# 2018 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election

The 2018 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council decided in November 2015 to move to whole council elections, starting from this election.

## Election summary

| Party | Leader | Candidates | Seats | Votes | Votes |
| Labour | Tony Kearon | 44 | 20 | 25,469 | 39.7 |
| Conservative | Simon Tagg | 44 | 18 | 27,371 | 42.7 |
| Liberal Democrat | Marion Reddish | 15 | 3 | 3,516 | 5.5 |
| UKIP | | 7 | 0 | 991 | 1.5 |
| Green | | 6 | 0 | 917 | 1.4 |
| Independent | Independent | 13 | 3 | 5,859 | 9.1 |

## Candidates
### Audley

Audley (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | Bert Proctor | 986 | 44.0 |
| Labour | Sue Moffatt | 818 | 36.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Wilkes | 773 | 34.5 |
| Labour | Tom Heavey | 714 | 31.8 |
| Labour | Ian Ashbolt | 574 | 25.6 |
| Conservative | Linda Hailstones | 529 | 23.6 |
| Conservative | Peter Hailstones | 501 | 22.3 |
| Conservative | Lawrence Whitworth | 357 | 15.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ben Ireland | 208 | 9.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Kay Mitchell | 183 | 8.2 |

### Bradwell

Bradwell (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Annabel Driver | 974 | 50.3 |
| Labour | Andrew Fox-Hewitt | 882 | 45.6 |
| Conservative | Jennifer Cooper | 879 | 45.4 |
| Conservative | Dorinda Bailey | 854 | 44.1 |
| Conservative | Chloe Mancey | 810 | 41.9 |
| Labour | Robert Moss | 810 | 41.9 |
| Green | Anthony Morris | 146 | 7.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Virr | 92 | 4.8 |

### Clayton

Clayton (1) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Stephen Sweeney | 441 | 48.0 |
| Labour | Michael Shenton | 394 | 42.9 |
| UKIP | Gary Fedtschyschak | 52 | 5.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Morgan-Ross Inwood | 32 | 3.5 |

### Crackley and Red Street

Crackley and Red Street (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Allison Gardner | 566 | 49.3 |
| Labour | Sarah Pickup | 491 | 42.8 |
| Conservative | Gail Benbow | 476 | 41.5 |
| Conservative | David Cooper | 448 | 39.1 |
| UKIP | Mark Barlow | 140 | 12.2 |

### Cross Heath

Cross Heath (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Gillian Williams | 693 | 61.2 |
| Labour | John Williams | 685 | 60.5 |
| Conservative | Rita Gilmore | 301 | 26.6 |
| Conservative | John Heesom | 243 | 21.4 |
| UKIP | Lynn Dean | 150 | 13.2 |

### Holditch and Chesterton

Holditch and Chesterton (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour Co-op | Emily Horsfall | 566 | 57.0 |
| Labour Co-op | Christopher Spence | 528 | 53.2 |
| Independent | Kenneth Owen | 186 | 18.7 |
| Conservative | David Cooper | 166 | 16.7 |
| Conservative | Thomas Cooper | 144 | 14.5 |
| UKIP | Paul Daniels | 105 | 10.6 |
| UKIP | Gordon Davies | 75 | 7.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Moore | 61 | 6.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Arthur Richards | 47 | 4.7 |

### Keele

Keele (1) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour Co-op | Tony Kearon | 291 | 58.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | James Borg | 98 | 19.8 |
| Conservative | Dan Grice | 78 | 15.8 |
| Green | Paul Usher | 27 | 5.5 |

### Kidsgrove and Ravenscliffe

Kidsgrove and Ravenscliffe (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Gill Burnett | 817 | 39.0 |
| Labour | Silvia Burgess | 717 | 34.2 |
| Conservative | Helena Maxfield | 700 | 33.4 |
| Labour | Laura Dillon | 694 | 33.1 |
| Conservative | Kevin Johnson | 688 | 32.8 |
| Labour | David Allport | 675 | 32.2 |
| Independent | Simon Jones | 423 | 20.2 |
| Independent | Darren Dawson | 405 | 19.3 |
| UKIP | Geoffrey Locke | 402 | 19.2 |
| Independent | Reg Bailey | 327 | 15.6 |

### Knutton

Knutton (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Brian Johnson | 355 | 74.7 | |
| | Conservative | Joseph Swift | 120 | 25.3 | |

### Loggerheads

Loggerheads (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Paul Northcott | 962 | 77.6 |
| Conservative | Barry Panter | 740 | 59.7 |
| Labour | Deborah Faulks | 226 | 18.2 |
| Labour | Deborah Fuller | 186 | 15.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | David Beckett | 131 | 10.6 |

### Madeley and Betley

Madeley and Betley (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | Simon White | 936 | 57.0 |
| Independent | Gary White | 842 | 51.3 |
| Conservative | Graham Hutton | 500 | 30.5 |
| Conservative | Nathan White | 323 | 19.7 |
| Labour | Liam Searle | 252 | 15.3 |
| Labour | Thomas Wilson | 201 | 12.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Wemyss | 100 | 6.1 |

### Maer and Whitmore

Maer and Whitmore (1) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | David Harrison | 654 | 89.7 | |
| | Labour | David Lee | 75 | 10.3 | |

