# 2006 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election

Elections to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Labour 27
* Conservative 17
* Liberal Democrat 14
* United Kingdom Independence Party 1
* Independent 1.

## Election result

Newcastle-under-Lyme Local Election Result 2006 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 8 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 40.0 | 27.5 | 7,873 | -9.5% |
| Conservative | 6 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 30.0 | 31.6 | 9,029 | +3.9% |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 30.0 | 25.2 | 7,198 | -8.1% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 4,088 | +14.3% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 377 | +0.7% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 33 | -0.7% |

## Ward results

Audley and Bignall End :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cornes Dylis | 693 | 36.7 |
| | Labour | Ann Beech | 690 | 36.5 |
| | UKIP | David Nixon | 316 | 16.7 |
| | Conservative | Betty Cartwright | 189 | 10.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3 | 0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,888 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |
Bradwell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Trevor Hambleton | 643 | 41.3 | −15.4 |
| | Conservative | Alan Humphreys | 325 | 20.9 | −2.6 |
| | UKIP | David Parfit | 310 | 19.9 | +19.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Dugdale | 279 | 17.9 | −1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 318 | 20.4 | −12.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,557 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Butt Lane :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mavis Lench | 405 | 34.5 | −12.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Burgess | 404 | 34.4 | +2.7 |
| | UKIP | Paul Edwards | 206 | 17.5 | +17.5 |
| | Conservative | Glenys Davies | 160 | 13.6 | −7.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1 | 0.1 | −15.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,175 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Chesterton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Cooley | 492 | 34.6 |
| | Labour | Sandra Simpson | 441 | 31.0 |
| | UKIP | Mark Barlow | 268 | 18.8 |
| | Conservative | Jocelyn Budibent | 223 | 15.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 51 | 3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,424 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |
Clayton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stephen Sweeney | 632 | 46.3 | +2.9 |
| | Labour | David Beardmore | 352 | 25.8 | −11.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Shenton | 210 | 15.4 | −3.6 |
| | UKIP | Brian Dunkley | 172 | 12.6 | +12.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 280 | 20.5 | +14.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,366 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Cross Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Gillian Williams | 627 | 45.1 | −9.2 |
| | UKIP | Neville Benson | 288 | 20.7 | +20.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leo Hamburger | 243 | 17.5 | +1.1 |
| | Conservative | Tagg John | 232 | 16.7 | −3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 339 | 24.4 | −10.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,390 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Holditch :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | William Simpson | 401 | 48.7 | −17.1 |
| | UKIP | Barbara Lewis | 192 | 23.3 | +23.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eric Durber | 127 | 15.4 | −18.8 |
| | Conservative | David Cooper | 104 | 12.6 | +12.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 209 | 25.4 | −6.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 824 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Keele :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robin Studd | 279 | 35.9 | −31.1 |
| | Green | Andrew Dobson | 236 | 30.3 | +30.3 |
| | Conservative | Joel Foley | 193 | 24.8 | +10.3 |
| | Labour | Stephen James | 60 | 7.7 | −10.9 |
| | UKIP | Sajid Mahmood | 10 | 1.3 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 43 | 5.6 | −42.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 778 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Kidsgrove :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Maxfield | 809 | 49.5 | +28.5 |
| | Labour | Paul Waring | 472 | 28.9 | −33.3 |
| | UKIP | Geoffrey Locke | 188 | 11.5 | +11.5 |
| | Conservative | Edward Lowe | 166 | 10.2 | −6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 337 | 20.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,635 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Knutton and Silverdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Richard Gorton | 380 | 40.1 | −14.3 |
| | UKIP | Derrick Huckfield | 331 | 34.9 | +34.9 |
| | Conservative | Nicola Gregory | 117 | 12.3 | +11.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Betty Kinnersley | 87 | 9.2 | +4.4 |
| | Independent | Michael Nicklin | 33 | 3.5 | +1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49 | 5.2 | −11.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 948 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Loggerheads and Whitmore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip Maskery | 1,640 | 74.1 | +3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Becket | 235 | 10.6 | −8.1 |
| | UKIP | Trevor Colclough | 171 | 7.7 | +7.7 |
| | Labour | Glyn Williams | 166 | 7.5 | −3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,405 | 63.5 | +11.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,212 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Madeley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Robert Howells | 433 | 33.8 | −10.1 |
| | Conservative | Richard Lowe | 404 | 31.6 | +10.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bryan Kirkham | 358 | 28.0 | −6.7 |
| | UKIP | Joseph Bonfiglio | 85 | 6.6 | +6.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 29 | 2.2 | −7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,280 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
May Bank :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stephen Holland | 1,126 | 56.7 | +8.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Donald Maciver | 371 | 18.7 | −10.8 |
| | Labour | Jacqueline Olszewski | 326 | 16.4 | −5.7 |
| | UKIP | Michael Beckett | 163 | 8.2 | +8.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 755 | 38.0 | +19.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,986 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Porthill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Julie Cooper | 570 | 47.6 | +5.7 |
| | Labour | Bertram Lawton | 343 | 28.7 | −11.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Emma Cooley | 149 | 12.4 | −5.4 |
| | UKIP | Yvonne Heath | 135 | 11.3 | +11.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 227 | 18.9 | +17.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,197 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Seabridge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Fear | 738 | 43.8 | −2.7 |
| | Labour | Rex Harper | 408 | 24.2 | −11.2 |
| | UKIP | Paul Gregory | 278 | 16.5 | +16.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Reddish | 260 | 15.4 | −2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 330 | 19.6 | +8.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,684 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Silverdale and Parksite :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Elaine Blake | 389 | 41.9 | +2.6 |
| | UKIP | Andrea Liversage | 296 | 31.9 | +31.9 |
| | Conservative | Alexander Hayward | 125 | 13.5 | +4.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard O'Callaghan | 119 | 12.8 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 93 | 10.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 929 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Thistleberry :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | June Walklate | 934 | 53.9 | −1.8 |
| | Conservative | Gerald Cork | 384 | 22.1 | −1.6 |
| | Labour | Doris Boden | 248 | 14.3 | −1.2 |
| | UKIP | Dominic Arnold | 168 | 9.7 | +9.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 950 | 31.8 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,734 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Shenton | 586 | 49.0 | +0.7 |
| | Labour | Albert Clarke | 365 | 30.5 | −2.7 |
| | Conservative | Luciana Flackett | 136 | 11.4 | −1.5 |
| | UKIP | Glyn Jones | 108 | 9.0 | +9.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 221 | 18.5 | +3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,195 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Westlands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Glennis Deakin | 1,143 | 60.3 | +4.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hilary Jones | 341 | 18.0 | −8.4 |
| | Labour | Eileen Robinson | 246 | 13.0 | −5.1 |
| | UKIP | Pamela Jackson | 166 | 8.8 | +8.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 802 | 42.3 | +13.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,896 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Wolstanton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Michael Foy | 478 | 31.9 | −6.7 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Morris | 422 | 28.1 | +8.9 |
| | UKIP | David Woolley | 237 | 15.8 | +15.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Dunning | 222 | 14.8 | −15.3 |
| | Green | Ann Beirne | 141 | 9.4 | −2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 56 | 3.8 | −4.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,500 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |