Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)

Newcastle-under-Lyme
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire
Location of Staffordshire within England
County	Staffordshire
Electorate	68,692 (December 2010) [1]
Major settlements	Newcastle-under-Lyme, Keele and Audley
Current constituency
Created	1885
Member of Parliament	Aaron Bell (Conservative)
Seats	One
1354–1885
Seats	Two
Type of constituency	Borough constituency

Newcastle-under-Lyme is a constituency ^{[n 1]} in northern Staffordshire created in 1354 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Aaron Bell of the Conservative Party. ^{[n 2]} It was the last to be co-represented by a member of the Conservative Party when it was dual-member, before the 1885 general election which followed the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 coupled with the Reform Act 1884. In 1919 the local MP, Josiah Wedgwood, shifted his allegiance from the Liberal Party — the Lloyd George Coalition Liberals allying with the Conservatives — to the Labour Party and the seat elected the Labour candidate who has stood at each election for the next hundred years, a total of 29 elections in succession. Labour came close to losing the seat in 1969, 1986, 2015 and 2017, and eventually lost the seat in 2019.

Its 2017 general election result was the fifth-closest result, a winning margin of 30 votes. ^[2] In 2019, it was subsequently won by the Conservatives for the first time since its creation, by over 7,000 votes.

Newcastle-under-Lyme is one of twelve Staffordshire seats won (held or gained) by a Conservative candidate in 2019 out of a total of twelve covering the county.

History

From its creation in 1354, Newcastle-under-Lyme returned two MPs to the House of Commons. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the constituency's representation was cut to one member.

Prominent frontbenchers or members

Josiah Wedgwood of the pottery family was repeatedly elected to the seat from 1906 until he was ennobled to join the Lords in 1942, as 1st Baron Wedgwood and campaigned in the United States for that country to join World War II and for Indian Independence; he was among many Liberals and their supporters deserting the party in or around 1918 due to the steering of David Lloyd George to the right and inviting Conservatives into government with him. Before the 20th century the constituency was often influenced and represented by members of the Leveson, Leveson-Gower ^{[n 3]} and related Egerton family who owned in this constituency the Trentham estate ^{[n 4]} - their most important MP was the Viscount Trentham who obtained a Dukedom.

Summary of results

This constituency had been a loyal Labour Party seat having returned a Labour MP in all 29 elections since 1918 and specifically since 1922 when MP Wedgwood defected from the Liberal Party to the Labour Party — his was among a great series of defections at this time see for example ex-Prime Minister H. H. Asquith's strong criticism of the Coalition Liberals particularly David Lloyd George. The 2015 result gave the seat the 9th-smallest majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority and 3rd-lowest in 2017. ^[3] The Conservatives took six seats from Labour in 2017, and this seat was the second closest to being taken that was held, behind Dudley North, where the result was a Labour majority of 22 votes.

Results of candidates of other parties

In 2015 one of four other parties' candidates standing, UKIP's Wood, won more than 5% of the vote in 2015 therefore keeping his deposit, the party which campaigned consistently for the public vote for leaving the European Union in 2016. In 2017 the three largest British parties fielded candidates only — Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat candidates in order of votes won.

Turnout since 1945

Turnout has ranged from 87.6% in 1950 to 58.8% in 2001.

2017 election issues

In the 2017 election, 1,500 eligible voters were turned away while 2 ineligible voters were able to vote. ^[4] An independent report by Andrew Scallan found a "complex picture of administrative mistakes around registration and postal voting processes", and because of the small margin of victory (30 votes) concluded that "it is impossible to have absolute confidence that the result... reflects the will of the electorate." ^[5]

Boundaries

Map of current boundaries

The constituency includes most of the northerly parts of Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, primarily Newcastle-under-Lyme town plus Keele and Audley.

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for General Election 2010 since which it has electoral wards, with no alterations in that review:

• Audley and Bignall End; Bradwell; Chesterton; Clayton; Cross Heath; Halmerend; Holditch; Keele; Knutton and Silverdale; May Bank; Porthill; Seabridge; Silverdale and Parksite; Thistleberry; Town; Westlands; and Wolstanton in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme ^[6]

From 1983-2010 the constituency comprised the following wards of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, namely, Audley and Bignall End, Bradwell, Chesterton, Clayton, Cross Heath, Halmerend, Holditch, Keele, May Bank, Porthill, Seabridge, Silverdale, Thistleberry, Town, Westlands and Wolstanton.

