Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council elections
Appearance
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 control | Years |
---|---|
No overall control | 1973 - 1979 |
Labour | 1979 - 2002 |
No overall control | 2002 - 2004 |
Labour | 2004 - 2006 |
No overall control | 2006 - 2012 |
Labour | 2012 - December 2017 |
No overall control | December 2017 – present |
Council elections
- 1973 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 1976 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 1979 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[3]
- 1980 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 1982 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 1983 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 1984 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 1986 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 1987 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 1988 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 1990 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 1991 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[4][5]
- 1992 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 1994 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 1995 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 1996 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 1998 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 1999 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 2000 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 2002 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 4)[6][7]
- 2003 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 2004 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 2006 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 2007 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 2008 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 2010 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 2011 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 2012 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 2014 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 2015 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 2016 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
- 2018 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
Borough result maps
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2012 results map
By-election results
2001-2005
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 |
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
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 |
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 |
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
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 |
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 |
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
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.
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
- ^ "Councillors". Newcastle Borough Council. Archived from the original on 4 October 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
- ^ "Newcastle-Under-Lyme". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
- ^ The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Cheshire, Derbyshire, Hereford and Worcester and Staffordshire (County Boundaries) (Variation) Order 1992. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- ^ "Newcastle-under-Lyme". BBC News Online. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ "No change in byelection polls". guardian.co.uk. London. 16 August 2002. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
- ^ "Tories claim county and borough win". The Sentinel. 14 July 2007. p. 3.
- ^ "Narrow poll triumph for labour man". The Sentinel. 8 February 2008. p. 6.
- ^ "Tory teenager wins seat on council – by just 16 votes". this is thesentinel.co.uk. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
- ^ a b "By-Election / Parish Results 4th June 2009". Newcastle Borough Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
- ^ a b "Elections 2009: Independence day after absentee's seat is lost". this is thesentinel.co.uk. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
- ^ "Newchapel By-Election 4th February 2010". Newcastle Borough Council. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
- ^ a b https://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/news/fight-council-seat-silverdale-and-parksite