Newcastle-under-Lyme Council - Wards and Councillors

District council · West Midlands · 44 seats in 21 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 2 May 2030

Reform UK have a majority on Newcastle-under-Lyme Council. The council has 44 councillors in 21 wards. Seats by party: Reform 26, Conservative 15, Labour 3. The next election is on 2 May 2030.

A government plan to replace the councils in this area with two unitary councils was paused for review on 7 September 2026. Elections due in May 2027 will go ahead on existing council boundaries. Source

Control

Seats by party

Reform UK (Majority)

44 seats - 23 for a majority

Reform 26Labour 3Conservative 15

Seat changes since the 7 May 2026 election Labour +1 Reform −1

Vote share at the 7 May 2026 election (44 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Reform38.6%27

Conservative26.3%15

Labour20.7%2

Green10.2%0

Other2.3%0

Lib Dem2.0%0

2026 election results for Newcastle-under-Lyme, ward by ward

Next election

2 May 2030

all 44 seats up, then every four years

Largest party

Reform 26

majority of 8; 23 needed

Closest result

Keele

Labour won by 12 votes over Green, 7 May 2026

Latest by-election

Town

Labour gain from Reform, 8 October 2026 (7 since 2021)

Constituencies

3 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

63%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

LabourConservativeReform

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 21 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Audley Janice SainReiners, Patricia Harrison, Rhys Machin	7 May 2026 Reform 40.5% lead 20.0 pts
Bradwell Glenn Tift, Pamela Jellyman, Ben Simpson	7 May 2026 Reform 45.3% lead 21.1 pts
Clayton Paul Wood	7 May 2026 Reform 35.9% lead 2.2 pts
Crackley & Red Street Vanessa Renshaw, Peter Walton	7 May 2026 Reform 47.9% lead 24.9 pts
Cross Heath Christopher Saxton, Mark Harrison	7 May 2026 Reform 41.1% lead 13.4 pts
Holditch & Chesterton Wayne Barber, Jon Chamberlain	7 May 2026 Reform 51.3% lead 17.8 pts
Keele Dave Jones	7 May 2026 Labour 30.2% lead 2.6 pts
Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe Jonathan Gullis, Olivia Westcott, Charlie Clarke	7 May 2026 Reform 52.2% lead 30.9 pts
Knutton Graham Shaw	7 May 2026 Reform 66.2% lead 42.4 pts
Loggerheads Graham Sedgley, Andrew Turnock	7 May 2026 Conservative 42.5% lead 10.1 pts
Madeley & Betley Robert Bettley-Smith, Jill Whitmore	7 May 2026 Conservative 46.0% lead 17.5 pts
Maer & Whitmore Jeremy Lefroy	7 May 2026 Conservative 50.1% lead 12.0 pts
May Bank John Tagg, David Hutchison, Finn Swain	7 May 2026 Conservative 32.5% lead 4.7 pts
Newchapel & Mow Cop Jonathan Downs, Scott Stevenson	7 May 2026 Reform 46.8% lead 28.4 pts
Silverdale Martyn Ashworth, Ian Sparks	7 May 2026 Reform 48.6% lead 24.7 pts
Talke & Butt Lane Gary Evans, Simon Kasperowicz, Martin Rogerson	7 May 2026 Reform 55.4% lead 23.8 pts
Thistleberry Susan Beeston, Joan Whieldon	7 May 2026 Conservative 36.2% lead 12.1 pts
Town Andrew Fox-Hewitt, Sheelagh Casey-Hulme	7 May 2026 Labour 28.3% lead 1.2 pts
Westbury Park & Northwood Andrew Parker, Andrew Fear	7 May 2026 Conservative 39.7% lead 6.5 pts
Westlands Simon Tagg, Gill Heesom, Mark Holland	7 May 2026 Conservative 45.7% lead 21.6 pts
Wolstanton Andrew Fisher, Christopher Bailey	7 May 2026 Reform 38.9% lead 12.5 pts

Audley

Janice SainReiners ReformPatricia Harrison ReformRhys Machin Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform40.5%

