2018 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
{{Short description|2018 UK local government election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2018 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
| country = England
| type = Parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour = yes
| previous_election = 2016 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
| previous_year = 2016
| next_election = 2022
| next_year = 2022
| seats_for_election = All 44 seats to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
| majority_seats = 23
| election_date = 3 May 2018
| image1 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader1 = Tony Kearon
| leaders_seat1 = Keele
| party1 = Labour Party (UK)
| last_election1 = 27 seats
| seats1 = 20
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 7
| popular_vote1 = 25,469
| percentage1 = 39.7%
| swing1 =
| image2 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader2 = Simon Tagg
| leaders_seat2 = Westlands
| party2 = Conservative Party (UK)
| last_election2 = 21 seats
| seats2 = 18
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 3
| popular_vote2 = 27,381
| percentage2 = 42.7%
| swing2 =
| image3 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader3 = Marion Reddish
| leaders_seat3 = Thistleberry
| party3 = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| last_election3 = 3 seats
| seats3 = 3
| seat_change3 = {{steady}}
| popular_vote3 = 3,516
| percentage3 = 5.5%
| swing3 =
| image4 = File:No image wide.svg
| party4 = Independent politician
| last_election4 =
| seats4 = 3
| seat_change4 =
| popular_vote4 = 5,859
| percentage4 = 9.1%
| swing4 =
| image5 = File:No image wide.svg
| party5 = UK Independence Party
| last_election5 = 2 seats
| seats5 = 0
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 2
| popular_vote5 = 991
| percentage5 = 1.5%
| swing5 =
| image6 = File:No image wide.svg
| party6 = Green Party of England and Wales
| last_election6 = 1 seat
| seats6 = 0
| seat_change6 = {{decrease}} 1
| popular_vote6 = 917
| percentage6 = 1.4%
| swing6 =
| map_image =File:Newcastle-under-Lyme UK local election 2018 map.svg
| map_size =
| map_caption = Results by ward
| title = Leader
| posttitle = Leader after election
| before_election = Simon Tagg
Conservative
| before_party = No overall control
| after_election = Simon Tagg
Conservative
| after_party = No overall control
}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/all-services/your-council/elections-and-electoral-registration/elections-2018 |title=Elections 2018|access-date=29 April 2018 |work=Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/sites/default/files/IMCE/YourCouncil/Elections/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20Explanatory%20Document%20Dec%20%202015.pdf |title=Moving to all-out elections|access-date=29 April 2018 |work=Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council}}
Election summary
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size: 100%" |
| style="width:155px;" colspan=2|Party
! style="width:120px;"|Leader ! style="width:50px;"|Candidates ! style="width:50px;"|Seats ! style="width:125px;" colspan=2|Votes |
|---|
| style="background:{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}; width:5px;" |
|style="text-align:left"| Labour |style="text-align:left"| Tony Kearon | 44 | 20 | 25,469 | 39.7 |
| style="background:{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}; width:5px;" |
|style="text-align:left"| Conservative |style="text-align:left"| Simon Tagg | 44 | 18 | 27,371 | 42.7 |
| style="background:{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}; width:5px;" |
|style="text-align:left"| Liberal Democrat |style="text-align:left"| Marion Reddish | 15 | 3 | 3,516 | 5.5 |
| style="background:{{party color|UK Independence Party}}; width:5px;" |
|style="text-align:left"| UKIP |style="text-align:left"| | 7 | 0 | 991 | 1.5 |
| style="background:{{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}; width:5px;" |
|style="text-align:left"| Green |style="text-align:left"| | 6 | 0 | 917 | 1.4 |
| style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}; width:5px;" |
|style="text-align:left" colspan=2| Independent | 13 | 3 | 5,859 | 9.1 |
Candidates
=Audley=
{{Election box begin | title=Audley (3)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Bert Proctor
|votes = 986
|percentage = 44.0
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sue Moffatt
|votes = 818
|percentage = 36.5
|change =
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Ian Wilkes
|votes = 773
|percentage = 34.5
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Tom Heavey
|votes = 714
|percentage = 31.8
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ian Ashbolt
|votes = 574
|percentage = 25.6
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Linda Hailstones
|votes = 529
|percentage = 23.6
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Hailstones
|votes = 501
|percentage = 22.3
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Lawrence Whitworth
|votes = 357
|percentage = 15.9
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Ben Ireland
|votes = 208
|percentage = 9.3
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Kay Mitchell
|votes = 183
|percentage = 8.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Bradwell=
{{Election box begin | title=Bradwell (3)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Annabel Driver
|votes = 974
|percentage = 50.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew Fox-Hewitt
|votes = 882
