Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council elections
Appearance
One third of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council in Staffordshire, England is elected each year, 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 - present |
Council elections
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election, 1973
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election, 1976
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)[3]
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election, 1980
- 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 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[4][5]
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election, 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 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 4)[6][7]
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election, 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
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 |
References
- ^ "Councillors". Newcastle Borough Council. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
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(help) - ^ 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.
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(help) - ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ "No change in byelection polls". London: guardian.co.uk. 16 August 2002. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
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(help) - ^ a b "By-Election / Parish Results 4th June 2009". Newcastle Borough Council. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
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(help) - ^ "Newchapel By-Election 4th February 2010". Newcastle Borough Council. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
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