1885–1918: The existing parliamentary borough, so much of the municipal borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme as was not already included in the parliamentary borough, the local government district of Tunstall, and so much of the parish of Wolstanton as lay south of a line drawn along the centre of the road leading west from Chatterley railway station to the boundary of Audley parish. ^[7]

Proposed

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the next general election, due by January 2025, the constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme wards of: Audley; Bradwell; Clayton; Crackley & Red Street; Cross Heath; Holditch & Chesterton; Keele; Knutton; Madeley & Betley; May Bank; Silverdale; Thistleberry; Town; Westbury Park & Northwood; Westlands; Wolstanton. ^[8]

Boundaries unchanged, except for the addition of the village of Madeley from the (to be abolished) constituency of Stone, in order to bring the electorate within the permitted range.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1353–1509

Where the name of the member has not yet been ascertained or is not recorded in a surviving document, the entry unknown is entered in the table.

• Before 1354 No records ^[9]
• 1354 John Lagowe and Richard de Lavendene
• 1355 John de Blorton and Richard de Podmore
• 1358 Richard de Podmore and William de Homersley
• 1360 William Gent and Richard de Colclough
• 1361 William Gent and Richard de Podmore
• 1362 Richard de Podmore and Thomas de Wodhull
• 1363 Richard de Lavendene and John de Lylsull
• 1365 Thomas de Wodhull and Richard de Podmore
• 1366 Richard de Podmore and Thomas de Wodhull
• 1369 Richard de Lavendene, Roger Letys
• 1371 Roger Letys and Richard Lavendene
• 1372 Edmund Toly and Thomas Colclough
• 1373 Thomas de Wodhull and Roger del Castell
• 1377 Richard Buntable and Thomas Thicknesse
• 1377 Thomas de Podmore and Henry de Erdeleye
• 1378 Thomas de Podmore and William Thickness
• 1379 No records
• 1380 John Kene and William Thickness
• 1381-1382 Thomas Podmore and Thomas Hap
• 1382 Thomas Thicknesse and John Thykenesse
• 1382 William Thickness and Henry de Kele
• 1383 Thomas Thicknesse and William de Brompton
• 1383 Thomas Thicknesse and Thomas de Podmore
• 1384 William Thickness and Ralf de la Hogh
• 1384 John Colclough and William Colclough
• 1385 William Colclough and Ralf de la Hogh
• 1386 William Colclough and Ralf Hogh
• 1388 William Thickness and John Kene
• 1388 William Thickness and Thomas de Thikenes
• 1390 John Colclough and William Colclough
• 1391 Thomas Thicknesse and Ralf de la Hogh
• 1393 Ralf Hogh, John Cook
• 1394 No records
• 1395 William Colclough and Ralf Hogh
• 1397 William Colclough and Thomas Thicknesse
• 1397-1398 No records
• 1399 Thomas Podmore and Thomas Thicknesse
• 1402 John Joce and Thomas Joce
• 1406 Richard Fyton and William Lee II
• 1407 Hugh Colclough and John Tatenhale
• 1410 ? possibly John Delves was an MP representing the county or a borough
• 1411 Thomas Thicknesse and William Bowyer
• 1413 (1) ? possibly Newport, or Robert Bapthorpe was an MP representing the county or a borough
• 1413 (2) William de Lee and Hugh Wyldeblood
• 1416 William Skytteby, Thomas Chamberleyn
• 1419 John Biddulph (Bedulf), John Miners
• 1420 Hugo de Stanford and John Hardhed
• 1421 John Biddulph (Bydulf) and Thomas Baron
• 1421 Hugh Stanford and Thomas Lee
• 1422 John Myners and Hugh Stanford
• 1423-1424 Hugh Stanford and William Sandbache
• 1425 John Wood and William Hextall
• 1426 Robert Wodehous and Henry Lilie
• 1427-1428 John Wood and Thomas Lee
• 1429-1430 William Egerton and William Hextall
• 1431 John Wood and Roger Legh
• 1432 James Leveson and John Wood
• 1433 John Wood and Thomas Podmore
• 1435 Richard Bruyn and William Hextall
• 1437 Thomas Preston and Nicholas Repynghale
• 1442 John Nedham and William Cumberford of Cumberford
• 1447 John Nedham and John Cudworth
• 1449 John Nedham and Thomas Everdon
• 1449-1450 Ralf Wolseley and Thomas Mayne
• 1450-1451 Thomas Colclogh and Richard Mosley
• 1453-1434 Thomas Colcloghe and John Spenser
• 1455-1456 John Spenser and Richard Mosley
• 1467-1468 James Norys and Robert Hille
• 1472-1475 William Paston and John Wood
• 1477-1478 William Yonge and Reynold Bray
• 1491-1492 Richard Harpur and Richard Blunt
• 1495-1496 ? Sir Reynold Bray
• 1497 County or a borough - ?Richard Wrottesley, ?Humphrey Peshale,?Thomas Welles
• 1504 unknown

Burgesses in the English Parliament 1510-1707

As there were sometimes significant gaps between Parliaments held in this period, the dates of first assembly and dissolution are given.