|percentage = 45.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jennifer Cooper
|votes = 879
|percentage = 45.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Dorinda Bailey
|votes = 854
|percentage = 44.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Chloe Mancey
|votes = 810
|percentage = 41.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Moss
|votes = 810
|percentage = 41.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Anthony Morris
|votes = 146
|percentage = 7.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Richard Virr
|votes = 92
|percentage = 4.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Clayton=
{{Election box begin | title=Clayton (1)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Sweeney
|votes = 441
|percentage = 48.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Shenton
|votes = 394
|percentage = 42.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Gary Fedtschyschak
|votes = 52
|percentage = 5.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Morgan-Ross Inwood
|votes = 32
|percentage = 3.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Crackley and Red Street=
{{Election box begin | title=Crackley and Red Street (2)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Allison Gardner
|votes = 566
|percentage = 49.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sarah Pickup
|votes = 491
|percentage = 42.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gail Benbow
|votes = 476
|percentage = 41.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Cooper
|votes = 448
|percentage = 39.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Mark Barlow
|votes = 140
|percentage = 12.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Cross Heath=
{{Election box begin | title=Cross Heath (2)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gillian Williams
|votes = 693
|percentage = 61.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Williams
|votes = 685
|percentage = 60.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Rita Gilmore
|votes = 301
|percentage = 26.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Heesom
|votes = 243
|percentage = 21.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Lynn Dean
|votes = 150
|percentage = 13.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Holditch and Chesterton=
{{Election box begin | title=Holditch and Chesterton (2)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Emily Horsfall
|votes = 566
|percentage = 57.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Christopher Spence
|votes = 528
|percentage = 53.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Kenneth Owen
|votes = 186
|percentage = 18.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Cooper
|votes = 166
|percentage = 16.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Cooper
|votes = 144
|percentage = 14.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Paul Daniels
|votes = 105
|percentage = 10.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Gordon Davies
|votes = 75
|percentage = 7.6
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Chris Moore
|votes = 61
|percentage = 6.1
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Arthur Richards
|votes = 47
|percentage = 4.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Keele=
{{Election box begin | title=Keele (1)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Tony Kearon
|votes = 291
|percentage = 58.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = James Borg
|votes = 98
|percentage = 19.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Dan Grice
|votes = 78
|percentage = 15.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Paul Usher
|votes = 27
|percentage = 5.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Kidsgrove and Ravenscliffe=
{{Election box begin | title=Kidsgrove and Ravenscliffe (3)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gill Burnett
|votes = 817
|percentage = 39.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Silvia Burgess
|votes = 717
|percentage = 34.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Helena Maxfield
|votes = 700
|percentage = 33.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Laura Dillon
|votes = 694
|percentage = 33.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Kevin Johnson
|votes = 688
|percentage = 32.8
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Allport
|votes = 675
|percentage = 32.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Simon Jones
|votes = 423
|percentage = 20.2
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Darren Dawson
|votes = 405
|percentage = 19.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Geoffrey Locke
|votes = 402
|percentage = 19.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Reg Bailey
|votes = 327
|percentage = 15.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Knutton=
{{Election box begin | title=Knutton (1)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Brian Johnson
|votes = 355
|percentage = 74.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Swift
|votes = 120
|percentage = 25.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Loggerheads=
{{Election box begin | title=Loggerheads (2)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Northcott
|votes = 962
|percentage = 77.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Barry Panter
|votes = 740
|percentage = 59.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Deborah Faulks
|votes = 226
|percentage = 18.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Deborah Fuller
|votes = 186
|percentage = 15.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David Beckett
