Newcastle-under-Lyme council election, 2022
Most seats
25
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
44
across 21 wards
Turnout
31.9%
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 25 | +7 | 31,039 | 48.9% | +6.2 |
| Labour Party | 19 | -1 | 29,048 | 45.8% | +6.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | -3 | 2,117 | 3.3% | -2.1 |
| Independent | 0 | -3 | 814 | 1.3% | -7.8 |
| Green Party | 0 | +0 | 322 | 0.5% | -0.9 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 0 | +0 | 104 | 0.2% | — |
Changes are against the previous council election on 03/05/2018. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.
Candidates
| Party | Candidates | Of a possible 44 |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 44 | |
| Labour Party | 44 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 8 | |
| Independent | 4 | |
| Green Party | 2 | |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 1 |
A party standing a full slate could field 44 candidates, one per seat.
Results by ward
Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.
Audley 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Sue Moffat Elected | 1,120 | 52.8% | +9.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ian Frank Wilkes Elected | 883 | 41.6% | +13.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nick Crisp Elected | 855 | 40.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Jeff Love | 845 | 39.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Malcolm Nicholls | 814 | 38.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sally Jane Rudd | 805 | 37.9% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Robert Wemyss | 291 | 13.7% | -27.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Eric Geoffrey Durber | 199 | 9.4% | — |
| Majority | 10 | |||
| Turnout | 33.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 6,468 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,123 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Independent · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats · Labour Party hold
Bradwell 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Andrew Fox-Hewitt Elected | 1,006 | 51.2% | -2.4 |
| Labour Party | Lesley Richards Elected | 926 | 47.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Annabel Megan Lawley Elected | 922 | 47.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jade Maria Hammersley | 812 | 41.4% | -7.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ben Joshua Simpson | 791 | 40.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jude Powell | 789 | 40.2% | — |
| Green Party | Jessica Mellor | 190 | 9.7% | +1.6 |
| Majority | 110 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 6,403 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,963 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party hold
Clayton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Stephen John Mclean Sweeney Elected | 402 | 51.0% | +3.0 |
| Labour Party | Elizabeth Alice Ruth Shenton | 386 | 49.0% | +6.1 |
| Majority | 16 | |||
| Turnout | 36.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,209 | |||
| Ballots cast | 788 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Crackley & Red Street 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Joel Sean George Edgington-Plunkett Elected | 549 | 45.4% | -7.9 |
| Labour Party | Claire Annette Radford | 470 | 38.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Lilian Barker Elected | 470 | 38.9% | -6.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Kevin John Robinson | 411 | 34.0% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Aidan Mark Jenkins | 249 | 20.6% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Kay Mitchell | 184 | 15.2% | — |
| Majority | 0 | |||
| Turnout | 28.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,348 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,208 | |||
Labour Party hold · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party
Cross Heath 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Gill Williams Elected | 683 | 60.3% | -6.6 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | John Williams Elected | 633 | 55.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Thomas Robert David Molloy | 365 | 32.2% | +3.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | John Heesom | 338 | 29.9% | — |
| Green Party | Will Wood | 132 | 11.7% | — |
| Majority | 268 | |||
| Turnout | 28.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,055 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,132 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party hold
Holditch & Chesterton 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | David Peter Grocott Elected | 621 | 66.0% | +23.3 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Sue Beeston Elected | 532 | 56.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ken Owen | 314 | 33.4% | -2.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Adam John Bagguley | 274 | 29.1% | — |
| Majority | 218 | |||
| Turnout | 24.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,017 | |||
| Ballots cast | 941 | |||
Labour Party hold
Keele
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Dave Jones Elected | 332 | 68.6% | +9.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Arjun Bhagwan Bipin Patel | 81 | 16.7% | +0.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | James Martin Borg | 71 | 14.7% | -5.2 |
| Majority | 251 | |||
| Turnout | 36.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,345 | |||
| Ballots cast | 484 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party hold
Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Gill Burnett Elected | 1,090 | 56.4% | +14.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Craig Skelding Elected | 1,012 | 52.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Simon John Philip Jones Elected | 961 | 49.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Silvia Burgess | 801 | 41.4% | +4.7 |
| Labour Party | Robert Ian Moss | 734 | 38.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Sarah Elizabeth Pickup | 711 | 36.8% | — |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Rebecca Anne Carter | 104 | 5.4% | — |
| Majority | 160 | |||
| Turnout | 29.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 6,747 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,933 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Knutton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Steph Talbot Elected | 239 | 47.9% | -1.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Derrick Huckfield | 172 | 34.5% | -16.8 |
| Independent | Beckie Currie | 88 | 17.6% | — |
| Majority | 67 | |||
| Turnout | 25.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,002 | |||
| Ballots cast | 499 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Loggerheads 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Paul Richard Northcott Elected | 744 | 62.4% | -23.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Barry James Panter Elected | 704 | 59.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Sylvia Teresa Butler | 396 | 33.2% | +13.1 |
