Newcastle-under-Lyme council election, 2026

07/05/2026 · 21 wards · 44 seats contested

Most seats
27
Reform UK
Seats contested
44
across 21 wards
Turnout
38.9%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Reform UK 27 +27 32,957 40.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party 15 -10 21,165 26.1% -22.8
Labour Party 2 -17 18,412 22.7% -23.1
Green Party 0 +0 6,054 7.5% +7.0
Liberal Democrats 0 +0 1,600 2.0% -1.4
Independent 0 +0 467 0.6% -0.7
The Potteries Party 0 +0 304 0.4% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 77 0.1% -0.1

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2022. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 44
Labour Party 46
Reform UK 45
Conservative and Unionist Party 44
Green Party 21
Liberal Democrats 8
Independent 2
The Potteries Party 1
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 +/−
Reform UK Rhys James Machin Elected 1,098 44.6% —
Reform UK Patricia Jillian Harrison Elected 1,004 40.8% —
Reform UK Janice Sain-Reiners Elected 858 34.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nick Crisp 557 22.6% -4.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Frank Wilkes 539 21.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sally Jane Rudd 492 20.0% —
Liberal Democrats Maggie Babb 380 15.4% -6.9
Labour Party Peter Roy Lawrence 373 15.2% -30.9
Labour Party Claire Elizabeth Vodrey 372 15.1% —
Labour Party John Sutton 353 14.3% —
Liberal Democrats Andrew Robert Wemyss 340 13.8% —
The Potteries Party Tom Heavey 304 12.4% —
Liberal Democrats Eric Geoffrey Durber 277 11.3% —
Majority301
Turnout38.4%
Registered electors6,435
Ballots cast2,460

Reform UK gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Reform UK gain from Labour Party · Reform UK gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Bradwell 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Pamela Jellyman Elected 1,096 46.5% —
Reform UK Ben Joshua Simpson Elected 1,091 46.3% —
Reform UK Glenn Michael Tift Elected 1,024 43.4% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Andrew Fox-Hewitt 586 24.9% -26.4
Labour and Co-operative Party Andrew Gareth Fox-Hewitt 586 24.9% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Lesley Ann Richards 502 21.3% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Rebekah Sioban Lewis 465 19.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Julie Margaret Cooper 407 17.3% -24.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Jeanette Hodges 347 14.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jude Powell 345 14.6% —
Green Party Liam Joseph Shirley 328 13.9% +4.2
Green Party Harry Joseph Smith 293 12.4% —
Majority438
Turnout—
Registered electors6,454
Ballots cast (estimated)2,357

Reform UK gain from Labour Party · Reform UK gain from Labour Party · Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Clayton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Paul Malcolm Wood Elected 322 36.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen John Mclean Sweeney 302 33.7% -17.3
Labour Party Leigh Hughes 204 22.8% -26.2
Liberal Democrats Anja Winter 68 7.6% —
Majority20
Turnout40.3%
Registered electors2,243
Ballots cast895

Reform UK gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Crackley & Red Street 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Vanessa Renshaw Elected 813 51.0% —
Reform UK Peter Bernard Walton Elected 785 49.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lilian Barker 390 24.5% -14.5
Labour Party Joel Sean George Edgington-Plunkett 316 19.8% -25.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Conna Douglas Eynon 314 19.7% —
Labour Party Janet Mary Pazio 267 16.7% —
Green Party Deborah Percy 179 11.2% —
Majority395
Turnout36.6%
Registered electors4,389
Ballots cast1,595

Reform UK gain from Labour Party · Reform UK gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Cross Heath 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Mark Harrison Elected 666 45.0% —
Reform UK Christopher Saxton Elected 589 39.8% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Gill Williams 448 30.3% -30.1
Labour and Co-operative Party John Williams 371 25.1% —
Green Party Natalie Soleiman 266 18.0% +6.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Thomas Robert David Molloy 239 16.1% -16.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Wytcherley 172 11.6% —
Majority141
Turnout34.4%
Registered electors4,321
Ballots cast1,480

Reform UK gain from Labour and Co-operative Party · Reform UK gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Holditch & Chesterton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Wayne Barber Elected 566 52.3% —
Reform UK Jon Lee Chamberlain Elected 554 51.2% —
Labour Party David Peter Grocott 369 34.1% -31.9
Labour Party Precious Idowu Osode 315 29.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ken Owen 168 15.5% -17.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Kevin John Robinson 105 9.7% —
Majority185
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors4,029
Ballots cast1,082

