2018 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
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The 2018 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council in England.[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council decided in November 2015 to move to whole council elections, starting from this election.[2]
Election summary
[edit]Party | Leader | Candidates | Seats | Votes | ||
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Labour | Tony Kearon | 44 | 20 | 25,469 | 39.7 | |
Conservative | Simon Tagg | 44 | 18 | 27,371 | 42.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Marion Reddish | 15 | 3 | 3,516 | 5.5 | |
UKIP | 7 | 0 | 991 | 1.5 | ||
Green | 6 | 0 | 917 | 1.4 | ||
Independent | 13 | 3 | 5,859 | 9.1 |
Candidates
[edit]Audley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Bert Proctor | 986 | 44.0 | ||
Labour | Sue Moffatt | 818 | 36.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Wilkes | 773 | 34.5 | ||
Labour | Tom Heavey | 714 | 31.8 | ||
Labour | Ian Ashbolt | 574 | 25.6 | ||
Conservative | Linda Hailstones | 529 | 23.6 | ||
Conservative | Peter Hailstones | 501 | 22.3 | ||
Conservative | Lawrence Whitworth | 357 | 15.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ben Ireland | 208 | 9.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Kay Mitchell | 183 | 8.2 |
Bradwell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Annabel Driver | 974 | 50.3 | ||
Labour | Andrew Fox-Hewitt | 882 | 45.6 | ||
Conservative | Jennifer Cooper | 879 | 45.4 | ||
Conservative | Dorinda Bailey | 854 | 44.1 | ||
Conservative | Chloe Mancey | 810 | 41.9 | ||
Labour | Robert Moss | 810 | 41.9 | ||
Green | Anthony Morris | 146 | 7.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Virr | 92 | 4.8 |
Clayton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Sweeney | 441 | 48.0 | ||
Labour | Michael Shenton | 394 | 42.9 | ||
UKIP | Gary Fedtschyschak | 52 | 5.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Morgan-Ross Inwood | 32 | 3.5 |
Crackley and Red Street
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Allison Gardner | 566 | 49.3 | ||
Labour | Sarah Pickup | 491 | 42.8 | ||
Conservative | Gail Benbow | 476 | 41.5 | ||
Conservative | David Cooper | 448 | 39.1 | ||
UKIP | Mark Barlow | 140 | 12.2 |
Cross Heath
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gillian Williams | 693 | 61.2 | ||
Labour | John Williams | 685 | 60.5 | ||
Conservative | Rita Gilmore | 301 | 26.6 | ||
Conservative | John Heesom | 243 | 21.4 | ||
UKIP | Lynn Dean | 150 | 13.2 |
Holditch and Chesterton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Emily Horsfall | 566 | 57.0 | ||
Labour Co-op | Christopher Spence | 528 | 53.2 | ||
Independent | Kenneth Owen | 186 | 18.7 | ||
Conservative | David Cooper | 166 | 16.7 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Cooper | 144 | 14.5 | ||
UKIP | Paul Daniels | 105 | 10.6 | ||
UKIP | Gordon Davies | 75 | 7.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Chris Moore | 61 | 6.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Arthur Richards | 47 | 4.7 |
Keele
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Tony Kearon | 291 | 58.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | James Borg | 98 | 19.8 | ||
Conservative | Dan Grice | 78 | 15.8 | ||
Green | Paul Usher | 27 | 5.5 |
Kidsgrove and Ravenscliffe
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gill Burnett | 817 | 39.0 | ||
Labour | Silvia Burgess | 717 | 34.2 | ||
Conservative | Helena Maxfield | 700 | 33.4 | ||
Labour | Laura Dillon | 694 | 33.1 | ||
Conservative | Kevin Johnson | 688 | 32.8 | ||
Labour | David Allport | 675 | 32.2 | ||
Independent | Simon Jones | 423 | 20.2 | ||
Independent | Darren Dawson | 405 | 19.3 | ||
UKIP | Geoffrey Locke | 402 | 19.2 | ||
Independent | Reg Bailey | 327 | 15.6 |
Knutton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Brian Johnson | 355 | 74.7 | ||
Conservative | Joseph Swift | 120 | 25.3 |
Loggerheads
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Northcott | 962 | 77.6 | ||
Conservative | Barry Panter | 740 | 59.7 | ||
Labour | Deborah Faulks | 226 | 18.2 | ||
Labour | Deborah Fuller | 186 | 15.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Beckett | 131 | 10.6 |
Madeley and Betley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Simon White | 936 | 57.0 | ||
Independent | Gary White | 842 | 51.3 | ||
Conservative | Graham Hutton | 500 | 30.5 | ||
Conservative | Nathan White | 323 | 19.7 | ||
Labour | Liam Searle | 252 | 15.3 | ||
Labour | Thomas Wilson | 201 | 12.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Wemyss | 100 | 6.1 |
Maer and Whitmore
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Harrison | 654 | 89.7 | ||
Labour | David Lee | 75 | 10.3 |
May Bank
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Tagg | 1,244 | 56.8 | ||
Conservative | Trevor Johnson | 1,232 | 56.2 | ||
Conservative | John Cooper | 1,218 | 55.6 | ||
Labour | Colin Eastwood | 729 | 33.3 | ||
Labour | Jacqueline Olszewski | 718 | 32.8 | ||
Labour | Lesley Richards | 656 | 29.9 | ||
Green | Sean Adam | 253 | 11.5 |
