Before anyone asks for your vote: what the official record says about the ground around this area — housing sites, schools, protected areas, air quality — and who represents you now.
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Boundary: ONS Open Geography Portal (Open Government Licence). Map tiles: OpenStreetMap.
Every recorded council election here since 2006, most recent first. Elected candidates in bold. Past results describe the past; each election is a new contest.
2022— Labour Party, Labour Party elected · turnout 25%
Wendy Ann Brockie
Labour Party
665
Ruth Elizabeth Maria Wright
Labour Party
644
Conna Douglas Eynon
Conservative and Unionist Party
309
Daniel Hayden Hill
Conservative and Unionist Party
303
2018— Labour Party, Labour Party elected · turnout 30%
Ruth Elizabeth Maria Wright
Labour Party
659
Elizabeth Alice Ruth Shenton
Labour Party
654
Martin Peter Johnson
Conservative and Unionist Party
248
Luke Mathew Mason
Conservative and Unionist Party
219
Christopher John Malkin
Independent Berwick Hills Resident
181
Hilary Ann Jones
Liberal Democrats
128
Wenslie Naylon
Independent Berwick Hills Resident
97
Salwa Booth
Liberal Democrats
95
2016— Labour Party elected · turnout 32%
Ruth Elizabeth Maria Wright
Labour Party
526
Alan Slater Fox
Conservative and Unionist Party
201
Kevin Raftery
English Democrats
148
Morgan-Ross Inwood
Liberal Democrats
93
2014— Labour Party, Labour Party elected · turnout 32%
Elizabeth Shenton
Labour Party
452
Robert Wallace
Labour Party
388
Andrew Keeling
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
261
Rebecca Keeling
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
252
Pam Jellyman
Conservative and Unionist Party
173
Hilary Jones
Liberal Democrats
144
Carol Reddish
Liberal Democrats
125
Neil Whittet
Conservative and Unionist Party
115
Kevin Raftery
Independent
94
2012— Labour Party elected · turnout 24%
Matt Taylor
Labour Party
465
Michael Shenton
Liberal Democrats
258
Ian Gilmore
Conservative and Unionist Party
137
Wayne Harling
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
88
2010— Liberal Democrats elected
Elizabeth Shenton
Liberal Democrats
788
Joan Winfield
Labour Party
636
Nicola Ralphs
Conservative and Unionist Party
460
George Harvey
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
187
2008— Liberal Democrats elected
David Clarke
Liberal Democrats
479
Lloyd Brown
Labour Party
266
David Cooper
Conservative and Unionist Party
197
Barry Milford
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
71
2006— Liberal Democrats elected
Elizabeth Shenton
Liberal Democrats
586
Albert Clarke
Labour Party
365
Luciana Flackett
Conservative and Unionist Party
136
Glyn Jones
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
108
Source: DCLEAPIL v1.0 British local election results 2006–2024, by Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's Local Elections Archive Project and Democracy Club (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0). Where a ward's boundaries changed, earlier results were for a somewhat different area.
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough: Town ward in numbers
Official open data about the area. It describes the place, not you, and it favours no candidate.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
225 people in Town ward, 4.7% of residents aged 16–64, against 4% across England (August 2026).
Claimant count, Office for National Statistics via Nomis (Open Government Licence). It counts people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while required to seek work; it is not the same as the unemployment rate.
House prices in Newcastle Under Lyme
Average price £209,112, up 6.6% on a year earlier (July 2026).
Flats and maisonettes: £91,843
Detached houses: £321,664
Source: HM Land Registry UK House Price Index for the local authority (Open Government Licence). A local-authority average; prices within it vary widely.
Recorded crime nearby, July 2026
488 street-level crimes recorded within about a mile of the area's centre.
violent crime: 164
anti social behaviour: 87
public order: 57
shoplifting: 42
criminal damage arson: 36
other theft: 26
Source: data.police.uk (Open Government Licence). Centroid of the ONS 2024 boundary. Statistics near this point describe the area, not any household. Recorded crime reflects reporting and policing as well as offending; see the ONS guidance in further reading.
Who represents you now
Councillors for Town, as recorded after the May 2026 elections:
Sheelagh Casey-Hulme, Labour Party
Christine Duffy, Reform UK
This by-election fills a seat that has fallen vacant since then, so one of those listed may no longer hold it.
Across the whole of Newcastle-under-Lyme council (44 seats in 2026): Conservative 15, Labour 2, Reform UK 27. Run by: Reform UK, with a majority.
Councillors and council make-up from Open Council Data (public domain). The council's own website lists current councillors and how to contact them.