Reform UK gain from Labour Party · Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Keele

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Dave Jones Elected 143 30.2% -38.4
Green Party Sami Islam 131 27.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Wenslie Naylon 118 24.9% +8.2
Reform UK James Vernon 82 17.3% —
Majority12
Turnout47.1%
Registered electors1,008
Ballots cast474

Labour Party hold

Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Jonathan Gullis Elected 1,335 56.8% —
Reform UK Charlie Edward George Clarke Elected 1,218 51.9% —
Reform UK Olivia Mae Wozny Elected 1,126 47.9% —
Labour Party Silvia Burgess 546 23.2% -18.2
Labour Party Mark Allen 492 20.9% —
Labour Party Jason Owen 388 16.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon John Philip Jones 328 14.0% -42.4
Green Party Kienen D K Catterall 273 11.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael James Dowler 249 10.6% —
Green Party Adam Peter Henry Rollison 244 10.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Heesom 239 10.2% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Rebecca Anne Carter 77 3.3% -2.1
Majority580
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors6,736
Ballots cast2,349

Reform UK gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Reform UK gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Reform UK gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Knutton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Graham Paul Shaw Elected 359 66.2% +6.3
Labour Party Joshua Gilbert 129 23.8% -2.4
Conservative and Unionist Party James Linden Dowler 54 10.0% -3.9
Majority230
Turnout27.4%
Registered electors1,988
Ballots cast542

Reform UK hold

Loggerheads 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Graham David Sedgley Elected 805 44.1% -26.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew William Turnock Elected 730 40.0% —
Reform UK Robert Alwyn Selwood 615 33.7% —
Reform UK Phillip Arthur Watts 532 29.2% —
Labour Party Jeff Love 274 15.0% -14.5
Labour Party Nigel David John Hadfield 242 13.3% —
Green Party Grant Clifford Martin Robertson 202 11.1% —
Majority115
Turnout47.7%
Registered electors3,845
Ballots cast1,825

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Madeley & Betley 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jill Pamela Whitmore Elected 884 46.6% +8.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Bettley-Smith Elected 832 43.8% —
Reform UK Vicky England 549 28.9% —
Reform UK Neill Antony Walker 533 28.1% —
Labour Party Elaine Blake 249 13.1% -14.7
Green Party Kerri Louise Jackman 241 12.7% —
Green Party Steve French 237 12.5% —
Labour Party Moonoon Moontaha Jawadin 173 9.1% —
Majority283
Turnout43.9%
Registered electors4,333
Ballots cast1,899

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Maer & Whitmore

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jeremy John Elton Lefroy Elected 562 50.1% -22.3
Reform UK Richard Woodward 428 38.1% —
Reform UK Richard Woodward 428 38.1% —
Labour Party Dave Lee 132 11.8% -15.9
Majority134
Turnout50.0%
Registered electors2,266
Ballots cast1,122

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

May Bank 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party John Henry Tagg Elected 948 34.6% -15.7
Conservative and Unionist Party David Hutchison Elected 928 33.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Finn Swain Elected 834 30.4% —
Labour Party Jackie Olszewski 812 29.6% -18.4
Labour Party Jacqueline Lynn Olszewski 812 29.6% —
Reform UK Deborah Elizabeth Bailey 721 26.3% —
Labour Party Bayley Dickin 714 26.1% —
Labour Party Anthony-Claret Ifeanyi Onwutalobi 702 25.6% —
Reform UK Craig Anthony Rolinson 675 24.6% —
Reform UK Stefan John Whittaker 636 23.2% —
Green Party Oliver Robert Kane 439 16.0% —
Majority22
Turnout—
Registered electors6,442
Ballots cast (estimated)2,740

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Newchapel & Mow Cop 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Jonathan Christopher Downs Elected 968 53.0% —
Reform UK Scott Thomas Stevenson Elected 911 49.9% —
Labour Party Keith Cooper 381 20.9% -18.8
Labour Party Sarah Elizabeth Pickup 356 19.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Cressida Diane Townley Dickens 251 13.7% -46.0
Independent Gordon Hugh Davies 236 12.9% —
Independent Ray Williams 231 12.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jozsef Spekker 204 11.2% —
Majority530
Turnout41.2%
Registered electors4,465
Ballots cast1,827

