Local Elections 2008

Newcastle-under-Lyme

One-third of council up for election. No election this year in Keele, Knutton and Silverdale or Silverdale and Parksite. The election in Madeley this year was a by-election.

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Map of the results.

Audley and Bignall End

Ian Wilkes LD 835 51.3%
Kevin Phillips Lab 367 22.5%
Brenda Edwards C 280 17.2%
Roger Ruddle UKIP 146 9.0%

Bradwell [C gain from Lab]

John Tagg C 623 37.6%
Gareth Snell Lab 485 29.3%
Donald Bowers UKIP 413 24.9%
David Dugdale LD 135 8.2%

Butt Lane [LD gain from Lab]

Dennis Richards LD 398 36.4%
John Evans Lab 314 28.7%
John Bishop C 225 20.6%
Stuart Hall UKIP 157 14.4%

Chesterton

Hilda Johnson Lab 423 32.2%
Michael Dolman LD 307 23.3%
Mark Barlow UKIP 300 22.8%
Owen Meredith C 285 21.7%

Clayton

Ann Heames C 633 52.4%
Mavis Brown LD 253 21.0%
Sophia Baker Lab 199 16.5%
Glyn Jones UKIP 122 10.1%

Cross Heath [UKIP gain from Lab]

David Nixon UKIP 507 37.2%
Sylvia Butler Lab 489 35.9%
Glenys Davies C 234 17.2%
Paul Barnish LD 134 9.8%

Halmerend

Andrew Wemyss LD 627 48.6%
Alan Humphreys C 264 20.5%
Ian Ashbolt Lab 236 18.3%
Neville Benson UKIP 163 12.6%

Holditch [UKIP gain from Lab]

Barbara Lewis UKIP 309 39.5%
David Scott Lab 294 37.5%
Clarrisa Hemmingsen C 99 12.6%
Julian Colclough LD 81 10.3%

Kidsgrove [LD gain from Lab]

Tina Morrey LD 551 37.5%
Margaret Astle Lab 496 33.7%
Matthew Lewis C 225 15.3%
Glyn Rafferty UKIP 198 13.5%

Loggerheads and Whitmore

Freda Myatt C 1432 65.7%
David Howell UKIP 422 19.4%
Eric Durber LD 187 8.6%
Martyn Harris Lab 138 6.3%

Madeley [By-election]

James Bannister C 485 38.8%
William Welsh Lab 393 31.4%
Anne Becket LD 264 21.1%
Joseph Bonfiglio UKIP 109 8.7%

May Bank

Ian Matthews C 1102 62.3%
Stephen Harrison Lab 300 16.9%
Donald MacIver LD 237 13.4%
Suzanne Walley UKIP 131 7.4%

Newchapel [C gain from Lab]

Christian Barber C 416 44.1%
Kyle Robinson Lab 220 23.3%
Alison Jones LD 180 19.1%
Garry Whitehurst UKIP 127 13.5%

Porthill

John Cooper C 712 64.7%
Bertram Lawton Lab 265 24.1%
Betty Kinnersley LD 124 11.3%

Ravenscliffe [C gain from Lab]

Sarah Myatt C 399 39.9%
Gillian Burnett Lab 224 22.4%
Geoffrey Hall LD 189 18.9%
Geoffrey Locke UKIP 189 18.9%

Seabridge

Peter Whieldon C 714 48.6%
Ian Levitt Lab 294 20.0%
Paul Gregory UKIP 247 16.8%
Carol Reddish LD 213 14.5%

Talke

Raymond Slater LD 489 53.9%
Alexander Simpson C 156 17.2%
Judith McNeela Lab 134 14.8%
Tracey Beardmore UKIP 129 14.2%

Thistleberry

Marion Reddish LD 831 49.8%
Luciana Flackett C 497 29.8%
Nicholas Butler Lab 210 12.6%
Dominic Arnold UKIP 132 7.9%

Town

David Clarke LD 479 47.3%
Lloyd Brown Lab 266 26.3%
David Cooper C 197 19.4%
Barry Milford UKIP 71 7.0%

Westlands

Mary Moss C 1138 66.2%
Mary Shenton LD 268 15.6%
Eileen Robinson Lab 198 11.5%
Andrea Liversage UKIP 114 6.6%

Wolstanton [C gain from Lab]

Yvonne Burke C 424 30.0%
Mark Olszewski Lab 420 29.7%
David Woolley UKIP 418 29.5%
Christopher Wain LD 153 10.8%

Consolidated results — Newcastle-under-Lyme 2008

Party Votes Percent Seats
Conservative 10540 37.3% 11
Liberal Democrat 6935 24.6% 7
Labour 6365 22.5% 1
UK Independence Party 4404 15.6% 2

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