The Roman numerals after some names are those used in The House of Commons 1509-1558 and The House of Commons 1558-1603 to distinguish a member from another politician of the same name.

Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	First member	Second member
1510	21 January 1510	23 February 1510	John Welles	William Pury
1512	4 February 1512	4 March 1514	John Welles	Thomas Rider
1515	5 February 1515	22 December 1515	John Welles	Thomas Rider
1523	15 April 1523	13 August 1523	unknown	unknown
1529	3 November 1529	14 April 1536	John Persall	Richard Grey
1536	8 June 1536	18 July 1536	unknown	unknown
1539	28 April 1539	24 July 1540	unknown	unknown
1542	16 January 1542	28 March 1544	Harry Broke	John Smith
1545	23 November 1545	31 January 1547	Humphrey Welles	Harry Broke
1547	4 November 1547	15 April 1552	James Rolston	William Layton (died) Alexander Walker in place of Layton
1553	1 March 1553	31 March 1553	Roger Fowke	John Smyth
1553	5 October 1553	5 December 1553	Roger Fowke	James Rolston
1554	2 April 1554	3 May 1554	James Rolleston	Francis Moore
1554	12 November 1554	16 January 1555	Sir Ralph Bagnall	Richard Smyth
1555	21 October 1555	9 December 1555	Sir Richard Bagnall (properly Sir Nicholas Bagenal)	Richard Smyth
14 January 1558	20 January 1558	17 November 1558	Richard Hussey	Thomas Egerton
5 January 1559	23 January 1559	8 May 1559	Sir Nicholas Bagenal	Walter Blount
1562 or 1563	11 January 1563	2 January 1567	Sir Ralph Bagnall	John Long
1571	2 April 1571	29 May 1571	Sir Ralph Bagnall	Ralph Bourchier
12 April 1572	8 May 1572	19 April 1583	Ralph Bourchier	Thomas Grimsdiche
16 November 1584	23 November 1584	14 September 1585	Peter Warburton	Walter Chetwynd
28 September 1586	13 October 1586	23 March 1587	James Colyer	Walter Chetwynd
10 October 1588	4 February 1589	29 March 1589	Thomas Humphrey	Francis Angier
1593	18 February 1593	10 April 1593	John James	Thomas Fitzherbert
16 October 1597	24 October 1597	9 February 1598	Sir Walter Leveson	John Bowyer
1 October 1601	27 October 1601	19 December 1601	Edward Mainwaring	Thomas Trentham
1603 [sic]	19 March 1604	9 February 1611	Sir Walter Chetwynd	John Bowyer (replaced in by-election 1605 by Rowland Cotton)
1614	5 April 1614	7 June 1614	Edward Wymarke	Robert Needham, 2nd Viscount Kilmorey
1621	16 January 1621	8 February 1622	Sir John Davies	Edward Kerton
1624	12 February 1624	27 March 1625	Sir Edward Vere (disabled, replaced April 1624 by Charles Glemham	Richard Leveson
1625	17 May 1625	12 August 1625	Edward Mainwaring	John Keeling
1626	6 February 1626	15 June 1626	Sir John Skeffington	John Keeling
1628	17 March 1628	10 March 1629	Sir George Gresley, 1st Baronet	Sir Rowland Cotton
No parliament held
1640	13 April 1640	5 May 1640	Sir John Merrick (Country)	Richard Lloyd (Court)
1640	3 November 1640	5 December 1648	Sir Richard Leveson (Royalist) (until 1643) replaced by Samuel Terrick (Parl.)	Sir John Merrick (Parl.)
N/A	6 December 1648 [n 5]	20 April 1653 [n 6]	unrepresented
N/A [n 7]	4 July 1653	12 December 1653	unrepresented
1654 [n 8]	3 September 1654	22 January 1655	Edward Keeling
1656 [n 9]	17 September 1656	4 February 1658	John Bowyer(never sat)
1659	27 January 1659	22 April 1659	Edward Keeling	Tobias Bridge
N/A [n 10]	7 May 1659	20 February 1660	unknown	unknown

