2011 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election

The 2011 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect 21 members to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom. It elected one-third of the council's 60 members to a four-year term and one additional member in Kidsgrove Ward to a one-year term following the resignation of Tina Morrey.^[1] The election for Seabridge Ward was postponed until 23 June 2011 following the death of a candidate.^[2] It was preceded by the 2010 election and followed by the 2012 election. The council remained under no overall control.^[3] Turnout across the council was 36.3%.^[4]

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2011 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	15	11	71.4	10	25	41.7
	Conservative	4	4	19.0	17	21	35.0
	Liberal Democrats	2	5	9.5	10	12	20.0
	UKIP	0	2	0.0	2	2	3.3
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ann Beech*	749	41.2	2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Bert Proctor	671	36.9	4.0
	Conservative	Luke Hilliard	229	12.6	2.8
	UKIP	Roger Ruddle	168	9.2	3.9
Majority			78	4.3	1.4
Total valid votes			1,817	99.5
Rejected ballots			10	0.5
Turnout			1,827	38.8
Registered electors			4,704
	Labour hold		Swing	0.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Hambleton*	873	51.2	15.1
	Conservative	Chloe Mancey	406	23.8	6.6
	UKIP	Andrew Keeling	346	20.3	1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Colclough	79	4.6	10.0
Majority			467	27.4	21.7
Total valid votes			1,704	99.2
Rejected ballots			13	0.8
Turnout			1,717	38.1
Registered electors			4,505
	Labour hold		Swing	10.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Taylor	584	43.0	15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Silvia Burgess*	348	25.6	13.9
	UKIP	John Holdcroft	271	20.0	3.7
	Conservative	James Bowles	154	11.3	2.6
Majority			236	17.4	N/A
Total valid votes			1,357	99.3
Rejected ballots			10	0.7
Turnout			1,367	31.4
Registered electors			4,355
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	14.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Simpson*	778	50.2	10.8
	Conservative	Matthew Davies	311	20.1	5.8
	UKIP	Anthony Myers	295	19.0	5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Dolman	167	10.8	11.4
Majority			467	30.1	14.9
Total valid votes			1,551	100.0
Rejected ballots			0	0.0
Turnout			1,551	28.0
Registered electors			5,542
	Labour hold		Swing	2.5

