Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election, 2018

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election, 2018
3 May 2018
All 44 seats to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
23 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Tony Kearon Simon Tagg Marion Reddish
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrat
Leader's seat Keele Westlands Thistleberry
Last election 27 seats 21 seats 3 seats
Seats won 20 18 3
Seat change Decrease 7 Decrease 3 Steady
Popular vote 25,469 27,381 3,516
Percentage 39.7% 42.7% 5.5%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party UKIP Green
Last election 2 seats 1 seat
Seats won 0 0
Seat change Decrease 2 Decrease 1
Popular vote 991 917
Percentage 1.5% 1.4%
Leader before election

Simon Tagg
Conservative

 Leader after election

TBD

The 2018 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election takes place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council in England.[1] This will be 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

Party Leader Candidates Seats Votes
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

Audley

Audley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Bert Proctor 986 17.5%
Labour Sue Moffatt 818 14.5%
Liberal Democrat Ian Wilkes 773 13.7%
Labour Tom Heavey 714 12.7%
Labour Ian Ashbolt 574 10.2%
Conservative Linda Hailstones 529 9.4%
Conservative Peter Hailstones 501 8.9%
Conservative Lawrence Whitworth 357 6.3%
Liberal Democrat Ben Ireland 208 3.7%
Liberal Democrat Kay Mitchell 183 3.2%

Bradwell

Bradwell (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Annabel Driver 974 17.9%
Labour Andrew Fox-Hewitt 882 16.2%
Conservative Jennifer Cooper 879 16.1%
Conservative Dorinda Bailey 854 15.7%
Conservative Chloe Mancey 810 14.9%
Labour Robert Moss 810 14.9%
Green Anthony Morris 146 2.7%
Liberal Democrat Richard Virr 92 1.7%

Clayton

Clayton (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Stephen Sweeney 441 48.0%
Labour Michael Shenton 394 42.9%
UKIP Gary Fedtschyschak 52 5.7%
Liberal Democrat Morgan-Ross Inwood 32 3.5%

Crackley and Red Street

Crackley and Red Street (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Allison Gardner 566 26.7%
Labour Sarah Pickup 491 23.1%
Conservative Gail Benbow 476 22.4%
Conservative David Cooper 448 21.1%
UKIP Mark Barlow 140 6.6%

Cross Heath

Cross Heath (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Gillian Williams 693 33.4%
Labour John Williams 685 33.1%
Conservative Rita Gilmore 301 14.5%
Conservative John Heesom 243 11.7%
UKIP Lynn Dean 150 7.2%

Holditch and Chesterton

Holditch and Chesterton (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Co-op Emily Horsfall 566 30.1%
Labour Co-op Christopher Spence 528 28.1%
Independent Kenneth Owen 186 9.9%
Conservative David Cooper 166 8.8%
Conservative Thomas Cooper 144 7.7%
UKIP Paul Daniels 105 5.6%
UKIP Gordon Davies 75 4.0%
Liberal Democrat Chris Moore 61 3.2%
Liberal Democrat Arthur Richards 47 2.5%

Keele

Keele (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Co-op Tony Kearon 291 58.9%
Liberal Democrat James Borg 98 19.8%
Conservative Dan Grice 78 15.8%
Green Paul Usher 27 5.5%

Kidsgrove and Ravenscliffe

Kidsgrove and Ravenscliffe (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Gill Burnett 817 14.0%
Labour Silvia Burgess 717 12.3%
Conservative Helena Maxfield 700 12.0%
Labour Laura Dillon 694 11.9%
Conservative Kevin Johnson 688 11.8%
Labour David Allport 675 11.5%
Independent Simon Jones 423 7.2%
Independent Darren Dawson 405 6.9%
UKIP Geoffrey Locke 402 6.9%
Independent Reg Bailey 327 5.6%

Knutton

Knutton (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Co-op Brian Johnson 355 74.7%
Conservative Joseph Swift 120 15.3%

