2022 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election

2022 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election

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All 44 seats to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council 23 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   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 7 1 Popular vote 30,830 29,108 Percentage 49.5% 46.8% Swing 6.8 points 7.1 points   Third party Fourth party   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 3 3 Popular vote 1,694 326 Percentage 2.7% 0.5% Swing 2.8 points 8.6 points
Results by ward
Leader before election Simon Tagg Conservative Leader after election Simon Tagg Conservative

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.

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]

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

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 (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 (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 & 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 (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 & 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 (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 & 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 (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 (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 & 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 & 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 (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 & 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 (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 & 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 (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 (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 & 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 (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 (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

Sue Beeston, elected as a Labour councillor, left the party in November 2023 to sit as an independent.^[5]