MPs 1660–1885

Election	1st Member [10]		1st Party	2nd Member [10]		2nd Party
1660		John Bowyer			Samuel Terrick
1661		Sir Caesar Colclough			Edward Mainwaring
1675					William Leveson-Gower
1679		Sir Thomas Bellot, Bt
1685		Edward Mainwaring			William Sneyd
1689		Sir William Leveson-Gower			John Lawton
1690					Sir Thomas Bellot, Bt
1692		Sir John Leveson-Gower, later 1st Lord Gower
1695					John Lawton
1698					Sir Thomas Bellot, Bt
1699					Rowland Cotton	Tory
1702		John Crewe Offley
1705 [n 11]					Sir Thomas Bellot, Bt	Tory
1706		Crewe Offley			John Lawton
1708		Sir Thomas Bellot, 3rd Baronet	Tory		Rowland Cotton	Tory
1709		Crewe Offley	Whig		John Lawton
1710		William Burslem			Rowland Cotton	Tory
Jan 1715		Henry Vernon
1715		Sir Brian Broughton			Crewe Offley	Whig
1722					Thomas Leveson-Gower
1724 by-election		Sir Walter Bagot
1727		Baptist Leveson-Gower			John Ward
1734					John Lawton II
1740 by-election					Randle Wilbraham
1747					Viscount Parker
1754					John Waldegrave
1761		Henry Vernon II
1762 by-election		Sir Lawrence Dundas, Bt
1763 by-election					Thomas Gilbert
Mar 1768		John Wrottesley, later 8th Bt			Alexander Forrester
May 1768 by-election		Sir George Hay
1774					George Waldegrave, Viscount Chewton
1779 by-election		George Leveson-Gower, Viscount Trentham
1780					Sir Archibald Macdonald
1784		Richard Vernon
1790		John Leveson-Gower
1792 by-election		William Egerton
1793 by-election					Sir Francis Ford
1796					Edward Bootle-Wilbraham
1802		Sir Robert Lawley
1806		James Macdonald
1812		Earl Gower	Whig [11]		Sir John Boughey, Bt	Whig [11]
1815 by-election		Sir John Chetwode	Tory [11]
1818		William Shepherd Kinnersley	Tory [11]		Robert Wilmot-Horton	Whig [11]
1823 by-election		Evelyn Denison	Whig
1826		Richardson Borradaile	Tory [11]
1830					William Henry Miller	Whig [11]
1831		Edmund Peel	Tory [11]			Tory [11]
1832		Sir Henry Willoughby	Tory [11]
1834			Conservative [11]			Conservative [11]
1835		Edmund Peel	Conservative [11]
1837		Spencer Horsey de Horsey	Conservative [11]
1841		Edmund Buckley	Conservative [11]		John Quincey Harris	Whig [11] [12] [13]
1842 by-election					John Campbell Colquhoun	Conservative [11]
1847		Samuel Christy	Peelite [14] [15]		William Jackson	Whig
1859		William Murray	Conservative			Liberal
1865		William Shepherd Allen	Liberal		Sir Edmund Buckley, Bt	Conservative
1878 by-election					Samuel Rathbone Edge	Liberal
1880					Charles Donaldson-Hudson	Conservative
1885	representation reduced to one member by the Redistribution of Seats Act

MPs since 1885

Year		Member [10]	Party
	1885	William Shepherd Allen	Liberal
	1886	Douglas Coghill	Liberal Unionist
	1892	William Allen	Liberal
	1900	Sir Alfred Seale Haslam	Liberal Unionist
	1906	Josiah Wedgwood	Liberal
	1918		Ind. Liberal
	1919		Labour
	1931		Ind. Labour
	1935		Labour
	1942 by-election	John Mack	Labour
	1951	Stephen Swingler	Labour
	1969 by-election	John Golding	Labour
	1986 by-election	Llin Golding	Labour
	2001	Paul Farrelly	Labour
	2019	Aaron Bell	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

Next general election: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aaron Bell [16]
	Labour	Adam Jogee [17]
	Reform UK	Neill Walker [18]
Majority
Turnout

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aaron Bell	23,485	52.5	4.4
	Labour	Carl Greatbatch	16,039	35.9	12.3
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Jones	2,361	5.3	1.5
	Brexit Party	Jason Cooper	1,921	4.3	New
	Green	Carl Johnson	933	2.1	New
Majority			7,446	16.6	N/A
Turnout			44,879	65.8	1.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	8.35

General election 2017: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Farrelly	21,124	48.2	9.8
	Conservative	Owen Meredith	21,094	48.1	11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Jones	1,624	3.8	0.4
Majority			30	0.1	1.4
Turnout			43,842	66.9	4.3
	Labour hold		Swing	0.7

General election 2015: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Farrelly	16,520	38.4	0.4
	Conservative	Tony Cox	15,870	36.9	2.5
	UKIP	Phil Wood	7,252	16.9	8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Wilkes	1,826	4.2	15.4
	Green	Sam Gibbons	1,246	2.9	New
	Independent	David Nixon	283	0.7	New
Majority			650	1.5	2.1
Turnout			42,997	62.6	0.4
	Labour hold		Swing	1.5

