Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council elections

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.

Political control

The town of Newcastle-under-Lyme had been a municipal borough from 1836 to 1974 with a borough council.[2] The first elections to the enlarged Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough created under the Local Government Act 1972 were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been held by the following parties:[3][4]

Party in controlYears
No overall control1974–1979
Labour1979–2002
No overall control2002–2004
Labour2004–2006
No overall control2006–2012
Labour2012–2017
No overall control2017–2021
Conservative2021–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1983 have been:[5]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Mike Brereton[6] Labour19839 May 1994
Eddie Boden[7] Labour18 May 19944 May 2003
David Leech Labour21 May 200324 May 2006
Simon Tagg Conservative24 May 200618 May 2011
Stephen Sweeney Conservative18 May 201116 May 2012
Gareth Snell Labour16 May 201225 May 2014
Mike Stubbs Labour4 Jun 201420 May 2015
Elizabeth Shenton Labour20 May 20155 Dec 2017
Simon Tagg Conservative5 Dec 2017

Council elections

Borough result maps
  • 2012 results map
    2012 results map

By-election results

1998-2002
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

2002-2006
Chesterton By-Election 15 August 2002[13]
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

2006-2010
Westlands By-Election 12 July 2007[14]
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[15]
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[16]
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
Seabridge By-Election 4 June 2009[17][18]
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[17][18]
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[19]
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

2010-2014
Newchapel By-Election 27 October 2011[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elsie Bates 248 45.7 +13.0
Conservative Carl Thomson 160 29.5 +2.2
UKIP Tricia Harrison 118 21.7 +6.3
Liberal Democrats Colin Brown 17 3.1 -3.4
Majority 88 16.2
Turnout 543
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Madeley By-Election 2 February 2012[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Simon White 617 47.7 +21.7
Labour John Smart 342 26.4 -7.9
Conservative Howard Goodall 294 22.7 -8.9
UKIP Elaine Blake 41 3.2 -4.8
Majority 275 21.3
Turnout 1,294
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Kidsgrove By-Election 10 May 2012[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Turner 639 68.1 +1.8
Conservative Linda Harold 121 12.9 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Phil Crank 105 11.2 -0.9
TUSC Claire Vodrey 73 7.8 -1.2
Majority 518 55.2
Turnout 938
Labour hold Swing
Silverdale and Parksite By-Election 4 July 2013[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Amelia Rout 387 54.3 +7.9
UKIP Elaine Blake 254 6.9 -6.9
Conservative James Vernon 58 8.1 -2.9
TUSC Richard Steele 14 2.0 +2.0
Majority 133 18.7
Turnout 713
Labour hold Swing

2014-2018
Silverdale and Parksite by-election 4 August 2016[24]
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 +7.6
Majority 225 31.8
Turnout 22.62
Labour gain from UKIP Swing
Madeley by-election 8 December 2016[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Gary White 458 64.8 +64.8
Conservative David Whitmore 112 15.8 -11.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Andras 75 10.6 +6.9
Labour Stephen French 62 8.8 -10.4
Majority 346 48.9
Turnout 707
Independent gain from Labour Swing
Bradwell by-election 14 December 2017[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Fox-Hewitt 396 50.7 -3.1
Conservative Gail Benbow 360 46.1 +27.4
Liberal Democrats Richard Virr 25 3.2 -0.1
Majority 36 4.6
Turnout 781
Labour hold Swing
Bradwell by-election 14 December 2017[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jill Waring 216 43.3 -6.3
Labour Angela Cooper 197 39.5 -10.9
Independent Nigel Morgan 86 17.2 +17.2
Majority 19 3.8
Turnout 499
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

2018-2022
Holditch and Chesterton by-election 21 March 2019[24]
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
Knutton By-Election 25 November 2021[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derrick Huckfield 188 51.1 +25.8
Labour Steph Talbot 180 48.9 -25.8
Majority 8 2.2
Turnout 371 18.34
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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