Conservative20.5%

Lib Dem14.0%

Labour13.8%

The Potteries Party11.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rhys James Machin Elected	Reform	1,098
Patricia Jillian Harrison Elected	Reform	1,004
Janice Sain-Reiners Elected	Reform	858
Nick Crisp	Conservative	557
Ian Frank Wilkes	Conservative	539
Sally Jane Rudd	Conservative	492
Maggie Babb	Lib Dem	380
Peter Roy Lawrence	Labour	373
Claire Elizabeth Vodrey	Labour	372
John Sutton	Labour	353
Andrew Robert Wemyss	Lib Dem	340
Tom Heavey	The Potteries Party	304
Eric Geoffrey Durber	Lib Dem	277

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Bradwell

Ben Simpson ReformGlenn Tift ReformPamela Jellyman Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform45.3%

Labour24.2%

Conservative16.8%

Green13.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Pamela Jellyman Elected	Reform	1,096
Ben Joshua Simpson Elected	Reform	1,091
Glenn Michael Tift Elected	Reform	1,024
Andrew Fox-Hewitt	Labour	586
Lesley Ann Richards	Labour	502
Rebekah Sioban Lewis	Labour	465
Julie Margaret Cooper	Conservative	407
Jeanette Hodges	Conservative	347
Jude Powell	Conservative	345
Liam Joseph Shirley	Green	328
Harry Joseph Smith	Green	293

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Clayton

Paul Wood Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Reform35.9%

Conservative33.7%

Labour22.8%

Lib Dem7.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Paul Malcolm Wood Elected	Reform	322	35.9%
Stephen John Mclean Sweeney	Conservative	302	33.7%
Leigh Hughes	Labour	204	22.8%
Anja Winter	Lib Dem	68	7.6%

Crackley & Red Street

Peter Walton ReformVanessa Renshaw Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Reform47.9%

Conservative23.0%

Labour18.6%

Green10.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Vanessa Renshaw Elected	Reform	813
Peter Bernard Walton Elected	Reform	785
Lilian Barker	Conservative	390
Joel Sean George Edgington-Plunkett	Labour	316
Conna Douglas Eynon	Conservative	314
Janet Mary Pazio	Labour	267
Deborah Percy	Green	179

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Cross Heath

Christopher Saxton ReformMark Harrison Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Reform41.1%

Labour27.7%

Green16.4%

Conservative14.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Mark Harrison Elected	Reform	666
Christopher Saxton Elected	Reform	589
Gill Williams	Labour	448
John Williams	Labour	371
Natalie Soleiman	Green	266
Thomas Robert David Molloy	Conservative	239
Tom Wytcherley	Conservative	172

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Holditch & Chesterton

Jon Chamberlain ReformWayne Barber Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Reform51.3%

Labour33.5%

Conservative15.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Wayne Barber Elected	Reform	566
Jon Lee Chamberlain Elected	Reform	554
David Peter Grocott	Labour	369
Precious Idowu Osode	Labour	315
Ken Owen	Conservative	168
Kevin John Robinson	Conservative	105

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Keele

Dave Jones Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Labour30.2%

Green27.6%

Conservative24.9%

Reform17.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Dave Jones Elected	Labour	143	30.2%
Sami Islam	Green	131	27.6%
Wenslie Naylon	Conservative	118	24.9%
James Vernon	Reform	82	17.3%

Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe

Charlie Clarke ReformJonathan Gullis ReformOlivia Westcott Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform52.2%

Labour21.3%

Conservative12.8%

Green10.7%

Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition3.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jonathan Gullis Elected	Reform	1,335
Charlie Edward George Clarke Elected	Reform	1,218
Olivia Mae Wozny Elected	Reform	1,126
Silvia Burgess	Labour	546
Mark Allen	Labour	492
Jason Owen	Labour	388
Simon John Philip Jones	Conservative	328
Kienen D K Catterall	Green	273
Michael James Dowler	Conservative	249
Adam Peter Henry Rollison	Green	244
John Heesom	Conservative	239
Rebecca Anne Carter	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	77

