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2022 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election

The 2022 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council in England.[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

2022 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
← 2018 6 May 2022 (2022-05-06) 2026 →
All 44 seats to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
23 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Simon Tagg Mike Stubbs
Party Conservative Labour
Last election 18 seats, 42.7% 20 seats, 39.7%
Seats before 23 18
Seats won 25 19
Seat change Increase 7 Decrease 1
Popular vote 30,830 29,108
Percentage 49.5% 46.8%
Swing Increase 6.8 points Increase 7.1 points
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Marion Reddish
Party Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election 3 seats, 5.5% 3 seats, 9.1%
Seats before 2 1
Seats won 0 0
Seat change Decrease 3 Decrease 3
Popular vote 1,694 326
Percentage 2.7% 0.5%
Swing Decrease 2.8 points Decrease 8.6 points
Results by ward
Leader before election

Simon Tagg
Conservative

Leader after election

Simon Tagg
Conservative

Elections in 2018 left the council in no overall control, but the Conservatives were defending a majority on the council after taking control through defections in 2021.[2][3]

The election saw the Conservatives retain their majority.[4]

Summary

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Election result

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2022 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 44 25 9 2   7 56.8 49.5 30,830 +6.8
  Labour 44 19 2 3   1 43.2 46.8 29,108 +7.1
  Liberal Democrats 6 0 0 3   3 0.0 2.7 1,694 –2.8
  Independent 2 0 0 3   3 0.0 0.5 326 –8.6
  Green 1 0 0 0   0.0 0.3 190 –1.1
  TUSC 1 0 0 0   0.0 0.2 104 N/A

Results by ward

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Audley

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Audley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sue Moffat* 1,120 52.8 +16.3
Conservative Ian Wilkes* 883 41.6 +7.1
Conservative Nick Crisp 855 40.3 +16.7
Labour Jeff Love 845 39.8 +8.0
Labour Malcolm Nicholls 814 38.3 +12.7
Conservative Sally Rudd 805 37.9 +15.6
Liberal Democrats Andrew Wemyss 291 13.7 +4.4
Liberal Democrats Eric Durber 199 9.4 +1.2
Majority
Turnout 2,123 33.5
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Ian Wilkes was elected in 2018 as a Liberal Democrat.

Bradwell

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Bradwell (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Fox-Hewitt* 1,006 51.2 +5.6
Labour Lesley Richards 926 47.2 +5.3
Labour Annabel Lawley* 922 47.0 −3.3
Conservative Jade Hammersley 812 41.4 −4.0
Conservative Ben Simpson 791 40.3 −3.8
Conservative Jude Powell 789 40.2 −1.7
Green Jessica Mellor 190 9.7 +2.2
Majority
Turnout 1,963 31.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Clayton

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Clayton (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Sweeney* 402 51.0 +3.0
Labour Elizabeth Shenton 386 49.0 +6.1
Majority
Turnout 788 36.2
Conservative hold Swing

Crackley and Red Street

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Crackley & Red Street (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joel Edgington-Plunkett 549 45.4 −3.9
Conservative Lilian Barker 471 39.0 −2.5
Labour Claire Radford 470 38.9 −3.9
Conservative Kevin Robinson 411 34.0 −5.1
Liberal Democrats Aidan Jenkins 249 20.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Kay Mitchell 184 15.2 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,208 28.2
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Cross Heath

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Cross Heath (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gillian Williams* 683 60.3 −0.9
Labour John Williams* 633 55.9 −4.6
Conservative Thomas Molloy 365 32.2 +5.6
Conservative John Heesom 338 29.9 +8.5
Green Will Wood 132 11.7 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,132 28.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Holditch and Chesterton

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Holditch & Chesterton (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Grocott* 621 66.0 +9.0
Labour Sue Beeston 532 56.5 +3.3
Conservative Ken Owen* 314 33.4 +14.7
Conservative Adam Bagguley 274 29.1 +12.4
Majority
Turnout 941 24.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Ken Owen was elected at a 2019 by-election as an Independent.

