2018 UK local government 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.
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 | |
Changes 2018–2022
By-elections
Holditch & Chesterton, 21 March 2019 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Kenneth Owen | 282 | 40.3 | +21.6 |
| Labour | Peter Radford | 268 | 38.3 | -14.9 |
| UKIP | Mark Barlow | 86 | 12.3 | +1.7 |
| Conservative | Lawrence Whitworth | 49 | 7.0 | -9.7 |
| SDP | Lawrence Whitworth | 14 | 2.0 | N/A |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | 699 | 17.1 | |
| Independent gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Maer & Whitmore, 2 May 2019 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Graham Hutton | 629 | 86.6 | -3.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Salwa El-Raheb Booth | 97 | 13.4 | N/A |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | 726 | 37.0 | |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Holditch & Chesterton, 12 December 2019 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | David Grocott | 902 | 42.7 | -14.3 |
| Conservative | Peter Hailstones | 762 | 36.1 | +19.4 |
| Independent | Lilian Barker | 376 | 17.8 | N/A |
| Liberal Democrats | Aidan Jenkins | 72 | 3.4 | -2.7 |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | 2,112 | 50.1 | |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Knutton, 25 November 2021 Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Derrick Huckfield | 188 | 51.1 | +25.8 |
| Labour | Stephanie Talbot | 180 | 48.9 | -25.8 |
Majority | | | |
Turnout | 368 | 18.3 | |
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Changes of allegiance
Ian Wilkes, elected as a Liberal Democrat, joined the Conservatives in February 2020.[3]
Four councillors elected as independents (Ken Owen, Bert Proctor, Gary White and Simon White) joined the Conservatives in November 2021, giving the party an overall majority on the council.[4]
John Cooper, elected as a Conservative, left the party in January 2022 to sit as an independent.[5]
References
- ^ "Elections 2018". Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ^ "Moving to all-out elections" (PDF). Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ^ Boothroyd, David (7 February 2020). "Warrington gets the Abbey habit". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ Corrigan, Phil (2 November 2021). "Tories take overall control of Newcastle Borough Council for first time in decades". Stoke-on-Trent Live. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ Boothroyd, David (28 January 2022). "Tory trifecta in Dartford". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 28 December 2023.