Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council elections

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, 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 (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

2012 results map

By-election results

2001-2005

Thistleberry By-Election 13 June 2002 (3)
Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	942
	Liberal Democrat	906
	Liberal Democrat	896
	Labour	473
	Labour	424
	Labour	420
	Conservative	414
	Conservative	412
	Conservative	376
	Independent	57
	Independent	51
Turnout		5,371	40.4
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing

Chesterton By-Election 15 August 2002^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Michael Dolman	575	66.7	+7.7
	Liberal Democrat		178	20.6	+1.4
	Conservative		109	12.6	-9.1
Majority			397	46.1
Turnout			862	17.2
	Labour hold		Swing

2005-2009

Westlands By-Election 12 July 2007^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Linda Hailstones	696	60.9	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	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

Butt Lane By-Election 7 February 2008^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John MacMillan	295	35.2	+7.9
	Liberal Democrat	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

Ravenscliffe By-Election 5 March 2009^[11]
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 Democrat	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

Seabridge By-Election 4 June 2009^[12]^[13]
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 Democrat	Mavis Brown	302	19.3	+4.8
Majority			250	15.9
Turnout			1,566
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wolstanton By-Election 4 June 2009^[12]^[13]
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 Democrat	Trevor Johnson	285	19.0	+8.2
Majority			82	5.5
Turnout			1,498
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Newchapel By-Election 4 February 2010^[14]
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 Democrat	Adrian Rhodes	127	20.5	+1.4
Majority			60	9.7
Turnout			621
	Conservative hold		Swing

2013-present

Silverdale & Parksite by-election 4 August 2016^[15]
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.

References

↑ "Councillors". Newcastle Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
↑ "Newcastle-Under-Lyme". BBC News Online. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
↑ 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 2009-09-16.
↑ 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. 2002-08-16. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
↑ "Tories claim county and borough win". The Sentinel. 2007-07-14. p. 3. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Narrow poll triumph for labour man". The Sentinel. 2008-02-08. p. 6. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Tory teenager wins seat on council – by just 16 votes". this is thesentinel.co.uk. 2009-03-06. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
1 2 "By-Election / Parish Results 4th June 2009". Newcastle Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
1 2 "Elections 2009: Independence day after absentee's seat is lost". this is thesentinel.co.uk. 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
↑ "Newchapel By-Election 4th February 2010". Newcastle Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
↑ https://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/news/fight-council-seat-silverdale-and-parksite

By-election results

External links

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council

Council elections in Staffordshire

Staffordshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Cannock Chase District Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

East Staffordshire Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Lichfield District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

South Staffordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Stafford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Stoke-on-Trent City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Tamworth Borough Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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