2011 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election

The 2011 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect 21 members to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom. It elected one-third of the council's 60 members to a four-year term and one additional member in Kidsgrove Ward to a one-year term following the resignation of Tina Morrey.[1] The election for Seabridge Ward was postponed until 23 June 2011 following the death of a candidate.[2] It was preceded by the 2010 election and followed by the 2012 election. The council remained under no overall control.[3] Turnout across the council was 36.3%.[4]

Results summary

2011 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election[4][5][6][7]
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 15 Increase11 71.4 10 25 41.7
  Conservative 4 Decrease4 19.0 17 21 35.0
  Liberal Democrats 2 Decrease5 9.5 10 12 20.0
  UKIP 0 Decrease2 0.0 2 2 3.3
  Independent 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0

Ward results

Audley and Bignall End

Audley and Bignall End (1 seat)[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ann Beech* 749 41.2 Increase2.7
Liberal Democrats Bert Proctor 671 36.9 Increase4.0
Conservative Luke Hilliard 229 12.6 Decrease2.8
UKIP Roger Ruddle 168 9.2 Decrease3.9
Majority 78 4.3 Decrease1.4
Total valid votes 1,817 99.5
Rejected ballots 10 0.5
Turnout 1,827 38.8
Registered electors 4,704
Labour hold Swing Decrease0.7

Bradwell

Bradwell (1 seat)[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sandra Hambleton* 873 51.2 Increase15.1
Conservative Chloe Mancey 406 23.8 Decrease6.6
UKIP Andrew Keeling 346 20.3 Increase1.5
Liberal Democrats Julian Colclough 79 4.6 Decrease10.0
Majority 467 27.4 Increase21.7
Total valid votes 1,704 99.2
Rejected ballots 13 0.8
Turnout 1,717 38.1
Registered electors 4,505
Labour hold Swing Increase10.8

Butt Lane

Butt Lane (1 seat)[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Taylor 584 43.0 Increase15.7
Liberal Democrats Silvia Burgess* 348 25.6 Decrease13.9
UKIP John Holdcroft 271 20.0 Increase3.7
Conservative James Bowles 154 11.3 Increase2.6
Majority 236 17.4 N/A
Total valid votes 1,357 99.3
Rejected ballots 10 0.7
Turnout 1,367 31.4
Registered electors 4,355
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing Increase14.8

Chesterton

Chesterton (1 seat)[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sandra Simpson* 778 50.2 Increase10.8
Conservative Matthew Davies 311 20.1 Increase5.8
UKIP Anthony Myers 295 19.0 Decrease5.2
Liberal Democrats Mike Dolman 167 10.8 Decrease11.4
Majority 467 30.1 Increase14.9
Total valid votes 1,551 100.0
Rejected ballots 0 0.0
Turnout 1,551 28.0
Registered electors 5,542
Labour hold Swing Increase2.5

Cross Heath

Cross Heath (1 seat)[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Williams* 819 51.3 Increase6.6
UKIP Nathan Brittain 496 31.0 Increase14.7
Conservative Jonathan Lewis 180 11.3 Decrease3.9
Liberal Democrats David Dugdale 103 6.4 Decrease17.3
Majority 323 20.2 Decrease0.8
Total valid votes 1,598 99.4
Rejected ballots 9 0.6
Turnout 1,607 36.6
Registered electors 4,389
Labour hold Swing Decrease4.1

Halmer End

Halmer End (1 seat)[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Becket* 575 43.1 Decrease6.4
Labour Paul Breuer 406 30.5 Increase11.6
Conservative Andrew Firth 252 18.9 Decrease0.3
UKIP Mark Barlow 100 7.5 Decrease5.0
Majority 169 12.7 Decrease17.7
Total valid votes 1,333 99.3
Rejected ballots 10 0.7
Turnout 1,343 44.0
Registered electors 3,049
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease9.0

Keele

Keele (1 seat)[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Kearon 410 52.8 Increase36.9
Liberal Democrats Wenslie Naylon* 224 28.9 Decrease4.0
Conservative Kate Lawrence 112 14.4 Decrease4.0
UKIP Trevor Colclough 30 3.9 Decrease0.2
Majority 186 24.0 N/A
Total valid votes 776 97.9
Rejected ballots 17 2.1
Turnout 793 23.6
Registered electors 3,359
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Kidsgrove

Kidsgrove (2 seats)[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Margaret Astle 835
Labour Reginald Bailey 713
UKIP Tricia Harrison 418
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Hall 315
UKIP Ian Shepherd 310
Conservative Simon Barnes 227
Liberal Democrats John Parsons 215
Turnout 1,668 31.7
Registered electors 5,270
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Knutton and Silverdale

Knutton and Silverdale (1 seat)[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tony Eagles 435 44.6 Increase11.6
UKIP Derrick Huckfield* 405 41.5 Decrease5.8
Conservative Andrew Nicholson 92 9.4 Decrease2.1
Liberal Democrats Chris Wain 43 4.4 Decrease3.7
Majority 30 3.1 N/A
Total valid votes 975 99.9
Rejected ballots 1 0.1
Turnout 976 30.6
Registered electors 3,190
Labour gain from UKIP Swing Increase8.7