| Labour Party | Helen Ria Stuart | 395 | 33.1% | — |
| Majority | 308 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,619 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,192 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Madeley & Betley 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Simon White Elected | 1,087 | 68.0% | +36.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Gary Joseph White Elected | 1,072 | 67.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Christopher Charles Cooper | 505 | 31.6% | +15.6 |
| Labour Party | Thomas Wilson | 482 | 30.1% | — |
| Majority | 567 | |||
| Turnout | 38.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,278 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,599 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Independent · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Independent
Maer & Whitmore
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Amy Camilla Bryan Elected | 573 | 72.3% | -14.3 |
| Labour Party | Dave Lee | 219 | 27.7% | — |
| Majority | 354 | |||
| Turnout | 37.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,183 | |||
| Ballots cast | 792 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
May Bank 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | John Henry Tagg Elected | 1,081 | 50.3% | -11.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Trevor George Johnson Elected | 1,055 | 49.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Hutchison Elected | 1,047 | 48.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Steve Stoddart | 1,033 | 48.1% | +11.9 |
| Labour Party | Joan Winfield | 1,012 | 47.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Nicholas James Butler | 1,008 | 46.9% | — |
| Majority | 14 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 6,458 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,149 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Newchapel & Mow Cop 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jill Waring Elected | 771 | 59.8% | +15.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Paul Waring Elected | 713 | 55.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Claire Elizabeth Vodrey | 511 | 39.6% | +6.6 |
| Labour Party | Jason Owen | 491 | 38.1% | — |
| Majority | 202 | |||
| Turnout | 29.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,493 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,290 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Silverdale 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Jacqueline Anne Brown Elected | 539 | 41.7% | -14.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Rupert Nicholas Adcock Elected | 481 | 37.2% | -12.2 |
| Labour Party | Peter Radford | 429 | 33.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Gregory Andrew Ellis | 377 | 29.2% | — |
| Independent | Tom Currie | 344 | 26.6% | — |
| Independent | Izaak James Victor Johnson | 144 | 11.1% | — |
| Majority | 52 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,045 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,293 | |||
Labour Party hold · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour and Co-operative Party
Talke & Butt Lane 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Sylvia Norma Dymond Elected | 1,096 | 55.7% | -11.5 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | David Allport Elected | 1,012 | 51.4% | — |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Michael Robert Stubbs Elected | 952 | 48.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Keri Walters | 870 | 44.2% | +20.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Amy Wood | 843 | 42.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sharon Mary Battiste | 794 | 40.4% | — |
| Majority | 82 | |||
| Turnout | 30.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 6,773 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,967 | |||
Labour and Co-operative Party hold
Thistleberry 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Robert Bettley-Smith Elected | 485 | 34.9% | +3.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Joan Ann Whieldon Elected | 479 | 34.5% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Jones | 399 | 28.7% | -21.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Hilary Ann Jones | 365 | 26.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Benjamin Upson | 330 | 23.8% | -0.1 |
| Labour Party | Roger William Wilkes | 276 | 19.9% | — |
| Independent | Graham Eagles | 238 | 17.1% | — |
| Majority | 80 | |||
| Turnout | 37.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,805 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,388 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats
Town 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Wendy Ann Brockie Elected | 665 | 64.0% | +6.2 |
| Labour Party | Ruth Wright Elected | 644 | 62.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Conna Douglas Eynon | 309 | 29.7% | +8.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Daniel Hayden Hill | 303 | 29.2% | — |
| Majority | 335 | |||
| Turnout | 27.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,907 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,039 | |||
Labour Party hold
Westbury Park & Northwood 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andrew David Parker Elected | 783 | 59.8% | -8.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andrew Thomas Fear Elected | 775 | 59.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Lawrence David Wayte | 489 | 37.3% | +2.3 |
| Labour Party | Leigh Hughes | 474 | 36.2% | — |
| Majority | 286 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,908 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,310 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Westlands 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Simon John Tagg Elected | 1,344 | 58.6% | -11.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mark Edward Holland Elected | 1,226 | 53.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Gillian Mary Heesom Elected | 1,221 | 53.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Robert John Hagan | 804 | 35.0% | +8.5 |
| Labour Party | Peter Roy Lawrence | 746 | 32.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Paul John Horton | 702 | 30.6% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Robin Studd | 359 | 15.6% | +4.8 |
| Majority | 417 | |||
| Turnout | 37.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 6,416 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,295 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Wolstanton 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Philip Reece Elected | 774 | 57.2% | +8.7 |
| Labour Party | Richard Lloyd Gorton Elected | 740 | 54.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Julie Margaret Cooper | 556 | 41.1% | -7.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Simon John Poole | 521 | 38.5% | — |
| Majority | 184 | |||
| Turnout | 30.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,577 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,352 | |||
Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Labour Party hold