# 2002 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election

Elections to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 increasing the number of seats by four. The Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
Three seats in Thistleberry ward were vacant until a by-election in June.

## Election result

Newcastle-under-Lyme Local Election Result 2002 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 29 | -1 | 50.9 | 42.1 | 27,775 |
| Liberal Democrats | 18 | +5 | 31.6 | 29.8 | 19,700 |
| Conservative | 10 | +1 | 17.5 | 26.9 | 17,729 |
| The Caring Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 606 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 198 |
| Independent | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Ward results

Audley and Bignall End (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Wemyss | 874 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Catherine Cornes | 834 |
| | Labour | Edward Boden | 786 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Wilkes | 770 |
| | Labour | Dennis McIntosh | 641 |
| | Labour | Leonard Gibbs | 622 |
| | Conservative | Robert Edwards | 328 |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Rushton | 193 |
| | Conservative | Vera Rushton | 173 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,221 |
Bradwell (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Trevor Hambleton | 749 |
| | Labour | John Tatton | 730 |
| | Labour | Tom Meir | 697 |
| | Conservative | Michelle Degg | 270 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shirley Coxon | 243 |
| | Conservative | Alan Humphreys | 234 |
| | Conservative | Gladys Parfitt | 205 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patricia Timmis | 152 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,280 |
Butt Lane (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Mavis Lench | 588 |
| | Labour | John Evans | 566 |
| | Labour | John Macmillan | 551 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paula Earl | 367 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Silvia Burgess | 362 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Parsons | 340 |
| | Conservative | Betty Cartwright | 136 |
| | Conservative | John Harper | 128 |
| | Conservative | Nicola Pattison | 120 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,158 |
Chesterton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Elizabeth Caddy | 635 |
| | Labour | John Billington | 612 |
| | Labour | Sheila Phillips | 565 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Moore | 234 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Wain | 207 |
| | Conservative | Russell Pattison | 191 |
| | Conservative | Price Roberts | 182 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,626 |
Clayton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Colin Brooks | 525 |
| | Conservative | Ann Heames | 518 |
| | Labour | Vince Byatt | 505 |
| | Conservative | William Heames | 466 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julian Colclough | 144 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Marjorie Cookson | 139 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,297 |
Cross Heath (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Gillian Williams | 792 |
| | Labour | Sylvia Butler | 766 |
| | Labour | John Williams | 711 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Finney | 394 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leo Hamburger | 254 |
| | Conservative | Mary Cork | 199 |
| | Conservative | Luciana Flackett | 174 |
| | Conservative | Thomas James | 163 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,453 |
Halmerend (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Becket | 614 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gavin Webb | 573 |
| | Conservative | Mark Riley | 343 |
| | Labour | Christopher Cooper | 327 |
| | Labour | Trevor Sproston | 311 |
| | Conservative | Simon Tagg | 285 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,453 |
Holditch (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Betty Blaise | 499 |
| | Labour | Vic Finnemore | 430 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Wemyss | 125 |
| | Conservative | Eleanor Moore | 83 |
| | Conservative | Phyllis James | 81 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,218 |
Keele (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robin Studd | 445 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wenslie Naylon | 429 |
| | Labour | Theresa James | 155 |
| | Labour | Brian O'Rourke | 143 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Campbell | 89 |
| | Conservative | Judith Flynn | 84 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,345 |
Kidsgrove (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Maxfield | 752 |
| | Labour | Margaret Astle | 698 |
| | Labour | Martin Bentley | 596 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Hall | 579 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ephriam Daniels | 558 |
| | Labour | Dorothy Fogg | 546 |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Heath | 97 |
| | Conservative | Michael James | 90 |
| | Conservative | Richard Watts | 81 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,997 |
Knutton and Silverdale (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Maureen Maddox | 456 |
| | Labour | David Leech | 392 |
| | The Caring Party | Derrick Huckfield | 252 |
| | The Caring Party | Stephanie Wilcox | 144 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eric Durber | 73 |
