Local Election Results 2002
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.
Note:— The election in Thistleberry ward was postponed to 13th June 2002 due to the death of a candidate. I have not been able to find the names of the candidates in this election.
Other results for Newcastle-under-Lyme:
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
2014
2015
2016
2018
2022
By-elections for Newcastle-under-Lyme (may be incomplete): 15th August 2002 (Chesterton)
— 12th July 2007 (Westlands)
— 7th February 2008 (Butt Lane)
— 5th March 2009 (Ravenscliffe)
— 4th June 2009 (Seabridge; Wolstanton)
— 4th February 2010 (Newchapel)
— 27th October 2011 (Newchapel)
— 2nd February 2012 (Madeley)
— 10th May 2012 (Kidsgrove)
— 4th July 2013 (Silverdale & Parksite)
— 4th August 2016 (Silverdale & Parksite)
— 8th December 2016 (Madeley)
— 14th December 2017 (Bradwell; Newchapel)
— 21st March 2019 (Holditch & Chesterton)
— 25th November 2021 (Knutton)
— 7th September 2023 (Audley; Knutton)
— 4th July 2024 (Madeley & Betley)
Results for Staffordshire county council: 2005
2009
2013
2017
2021
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
12380 |
40.3% |
29 |
| Liberal Democrat |
10004 |
32.6% |
21 |
| Conservative |
7732 |
25.2% |
10 |
| Caring Party |
362 |
1.2% |
0 |
| Green Party |
198 |
0.6% |
0 |
| Independent |
57 |
0.2% |
0 |
| Andrew Wemyss |
LD |
874 |
44.0% |
| Catherine Cornes |
LD |
834 |
|
| Edward Boden |
Lab |
786 |
39.5% |
| Ian Wilkes |
LD |
770 |
|
| Dennis McIntosh |
Lab |
641 |
|
| Leonard Gibbs |
Lab |
622 |
|
| Robert Edwards |
C |
328 |
16.5% |
| Kenneth Rushton |
C |
193 |
|
| Vera Rushton |
C |
173 |
|
| Trevor Hambleton |
Lab |
749 |
59.4% |
| John Tatton |
Lab |
730 |
|
| Tom Meir |
Lab |
697 |
|
| Michelle Degg |
C |
270 |
21.4% |
| Shirley Coxon |
LD |
243 |
19.3% |
| Alan Humphreys |
C |
234 |
|
| Gladys Parfitt |
C |
205 |
|
| Patricia Timmis |
LD |
152 |
|
| Mavis Lench |
Lab |
588 |
53.9% |
| John Evans |
Lab |
566 |
|
| John Macmillan |
Lab |
551 |
|
| Paula Earl |
LD |
367 |
33.6% |
| Silvia Burgess |
LD |
362 |
|
| John Parsons |
LD |
340 |
|
| Betty Cartwright |
C |
136 |
12.5% |
| John Harper |
C |
128 |
|
| Nicola Pattison |
C |
120 |
|
| Elizabeth Caddy |
Lab |
635 |
59.0% |
| John Billington |
Lab |
612 |
|
| Sheila Phillips |
Lab |
565 |
|
| Malcolm Moore |
C |
234 |
21.7% |
| Christopher Wain |
LD |
207 |
19.2% |
| Russell Pattison |
C |
191 |
|
| Price Roberts |
C |
182 |
|
| Colin Brooks |
Lab |
525 |
44.2% |
| Ann Heames |
C |
518 |
43.6% |
| Vince Byatt |
Lab |
505 |
|
| William Heames |
C |
466 |
|
| Julian Colclough |
LD |
144 |
12.1% |
| Marjorie Cookson |
LD |
139 |
|
| Gillian Williams |
Lab |
792 |
57.2% |
| Sylvia Butler |
Lab |
766 |
|
| John Williams |
Lab |
711 |
|
| Jane Finney |
LD |
394 |
28.4% |
| Leo Hamburger |
LD |
254 |
|
| Mary Cork |
C |
199 |
14.4% |
| Luciana Flackett |
C |
174 |
|
| Thomas James |
C |
163 |
|
| David Becket |
LD |
614 |
47.8% |
| Gavin Webb |
LD |
573 |
|
| Mark Riley |
C |
343 |
26.7% |
| Christopher Cooper |
Lab |
327 |
25.5% |
| Trevor Sproston |
Lab |
311 |
|
| Simon Tagg |
C |
285 |
|
| Betty Blaise |
Lab |
499 |
70.6% |
| Vic Finnemore |
Lab |
430 |
|
| Jane Wemyss |
LD |
125 |
17.7% |
| Eleanor Moore |
C |
83 |
11.7% |
| Phyllis James |
C |
81 |
|
| Robin Studd |
LD |
445 |
64.6% |
| Wenslie Naylon |
LD |
429 |
|
| Theresa James |
Lab |
155 |
22.5% |
| Brian O'Rourke |
Lab |
143 |
|
| Margaret Campbell |
C |
89 |
12.9% |
| Judith Flynn |
C |
84 |
|
| Mary Maxfield |
LD |
752 |
48.6% |
| Margaret Astle |
Lab |
698 |
45.1% |
| Martin Bentley |
Lab |
596 |
|
| Geoffrey Hall |
LD |