Loggerheads and Whitmore

Loggerheads and Whitmore (1 seat)[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Loades 1,669 65.8 Decrease2.3
Labour Sophia Baker 372 14.7 New
UKIP Carol Lovatt 286 11.3 Decrease7.6
Liberal Democrats Morgan Inwood 210 8.3 Decrease4.8
Majority 1,297 51.1 Increase2.0
Total valid votes 2,537 98.8
Rejected ballots 31 1.2
Turnout 2,568 45.4
Registered electors 5,657
Conservative hold Swing Decrease8.5

Madeley

Madeley (1 seat)[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill Sinnott 483 34.3 Increase5.2
Conservative Tracey Peers 445 31.6 Decrease4.1
Liberal Democrats Simon White 366 26.0 Decrease3.1
UKIP Wayne Harling 113 8.0 Increase2.1
Majority 38 2.7 N/A
Total valid votes 1,407 99.1
Rejected ballots 13 0.9
Turnout 1,420 41.2
Registered electors 3,445
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase4.6

May Bank

May Bank (1 seat)[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Tagg* 1,426 66.5 Increase3.6
Labour Stephen Harrison 519 24.2 Increase8.3
UKIP Dean Page 117 5.5 Decrease6.0
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Henshall 83 3.9 Decrease5.9
Majority 907 42.3 Decrease4.7
Total valid votes 2,145 42.7
Registered electors 5,027
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.4

Newchapel

Newchapel (1 seat)[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul Waring 304 32.7 Increase3.8
Conservative Carl Thomson 254 27.3 Decrease7.9
Independent Victor Jukes 168 18.1 New
UKIP Michael Prosser 143 15.4 Increase0.7
Liberal Democrats Eric Durber 60 6.5 Decrease14.6
Majority 50 5.4 N/A
Total valid votes 929 97.4
Rejected ballots 25 2.6
Turnout 954 34.0
Registered electors 2,805
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase5.8

Ravenscliffe

Ravenscliffe (1 seat)[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gill Burnett 439 39.9 Increase16.6
Conservative Elizabeth Bishop* 291 26.5 Decrease6.1
UKIP Geoffrey Locke 247 22.5 Increase0.9
Liberal Democrats Doris Hall 123 11.2 Decrease11.4
Majority 148 13.5 N/A
Total valid votes 1,100 99.2
Rejected ballots 9 0.8
Turnout 1,109 32.9
Registered electors 3,375
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase11.3

Seabridge

Seabridge[a] (1 seat)[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Hailstones* 557 45.7 Decrease6.9
Labour Colin Brookes 497 40.8 Increase17.8
UKIP George Harvey 112 9.2 Decrease1.9
Liberal Democrats Hilary Jones 52 4.3 Decrease9.0
Majority 60 4.9 Decrease24.7
Total valid votes 1,218 26.0
Registered electors 4,689
Conservative hold Swing Decrease12.4

Silverdale and Parksite

Silverdale and Parksite (1 seat)[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Lawton 471 46.4 Increase18.3
UKIP Eileen Braithwaite* 431 42.5 Decrease11.1
Conservative Rita Gilmore 112 11.0 Increase0.4
Majority 40 3.9 N/A
Total valid votes 1,014 98.8
Rejected ballots 12 1.2
Turnout 1,026 37.1
Registered electors 2,769
Labour gain from UKIP Swing Increase14.7

Talke

Talke (1 seat)[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Allport 451 38.0 New
UKIP Matthew Banner 305 25.8 Increase7.3
Liberal Democrats David Daniels* 301 25.4 Decrease19.2
Conservative Andrew Davies 130 11.0 Decrease3.9
Majority 146 12.3 N/A
Total valid votes 1,187 98.9
Rejected ballots 13 1.1
Turnout 1,200 37.3
Registered electors 3,219
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Thistleberry

Thistleberry (1 seat)[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Jones* 750 37.6 Decrease16.4
Labour James Matthews 563 28.2 Increase14.1
Conservative Adam Carney 519 26.0 Increase6.0
UKIP Dominic Arnold 164 8.2 Decrease3.7
Majority 187 9.4 Decrease24.7
Total valid votes 1,996 98.9
Rejected ballots 23 1.1
Turnout 2,019 43.5
Registered electors 4,640
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease15.3

Westlands

Westlands (1 seat)[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Holland 1,086 47.9 Decrease11.8
Labour David Leech 792 34.9 Increase21.0
UKIP Philip O'Rourke 226 10.0 Decrease1.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Shenton 165 7.3 Decrease7.6
Majority 294 13.0 Decrease31.8
Total valid votes 2,269 49.1
Registered electors 4,622
Conservative hold Swing Decrease16.4

Wolstanton

Wolstanton (1 seat)[4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sophie Olszewski 596 37.7 Increase7.9
UKIP David Woolley 405 25.6 Increase8.4
Conservative John Pedder 343 21.7 Decrease14.8
Liberal Democrats Mark Hammersley 236 14.9 Increase5.7
Majority 191 12.1 N/A
Total valid votes 1,580 99.4
Rejected ballots 9 0.6
Turnout 1,589 35.3
Registered electors 4,497
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Notes

  1. ^ The election is Seabridge was postponed to 23 June 2011 after the death of a candidate.[2]

References

  1. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Kidsgrove Ward - Newcastle-under-Lyme". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  2. ^ a b Teale, Andrew. "Seabridge Ward - Newcastle-under-Lyme". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  3. ^ Tetteh, Edmund (24 May 2011). "Local elections 2011" (PDF). The House of Commons Library. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Local Elections Handbook 2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2011 - Newcastle-under-Lyme". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Borough Election Results 2011". Newcastle Borough Council. Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  7. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
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