Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council elections

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.

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Party		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

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

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council elections

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Audley by-election 7 September 2023^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rebekah Lewis	732	46.1	−2.7
	Conservative	Sally Rudd	438	27.6	−10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Wemyss	355	22.4	+9.7
	Independent	Duran O'Dwyer	63	4.0	+4.0
Majority			294	18.5
Turnout			1,588
	Labour hold		Swing

Town by-election 23 January 2025^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sheelagh Casey-Hulme	309	39.9	−28.4
	Conservative	Elliott Lancaster	226	29.2	−2.5
	Reform	Neill Walker	168	21.7	+21.7
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Jones	71	9.2	+9.2
Majority			83	10.7
Turnout			774
	Labour hold		Swing

Knutton by-election 1 May 2025^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Lynn Dean	281	59.9	+59.9
	Labour	Bayley Dickin	123	26.2	−22.8
	Conservative	Finn Swain	65	13.9	−17.8
Majority			158	33.7
Turnout			469
	Reform gain from Labour		Swing

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Moss	153	49.0	+1.1
	Conservative	Derrick Huckfield	99	31.7	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Aidan Jenkins	60	19.2	+19.2
Majority			54	17.3
Turnout			312
	Labour hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Conservative	Mandy Berrisford	1,164
Conservative	Jill Whitmore	1,084
Independent	Tanya Morgan	1,066
Labour	Tony Kearon	856
Labour	Claire Radford	736
Conservative hold		Swing
Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Turnock	932	70.5	+5.2
	Labour	Jeff Love	390	29.5	−5.2
Majority			542	41.0
Turnout			1,322
	Conservative hold		Swing