|votes = 131
|percentage = 10.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Madeley and Betley=
{{Election box begin | title=Madeley and Betley (2)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Simon White
|votes = 936
|percentage = 57.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Gary White
|votes = 842
|percentage = 51.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Graham Hutton
|votes = 500
|percentage = 30.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Nathan White
|votes = 323
|percentage = 19.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Liam Searle
|votes = 252
|percentage = 15.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Wilson
|votes = 201
|percentage = 12.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Andrew Wemyss
|votes = 100
|percentage = 6.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Maer and Whitmore=
{{Election box begin | title=Maer and Whitmore (1)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Harrison
|votes = 654
|percentage = 89.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Lee
|votes = 75
|percentage = 10.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=May Bank=
{{Election box begin | title=May Bank (3)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Tagg
|votes = 1,244
|percentage = 56.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Trevor Johnson
|votes = 1,232
|percentage = 56.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Cooper
|votes = 1,218
|percentage = 55.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Colin Eastwood
|votes = 729
|percentage = 33.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Jacqueline Olszewski
|votes = 718
|percentage = 32.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Lesley Richards
|votes = 656
|percentage = 29.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Sean Adam
|votes = 253
|percentage = 11.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Newchapel and Mow Cop=
{{Election box begin | title=Newchapel and Mow Cop (2)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jill Waring
|votes = 573
|percentage = 43.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Paul Waring
|votes = 521
|percentage = 39.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Angela Cooper
|votes = 430
|percentage = 32.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Lynn Jackson
|votes = 423
|percentage = 31.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Vic Jukes
|votes = 355
|percentage = 26.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Nigel Morgan
|votes = 304
|percentage = 22.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Silverdale=
{{Election box begin | title=Silverdale (2)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Amelia Rout
|votes = 569
|percentage = 49.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = David Jones
|votes = 549
|percentage = 47.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Derrick Huckfield
|votes = 504
|percentage = 43.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Vernon
|votes = 351
|percentage = 30.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Thomas Spokes
|votes = 67
|percentage = 5.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Talke and Butt Lane=
{{Election box begin | title=Talke and Butt Lane (3)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Kyle Robinson
|votes = 1,226
|percentage = 59.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Sylvia Dymond
|votes = 1,154
|percentage = 56.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Co-operative
|candidate = Michael Stubbs
|votes = 1,001
|percentage = 48.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Nicholas Jellyman
|votes = 432
|percentage = 21.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ben Lack
|votes = 421
|percentage = 20.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Graham Lovell
|votes = 417
|percentage = 20.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ray Williams
|votes = 410
|percentage = 19.9
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Alexander Wright
|votes = 407
|percentage = 19.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Thistleberry=
{{Election box begin | title=Thistleberry (2)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Marion Reddish
|votes = 713
|percentage = 48.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = June Walklate
|votes = 616
|percentage = 42.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Pamela Jellyman
|votes = 455
|percentage = 31.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Rachel Mundy
|votes = 388
|percentage = 26.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Susan Forrester-O'Neill
|votes = 341
|percentage = 23.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Roger Wilkes
|votes = 271
|percentage = 18.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Gordon Pearson
|votes = 68
|percentage = 4.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Town=
{{Election box begin | title=Town (2)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ruth Wright
|votes = 659
|percentage = 55.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Elizabeth Shenton
|votes = 654
|percentage = 55.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Martin Johnson
|votes = 248
|percentage = 20.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Luke Mason
|votes = 219
|percentage = 18.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Christopher Malkin
|votes = 181
|percentage = 5.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Hilary Jones
|votes = 128