Loggerheads

Loggerheads (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Paul Northcott 962 42.9%
Conservative Barry Panter 740 33.0%
Labour Deborah Faulks 226 10.1%
Labour Deborah Fuller 186 8.3%
Liberal Democrat David Beckett 131 5.8%

Madeley and Betley

Madeley and Betley (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Simon White 936 29.7%
Independent Gary White 842 26.7%
Conservative Graham Hutton 500 15.9%
Conservative Nathan White 323 10.2%
Labour Liam Searle 252 8.0%
Labour Thomas Wilson 201 6.4%
Liberal Democrat Andrew Wemyss 100 3.2%

Maer and Whitmore

Maer and Whitmore (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative David Harrison 654 89.7%
Labour David Lee 75 10.3%

May Bank

May Bank (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John Tagg 1,244 20.6%
Conservative Trevor Johnson 1,232 20.4%
Conservative John Cooper 1,218 20.1%
Labour Colin Eastwood 729 12.0%
Labour Jacqueline Olszewski 718 11.9%
Labour Lesley Richards 656 10.8%
Green Sean Adam 253 4.2%

Newchapel and Mow Cop

Newchapel and Mow Cop (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Jill Waring 573 22.0%
Conservative Paul Waring 521 20.0%
Labour Angela Cooper 430 16.5%
Labour Lynn Jackson 423 16.2%
Independent Vic Jukes 355 13.6%
Independent Nigel Morgan 304 11.7%

Silverdale

Silverdale (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Co-op Amelia Rout 569 27.9%
Labour Co-op David Jones 549 26.9%
Conservative Derrick Huckfield 504 24.7%
Conservative James Vernon 351 17.2%
UKIP Thomas Spokes 67 3.3%

Talke and Butt Lane

Talke and Butt Lane (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Co-op Kyle Robinson 1,226 22.4%
Labour Co-op Sylvia Dymond 1,154 21.1%
Labour Co-op Michael Stubbs 1,001 18.3%
Conservative Nicholas Jellyman 432 7.9%
Conservative Ben Lack 421 7.7%
Conservative Graham Lovell 417 7.6%
Independent Ray Williams 410 7.5%
Independent Alexander Wright 407 7.4%

Thistleberry

Thistleberry (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Marion Reddish 713 25.0%
Liberal Democrat June Walklate 616 21.6%
Conservative Pamela Jellyman 455 16.0%
Conservative Rachel Mundy 388 13.6%
Labour Susan Forrester-O'Neill 341 12.0%
Labour Roger Wilkes 271 9.5%
Green Gordon Pearson 68 2.4%

Town

Town (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Ruth Wright 659 28.9%
Labour Elizabeth Shenton 654 28.7%
Conservative Martin Johnson 248 10.9%
Conservative Luke Mason 219 9.6%
Independent Christopher Malkin 181 7.9%
Liberal Democrat Hilary Jones 128 5.6%
Independent Wenslie Naylon 97 4.3%
Liberal Democrat Salwa El-Raheb-Booth 95 4.2%

Westbury Park and Northwood

Westbury Park and Northwood (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Andrew Parker 892 34.0%
Conservative Andrew Fear 857 32.7%
Labour David Beardmore 459 17.5%
Labour Wendy Brockie 416 15.9%

Westlands

Westlands (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Simon Tagg 1,534 23.3%
Conservative Gillian Heesom 1,460 22.2%
Conservative Mark Holland 1,448 22.0%
Labour Thomas Brayford 582 8.8%
Labour Imogen Wilkes 558 8.5%
Labour Solomon Gibson 494 7.5%
Green Jade Taylor 270 4.1%
Liberal Democrat Richard Whelan 239 3.6%

Wolstanton

Wolstanton (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Julie Cooper 644 24.5%
Labour Mark Olszewski 639 24.3%
Conservative David Woolley 622 23.6%
Labour Joan Winfield 574 21.8%
Green Ann Beirne 153 5.8%

References

  1. ↑ "Elections 2018". Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Moving to all-out elections" (PDF). Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
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