### May Bank

May Bank (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | John Tagg | 1,244 | 56.8 |
| Conservative | Trevor Johnson | 1,232 | 56.2 |
| Conservative | John Cooper | 1,218 | 55.6 |
| Labour | Colin Eastwood | 729 | 33.3 |
| Labour | Jacqueline Olszewski | 718 | 32.8 |
| Labour | Lesley Richards | 656 | 29.9 |
| Green | Sean Adam | 253 | 11.5 |

### Newchapel and Mow Cop

Newchapel and Mow Cop (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Jill Waring | 573 | 43.0 |
| Conservative | Paul Waring | 521 | 39.1 |
| Labour | Angela Cooper | 430 | 32.3 |
| Labour | Lynn Jackson | 423 | 31.7 |
| Independent | Vic Jukes | 355 | 26.6 |
| Independent | Nigel Morgan | 304 | 22.8 |

### Silverdale

Silverdale (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour Co-op | Amelia Rout | 569 | 49.1 |
| Labour Co-op | David Jones | 549 | 47.4 |
| Conservative | Derrick Huckfield | 504 | 43.5 |
| Conservative | James Vernon | 351 | 30.3 |
| UKIP | Thomas Spokes | 67 | 5.8 |

### Talke and Butt Lane

Talke and Butt Lane (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour Co-op | Kyle Robinson | 1,226 | 59.6 |
| Labour Co-op | Sylvia Dymond | 1,154 | 56.1 |
| Labour Co-op | Michael Stubbs | 1,001 | 48.7 |
| Conservative | Nicholas Jellyman | 432 | 21.0 |
| Conservative | Ben Lack | 421 | 20.5 |
| Conservative | Graham Lovell | 417 | 20.3 |
| Independent | Ray Williams | 410 | 19.9 |
| Independent | Alexander Wright | 407 | 19.8 |

### Thistleberry

Thistleberry (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Liberal Democrats | Marion Reddish | 713 | 48.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | June Walklate | 616 | 42.0 |
| Conservative | Pamela Jellyman | 455 | 31.0 |
| Conservative | Rachel Mundy | 388 | 26.4 |
| Labour | Susan Forrester-O'Neill | 341 | 23.2 |
| Labour | Roger Wilkes | 271 | 18.5 |
| Green | Gordon Pearson | 68 | 4.6 |

### Town

Town (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Labour | Ruth Wright | 659 | 55.6 |
| Labour | Elizabeth Shenton | 654 | 55.2 |
| Conservative | Martin Johnson | 248 | 20.9 |
| Conservative | Luke Mason | 219 | 18.5 |
| Independent | Christopher Malkin | 181 | 5.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Hilary Jones | 128 | 10.8 |
| Independent | Wenslie Naylon | 97 | 8.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Salwa El-Raheb-Booth | 95 | 8.0 |

### Westbury Park and Northwood

Westbury Park and Northwood (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Andrew Parker | 892 | 65.1 |
| Conservative | Andrew Fear | 857 | 62.6 |
| Labour | David Beardmore | 459 | 33.5 |
| Labour | Wendy Brockie | 416 | 30.4 |

### Westlands

Westlands (3) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Simon Tagg | 1,534 | 65.0 |
| Conservative | Gillian Heesom | 1,460 | 61.9 |
| Conservative | Mark Holland | 1,448 | 61.4 |
| Labour | Thomas Brayford | 582 | 24.7 |
| Labour | Imogen Wilkes | 558 | 23.7 |
| Labour | Solomon Gibson | 494 | 20.9 |
| Green | Jade Taylor | 270 | 11.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Whelan | 239 | 10.1 |

### Wolstanton

Wolstanton (2) :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Conservative | Julie Cooper | 644 | 45.1 |
| Labour | Mark Olszewski | 639 | 44.7 |
| Conservative | David Woolley | 622 | 43.6 |
| Labour | Joan Winfield | 574 | 40.2 |
| Green | Ann Beirne | 153 | 10.7 |

## Changes 2018–2022
### By-elections

Holditch & Chesterton, 21 March 2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Kenneth Owen | 282 | 40.3 | +21.6 |
| | Labour | Peter Radford | 268 | 38.3 | −14.9 |
| | UKIP | Mark Barlow | 86 | 12.3 | +1.7 |
| | Conservative | Lawrence Whitworth | 49 | 7.0 | −9.7 |
| | SDP | | 14 | 2.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 699 | 17.1 | |
| | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Maer & Whitmore, 2 May 2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Graham Hutton | 629 | 86.6 | −3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Salwa El-Raheb Booth | 97 | 13.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 726 | 37.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Holditch & Chesterton, 12 December 2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Grocott | 902 | 42.7 | −14.3 |
| | Conservative | Peter Hailstones | 762 | 36.1 | +19.4 |
| | Independent | Lilian Barker | 376 | 17.8 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Aidan Jenkins | 72 | 3.4 | −2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,112 | 50.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Knutton, 25 November 2021 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Derrick Huckfield | 188 | 51.1 | +25.8 |
| | Labour | Stephanie Talbot | 180 | 48.9 | −25.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 368 | 18.3 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Changes of allegiance

Ian Wilkes, elected as a Liberal Democrat, joined the Conservatives in February 2020.
Four councillors elected as independents (Ken Owen, Bert Proctor, Gary White and Simon White) joined the Conservatives in November 2021, giving the party an overall majority on the council.
John Cooper, elected as a Conservative, left the party in January 2022 to sit as an independent.