| | Conservative | Peter Davies | 71 |
| | Conservative | David Heath | 56 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,444 |
Loggerheads and Whitmore (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Charles Holland | 1,166 |
| | Conservative | Freda Myatt | 1,078 |
| | Conservative | Colin Ince | 1,050 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Becket | 292 |
| | Labour | Anne Farrelly | 243 |
| | Labour | Doris Boden | 209 |
| | Labour | Victor Wilson | 178 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,216 |
Madeley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Ashley Howells | 758 |
| | Labour | William Sinnott | 537 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Davies | 385 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bryan Kirkham | 369 |
| | Conservative | Ian Matthews | 328 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,377 |
May Bank (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Muffi Fox | 836 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Edward Coxon | 763 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Trevor Johnson | 724 |
| | Labour | Michael Clarke | 678 |
| | Labour | Margaret McQuillan | 483 |
| | Labour | Roy Taylor | 458 |
| | Conservative | Peter Dunn | 329 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Thornber | 261 |
| | Conservative | Marjorie Thornber | 232 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,764 |
Newchapel (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hortense Lowndes | 330 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Bowyer | 313 |
| | Labour | Gillian Burnett | 270 |
| | Labour | Frank Penell | 260 |
| | Conservative | Nora Salt | 221 |
| | Conservative | Carl Thomson | 196 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,590 |
Porthill (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Bertram Lawton | 394 |
| | Labour | Colin Higginson | 390 |
| | Conservative | John Cooper | 363 |
| | Conservative | Barbara Lewis | 249 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Dunning | 160 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neil Adams | 138 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,694 |
Ravenscliffe (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Lewis | 420 |
| | Labour | Raymond Astle | 410 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Slater | 394 |
| | Labour | Edmund Chrzanowski | 379 |
| | Conservative | Edith Greatbach | 115 |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline Heath | 90 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,808 |
Seabridge (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Andrew Fear | 713 |
| | Conservative | David Nixon | 692 |
| | Conservative | Peter Hailstones | 677 |
| | Labour | Richard Gorton | 569 |
| | Labour | Cynthia Taylor | 485 |
| | Labour | Harry Matthews | 468 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kelly Dale | 235 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Craig Ridgway | 220 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hans Liebeck | 189 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,248 |
Silverdale and Parksite (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Elaine Blake | 480 |
| | Labour | George Cairns | 369 |
| | The Caring Party | George Tweedie | 110 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Naylon | 105 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Studd | 101 |
| | The Caring Party | Geoffrey Cubley | 100 |
| | Conservative | Robert Titterton | 100 |
| | Conservative | Sydney Trickett | 82 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,447 |
Talke (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Raymond Slater | 657 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Arthur Amos | 648 |
| | Labour | Lynda Griffiths | 358 |
| | Labour | Robina Macmillan | 314 |
| | Conservative | Shirley Titterton | 75 |
| | Conservative | Pauline Trickett | 63 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,115 |
Town (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Albert Clarke | 556 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Clarke | 534 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Malkin | 486 |
| | Labour | Stephen James | 427 |
| | Conservative | Winston Cooper | 131 |
| | Conservative | Adam Howard | 110 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,244 |
Westlands (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Glennis Deakin | 1,166 |
| | Conservative | Mary Moss | 1,122 |
| | Conservative | Michael Flynn | 1,034 |
| | Labour | Laura Stoddard | 401 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Dugdale | 337 |
| | Labour | Peter Munn | 336 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hilary Jones | 331 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Willson | 308 |
| | Labour | Ike Williams | 300 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,335 |
Wolstanton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Labour | Michael Foy | 580 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Worsey | 549 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pamela Patten | 538 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Cornes | 495 |
| | Labour | Sandra Hambleton | 446 |
| | Labour | Sheridon Lamb | 445 |
| | Green | Ann Beirne | 198 |
| | Conservative | David Cooper | 186 |
| | Conservative | John Vernon | 124 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Trickett | 117 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,678 |