General election 2010: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Farrelly	16,393	38.0	7.4
	Conservative	Robert Jenrick	14,841	34.4	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Jones	8,466	19.6	0.7
	UKIP	David Nixon	3,491	8.1	4.5
Majority			1,552	3.6	16.8
Turnout			43,191	62.2	0.6
	Labour hold		Swing	8.4

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Farrelly	18,053	45.4	-8.0
	Conservative	Jeremy Lefroy	9,945	25.0	-2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Johnson	7,528	18.9	+3.4
	UKIP	David Nixon	1,436	3.6	+2.1
	BNP	John Dawson	1,390	3.5	New
	Green	Andrew Dobson	918	2.3	New
	Veritas	Marian Harvey-Lover	518	1.3	New
Majority			8,108	20.4	-5.4
Turnout			39,788	61.6	+2.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-2.7

General election 2001: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Farrelly	20,650	53.4	-3.1
	Conservative	Michael Flynn	10,664	27.6	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jerry Roodhouse	5,993	15.5	+1.5
	Independent	Robert Fyson	773	2.0	New
	UKIP	Paul Godfrey	594	1.5	New
Majority			9,986	25.8	-9.2
Turnout			38,674	58.8	-14.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.6

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Llin Golding	27,743	56.5	+8.6
	Conservative	Marcus Hayes	10,537	21.5	-8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Studd	6,858	14.0	-7.9
	Referendum	Kim Suttle	1,510	3.1	New
	Liberal	Steven Mountford	1,399	2.9	New
	Socialist Labour	Bridget Bell	1,082	2.2	New
Majority			17,206	35.0	+16.7
Turnout			49,129	73.6	-7.2
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1992: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^{[26] [27]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Llin Golding	25,652	47.9	+7.4
	Conservative	Andrew Brierley	15,813	29.6	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Thomas	11,727	21.9	-9.0
	Natural Law	Richard Lines	314	0.6	New
Majority			9,839	18.3	+8.7
Turnout			53,506	80.8	0.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.9

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Llin Golding	21,618	40.5	-1.5
	Liberal	Alan Thomas	16,486	30.9	+9.3
	Conservative	Peter Ridway	14,863	27.9	-8.5
	Ex Labour Moderate	Michael Nicklin	397	0.7	New
Majority			5,132	9.6	+4.0
Turnout			53,364	80.8	+3.5
	Labour hold		Swing

• Resignation of John Golding on 24 June 1986, upon appointment as General Secretary of the National Communications Union.

1986 Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Llin Golding	16,819	40.8	-1.2
	Liberal	Alan Thomas	16,020	38.8	+17.2
	Conservative	James Nock	7,863	19.0	-17.4
	Monster Raving Loony	David Sutch	277	0.7	New
	Independent	John Gaskell	115	0.3	New
	Independent	James Parker	83	0.2	New
	Independent	David Brewster	70	0.2	New
Majority			799	2.0	-3.6
Turnout			41,247	62.2	-15.1
	Labour hold		Swing
Registered electors			66,353

General election 1983: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Golding	21,210	42.0	-6.5
	Conservative	Leslie Lawrence	18,406	36.4	-4.9
	Liberal	Alan Thomas	10,916	21.6	+11.6
Majority			2,804	5.6	-1.6
Turnout			50,532	77.3	-4.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Golding	28,649	48.5	-1.1
	Conservative	E Ashley	24,421	41.3	+4.7
	Liberal	G Evans	5,878	10.0	-3.4
	British Socialist Empire	S Rowe	156	0.3	New
Majority			4,228	7.2	-6.8
Turnout			59,104	81.6	+3.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Golding	28,154	49.6	+2.4
	Conservative	Nicholas Bonsor	20,784	36.6	-1.3
	Liberal	R Fyson	7,604	13.4	-1.2
	UK Front	S Rowe	256	0.5	+0.1
Majority			7,370	13.0	+3.7
Turnout			56,798	78.0	-6.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Golding	28,603	47.2	-1.7
	Conservative	Nicholas Bonsor	22,955	37.9	-6.4
	Liberal	R Fyson	8,861	14.6	+10.3
	UK Front	S Rowe	228	0.4	New
Majority			5,648	9.3	+4.7
Turnout			61,647	84.1	+18.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1970: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Golding	22,329	48.9	-12.9
	Conservative	Nicholas Winterton	20,223	44.3	+6.1
	Liberal	Derek Wright	1,954	4.3	N/A
	Democratic Party	Peter Boyle	1,194	2.61	N/A
Majority			2,106	4.6	-19.0
Turnout			45,700	65.5	-14.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

