Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council elections

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Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council elections are held every four years. Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2018, 47 councillors have been elected from 21 wards. [1] Prior to 2018 elections were held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time.

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Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1998-2002

Thistleberry By-Election 13 June 2002 (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 942
Liberal Democrats 906
Liberal Democrats 896
Labour 473
Labour 424
Labour 420
Conservative 414
Conservative 412
Conservative 376
Independent 57
Independent 51
Turnout 5,37140.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2002-2006

Chesterton By-Election 15 August 2002 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Dolman57566.7+7.7
Liberal Democrats 17820.6+1.4
Conservative 10912.6−9.1
Majority 39746.1
Turnout 86217.2
Labour hold Swing

2006-2010

Westlands By-Election 12 July 2007 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Hailstones69660.9+1.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Shenton22920.0+5.2
Labour Nicolas Butler12611.0−2.9
UKIP Daniel Sutton928.0−3.5
Majority 46740.9
Turnout 1,14324.8
Conservative hold Swing
Butt Lane By-Election 7 February 2008 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John MacMillan29535.2+7.9
Liberal Democrats Dennis Richards26431.5−8.0
Conservative Sarah Myatt16119.2+10.5
UKIP Roger Ruddle11714.0−2.3
Majority 313.7
Turnout 83720
Labour hold Swing
Ravenscliffe By-Election 5 March 2009 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Blair22925.4−14.5
Labour Gill Burnett21323.6+1.2
BNP Sarah Barnes18020.0+20.0
Liberal Democrats John Parsons14916.5−2.4
UKIP Geoff Locke13114.5−4.4
Majority 161.8
Turnout 90226.2
Conservative hold Swing
Seabridge By-Election 4 June 2009 [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Gilmore60238.4−10.2
UKIP Paul Gregory35222.5+5.7
Labour David Beardmore31019.8−0.2
Liberal Democrats Mavis Brown30219.3+4.8
Majority 25015.9
Turnout 1,566
Conservative hold Swing
Wolstanton By-Election 4 June 2009 [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP David Woolley47531.7+2.2
Labour Mark Olszewski39326.2−3.4
Conservative Nicola Davies34523.0−6.9
Liberal Democrats Trevor Johnson28519.0+8.2
Majority 825.5
Turnout 1,498
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Newchapel By-Election 4 February 2010 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Short20833.5−10.6
UKIP Carol Lovatt14823.8+10.4
Labour Kyle Robinson13822.2−1.1
Liberal Democrats Adrian Rhodes12720.5+1.4
Majority 609.7
Turnout 621
Conservative hold Swing

2010-2014

Newchapel By-Election 27 October 2011 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elsie Bates24845.7+13.0
Conservative Carl Thomson16029.5+2.2
UKIP Tricia Harrison11821.7+6.3
Liberal Democrats Colin Brown173.1−3.4
Majority 8816.2
Turnout 543
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Madeley By-Election 2 February 2012 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Simon White61747.7+21.7
Labour John Smart34226.4−7.9
Conservative Howard Goodall29422.7−8.9
UKIP Elaine Blake413.2−4.8
Majority 27521.3
Turnout 1,294
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Kidsgrove By-Election 10 May 2012 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Turner63968.1+1.8
Conservative Linda Harold12112.9+0.3
Liberal Democrats Phil Crank10511.2−0.9
TUSC Claire Vodrey737.8−1.2
Majority 51855.2
Turnout 938
Labour hold Swing
Silverdale and Parksite By-Election 4 July 2013 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Amelia Rout38754.3+7.9
UKIP Elaine Blake2546.9−6.9
Conservative James Vernon588.1−2.9
TUSC Richard Steele142.0+2.0
Majority 13318.7
Turnout 713
Labour hold Swing

