Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council elections

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is elected in full every four years. The next election is due to be held in May 2022.

Before 2018, one third of the council was elected each year for three years, followed by one year without election.

Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 60 councillors have been elected from 24 wards.[1]

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in controlYears
No overall control1973 - 1979
Labour1979 - 2002
No overall control2002 - 2004
Labour2004 - 2006
No overall control2006 - 2012
Labour2012 - December 2017
No overall controlDecember 2017 – present

Council elections

Borough result maps
  • 2012 results map

By-election results

2001-2005
Thistleberry By-Election 13 June 2002 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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 5,371 40.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Chesterton By-Election 15 August 2002[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Michael Dolman 575 66.7 +7.7
Liberal Democrats 178 20.6 +1.4
Conservative 109 12.6 -9.1
Majority 397 46.1
Turnout 862 17.2
Labour hold Swing

2005-2009
Westlands By-Election 12 July 2007[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Linda Hailstones 696 60.9 +1.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Shenton 229 20.0 +5.2
Labour Nicolas Butler 126 11.0 -2.9
UKIP Daniel Sutton 92 8.0 -3.5
Majority 467 40.9
Turnout 1,143 24.8
Conservative hold Swing
Butt Lane By-Election 7 February 2008[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour John MacMillan 295 35.2 +7.9
Liberal Democrats Dennis Richards 264 31.5 -8.0
Conservative Sarah Myatt 161 19.2 +10.5
UKIP Roger Ruddle 117 14.0 -2.3
Majority 31 3.7
Turnout 837 20
Labour hold Swing
Ravenscliffe By-Election 5 March 2009[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Stephen Blair 229 25.4 -14.5
Labour Gill Burnett 213 23.6 +1.2
BNP Sarah Barnes 180 20.0 +20.0
Liberal Democrats John Parsons 149 16.5 -2.4
UKIP Geoff Locke 131 14.5 -4.4
Majority 16 1.8
Turnout 902 26.2
Conservative hold Swing

2009-2013
Seabridge By-Election 4 June 2009[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Ian Gilmore 602 38.4 -10.2
UKIP Paul Gregory 352 22.5 +5.7
Labour David Beardmore 310 19.8 -0.2
Liberal Democrats Mavis Brown 302 19.3 +4.8
Majority 250 15.9
Turnout 1,566
Conservative hold Swing
Wolstanton By-Election 4 June 2009[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
UKIP David Woolley 475 31.7 +2.2
Labour Mark Olszewski 393 26.2 -3.4
Conservative Nicola Davies 345 23.0 -6.9
Liberal Democrats Trevor Johnson 285 19.0 +8.2
Majority 82 5.5
Turnout 1,498
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing
Newchapel By-Election 4 February 2010[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Susan Short 208 33.5 -10.6
UKIP Carol Lovatt 148 23.8 +10.4
Labour Kyle Robinson 138 22.2 -1.1
Liberal Democrats Adrian Rhodes 127 20.5 +1.4
Majority 60 9.7
Turnout 621
Conservative hold Swing

2013-present
Silverdale & Parksite by-election 4 August 2016[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Gareth Snell 399 56.4 +19.5
UKIP Lynn Dean 174 24.6 -21.2
Conservative James Vernon 80 11.3 -0.4
Independent Gary White 54 7.6 N/A
Majority 225 31.8
Turnout 22.62
Labour gain from UKIP Swing

The by-election was triggered by the death of Councillor Eileen Braithwaite.

Holditch and Chesterton by-election 21 March 2019[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Kenneth Owen 282 40.3 +23.2
Labour Peter Radford 268 38.3 -13.9
UKIP Mark Barlow 86 12.3 +2.6
Conservative Lawrence Whitworth 49 7.0 -8.3
SDP Carol Lovatt 14 2.0 N/A
Majority 14 2.0
Turnout 17.1
Independent gain from Labour Swing

References
  1. "Councillors". Newcastle Borough Council. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
  2. "Newcastle-Under-Lyme". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
  3. The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  4. legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  5. legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) (Variation) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  6. "Newcastle-under-Lyme". BBC News Online. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
  7. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  8. "No change in byelection polls". guardian.co.uk. London. 16 August 2002. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
  9. "Tories claim county and borough win". The Sentinel. 14 July 2007. p. 3.
  10. "Narrow poll triumph for labour man". The Sentinel. 8 February 2008. p. 6.
  11. "Tory teenager wins seat on council – by just 16 votes". this is thesentinel.co.uk. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
  12. "By-Election / Parish Results 4th June 2009". Newcastle Borough Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
  13. "Elections 2009: Independence day after absentee's seat is lost". this is thesentinel.co.uk. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
  14. "Newchapel By-Election 4th February 2010". Newcastle Borough Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  15. https://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/news/fight-council-seat-silverdale-and-parksite
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