Keele

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Keele (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dave Jones 332 68.6 +9.7
Liberal Democrats James Borg 81 16.7 −3.1
Conservative Arjun Patel 71 14.7 −1.1
Majority
Turnout 484 36.3
Labour hold Swing

Kidsgrove and Ravenscliffe

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Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gill Burnett* 1,090 56.4 +17.4
Conservative Craig Skelding 1,012 52.4 +19.0
Conservative Simon Jones 961 49.7 +29.5
Labour Silvia Burgess* 801 41.4 +7.2
Labour Robert Moss 734 38.0 +4.9
Labour Sarah Pickup 711 36.8 +4.6
TUSC Becky Carter 104 5.4 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,933 29.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Knutton

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Knutton (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steph Talbot 239 47.9 −26.8
Conservative Derrick Huckfield* 172 34.5 +9.2
Independent Beckie Currie 88 17.6 N/A
Majority
Turnout 499 25.0
Labour hold Swing

Derrick Huckfield had been elected in a by-election.

Loggerheads

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Loggerheads (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Northcott* 744 62.4 −15.2
Conservative Barry Panter* 704 59.1 −0.6
Labour Sylvia Butler 396 33.2 +15.0
Labour Helen Stuart 395 33.1 +18.1
Majority
Turnout 1,192 34.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Madeley and Betley

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Madeley & Betley (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon White* 1,087 68.0 +11.0
Conservative Gary White* 1,072 67.0 +15.7
Labour Christopher Cooper 505 31.6 +16.3
Labour Thomas Wilson 482 30.1 +17.9
Majority
Turnout 1,599 38.4
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Simon White and Gary White were elected in 2018 as Independents.

Maer and Whitmore

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Maer & Whitmore (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Amy Bryan 573 72.3 −17.4
Labour Dave Lee 219 27.7 +17.4
Majority
Turnout 792 37.0
Conservative hold Swing

May Bank

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May Bank (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Tagg* 1,081 50.3 −6.5
Conservative Trevor Johnson* 1,055 49.1 −7.1
Conservative David Hutchison 1,047 48.7 −6.9
Labour Steve Stoddart 1,033 48.1 +14.8
Labour Joan Winfield 1,012 47.1 +14.3
Labour Nicholas Butler 1,008 46.9 +17.0
Majority
Turnout 2,149 34.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Newchapel and Mow Cop

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Newchapel & Mow Cop (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jill Waring* 771 59.8 +16.8
Conservative Paul Waring* 713 55.3 +16.2
Labour Claire Vodrey 511 39.6 +7.3
Labour Jason Owen 491 38.1 +6.4
Majority
Turnout 1,290 29.3
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Silverdale

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Silverdale (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jacqueline Brown 539 41.7 −7.4
Conservative Rupert Adcock 481 37.2 −6.3
Labour Peter Radford 429 33.2 −14.2
Conservative Gregory Ellis 377 29.2 −1.1
Independent Tom Currie 344 26.6 N/A
Independent Izaak Johnson 144 11.1 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,293 32.2
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Talke and Butt Lane

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Talke & Butt Lane (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sylvia Dymond* 1,096 55.7 −0.4
Labour David Allport 1,012 51.4 −8.2
Labour Michael Stubbs* 952 48.4 −0.3
Conservative Keri Walters 870 44.2 +23.2
Conservative Amy Wood 843 42.9 +22.4
Conservative Sharon Battiste 794 40.4 +20.1
Majority
Turnout 1,967 29.9
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Thistleberry

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Thistleberry (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Bettley-Smith 485 34.9 +3.9
Conservative Joan Whieldon 479 34.5 +8.1
Liberal Democrats William Jones 399 28.7 −19.9
Liberal Democrats Hilary Jones 365 26.3 −15.7
Labour Benjamin Upson 330 23.8 +0.6
Labour Roger Wilkes 276 19.9 +1.4
Independent Graham Eagles 238 17.1 N/A
Majority
Turnout 1,388 36.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Town