579 |
|
| Ephriam Daniels |
LD |
558 |
|
| Dorothy Fogg |
Lab |
546 |
|
| Elizabeth Heath |
C |
97 |
6.3% |
| Michael James |
C |
90 |
|
| Richard Watts |
C |
81 |
|
| Maureen Maddox |
Lab |
456 |
53.5% |
| David Leech |
Lab |
392 |
|
| Derrick Huckfield |
Caring |
252 |
29.6% |
| Stephanie Wilcox |
Caring |
144 |
|
| Eric Durber |
LD |
73 |
8.6% |
| Peter Davies |
C |
71 |
8.3% |
| David Heath |
C |
56 |
|
| Charles Holland |
C |
1166 |
68.5% |
| Freda Myatt |
C |
1078 |
|
| Colin Ince |
C |
1050 |
|
| Anne Becket |
LD |
292 |
17.2% |
| Anne Farrelly |
Lab |
243 |
14.3% |
| Doris Boden |
Lab |
209 |
|
| Victor Wilson |
Lab |
178 |
|
| Ashley Howells |
Lab |
758 |
50.1% |
| William Sinnott |
Lab |
537 |
|
| Andrew Davies |
C |
385 |
25.5% |
| Bryan Kirkham |
LD |
369 |
24.4% |
| Ian Matthews |
C |
328 |
|
| Muffi Fox |
LD |
836 |
45.4% |
| Edward Coxon |
LD |
763 |
|
| Trevor Johnson |
LD |
724 |
|
| Michael Clarke |
Lab |
678 |
36.8% |
| Margaret McQuillan |
Lab |
483 |
|
| Roy Taylor |
Lab |
458 |
|
| Peter Dunn |
C |
329 |
17.9% |
| Anthony Thornber |
C |
261 |
|
| Marjorie Thornber |
C |
232 |
|
| Hortense Lowndes |
LD |
330 |
40.2% |
| Sandra Bowyer |
LD |
313 |
|
| Gillian Burnett |
Lab |
270 |
32.9% |
| Frank Penell |
Lab |
260 |
|
| Nora Salt |
C |
221 |
26.9% |
| Carl Thomson |
C |
196 |
|
| Bertram Lawton |
Lab |
394 |
43.0% |
| Colin Higginson |
Lab |
390 |
|
| John Cooper |
C |
363 |
39.6% |
| Barbara Lewis |
C |
249 |
|
| Christopher Dunning |
LD |
160 |
17.4% |
| Neil Adams |
LD |
138 |
|
| Brian Lewis |
LD |
420 |
44.4% |
| Raymond Astle |
Lab |
410 |
43.4% |
| Christine Slater |
LD |
394 |
|
| Edmund Chrzanowski |
Lab |
379 |
|
| Edith Greatbach |
C |
115 |
12.2% |
| Jacqueline Heath |
C |
90 |
|
| Andrew Fear |
C |
713 |
47.0% |
| David Nixon |
C |
692 |
|
| Peter Hailstones |
C |
677 |
|
| Richard Gorton |
Lab |
569 |
37.5% |
| Cynthia Taylor |
Lab |
485 |
|
| Harry Matthews |
Lab |
468 |
|
| Kelly Dale |
LD |
235 |
15.5% |
| Craig Ridgway |
LD |
220 |
|
| Hans Liebeck |
LD |
189 |
|
| Elaine Blake |
Lab |
480 |
60.4% |
| George Cairns |
Lab |
369 |
|
| George Tweedie |
Caring |
110 |
13.8% |
| John Naylon |
LD |
105 |
13.2% |
| Angela Studd |
LD |
101 |
|
| Geoffrey Cubley |
Caring |
100 |
|
| Robert Titterton |
C |
100 |
12.6% |
| Sydney Trickett |
C |
82 |
|
| Raymond Slater |
LD |
657 |
60.3% |
| Arthur Amos |
LD |
648 |
|
| Lynda Griffiths |
Lab |
358 |
32.8% |
| Robina Macmillan |
Lab |
314 |
|
| Shirley Titterton |
C |
75 |
6.9% |
| Pauline Trickett |
C |
63 |
|
| |
LD |
942 |
49.9% |
| |
LD |
906 |
|
| |
LD |
896 |
|
| |
Lab |
473 |
25.1% |
| |
Lab |
424 |
|
| |
Lab |
420 |
|
| |
C |
414 |
22.0% |
| |
C |
412 |
|
| |
C |
376 |
|
| |
Ind |
57 |
3.0% |
| |
Ind |
51 |
|
| Albert Clarke |
Lab |
556 |
45.5% |
| David Clarke |
LD |
534 |
43.7% |
| Christopher Malkin |
LD |
486 |
|
| Stephen James |
Lab |
427 |
|
| Winston Cooper |
C |
131 |
10.7% |
| Adam Howard |
C |
110 |
|
| Glennis Deakin |
C |
1166 |
61.2% |
| Mary Moss |
C |
1122 |
|
| Michael Flynn |
C |
1034 |
|
| Laura Stoddard |
Lab |
401 |
21.1% |
| David Dugdale |
LD |
337 |
17.7% |
| Peter Munn |
Lab |
336 |
|
| Hilary Jones |
LD |
331 |
|
| Susan Willson |
LD |
308 |
|
| Ike Williams |
Lab |
300 |
|
| Michael Foy |
Lab |
580 |
38.3% |
| Andrew Worsey |
LD |
549 |
36.3% |
| Pamela Patten |
LD |
538 |
|
| John Cornes |
LD |
495 |
|
| Sandra Hambleton |
Lab |
446 |
|
| Sheridon Lamb |
Lab |
445 |
|
| Ann Beirne |
Grn |
198 |
13.1% |
| David Cooper |
C |
186 |
12.3% |
| John Vernon |
C |
124 |
|
| Christopher Trickett |
C |
117 |
|
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