstanton United Urban District, covering the parishes of Chesterton, Silverdale and Wolstanton, and at the same time also absorbed the parish of Clayton from Newcastle-under-Lyme Rural District. [5]

The modern district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 covering three former districts, which were all abolished at the same time: [6]

The new district was named Newcastle-under-Lyme after its largest town. [lower-alpha 1] [7] The district was granted borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor, continuing Newcastle's series of mayors dating back to 1318. [8] [9]

Governance

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
Newcaslte-under-Lyme Borough Council logo.svg
Type
Type
Leadership
Barry Panter,
Conservative
since 15 May 2024 [10]
Simon Tagg,
Conservative
since 5 December 2017
Gordon Mole
since 8 July 2024 [11]
Structure
Seats44 councillors
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council 2022.svg
Political groups
Administration (25)
  Conservative (25)
Other parties (19)
  Labour (18)
  Independent (1)
Elections
First past the post
Last election
 5 May 2022
Next election
7 May 2026
Meeting place
Castle House, Newcastle-under-Lyme (5) (geograph 5688535).jpg
Castle House, Barracks Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1BL
Website
www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Police hat badge, in the collection of the Staffordshire County Museum and displayed at the Shire Hall, Stafford Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Police hat badge.jpg
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Police hat badge, in the collection of the Staffordshire County Museum and displayed at the Shire Hall, Stafford

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Staffordshire County Council. Parts of the borough are also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government. [12] [13]

Political control

The council has been under Conservative majority control since 2021.

The first elections to the enlarged borough council were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: [14] [15]

Party in controlYears
No overall control 1974–1979
Labour 1979–2002
No overall control 2002–2004
Labour 2004–2006
No overall control 2006–2012
Labour 2012–2017
No overall control 2017–2021
Conservative 2021–present

Leadership

The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Newcastle-under-Lyme, with political leadership provided instead by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1974 have been: [16]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Reg Lane [17] Labour 1 Apr 197418 May 1976
George Poole [18] Conservative 18 May 19761978
Brian Westrup Conservative 19781979
Bill Welsby [19] Labour 19791984
Mike Brereton [20] Labour 19849 May 1994
Eddie Boden [21] Labour 18 May 19944 May 2003
David Leech Labour 21 May 200324 May 2006
Simon Tagg Conservative 24 May 200618 May 2011
Stephen Sweeney Conservative 18 May 201116 May 2012
Gareth Snell Labour 16 May 201225 May 2014
Mike Stubbs Labour 4 Jun 201420 May 2015
Elizabeth Shenton Labour 20 May 20155 Dec 2017
Simon Tagg Conservative 5 Dec 2017

Composition

Following the 2022 election and a subsequent change of allegiance in November 2023, the composition of the council was: [22]

PartyCouncillors
Conservative 25
Labour 18
Independent 1
Total44

The next election is due in 2026.

Elections

Since the last boundary changes in 2018 the council has comprised 44 councillors representing 21 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. The wards are: [23] [24]

Premises

Civic Offices, Merrial Street: Council's headquarters until 2018, since demolished. The Civic Offices - geograph.org.uk - 2477202.jpg
Civic Offices, Merrial Street: Council's headquarters until 2018, since demolished.

The council is based at Castle House on Barracks Road in the centre of Newcastle. The building was purpose-built for the council as a shared facility with Staffordshire County Council and the police, and opened in 2018. [25] Prior to that the council was based at the Civic Offices on Merrial Street which had been completed in 1967 for the old borough council. [26]

Demography

Comparative census information
2001 UK Census Borough of Newcastle-under-LymeEngland
Total population122,03049,138,831
White98%91%
Asian0.6%4.6%
Black0.2%2.3%
Christian78.5%72%
Muslim0.5%3.1%
Hindu0.2%1.1%
No religion13.1%15%
Unemployed2%3.3%

In the 2001 census, the borough was recorded as having a population of 122,030 with 51.5% being female. In terms of religious affiliation, 78.5% identified themselves as Christian, 13.1% having no religion, 0.5% Muslim, 0.2% Hindu or other and 0.1% stating Jewish or Sikh. [27] In terms of economic occupation, 61.2% were classed as economically active, with 22.6% working in manufacturing, 18.5% in wholesale or retail, 11.6% in health/social work, and 11.6% in financial and other business related activities. [28]

Education

Keele University is in the borough. Keele University - panoramio (4).jpg
Keele University is in the borough.

Newcastle-under-Lyme was chosen for the campus of University College of North Staffordshire, established in 1949 at Keele Hall in the village of Keele, two miles from the town centre, and which was granted full university status as Keele University in 1962. Keele University Medical School is based in the grounds of the University Hospital of North Staffordshire at Hartshill in Stoke-on-Trent, about a mile from the centre of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Media

In terms of television, the area is served by BBC West Midlands and ITV Central broadcasting from Birmingham. Television signals are received the Sutton Coldfield TV transmitter [29] and the Fenton relay transmitter. [30] However, Kidsgrove is served by BBC North West and ITV Granada, broadcast from Salford. Television signals in the town are received from the Winter Hill TV transmitter. [31]

Radio stations for the area are BBC Radio Stoke, Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire, Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire, 6 Towns Radio and HitMix Radio, a community based station that broadcast from Newcastle-under-Lyme.

The Sentinel is the local newspaper that covers the area. [32]

Towns and parishes

Kidsgrove, the borough's second largest town Kidsgrove.jpg
Kidsgrove, the borough's second largest town

An area roughly corresponding to the pre-1974 municipal borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme (less the parish of Silverdale, created in 2002) is an unparished area; over half the borough's population live in this area. [33] The rest of the borough is divided into eleven civil parishes. [13] The parish council for Kidsgrove has declared that parish to be a town, allowing it to take the style "town council". [34]

The parishes are:

Freedom of the Borough

The following people, military units and organisations and groups have received the Freedom of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Individuals

Military units

Organisations and Groups

Arms

1951

Coat of arms of Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme
Notes
Granted 1 December 1951 by the College of Arms.
Crest
A semi lion queue fourchee Argent charged on the shoulder with a Stafford knot Gules and supporting a staff Proper flying therefrom a banner Azure charged with three garbs Or.
Escutcheon
Or on a base barry wavy of four Argent and Azure charged with three fishes naiant Proper a castle of three towers Gules on a chief also Azure a lion passant guardant between two fleurs-de-lys of the first. [40]
Supporters
On either side a lion guardant Sable supporting a scythe Proper.
Motto
Prisca Constantia

1975

Coat of arms of Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme
Notes
Granted 4 March 1975 by the College of Arms.
Crest
Issuant from a mount an oak tree fructed supported by two kids all Proper the trunk enfilinf a Stafford knot Or.
Escutcheon
Azure issuant from a base barry wavy of four Argent and Azure charged with three fishes naiant two and one a mount Proper thereon a castle of three towers between in chief two Stafford knots Or.
Supporters
On either sie a lion guardant Sable each supporting over the further shoulder a scythe pendent from the neck by a steel chain an open book Proper edged and bound Or. [41]
Motto
Constantia Scientia Prudentia
Badge
A Stafford knot ensigned by a castle of three towers Or.

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