2018 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election

The 2018 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council in England.[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

2018 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
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 Democrats
Leader's seat Keele Westlands Thistleberry
Last election 27 seats 21 seats 3 seats
Seats won 20 18 3
Seat change 7 3
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 2 1
Popular vote 991 917
Percentage 1.5% 1.4%
Leader before election

Simon Tagg
Conservative

 Leader after election

Simon Tagg
Conservative

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 44.0%
Labour Sue Moffatt 818 36.5%
Liberal Democrats Ian Wilkes 773 34.5%
Labour Tom Heavey 714 31.8%
Labour Ian Ashbolt 574 25.6%
Conservative Linda Hailstones 529 23.6%
Conservative Peter Hailstones 501 22.3%
Conservative Lawrence Whitworth 357 15.9%
Liberal Democrats Ben Ireland 208 9.3%
Liberal Democrats Kay Mitchell 183 8.2%

Bradwell
Bradwell (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Annabel Driver 974 50.3%
Labour Andrew Fox-Hewitt 882 45.6%
Conservative Jennifer Cooper 879 45.4%
Conservative Dorinda Bailey 854 44.1%
Conservative Chloe Mancey 810 41.9%
Labour Robert Moss 810 41.9%
Green Anthony Morris 146 7.5%
Liberal Democrats Richard Virr 92 4.8%

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 Democrats Morgan-Ross Inwood 32 3.5%

Crackley and Red Street
Crackley and Red Street (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Allison Gardner 566 49.3%
Labour Sarah Pickup 491 42.8%
Conservative Gail Benbow 476 41.5%
Conservative David Cooper 448 39.1%
UKIP Mark Barlow 140 12.2%

Cross Heath
Cross Heath (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gillian Williams 693 61.2%
Labour John Williams 685 60.5%
Conservative Rita Gilmore 301 26.6%
Conservative John Heesom 243 21.4%
UKIP Lynn Dean 150 13.2%

Holditch and Chesterton
Holditch and Chesterton (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Emily Horsfall 566 57.0%
Labour Co-op Christopher Spence 528 53.2%
Independent Kenneth Owen 186 18.7%
Conservative David Cooper 166 16.7%
Conservative Thomas Cooper 144 14.5%
UKIP Paul Daniels 105 10.6%
UKIP Gordon Davies 75 7.6%
Liberal Democrats Chris Moore 61 6.1%
Liberal Democrats Arthur Richards 47 4.7%

Keele
Keele (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Tony Kearon 291 58.9%
Liberal Democrats 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 39.0%
Labour Silvia Burgess 717 34.2%
Conservative Helena Maxfield 700 33.4%
Labour Laura Dillon 694 33.1%
Conservative Kevin Johnson 688 32.8%
Labour David Allport 675 32.2%
Independent Simon Jones 423 20.2%
Independent Darren Dawson 405 19.3%
UKIP Geoffrey Locke 402 19.2%
Independent Reg Bailey 327 15.6%

Knutton
Knutton (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Brian Johnson 355 74.7%
Conservative Joseph Swift 120 25.3%

Loggerheads
Loggerheads (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Northcott 962 77.6%
Conservative Barry Panter 740 59.7%
Labour Deborah Faulks 226 18.2%
Labour Deborah Fuller 186 15.0%
Liberal Democrats David Beckett 131 10.6%

Madeley and Betley
Madeley and Betley (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Simon White 936 57.0%
Independent Gary White 842 51.3%
Conservative Graham Hutton 500 30.5%
Conservative Nathan White 323 19.7%
Labour Liam Searle 252 15.3%
Labour Thomas Wilson 201 12.2%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Wemyss 100 6.1%

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 56.8%
Conservative Trevor Johnson 1,232 56.2%
Conservative John Cooper 1,218 55.6%
Labour Colin Eastwood 729 33.3%
Labour Jacqueline Olszewski 718 32.8%
Labour Lesley Richards 656 29.9%
Green Sean Adam 253 11.5%

Newchapel and Mow Cop
Newchapel and Mow Cop (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jill Waring 573 43.0%
Conservative Paul Waring 521 39.1%
Labour Angela Cooper 430 32.3%
Labour Lynn Jackson 423 31.7%
Independent Vic Jukes 355 26.6%
Independent Nigel Morgan 304 22.8%

Silverdale
Silverdale (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Amelia Rout 569 49.1%
Labour Co-op David Jones 549 47.4%
Conservative Derrick Huckfield 504 43.5%
Conservative James Vernon 351 30.3%
UKIP Thomas Spokes 67 5.8%

Talke and Butt Lane
Talke and Butt Lane (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Kyle Robinson 1,226 59.6%
Labour Co-op Sylvia Dymond 1,154 56.1%
Labour Co-op Michael Stubbs 1,001 48.7%
Conservative Nicholas Jellyman 432 21.0%
Conservative Ben Lack 421 20.5%
Conservative Graham Lovell 417 20.3%
Independent Ray Williams 410 19.9%
Independent Alexander Wright 407 19.8%

Thistleberry
Thistleberry (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Marion Reddish 713 48.6%
Liberal Democrats June Walklate 616 42.0%
Conservative Pamela Jellyman 455 31.0%
Conservative Rachel Mundy 388 26.4%
Labour Susan Forrester-O'Neill 341 23.2%
Labour Roger Wilkes 271 18.5%
Green Gordon Pearson 68 4.6%

Town
Town (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ruth Wright 659 55.6%
Labour Elizabeth Shenton 654 55.2%
Conservative Martin Johnson 248 20.9%
Conservative Luke Mason 219 18.5%
Independent Christopher Malkin 181 5.3%
Liberal Democrats Hilary Jones 128 10.8%
Independent Wenslie Naylon 97 8.2%
Liberal Democrats Salwa El-Raheb-Booth 95 8.0%

Westbury Park and Northwood
Westbury Park and Northwood (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Parker 892 65.1%
Conservative Andrew Fear 857 62.6%
Labour David Beardmore 459 33.5%
Labour Wendy Brockie 416 30.4%

Westlands
Westlands (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Tagg 1,534 65.0%
Conservative Gillian Heesom 1,460 61.9%
Conservative Mark Holland 1,448 61.4%
Labour Thomas Brayford 582 24.7%
Labour Imogen Wilkes 558 23.7%
Labour Solomon Gibson 494 20.9%
Green Jade Taylor 270 11.4%
Liberal Democrats Richard Whelan 239 10.1%

Wolstanton
Wolstanton (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julie Cooper 644 45.1%
Labour Mark Olszewski 639 44.7%
Conservative David Woolley 622 43.6%
Labour Joan Winfield 574 40.2%
Green Ann Beirne 153 10.7%

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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