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Town (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wendy Brockie 665 64.0 +8.8
Labour Ruth Wright* 644 62.0 +6.4
Conservative Conna Eynon 309 29.7 +8.8
Conservative Daniel Hill 303 29.2 +10.7
Majority
Turnout 1,039 27.2
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Westbury Park and Northwood

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Westbury Park & Northwood (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Parker* 783 59.8 −5.3
Conservative Andrew Fear* 775 59.2 −3.4
Labour Lawrence Wayte 489 37.3 +3.8
Labour Leigh Hughes 474 36.2 +5.8
Majority
Turnout 1,310 34.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Westlands

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Westlands (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Tagg* 1,344 58.6 −6.4
Conservative Mark Holland* 1,226 53.4 −8.0
Conservative Gill Heesom* 1,021 44.5 −17.4
Labour Robert Hagan 864 37.6 +12.9
Labour Peter Lawrence 746 32.5 +8.8
Labour Paul Horton 702 30.6 +9.7
Liberal Democrats Robin Studd 359 15.6 +5.5
Majority
Turnout 2,295 36.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Wolstanton

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Wolstanton (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Phil Reece 774 57.2 +12.5
Labour Richard Gorton 740 54.7 +14.5
Conservative Julie Cooper* 556 41.1 −4.0
Conservative Simon Poole 521 38.5 −5.1
Majority
Turnout 1,352 30.3
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour hold Swing

Changes 2022–2026

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By-elections

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Audley, 7 September 2023[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rebekah Sioban Lewis 732 46.1 −2.7
Conservative Sally Jane Rudd 438 27.6 −10.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Robert Wemyss 355 22.4 +9.7
Independent Duran Benjamin O'Dwyer 63 4.0 +4.0
Majority 294
Turnout 24.8 −8.7
Labour hold Swing +8.2

The by-election in the Audley ward was held following the resignation of Labour councillor Sue Moffatt.[6]

Knutton, 7 September 2023[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Ian Moss 153 49.0 −1.1
Conservative Derrick Huckfield 99 31.7 +2.7
Liberal Democrats Aidan Mark Jenkins 60 19.2 N/A
Majority 54
Turnout 15.9 −9.1
Labour hold Swing -1.6

The by-election in Knutton was held following the resignation of Labour councillor Steph Talbot.[6]

Madeley and Betley (2 seats), 4 July 2024[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mandy Berrisford 1,164
Conservative Jill Whitmore 1,084
Independent Tanya Morgan 1,066
Labour Tony Kearon 856
Labour Claire Annette Radford 736
Turnout 71.5 +38.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

The by-election to fill two seats in Madeley and Betley was held following the resignation of Conservative councillors Gary and Simon White,[8] and polled on the same day as the UK parliamentary General Election in 2024.

Changes of allegiance

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Sue Beeston, elected as a Labour councillor, left the party in November 2023 to sit as an independent.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Local government elections 2022". Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  2. ^ Corrigan, Phil (2 November 2021). "Tories take overall control of Newcastle Borough Council for first time in decades". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Your councillors by party". Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council. Archived from the original on 30 March 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  4. ^ Corrigan, Phil (6 May 2022). "Newcastle Borough Council local elections live 2022: Tories win majority". Stoke-on-Trent Live. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  5. ^ a b "By-election results declared". Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  6. ^ a b Price, Richard (27 July 2023). "Double resignation rocks Labour as councillors quit". Stoke-on-Trent Live. Reach plc. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Double win for Conservatives in Borough Council by-elections". Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  8. ^ Sutton, Jonathan (9 June 2024). "Candidates selected for by-election". BBC News. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  9. ^ Boothroyd, David (17 November 2023). "Scottish Labour steels seat". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
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