Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election, 2006

Elections to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Newcastle-under-Lyme Local Election Result 2006
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	8	0	5	-5	40.0	27.5	7,873	-9.5%
	Conservative	6	3	0	+3	30.0	31.6	9,029	+3.9%
	Liberal Democrat	6	3	1	+2	30.0	25.2	7,198	-8.1%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	14.3	4,088	+14.3%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	377	+0.7%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	33	-0.7%

Ward results

Audley and Bignall End
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Cornes Dylis	693	36.7
	Labour	Ann Beech	690	36.5
	UKIP	David Nixon	316	16.7
	Conservative	Betty Cartwright	189	10.0
Majority			3	0.2
Turnout			1,888
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Bradwell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Trevor Hambleton	643	41.3	-15.4
	Conservative	Alan Humphreys	325	20.9	-2.6
	UKIP	David Parfit	310	19.9	+19.9
	Liberal Democrat	David Dugdale	279	17.9	-1.9
Majority			318	20.4	-12.8
Turnout			1,557
	Labour hold		Swing

Butt Lane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mavis Lench	405	34.5	-12.9
	Liberal Democrat	Sylvia Burgess	404	34.4	+2.7
	UKIP	Paul Edwards	206	17.5	+17.5
	Conservative	Glenys Davies	160	13.6	-7.2
Majority			1	0.1	-15.6
Turnout			1,175
	Labour hold		Swing

Chesterton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Cooley	492	34.6
	Labour	Sandra Simpson	441	31.0
	UKIP	Mark Barlow	268	18.8
	Conservative	Jocelyn Budibent	223	15.7
Majority			51	3.6
Turnout			1,424
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Clayton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen Sweeney	632	46.3	+2.9
	Labour	David Beardmore	352	25.8	-11.8
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Shenton	210	15.4	-3.6
	UKIP	Brian Dunkley	172	12.6	+12.6
Majority			280	20.5	+14.7
Turnout			1,366
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Cross Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Gillian Williams	627	45.1	-9.2
	UKIP	Neville Benson	288	20.7	+20.7
	Liberal Democrat	Leo Hamburger	243	17.5	+1.1
	Conservative	Tagg John	232	16.7	-3.0
Majority			339	24.4	-10.2
Turnout			1,390
	Labour hold		Swing

Holditch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	William Simpson	401	48.7	-17.1
	UKIP	Barbara Lewis	192	23.3	+23.3
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Durber	127	15.4	-18.8
	Conservative	David Cooper	104	12.6	+12.6
Majority			209	25.4	-6.2
Turnout			824
	Labour hold		Swing

Keele
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Robin Studd	279	35.9	-31.1
	Green	Andrew Dobson	236	30.3	+30.3
	Conservative	Joel Foley	193	24.8	+10.3
	Labour	Stephen James	60	7.7	-10.9
	UKIP	Sajid Mahmood	10	1.3	+1.3
Majority			43	5.6	-42.8
Turnout			778
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kidsgrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mary Maxfield	809	49.5	+28.5
	Labour	Paul Waring	472	28.9	-33.3
	UKIP	Geoffrey Locke	188	11.5	+11.5
	Conservative	Edward Lowe	166	10.2	-6.7
Majority			337	20.6
Turnout			1,635
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Knutton and Silverdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Richard Gorton	380	40.1	-14.3
	UKIP	Derrick Huckfield	331	34.9	+34.9
	Conservative	Nicola Gregory	117	12.3	+11.4
	Liberal Democrat	Betty Kinnersley	87	9.2	+4.4
	Independent	Michael Nicklin	33	3.5	+1.3
Majority			49	5.2	-11.6
Turnout			948
	Labour hold		Swing

Loggerheads and Whitmore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Philip Maskery	1,640	74.1	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Becket	235	10.6	-8.1
	UKIP	Trevor Colclough	171	7.7	+7.7
	Labour	Glyn Williams	166	7.5	-3.1
Majority			1,405	63.5	+11.5
Turnout			2,212
	Conservative hold		Swing

Madeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Robert Howells	433	33.8	-10.1
	Conservative	Richard Lowe	404	31.6	+10.2
	Liberal Democrat	Bryan Kirkham	358	28.0	-6.7
	UKIP	Joseph Bonfiglio	85	6.6	+6.6
Majority			29	2.2	-7.0
Turnout			1,280
	Labour hold		Swing

May Bank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen Holland	1,126	56.7	+8.3
	Liberal Democrat	Donald Maciver	371	18.7	-10.8
	Labour	Jacqueline Olszewski	326	16.4	-5.7
	UKIP	Michael Beckett	163	8.2	+8.2
Majority			755	38.0	+19.1
Turnout			1,986
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Porthill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Julie Cooper	570	47.6	+5.7
	Labour	Bertram Lawton	343	28.7	-11.5
	Liberal Democrat	Emma Cooley	149	12.4	-5.4
	UKIP	Yvonne Heath	135	11.3	+11.3
Majority			227	18.9	+17.2
Turnout			1,197
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Seabridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Andrew Fear	738	43.8	-2.7
	Labour	Rex Harper	408	24.2	-11.2
	UKIP	Paul Gregory	278	16.5	+16.5
	Liberal Democrat	Carol Reddish	260	15.4	-2.7
Majority			330	19.6	+8.5
Turnout			1,684
	Conservative hold		Swing

Silverdale and Parksite
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Elaine Blake	389	41.9	+2.6
	UKIP	Andrea Liversage	296	31.9	+31.9
	Conservative	Alexander Hayward	125	13.5	+4.0
	Liberal Democrat	Richard O'Callaghan	119	12.8	+2.3
Majority			93	10.0
Turnout			929
	Labour hold		Swing

Thistleberry
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	June Walklate	934	53.9	-1.8
	Conservative	Gerald Cork	384	22.1	-1.6
	Labour	Doris Boden	248	14.3	-1.2
	UKIP	Dominic Arnold	168	9.7	+9.7
Majority			950	31.8	-0.2
Turnout			1,734
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Elizabeth Shenton	586	49.0	+0.7
	Labour	Albert Clarke	365	30.5	-2.7
	Conservative	Luciana Flackett	136	11.4	-1.5
	UKIP	Glyn Jones	108	9.0	+9.0
Majority			221	18.5	+3.4
Turnout			1,195
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

Westlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Glennis Deakin	1,143	60.3	+4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Hilary Jones	341	18.0	-8.4
	Labour	Eileen Robinson	246	13.0	-5.1
	UKIP	Pamela Jackson	166	8.8	+8.8
Majority			802	42.3	+13.2
Turnout			1,896
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wolstanton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Michael Foy	478	31.9	-6.7
	Conservative	Stephen Morris	422	28.1	+8.9
	UKIP	David Woolley	237	15.8	+15.8
	Liberal Democrat	Christopher Dunning	222	14.8	-15.3
	Green	Ann Beirne	141	9.4	-2.8
Majority			56	3.8	-4.7
Turnout			1,500
	Labour hold		Swing

References

2006 Newcastle-under-Lyme election result

Council elections in Staffordshire

Staffordshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Cannock Chase District Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

East Staffordshire Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Lichfield District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

South Staffordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Stafford Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Stoke-on-Trent City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Tamworth Borough Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

See also: Wards Boundary changes

(2005 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2006 (→ 2007)

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