|percentage = 10.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Wenslie Naylon
|votes = 97
|percentage = 8.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Salwa El-Raheb-Booth
|votes = 95
|percentage = 8.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Westbury Park and Northwood=
{{Election box begin | title=Westbury Park and Northwood (2)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew Parker
|votes = 892
|percentage = 65.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew Fear
|votes = 857
|percentage = 62.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Beardmore
|votes = 459
|percentage = 33.5
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Wendy Brockie
|votes = 416
|percentage = 30.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Westlands=
{{Election box begin | title=Westlands (3)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Simon Tagg
|votes = 1,534
|percentage = 65.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gillian Heesom
|votes = 1,460
|percentage = 61.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Mark Holland
|votes = 1,448
|percentage = 61.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Thomas Brayford
|votes = 582
|percentage = 24.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Imogen Wilkes
|votes = 558
|percentage = 23.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Solomon Gibson
|votes = 494
|percentage = 20.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Jade Taylor
|votes = 270
|percentage = 11.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Richard Whelan
|votes = 239
|percentage = 10.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Wolstanton=
{{Election box begin | title=Wolstanton (2)}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Julie Cooper
|votes = 644
|percentage = 45.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Mark Olszewski
|votes = 639
|percentage = 44.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = David Woolley
|votes = 622
|percentage = 43.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joan Winfield
|votes = 574
|percentage = 40.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Ann Beirne
|votes = 153
|percentage = 10.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Changes 2018–2022
=By-elections=
{{Election box begin | title=Holditch & Chesterton, 21 March 2019}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Kenneth Owen
|votes = 282
|percentage = 40.3
|change = +21.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Radford
|votes = 268
|percentage = 38.3
|change = -14.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UKIP
|candidate = Mark Barlow
|votes = 86
|percentage = 12.3
|change = +1.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Lawrence Whitworth
|votes = 49
|percentage = 7.0
|change = -9.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Social Democratic Party (UK, 1990-present)
|candidate =
|votes = 14
|percentage = 2.0
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 699
|percentage = 17.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Maer & Whitmore, 2 May 2019}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Graham Hutton
|votes = 629
|percentage = 86.6
|change = -3.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Salwa El-Raheb Booth
|votes = 97
|percentage = 13.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 726
|percentage = 37.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Holditch & Chesterton, 12 December 2019}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David Grocott
|votes = 902
|percentage = 42.7
|change = -14.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Hailstones
|votes = 762
|percentage = 36.1
|change = +19.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Lilian Barker
|votes = 376
|percentage = 17.8
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Aidan Jenkins
|votes = 72
|percentage = 3.4
|change = -2.7
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,112
|percentage = 50.1
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Knutton, 25 November 2021}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Derrick Huckfield
|votes = 188
|percentage = 51.1
|change = +25.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephanie Talbot
|votes = 180
|percentage = 48.9
|change = -25.8
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 368
|percentage = 18.3
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Changes of allegiance=
Ian Wilkes, elected as a Liberal Democrat, joined the Conservatives in February 2020.{{cite news |last1=Boothroyd |first1=David |title=Warrington gets the Abbey habit |url=https://www.localcouncils.co.uk/2020/02/warrington-gets-the-abbey-habit/ |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=Local Councils |publisher=Thorncliffe |date=7 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.{{cite news |last1=Corrigan |first1=Phil |title=Tories take overall control of Newcastle Borough Council for first time in decades |url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/tories-take-overall-control-newcastle-6145008 |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=Stoke-on-Trent Live |date=2 November 2021}}
John Cooper, elected as a Conservative, left the party in January 2022 to sit as an independent.{{cite news |last1=Boothroyd |first1=David |title=Tory trifecta in Dartford |url=https://www.localcouncils.co.uk/2022/01/tory-trifecta-in-dartford/ |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=Local Councils |publisher=Thorncliffe |date=28 January 2022}}
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