By-election 1969: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^{[30] [31]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Golding	21,786	46.1	-15.7
	Conservative	Nicholas Winterton	20,744	43.9	+5.7
	Liberal	David Spreckley	2,999	6.4	New
	Democratic Party	D Parker	1,699	3.6	New
Majority			1,042	2.2	-21.4
Turnout			47,228	72.3	-7.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1966: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Swingler	31,548	61.8	+3.8
	Conservative	Peggy Fenner	19,497	38.2	-3.8
Majority			12,051	23.6	+7.6
Turnout			51,045	79.9	-2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1964: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Swingler	30,470	58.0	+2.4
	Conservative	John Lovering	22,073	42.0	-2.4
Majority			8,397	16.0	+4.8
Turnout			52,543	82.2	-2.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Swingler	29,840	55.6	-1.2
	Conservative	Thomas Prendergast	23,838	44.4	+1.2
Majority			6,002	11.2	-2.4
Turnout			53,678	84.4	+3.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1955: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Swingler	28,314	56.8	-1.2
	Conservative	Frank Taylor	21,569	43.2	+1.2
Majority			6,745	13.6	-2.4
Turnout			49,883	80.8	-6.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1951: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Swingler	30,814	58.0	+0.2
	Conservative	James Friend	22,278	42.0	-0.2
Majority			8,536	16.0	+0.4
Turnout			53,092	87.5	-0.1
	Labour hold		Swing

General election 1950: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mack	30,249	57.8	-8.4
	Conservative	James Friend	22,132	42.2	+20.8
Majority			8,117	15.6	-29.2
Turnout			52,381	87.6	+10.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mack	25,903	66.2	N/A
	Conservative	George Wade	8,380	21.4	New
	Liberal	Norman Elliott	4,838	12.4	New
Majority			17,523	44.8	N/A
Turnout			39,121	77.1	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing

1942 Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Mack	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour hold

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Josiah Wedgwood	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Labour gain from Independent Labour

Wedgwood

General election 1931: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	Josiah Wedgwood	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Independent Labour gain from Labour

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Josiah Wedgwood	20,931	69.9	+12.2
	Unionist	Christopher Kemplay Tatham	9,011	30.1	−12.2
Majority			11,920	39.8	+24.4
Turnout			29,942	75.8	−4.2
Registered electors			39,482
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.2

General election 1924: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Josiah Wedgwood	14,226	57.7	−7.9
	Unionist	A. Hassam	10,425	42.3	+7.9
Majority			3,801	15.4	−15.8
Turnout			24,651	80.0	+15.8
Registered electors			30,816
	Labour hold		Swing	−7.9

General election 1923: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Josiah Wedgwood	12,881	65.6	+5.4
	Unionist	John Ravenshaw	6,746	34.4	New
Majority			6,135	31.2	+10.8
Turnout			19,627	64.2	−15.3
Registered electors			30,565
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1922: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Josiah Wedgwood	14,503	60.2	N/A
	National Liberal	Albert Shaw	9,573	39.8	New
Majority			4,930	20.4	N/A
Turnout			24,076	79.5	N/A
Registered electors			30,300
	Labour gain from Independent Liberal		Swing	N/A

Election results 1868-1918

Elections in the 1860s

Allen

General election 1868: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats) ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Buckley	1,423	43.8	+1.9
	Liberal	William Shepherd Allen	1,081	33.3	−10.8
	Liberal	Henry Thomas Salmon [34]	744	22.9	+8.8
Majority			679	20.9	−6.9
Turnout			2,340 (est)	82.0 (est)	−12.2
Registered electors			2,849
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.4

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats) ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Buckley	1,173	35.3	+13.4
	Liberal	William Shepherd Allen	1,116	33.6	−22.6
	Conservative	Harry Davenport	1,037	31.2	+9.3
Turnout			2,221 (est)	74.1 (est)	−7.9
Registered electors			2,999
Majority			57	1.7	-19.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+12.4
Majority			79	2.4	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	−22.7

Buckley resigned, causing a by-election.

