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]
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Ian Wilkes was elected in 2018 as a Liberal Democrat.
Ken Owen was elected at a 2019 by-election as an Independent.
Derrick Huckfield had been elected in a by-election.
Simon White and Gary White were elected in 2018 as Independents.
Sue Beeston, elected as a Labour councillor, left the party in November 2023 to sit as an independent.[5]