Newchapel and Mow Cop
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jill Waring | 573 | 43.0 | ||
Conservative | Paul Waring | 521 | 39.1 | ||
Labour | Angela Cooper | 430 | 32.3 | ||
Labour | Lynn Jackson | 423 | 31.7 | ||
Independent | Vic Jukes | 355 | 26.6 | ||
Independent | Nigel Morgan | 304 | 22.8 |
Silverdale
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Amelia Rout | 569 | 49.1 | ||
Labour Co-op | David Jones | 549 | 47.4 | ||
Conservative | Derrick Huckfield | 504 | 43.5 | ||
Conservative | James Vernon | 351 | 30.3 | ||
UKIP | Thomas Spokes | 67 | 5.8 |
Talke and Butt Lane
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Kyle Robinson | 1,226 | 59.6 | ||
Labour Co-op | Sylvia Dymond | 1,154 | 56.1 | ||
Labour Co-op | Michael Stubbs | 1,001 | 48.7 | ||
Conservative | Nicholas Jellyman | 432 | 21.0 | ||
Conservative | Ben Lack | 421 | 20.5 | ||
Conservative | Graham Lovell | 417 | 20.3 | ||
Independent | Ray Williams | 410 | 19.9 | ||
Independent | Alexander Wright | 407 | 19.8 |
Thistleberry
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Marion Reddish | 713 | 48.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | June Walklate | 616 | 42.0 | ||
Conservative | Pamela Jellyman | 455 | 31.0 | ||
Conservative | Rachel Mundy | 388 | 26.4 | ||
Labour | Susan Forrester-O'Neill | 341 | 23.2 | ||
Labour | Roger Wilkes | 271 | 18.5 | ||
Green | Gordon Pearson | 68 | 4.6 |
Town
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ruth Wright | 659 | 55.6 | ||
Labour | Elizabeth Shenton | 654 | 55.2 | ||
Conservative | Martin Johnson | 248 | 20.9 | ||
Conservative | Luke Mason | 219 | 18.5 | ||
Independent | Christopher Malkin | 181 | 5.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Hilary Jones | 128 | 10.8 | ||
Independent | Wenslie Naylon | 97 | 8.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Salwa El-Raheb-Booth | 95 | 8.0 |
Westbury Park and Northwood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Parker | 892 | 65.1 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Fear | 857 | 62.6 | ||
Labour | David Beardmore | 459 | 33.5 | ||
Labour | Wendy Brockie | 416 | 30.4 |
Westlands
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Tagg | 1,534 | 65.0 | ||
Conservative | Gillian Heesom | 1,460 | 61.9 | ||
Conservative | Mark Holland | 1,448 | 61.4 | ||
Labour | Thomas Brayford | 582 | 24.7 | ||
Labour | Imogen Wilkes | 558 | 23.7 | ||
Labour | Solomon Gibson | 494 | 20.9 | ||
Green | Jade Taylor | 270 | 11.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Whelan | 239 | 10.1 |
Wolstanton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julie Cooper | 644 | 45.1 | ||
Labour | Mark Olszewski | 639 | 44.7 | ||
Conservative | David Woolley | 622 | 43.6 | ||
Labour | Joan Winfield | 574 | 40.2 | ||
Green | Ann Beirne | 153 | 10.7 |
Changes 2018–2022
[edit]By-elections
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Kenneth Owen | 282 | 40.3 | +21.6 | |
Labour | Peter Radford | 268 | 38.3 | −14.9 | |
UKIP | Mark Barlow | 86 | 12.3 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | Lawrence Whitworth | 49 | 7.0 | −9.7 | |
SDP | Lawrence Whitworth | 14 | 2.0 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 699 | 17.1 | |||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham Hutton | 629 | 86.6 | −3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Salwa El-Raheb Booth | 97 | 13.4 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 726 | 37.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Grocott | 902 | 42.7 | −14.3 | |
Conservative | Peter Hailstones | 762 | 36.1 | +19.4 | |
Independent | Lilian Barker | 376 | 17.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Aidan Jenkins | 72 | 3.4 | −2.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,112 | 50.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Derrick Huckfield | 188 | 51.1 | +25.8 | |
Labour | Stephanie Talbot | 180 | 48.9 | −25.8 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 368 | 18.3 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Changes of allegiance
[edit]Ian Wilkes, elected as a Liberal Democrat, joined the Conservatives in February 2020.[3]
Four councillors elected as independents (Ken Owen, Bert Proctor, Gary White and Simon White) joined the Conservatives in November 2021, giving the party an overall majority on the council.[4]
John Cooper, elected as a Conservative, left the party in January 2022 to sit as an independent.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Elections 2018". Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ^ "Moving to all-out elections" (PDF). Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ^ Boothroyd, David (7 February 2020). "Warrington gets the Abbey habit". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ Corrigan, Phil (2 November 2021). "Tories take overall control of Newcastle Borough Council for first time in decades". Stoke-on-Trent Live. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ Boothroyd, David (28 January 2022). "Tory trifecta in Dartford". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 28 December 2023.