2011 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election

Ward results

Audley and Bignall End

Bradwell

Butt Lane

Chesterton

Cross Heath

Halmer End

Keele

Kidsgrove

Knutton and Silverdale

Loggerheads and Whitmore

Madeley

May Bank

Newchapel

Ravenscliffe

Seabridge

Silverdale and Parksite

Talke

Thistleberry

Westlands

Wolstanton

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Williams*	819	51.3	6.6
	UKIP	Nathan Brittain	496	31.0	14.7
	Conservative	Jonathan Lewis	180	11.3	3.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Dugdale	103	6.4	17.3
Majority			323	20.2	0.8
Total valid votes			1,598	99.4
Rejected ballots			9	0.6
Turnout			1,607	36.6
Registered electors			4,389
	Labour hold		Swing	4.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Becket*	575	43.1	6.4
	Labour	Paul Breuer	406	30.5	11.6
	Conservative	Andrew Firth	252	18.9	0.3
	UKIP	Mark Barlow	100	7.5	5.0
Majority			169	12.7	17.7
Total valid votes			1,333	99.3
Rejected ballots			10	0.7
Turnout			1,343	44.0
Registered electors			3,049
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	9.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Kearon	410	52.8	36.9
	Liberal Democrats	Wenslie Naylon*	224	28.9	4.0
	Conservative	Kate Lawrence	112	14.4	4.0
	UKIP	Trevor Colclough	30	3.9	0.2
Majority			186	24.0	N/A
Total valid votes			776	97.9
Rejected ballots			17	2.1
Turnout			793	23.6
Registered electors			3,359
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret Astle	835
	Labour	Reginald Bailey	713
	UKIP	Tricia Harrison	418
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Hall	315
	UKIP	Ian Shepherd	310
	Conservative	Simon Barnes	227
	Liberal Democrats	John Parsons	215
Turnout			1,668	31.7
Registered electors			5,270
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Eagles	435	44.6	11.6
	UKIP	Derrick Huckfield*	405	41.5	5.8
	Conservative	Andrew Nicholson	92	9.4	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Wain	43	4.4	3.7
Majority			30	3.1	N/A
Total valid votes			975	99.9
Rejected ballots			1	0.1
Turnout			976	30.6
Registered electors			3,190
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing	8.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Loades	1,669	65.8	2.3
	Labour	Sophia Baker	372	14.7	New
	UKIP	Carol Lovatt	286	11.3	7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Morgan Inwood	210	8.3	4.8
Majority			1,297	51.1	2.0
Total valid votes			2,537	98.8
Rejected ballots			31	1.2
Turnout			2,568	45.4
Registered electors			5,657
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill Sinnott	483	34.3	5.2
	Conservative	Tracey Peers	445	31.6	4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Simon White	366	26.0	3.1
	UKIP	Wayne Harling	113	8.0	2.1
Majority			38	2.7	N/A
Total valid votes			1,407	99.1
Rejected ballots			13	0.9
Turnout			1,420	41.2
Registered electors			3,445
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	4.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Tagg*	1,426	66.5	3.6
	Labour	Stephen Harrison	519	24.2	8.3
	UKIP	Dean Page	117	5.5	6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Henshall	83	3.9	5.9
Majority			907	42.3	4.7
Total valid votes			2,145	42.7
Registered electors			5,027
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Waring	304	32.7	3.8
	Conservative	Carl Thomson	254	27.3	7.9
	Independent	Victor Jukes	168	18.1	New
	UKIP	Michael Prosser	143	15.4	0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Durber	60	6.5	14.6
Majority			50	5.4	N/A
Total valid votes			929	97.4
Rejected ballots			25	2.6
Turnout			954	34.0
Registered electors			2,805
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	5.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gill Burnett	439	39.9	16.6
	Conservative	Elizabeth Bishop*	291	26.5	6.1
	UKIP	Geoffrey Locke	247	22.5	0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Doris Hall	123	11.2	11.4
Majority			148	13.5	N/A
Total valid votes			1,100	99.2
Rejected ballots			9	0.8
Turnout			1,109	32.9
Registered electors			3,375
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	11.3

Westlands (1 seat)^[4]^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Holland	1,086	47.9	11.8
	Labour	David Leech	792	34.9	21.0
	UKIP	Philip O'Rourke	226	10.0	1.6
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Shenton	165	7.3	7.6
Majority			294	13.0	31.8
Total valid votes			2,269	49.1
Registered electors			4,622
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Hailstones*	557	45.7	6.9
	Labour	Colin Brookes	497	40.8	17.8
	UKIP	George Harvey	112	9.2	1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Jones	52	4.3	9.0
Majority			60	4.9	24.7
Total valid votes			1,218	26.0
Registered electors			4,689
	Conservative hold		Swing	12.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Lawton	471	46.4	18.3
	UKIP	Eileen Braithwaite*	431	42.5	11.1
	Conservative	Rita Gilmore	112	11.0	0.4
Majority			40	3.9	N/A
Total valid votes			1,014	98.8
Rejected ballots			12	1.2
Turnout			1,026	37.1
Registered electors			2,769
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing	14.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Allport	451	38.0	*New*
	UKIP	Matthew Banner	305	25.8	7.3
	Liberal Democrats	David Daniels*	301	25.4	19.2
	Conservative	Andrew Davies	130	11.0	3.9
Majority			146	12.3	N/A
Total valid votes			1,187	98.9
Rejected ballots			13	1.1
Turnout			1,200	37.3
Registered electors			3,219
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Jones*	750	37.6	16.4
	Labour	James Matthews	563	28.2	14.1
	Conservative	Adam Carney	519	26.0	6.0
	UKIP	Dominic Arnold	164	8.2	3.7
Majority			187	9.4	24.7
Total valid votes			1,996	98.9
Rejected ballots			23	1.1
Turnout			2,019	43.5
Registered electors			4,640
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	15.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sophie Olszewski	596	37.7	7.9
	UKIP	David Woolley	405	25.6	8.4
	Conservative	John Pedder	343	21.7	14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Hammersley	236	14.9	5.7
Majority			191	12.1	N/A
Total valid votes			1,580	99.4
Rejected ballots			9	0.6
Turnout			1,589	35.3
Registered electors			4,497
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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