2014-2018

Silverdale and Parksite by-election 4 August 2016 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gareth Snell 39956.4+19.5
UKIP Lynn Dean17424.6−21.2
Conservative James Vernon8011.3−0.4
Independent Gary White547.6+7.6
Majority 22531.8
Turnout 22.62
Labour gain from UKIP Swing
Madeley by-election 8 December 2016 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Gary White45864.8+64.8
Conservative David Whitmore11215.8−11.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Andras7510.6+6.9
Labour Stephen French628.8−10.4
Majority 34648.9
Turnout 707
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Bradwell by-election 14 December 2017 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Fox-Hewitt39650.7−3.1
Conservative Gail Benbow36046.1+27.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Virr253.2−0.1
Majority 364.6
Turnout 781
Labour hold Swing
Bradwell by-election 14 December 2017 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jill Waring21643.3−6.3
Labour Angela Cooper19739.5−10.9
Independent Nigel Morgan8617.2+17.2
Majority 193.8
Turnout 499
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

2018-2022

Holditch and Chesterton by-election 21 March 2019 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Kenneth Owen28240.3+23.2
Labour Peter Radford26838.3−13.9
UKIP Mark Barlow8612.3+2.6
Conservative Lawrence Whitworth497.0−8.3
SDP Carol Lovatt142.0N/A
Majority 142.0
Turnout 17.1
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Knutton By-Election 25 November 2021 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derrick Huckfield18851.1+25.8
Labour Steph Talbot18048.9−25.8
Majority 82.2
Turnout 37118.34
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

2022-2026

Audley by-election 7 September 2023 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rebekah Lewis73246.1−2.7
Conservative Sally Rudd43827.6−10.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Wemyss35522.4+9.7
Independent Duran O'Dwyer634.0+4.0
Majority 29418.5
Turnout 1,588
Labour hold Swing
Knutton by-election 7 September 2023 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Moss15349.0+1.1
Conservative Derrick Huckfield9931.7−2.8
Liberal Democrats Aidan Jenkins6019.2+19.2
Majority 5417.3
Turnout 312
Labour hold Swing
Madeley and Betley by-election 4 July 2024 (2 seats) [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mandy Berrisford1,164
Conservative Jill Whitmore1,084
Independent Tanya Morgan1,066
Labour Tony Kearon856
Labour Claire Radford736
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Town by-election 23 January 2025 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sheelagh Casey-Hulme30939.9−28.4
Conservative Elliott Lancaster22629.2−2.5
Reform UK Neill Walker16821.7+21.7
Liberal Democrats Nigel Jones719.2+9.2
Majority 8310.7
Turnout 774
Labour hold Swing
Knutton by-election 1 May 2025 [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform UK Lynn Dean28159.9+59.9
Labour Bayley Dickin12326.2−22.8
Conservative Finn Swain6513.9−17.8
Majority 15833.7
Turnout 469
Reform UK gain from Labour Swing
Loggerheads by-election 1 May 2025 [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Turnock93270.5+5.2
Labour Jeff Love39029.5−5.2
Majority 54241.0
Turnout 1,322
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. 1 2 "The Newcastle-under-Lyme (Electoral Changes) Order 2017", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2017/1079, retrieved 15 September 2022
  2. ↑ The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  3. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  4. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) (Variation) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Newcastle-under-Lyme". BBC News Online . Retrieved 16 September 2009.
  6. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  7. ↑ "No change in byelection polls". guardian.co.uk . London. 16 August 2002. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
  8. ↑ "Tories claim county and borough win". The Sentinel . 14 July 2007. p. 3.
  9. ↑ "Narrow poll triumph for labour man". The Sentinel . 8 February 2008. p. 6.
  10. ↑ "Tory teenager wins seat on council – by just 16 votes". this is thesentinel.co.uk. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
  11. 1 2 "By-Election / Parish Results 4th June 2009". Newcastle Borough Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
  12. 1 2 "Elections 2009: Independence day after absentee's seat is lost". this is thesentinel.co.uk. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
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  14. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Newchapel Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  15. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Madeley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  16. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Kidsgrove Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  17. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Silverdale and Parksite Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  18. 1 2 "Silverdale and Parksite Election Result". Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  19. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Madeley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
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  22. ↑ Hamilton, Martin (25 November 2021). "Declaration of Result of Poll". newcastle-staffs.gov.uk.
  23. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Audley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  24. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Knutton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  25. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Knutton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  26. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Town Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  27. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Knutton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  28. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Loggerheads Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
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