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.

Council elections

Borough result maps

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[7]
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[8]
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[9]
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[10]
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[11][12]
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[11][12]
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[13]
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[14]
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[15]
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[16]
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[17]
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[18]
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[19]
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[20]
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[21]
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[18]
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[22]
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

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.
  13. ↑ "Newchapel By-Election 4th February 2010". Newcastle Borough Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  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.
  20. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Madeley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  21. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Madeley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  22. ↑ Hamilton, Martin (25 November 2021). "Declaration of Result of Poll". newcastle-staffs.gov.uk.
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