title: 2003 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
text: # 2003 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council election
  
  Elections to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
  
  After the election, the composition of the council was:
  
  * Labour 29
  * Liberal Democrat 18
  * Conservative 12
  * Caring Party 1
  
  ## Election result
  
  Newcastle-under-Lyme Local Election Result 2003 :
  
  | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Labour | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 | 36.9 | 8,655 | -5.2% |
  | Conservative | 5 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 25.0 | 28.1 | 6,583 | +1.2% |
  | Liberal Democrats | 4 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 20.0 | 31.3 | 7,344 | +1.5% |
  | Caring Party | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 738 | +2.2% |
  | Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 91 | +0.1% |
  | Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 19 | +0.1% |
  
  ## Ward results
  
  Audley and Bignall End :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Melicha Lewis | 669 | 39.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Ian Wilkes | 649 | 38.6 |
  | | Conservative | Robert Edwards | 365 | 21.7 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 20 | 1.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,683 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Bradwell :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Sandra Hambleton | 756 | 60.7 |
  | | Conservative | David Parfitt | 247 | 19.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | David Dugdale | 243 | 19.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 509 | 30.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,246 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Butt Lane :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | John Macmillan | 482 | 49.6 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Maurice Leese | 336 | 34.6 |
  | | Conservative | Pauline Rowley | 153 | 15.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 146 | 15.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 971 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Chesterton :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Sheila Phillips | 563 | 56.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Cooley | 278 | 28.1 |
  | | Conservative | Malcolm Moore | 150 | 15.1 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 285 | 28.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 991 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Cross Heath :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | John Williams | 740 | 59.8 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Leo Hamburger | 218 | 17.6 |
  | | Conservative | Eleanor Moore | 183 | 14.8 |
  | | Caring Party | Stephanie Wilcox | 96 | 7.8 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 522 | 42.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,237 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Halmerend :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Gavin Webb | 636 | 51.1 |
  | | Labour | Trevor Sproston | 332 | 26.7 |
  | | Conservative | Mark Riley | 277 | 22.2 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 304 | 24.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,245 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  Keele :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Wenslie Naylon | 231 | 67.0 |
  | | Labour | Jacqueline Fowler | 64 | 18.6 |
  | | Conservative | Joanne Hampton | 50 | 14.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 167 | 48.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 345 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  Kidsgrove :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Martin Bentley | 673 | 54.7 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Robert Porter | 427 | 34.7 |
  | | Conservative | Edward Lowe | 131 | 10.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 146 | 20.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,231 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Knutton and Silverdale :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | David Leech | 461 | 54.4 |
  | | Caring Party | Derrick Huckfield | 319 | 37.6 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Julian Colclough | 41 | 4.8 |
  | | Independent | Michael Nicklin | 19 | 2.2 |
  | | Conservative | Michael James | 8 | 0.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 142 | 16.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 848 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Loggerheads and Whitmore :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Colin Ince | 1,176 | 73.3 |
  | | Labour | Brian O'Rourke | 261 | 16.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Brian Machin | 168 | 10.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 915 | 57.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,605 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  Madeley :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | William Sinnott | 444 | 43.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Bryan Kirkham | 351 | 34.7 |
  | | Conservative | Andrew Davies | 216 | 21.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 93 | 9.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,011 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  May Bank :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Simon Tagg | 810 | 44.5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Trevor Johnson | 601 | 33.0 |
  | | Labour | Margaret McQuillan | 408 | 22.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 209 | 11.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,819 | |
  | | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
  
  Newchapel :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Nora Salt | 305 | 39.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Bowyer | 238 | 31.1 |
  | | Labour | Eileen Astle | 222 | 29.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 67 | 8.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 765 | |
  | | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
  
  Ravenscliffe :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Raymond Astle | 328 | 44.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Hall | 291 | 39.3 |
  | | Conservative | Edgar Greatbatch | 121 | 16.4 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 37 | 5.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 740 | |
  | | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
  
  Seabridge :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Peter Hailstones | 618 | 46.1 |
  | | Labour | Stephen James | 481 | 35.9 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Eric Durber | 242 | 18.0 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 137 | 10.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,341 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  Silverdale and Park Site :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Caring Party | Eileen Braithwaite | 323 | 40.8 |
  | | Labour | George Cairns | 311 | 39.3 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | John Cornes | 83 | 10.5 |
  | | Conservative | James Albinson | 75 | 9.5 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 12 | 1.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 792 | |
  | | Independent gain from Labour | Independent gain from Labour | Swing | |
  
  Talke :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Arthur Amos | 532 | 58.4 |
  | | Labour | Tom Meir | 273 | 30.0 |
  | | Conservative | Beverley Yearsley | 106 | 11.6 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 259 | 28.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 911 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  Thistleberry :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | William Jones | 943 | 58.0 |
  | | Conservative | Bruce Worthington | 387 | 23.8 |
  | | Labour | Joseph Matthews | 297 | 18.3 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 556 | 34.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,627 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
  
  Westlands :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Jeremy Lefroy | 1,001 | 59.0 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Hilary Jones | 410 | 24.1 |
  | | Labour | Ann Beech | 287 | 16.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 591 | 34.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,698 | |
  | | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
  
  Wolstanton :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Michael Clarke | 603 | 45.5 |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Pamela Patten | 426 | 32.2 |
  | | Conservative | John Cooper | 204 | 15.4 |
  | | Green | Ann Beirne | 91 | 6.9 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 177 | 13.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,324 | |
  | | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
  