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Knutton

Graham Shaw Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Reform66.2%

Labour23.8%

Conservative10.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Graham Paul Shaw Elected	Reform	359	66.2%
Joshua Gilbert	Labour	129	23.8%
James Linden Dowler	Conservative	54	10.0%

Loggerheads

Andrew Turnock ConservativeGraham Sedgley Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Conservative42.5%

Reform32.4%

Labour14.5%

Green10.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Graham David Sedgley Elected	Conservative	805
Andrew William Turnock Elected	Conservative	730
Robert Alwyn Selwood	Reform	615
Phillip Arthur Watts	Reform	532
Jeff Love	Labour	274
Nigel David John Hadfield	Labour	242
Grant Clifford Martin Robertson	Green	202

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Madeley & Betley

Jill Whitmore ConservativeRobert Bettley-Smith Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Conservative46.0%

Reform28.5%

Labour12.9%

Green12.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jill Pamela Whitmore Elected	Conservative	884
Robert Bettley-Smith Elected	Conservative	832
Vicky England	Reform	549
Neill Antony Walker	Reform	533
Elaine Blake	Labour	249
Kerri Louise Jackman	Green	241
Steve French	Green	237
Moonoon Moontaha Jawadin	Labour	173

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Maer & Whitmore

Jeremy Lefroy Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Conservative50.1%

Reform38.1%

Labour11.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jeremy John Elton Lefroy Elected	Conservative	562	50.1%
Richard Woodward	Reform	428	38.1%
Dave Lee	Labour	132	11.8%

May Bank

David Hutchison ConservativeFinn Swain ConservativeJohn Tagg Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative32.5%

Labour27.8%

Reform24.7%

Green15.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
John Henry Tagg Elected	Conservative	948
David Hutchison Elected	Conservative	928
Finn Swain Elected	Conservative	834
Jackie Olszewski	Labour	812
Deborah Elizabeth Bailey	Reform	721
Bayley Dickin	Labour	714
Anthony-Claret Ifeanyi Onwutalobi	Labour	702
Craig Anthony Rolinson	Reform	675
Stefan John Whittaker	Reform	636
Oliver Robert Kane	Green	439

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Newchapel & Mow Cop

Jonathan Downs ReformScott Stevenson Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Reform46.8%

Labour18.4%

Conservative12.1%

Independent11.4%

Independent11.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jonathan Christopher Downs Elected	Reform	968
Scott Thomas Stevenson Elected	Reform	911
Keith Cooper	Labour	381
Sarah Elizabeth Pickup	Labour	356
Cressida Diane Townley Dickens	Conservative	251
Gordon Hugh Davies	Independent	236
Ray Williams	Independent	231
Jozsef Spekker	Conservative	204

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Silverdale

Ian Sparks ReformMartyn Ashworth Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Reform48.6%

Labour23.9%

Green14.4%

Conservative13.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Martyn Trevor Ashworth Elected	Reform	735
Ian Anthony Sparks Elected	Reform	670
Sylvia Teresa Butler	Labour	361
Thomas Wilson	Labour	293
Jamie Tomkinson	Green	218
George Charles McBride	Conservative	199
Shauney Harry Connor	Conservative	146

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Talke & Butt Lane

Gary Evans ReformMartin Rogerson ReformSimon Kasperowicz Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Reform55.4%

Labour31.6%

Conservative13.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Gary Evans Elected	Reform	1,306
Martin Gavin Rogerson Elected	Reform	1,259
Simon Kasperowicz Elected	Reform	1,224
Sylvia Norma Dymond	Labour	746
David Allport	Labour	712
Michael Robert Stubbs	Labour	680
Julie Anne Dunlevy	Conservative	306
Laura May Matthews	Conservative	272
Trevor George Johnson	Conservative	270

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Thistleberry

Joan Whieldon ConservativeSusan Beeston Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Conservative36.2%