1878 Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election (1 seat) ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Samuel Rathbone Edge	1,330	57.3	+23.7
	Conservative	Charles Donaldson-Hudson	990	42.7	-23.8
Majority			340	14.6	N/A
Turnout			2,320	68.3	-5.8
Registered electors			3,396
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+23.8

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats) ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Donaldson-Hudson	1,484	37.9	−28.6
	Liberal	William Shepherd Allen	1,252	32.0	+15.2
	Liberal	Samuel Rathbone Edge	1,175	30.0	+13.2
Majority			232	5.9	+4.2
Turnout			2,736 (est)	84.6 (est)	+10.5
Registered electors			3,235
	Conservative hold		Swing	−13.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+14.8

Scoble

General election 1885: Newcastle-under-Lyme (1 seat) ^{[35] [36] [37]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Shepherd Allen	4,031	58.6	−3.4
	Conservative	Andrew Scoble	2,848	41.4	+3.5
Majority			1,183	17.2	N/A
Turnout			6,879	87.8	+3.2 (est)
Registered electors			7,837
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.5

Coghill

General election 1886: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^{[35] [36]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Douglas Coghill	2,896	51.3	+9.9
	Liberal	John Beavis Brindley	2,752	48.7	-9.9
Majority			144	2.6	N/A
Turnout			5,648	72.1	-15.7
Registered electors			7,837
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.9

Elections in the 1890s

Allen

General election 1892: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^{[35] [36]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Allen	4,024	57.8	+9.1
	Liberal Unionist	Douglas Coghill	2,936	42.2	−9.1
Majority			1,088	15.6	N/A
Turnout			6,960	78.5	+6.4
Registered electors			8,862
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+9.1

General election 1895: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^{[35] [36] [38]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Allen	3,510	50.8	−7.0
	Liberal Unionist	Arthur Morier Lee	3,399	49.2	+7.0
Majority			111	1.6	−14.0
Turnout			6,909	83.4	+4.9
Registered electors			8,281
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.0

Elections in the 1900s

Haslam

General election 1900: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^{[35] [36] [38]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Unionist	Alfred Seale Haslam	3,750	51.2	+2.0
	Liberal	William Allen	3,568	48.8	−2.0
Majority			182	2.4	N/A
Turnout			7,318	80.5	−2.9
Registered electors			9,095
	Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.0

General election 1906: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^{[35] [36]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Josiah Wedgwood	5,155	63.6	+14.8
	Liberal Unionist	Alfred Seale Haslam	2,948	36.4	-14.8
Majority			2,207	27.2	N/A
Turnout			8,103	84.0	+3.5
Registered electors			9,650
	Liberal gain from Liberal Unionist		Swing	+14.8

Elections in the 1910s

Wedgwood

General election January 1910: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^{[35] [39]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Josiah Wedgwood	5,613	56.9	-6.7
	Liberal Unionist	Ewart Grogan	4,245	43.1	+6.7
Majority			1,368	13.8	-13.4
Turnout			9,858	93.8	+9.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.7

General election December 1910: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^{[35] [39]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Josiah Wedgwood	5,281	56.4	-0.5
	Liberal Unionist	Ewart Grogan	4,087	43.6	+0.5
Majority			1,194	12.8	-1.0
Turnout			9,368	89.1	-4.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.5

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal: Josiah Wedgwood
• Unionist: Edgar Percy Hewitt

General election 1918: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	Josiah Wedgwood *	Unopposed
	Independent Liberal gain from Liberal

* Wedgwood was issued with a Coalition Coupon but did not accept it. He was also adopted by the local Liberal association, but considered himself an independent candidate.

Election results 1832-1868

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats) ^{[11] [33]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	William Henry Miller	607	36.3	+7.1
	Tory	Henry Willoughby	587	35.1	N/A
	Tory	Edmund Peel	478	28.6	−18.5
Majority			109	6.5	+0.9
Turnout			941	96.7	c. +1.6
Registered electors			973
	Tory hold		Swing	N/A
	Tory hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1835: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats) ^{[11] [33]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Peel	689	43.6	+15.0
	Conservative	William Henry Miller	494	31.3	−5.0
	Conservative	Henry Willoughby	397	25.1	−10.0
Majority			97	6.2	−0.3
Turnout			922	93.4	−3.3
Registered electors			987
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1837: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats) ^{[11] [33]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Henry Miller	669	41.9	+10.6
	Conservative	Spencer Horsey de Horsey	635	39.8	N/A
	Whig	Richard Badnall [40]	292	18.3	New
Majority			343	21.5	+15.3
Turnout			881	88.9	−4.5
Registered electors			991
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats) ^{[11] [33]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edmund Buckley	721	42.3	+2.5
	Whig	John Quincey Harris	565	33.2	+14.9
	Conservative	William Henry Miller	417	24.5	−17.4
Turnout			977	94.1	+5.2
Registered electors			1,090
Majority			156	9.1	−12.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.5
Majority			148	8.7	N/A
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+14.9

Harris' election was declared void on petition on 11 May 1842, due to bribery by his agent, causing a by-election. ^[41]