Reform UK gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Reform UK gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Silverdale 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Martyn Trevor Ashworth Elected 735 51.2% —
Reform UK Ian Anthony Sparks Elected 670 46.7% —
Labour Party Sylvia Teresa Butler 361 25.2% -16.5
Labour Party Thomas Wilson 293 20.4% —
Green Party Jamie Tomkinson 218 15.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party George Charles McBride 199 13.9% -23.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Shauney Harry Connor 146 10.2% —
Majority309
Turnout34.5%
Registered electors4,176
Ballots cast1,435

Reform UK gain from Labour Party · Reform UK gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Talke & Butt Lane 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Gary Evans Elected 1,306 55.1% —
Reform UK Martin Gavin Rogerson Elected 1,259 53.1% —
Reform UK Simon Kasperowicz Elected 1,224 51.7% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Sylvia Norma Dymond 746 31.5% -24.2
Labour and Co-operative Party David Allport 712 30.1% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Michael Robert Stubbs 680 28.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Julie Anne Dunlevy 306 12.9% -31.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Laura May Matthews 272 11.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Trevor George Johnson 270 11.4% —
Majority478
Turnout35.2%
Registered electors6,799
Ballots cast2,369

Reform UK gain from Labour and Co-operative Party · Reform UK gain from Labour and Co-operative Party · Reform UK gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Thistleberry 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Sue Beeston Elected 607 38.4% +3.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Joan Ann Whieldon Elected 554 35.1% —
Reform UK Richard Sellers-Smith 405 25.6% —
Reform UK Chris Sweeney 391 24.7% —
Labour Party Margaret Wilkes 256 16.2% -7.6
Liberal Democrats Hilary Jones 210 13.3% -15.5
Green Party Christopher Mueller 200 12.7% —
Labour Party Roger William Wilkes 200 12.7% —
Liberal Democrats Nigel Jones 177 11.2% —
Majority149
Turnout39.5%
Registered electors4,005
Ballots cast1,580

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Town 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sheelagh Casey-Hulme Elected 345 28.7% -11.2
Reform UK Christine Ann Duffy Elected 331 27.6% +5.9
Reform UK Thomas Paul Edgington 317 26.4% —
Labour Party Ruth Wright 301 25.1% —
Green Party Nick Chidlow 263 21.9% —
Green Party Mark Allan Jones 243 20.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Amanda Jane Berrisford 197 16.4% -12.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian David Gilmore 145 12.1% —
Liberal Democrats James Martin Borg 84 7.0% -2.2
Liberal Democrats Morgan-Ross Inwood 64 5.3% —
Majority14
Turnout29.7%
Registered electors4,066
Ballots cast1,201

Labour Party hold · Reform UK gain from Labour Party

Westbury Park & Northwood 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew Thomas Fear Elected 683 39.5% -20.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrew David Parker Elected 675 39.0% —
Reform UK David William Gameson 571 33.0% —
Reform UK Adam Brent Griffiths 568 32.8% —
Labour Party Luke Simon Bland 238 13.7% -23.6
Green Party Stephen John Axon 227 13.1% —
Labour Party Richard John Parkes 222 12.8% —
Green Party Thomas Taylor 212 12.2% —
Majority104
Turnout44.7%
Registered electors3,884
Ballots cast1,731

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Westlands 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon John Tagg Elected 1,480 47.9% -10.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Gillian Mary Heesom Elected 1,296 41.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Edward Holland Elected 1,282 41.5% —
Reform UK Keith Parker 781 25.3% —
Reform UK Garry Proctor 763 24.7% —
Reform UK Gary Fedtschyschak 723 23.4% —
Green Party Jaffar Javed Khan 610 19.7% —
Green Party Kyle Mark Bolderson 538 17.4% —
Green Party Rosa Al-Baldawi Dilling 466 15.1% —
Labour Party Nicholas James Butler 369 11.9% -23.1
Labour Party Mike Melling 361 11.7% —
Labour Party Carol Stimpson 345 11.2% —
Majority501
Turnout48.3%
Registered electors6,419
Ballots cast3,091

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Wolstanton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Christopher Bailey Elected 688 40.1% —
Reform UK Andrew Mark Fisher Elected 643 37.4% —
Labour Party Philip Reece 466 27.1% -30.1
Labour Party Mark Joseph Olszewski 445 25.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Philip Hodges 369 21.5% -19.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Shaun James McDonagh 341 19.9% —
Green Party Robbie David Trickett 244 14.2% —
Majority177
Turnout38.2%
Registered electors4,510
Ballots cast1,717

Reform UK gain from Labour Party · Reform UK gain from Labour Party

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