Reform24.1%

Labour15.3%

Lib Dem12.5%

Green11.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sue Beeston Elected	Conservative	607
Joan Ann Whieldon Elected	Conservative	554
Richard Sellers-Smith	Reform	405
Chris Sweeney	Reform	391
Margaret Wilkes	Labour	256
Hilary Jones	Lib Dem	210
Christopher Mueller	Green	200
Roger William Wilkes	Labour	200
Nigel Jones	Lib Dem	177

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Town

Andrew Fox-Hewitt LabourSheelagh Casey-Hulme Labour

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Labour28.3%

Reform27.1%

Green21.6%

Conservative16.1%

Lib Dem6.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sheelagh Casey-Hulme Elected	Labour	345
Christine Ann Duffy Elected	Reform	331
Thomas Paul Edgington	Reform	317
Ruth Wright	Labour	301
Nick Chidlow	Green	263
Mark Allan Jones	Green	243
Amanda Jane Berrisford	Conservative	197
Ian David Gilmore	Conservative	145
James Martin Borg	Lib Dem	84
Morgan Inwood	Lib Dem	64

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 8 October 2026

Labour46.2%

Reform26.7%

Green12.3%

Conservative11.8%

Lib Dem2.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Andrew Fox-Hewitt Elected	Labour	431	46.2%
Adam Griffiths	Reform	249	26.7%
Mark Allan Jones	Green	115	12.3%
Conna Douglas Eynon	Conservative	110	11.8%
Morgan Inwood	Lib Dem	27	2.9%

Westbury Park & Northwood

Andrew Fear ConservativeAndrew Parker Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Conservative39.7%

Reform33.2%

Labour13.8%

Green13.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Andrew Thomas Fear Elected	Conservative	683
Andrew David Parker Elected	Conservative	675
David William Gameson	Reform	571
Adam Griffiths	Reform	568
Luke Simon Bland	Labour	238
Stephen John Axon	Green	227
Richard John Parkes	Labour	222
Thomas Taylor	Green	212

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Westlands

Gill Heesom ConservativeMark Holland ConservativeSimon Tagg Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (3 seats)

Conservative45.7%

Reform24.1%

Green18.8%

Labour11.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Simon John Tagg Elected	Conservative	1,480
Gillian Mary Heesom Elected	Conservative	1,296
Mark Edward Holland Elected	Conservative	1,282
Keith Parker	Reform	781
Garry Proctor	Reform	763
Gary Fedtschyschak	Reform	723
Jaffar Javed Khan	Green	610
Kyle Mark Bolderson	Green	538
Rosa Al-Baldawi Dilling	Green	466
Nicholas James Butler	Labour	369
Mike Melling	Labour	361
Carol Stimpson	Labour	345

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Wolstanton

Andrew Fisher ReformChristopher Bailey Reform

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026 (2 seats)

Reform38.9%

Labour26.4%

Conservative20.9%

Green13.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Christopher Bailey Elected	Reform	688
Andrew Mark Fisher Elected	Reform	643
Philip Reece	Labour	466
Mark Joseph Olszewski	Labour	445
Philip Hodges	Conservative	369
Shaun James McDonagh	Conservative	341
Robbie David Trickett	Green	244

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

7 by-elections since July 2021, 1 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
8 October 2026	Town	Labour gain from Reform	46.2%
1 May 2025	Knutton	Labour hold	26.2%
1 May 2025	Loggerheads	Conservative hold	70.5%
23 January 2025	Town	Labour hold	39.9%
19 July 2024	Madeley & Betley	Conservative hold
10 September 2023	Audley	Labour hold
10 September 2023	Knutton	Labour hold

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Newcastle-under-Lyme	74%	Labour	Labour 34%
Stoke-on-Trent North	21%	Labour	Reform 37%
Stafford	5%	Labour	Labour 32%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in Newcastle-under-Lyme

123,298 residents in 53,400 households

Voted Leave in 2016

63% 11 above GB

Degree or higher

28% 6 below GB

No qualifications

20% 2 above GB

Own their home

68% 7 above GB

Rent from a council or housing association

17% same as GB

Rent privately

14% 6 below GB

Aged 15 to 34

29% 2 below GB

Aged 65 and over

26% 4 above GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.