2022 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election explained

Election Name:2022 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
Country:Staffordshire
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:2018 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
Previous Year:2018
Next Election:2026 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
Next Year:2026
Seats For Election:All 44 seats to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
Majority Seats:23
Leader1:Simon Tagg
Party1:Conservative Party (UK)
Last Election1:18 seats, 42.7%
Seats Before1:23
Seats1:25
Seat Change1: 7
Popular Vote1:30,830
Percentage1:49.5%
Swing1: 6.8 points
Leader2:Mike Stubbs
Party2:Labour Party (UK)
Last Election2:20 seats, 39.7%
Seats Before2:18
Seats2:19
Seat Change2: 1
Popular Vote2:29,108
Percentage2:46.8%
Swing2: 7.1 points
Leader4:Marion Reddish
Party4:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Last Election4:3 seats, 5.5%
Seats Before4:2
Seats4:0
Seat Change4: 3
Popular Vote4:1,694
Percentage4:2.7%
Swing4: 2.8 points
Party5:Independent politician
Last Election5:3 seats, 9.1%
Seats Before5:1
Seats5:0
Seat Change5: 3
Popular Vote5:326
Percentage5:0.5%
Swing5: 8.6 points
Leader
Posttitle:Leader after election
Before Election:Simon Tagg
Before Party:Conservative Party (UK)
After Election:Simon Tagg
After Party:Conservative Party (UK)

The 2022 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council in England.[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.

Elections in 2018 left the council in no overall control, but the Conservatives were defending a majority on the council after taking control through defections in 2021.[2] [3]

The election saw the Conservatives retain their majority.[4]

Summary

Election result

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Results by ward

Audley

Ian Wilkes was elected in 2018 as a Liberal Democrat.

Holditch and Chesterton

Ken Owen was elected at a 2019 by-election as an Independent.

Knutton

Derrick Huckfield had been elected in a by-election.

Madeley and Betley

Simon White and Gary White were elected in 2018 as Independents.

Wolstanton

Changes 2022–2026

Sue Beeston, elected as a Labour councillor, left the party in November 2023 to sit as an independent.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Local government elections 2022. 4 May 2022 . Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council.
  2. News: Tories take overall control of Newcastle Borough Council for first time in decades. 4 May 2022 . Stoke Sentinel. 2 November 2021 . Corrigan . Phil .
  3. Web site: Your councillors by party . Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council . 28 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220330044840/https://moderngov.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=PARTY&VW=LIST&PIC=0 . 30 March 2022.
  4. News: Corrigan . Phil . Newcastle Borough Council local elections live 2022: Tories win majority . 28 December 2023 . Stoke-on-Trent Live . 6 May 2022.
  5. News: Boothroyd . David . Scottish Labour steels seat . 28 December 2023 . Local Councils . Thorncliffe . 17 November 2023.