By-election, 14 June 1842: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^{[11] [33]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	John Quincey Harris	499	51.0	+17.8
	Conservative	John Campbell Colquhoun	479	49.0	−17.8
Majority			20	2.0	−6.7
Turnout			978	91.0	−3.1
Registered electors			1,075
	Whig hold		Swing	+17.8

Harris' election was again declared void on 23 July 1842, due to bribery by his agents, and Colquhoun was declared elected in his place. ^[42]

General election 1847: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats) ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peelite	Samuel Christy	571	32.5	N/A
	Whig	William Jackson	565	32.1	+15.5
	Conservative	Francis Egerton	522	29.7	−37.1
	Whig	William Greig [43]	101	5.7	−10.9
Turnout			880 (est)	81.9 (est)	−12.2
Registered electors			1,074
Majority			49	2.8	N/A
	Peelite gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A
Majority			43	2.4	−6.3
	Whig hold		Swing	+17.0

Christy resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds due to holding a government contract, ^[44] causing a by-election in which he stood.

By-election, 15 December 1847: Newcastle-under-Lyme ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peelite	Samuel Christy	546	59.8	+27.3
	Whig	Thomas Ross	367	40.2	+3.6
Majority			179	19.6	+16.8
Turnout			913	85.0	+3.1
Registered electors			1,074
	Peelite hold		Swing	+11.9

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats) ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Jackson	622	42.6	+10.5
	Peelite	Samuel Christy	585	40.1	+7.6
	Whig	Thomas Ross [45] [46]	252	17.3	+11.6
Turnout			730 (est)	66.9 (est)	−15.0
Registered electors			1,090
Majority			37	2.5	+0.1
	Whig hold		Swing	+3.4
Majority			333	22.8	+20.0
	Peelite hold		Swing	−14.9

General election 1857: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats) ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peelite	Samuel Christy	654	55.4	+15.3
	Whig	William Jackson	413	35.0	−7.6
	Independent Liberal	John Riley [47] [48]	113	9.6	New
Majority			241	20.4	−2.4
Turnout			590 (est)	59.2 (est)	−7.7
Registered electors			997
	Peelite hold		Swing	+11.5
	Whig hold		Swing	−11.5

General election 1859: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats) ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Murray	Unopposed
	Liberal	William Jackson	Unopposed
Registered electors			994
	Conservative gain from Peelite
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats) ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Shepherd Allen	520	44.1	N/A
	Conservative	Edmund Buckley	494	41.9	N/A
	Liberal	John Ashford Wise [49]	166	14.1	N/A
Turnout			1,014 (est)	94.2 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			1,077
Majority			26	2.2	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
Majority			328	27.8	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Pre-1832 election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats) ^{[11] [50]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Richardson Borradaile	453	30.4
	Whig	William Henry Miller	436	29.3
	Tory	Edmund Peel	319	21.4
	Whig	Evelyn Denison	280	18.8
Turnout			773	c. 90.9
Registered electors			c. 850
Majority			17	1.1
	Tory hold
Majority			117	7.9
	Whig hold

General election 1831: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats) ^{[11] [50]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Edmund Peel	746	47.1	+25.7
	Tory	William Henry Miller	463	29.2	−1.2
	Whig	Josiah Wedgwood	374	23.6	−24.5
Majority			89	5.6	+4.5
Turnout			808	c. 95.1	c. +4.2
Registered electors			c. 850
	Tory hold		Swing	+19.0
	Tory gain from Whig		Swing	+5.5

See also

• 1986 Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
3. Usually e.g. H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, Granville George Leveson-Gower
4. A series of marriages to heiresses by members of the Leveson-Gower family made the Dukes of Sutherland one of the richest landowning families in the Britain, they also owned Dunrobin Castle, Lancaster House as Stafford House and Stetchworth House.
5. Date of Pride's Purge, which converted the Long Parliament into the Rump Parliament
6. Date when Oliver Cromwell dissolved the Rump Parliament by force.
7. Date when the members of the nominated or Barebones Parliament were selected at a "Convention". The parliamentary borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme was not represented in this body.
8. Date when the members of the First Protectorate Parliament were elected. The parliamentary borough was represented in this body.
9. Date when the members of the Second Protectorate Parliament were elected. The parliamentary borough was entitled to be represented in this body.
10. The Rump Parliament was recalled and subsequently Pride's Purge was reversed, allowing the full Long Parliament to meet until it agreed to dissolve itself.
11. The MPs of the last Parliament of England and 45 members co-opted from the former Parliament of Scotland, became the House of Commons of the 1st Parliament of Great Britain which assembled on 23 October 1707 (see below for the members in that Parliament).

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