Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)

Newcastle-under-Lyme is a constituency in northern Staffordshire created in 1354 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Adam Jogee of the Labour Party.

Boundaries

Historic

1885–1918: The existing parliamentary borough, so much of the municipal borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme as was not already included in the parliamentary borough, the local government district of Tunstall, and so much of the parish of Wolstanton as lay south of a line drawn along the centre of the road leading west from Chatterley railway station to the boundary of Audley parish.

1918–1950: The Municipal Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme and the Urban Districts of Audley and Wolstanton United.

1950–1983: The Municipal Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme and the Rural District of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

1983–2010: The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme wards of Audley and Bignall End, Bradwell, Chesterton, Clayton, Cross Heath, Halmerend, Holditch, Keele, May Bank, Porthill, Seabridge, Silverdale, Thistleberry, Town, Westlands and Wolstanton.

2010–2024: The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme wards of Audley and Bignall End; Bradwell; Chesterton; Clayton; Cross Heath; Halmerend; Holditch; Keele; Knutton and Silverdale; May Bank; Porthill; Seabridge; Silverdale and Parksite; Thistleberry; Town; Westlands; and Wolstanton.

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for the 2010 general election. The contents were changed to reflect the revised ward structure in the Borough, but the parliamentary boundaries were unchanged.

Current

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies (in effect since 2024 general election), the constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme wards of: Audley; Bradwell; Clayton; Crackley & Red Street; Cross Heath; Holditch & Chesterton; Keele; Knutton; Madeley & Betley; May Bank; Silverdale; Thistleberry; Town; Westbury Park & Northwood; Westlands; Wolstanton.

Minor boundary change including the addition of the village of Madeley from the (abolished constituency of Stone, in order to bring the electorate within the permitted range.

The constituency includes most of the Newcastle-under-Lyme borough, primarily comprising Newcastle-under-Lyme town and including the villages of Audley, Keele and Madeley.

History

From its creation in 1354, Newcastle-under-Lyme returned two MPs to the House of Commons. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the constituency's representation was cut to one member.

Prominent frontbenchers or members

Before the 20th century the constituency was often influenced and represented by members of the Leveson, Leveson-Gower and related Egerton family who owned in this constituency the Trentham estate - their most important MP was the Viscount Trentham who obtained a Dukedom (1st Duke of Sutherland).

Josiah Wedgwood of the pottery family was repeatedly elected to the seat from 1906. In 1919, he shifted his allegiance from the Liberal Party (the Lloyd George Coalition Liberals allying with the Conservatives) to the Labour Party; he was among many Liberals and their supporters deserting the party in or around 1918 due to the steering of David Lloyd George to the right and inviting Conservatives into government with him. He was ennobled to join the Lords in 1942, as 1st Baron Wedgwood, and campaigned in the United States for that country to join World War II and for Indian Independence.

Summary of results

Since Wedgwood joined the Independent Labour Party in 1919, the seat elected the Labour candidate at each election for the next hundred years, a total of 29 elections in succession. Labour came close to losing the seat in 1969, 1986, 2015 and 2017, and eventually lost the seat in 2019; the first time a member of the Conservative Party had represented the seat since it had been a dual-member borough before the 1885 general election which followed the Reform Act 1884 and the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.

The 2015 result was the 9th-smallest majority of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority. Its 2017 general election result was the fifth-closest result overall and the second closest to being taken by the Conservatives, a winning margin of 30 votes (behind Dudley North, where the result was a Labour majority of 22 votes).

In 2019, it was finally won by the Conservatives for the first time since it became a single-member seat, by over 7,000 votes. It was one of the twelve Staffordshire seats (100%) won (held or gained) by Conservative candidates. However, Labour regained the seat at the 2024 election with a majority of just over 5,000.

Results of candidates of other parties

In 2015 one of four other parties' candidates standing, UKIP's Wood, won more than 5% of the vote in 2015 therefore keeping his deposit, the party which campaigned consistently for the public vote for leaving the European Union in 2016. In 2017 the three largest British parties fielded candidates only — Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat candidates in order of votes won.

Turnout since 1945

Turnout has ranged from 87.6% in 1950 to 58.4% in 2024.

2017 election issues

In the 2017 election, 1,500 eligible voters were turned away while 2 ineligible voters were able to vote. An independent report by Andrew Scallan found a "complex picture of administrative mistakes around registration and postal voting processes", and because of the small margin of victory (30 votes) concluded that "it is impossible to have absolute confidence that the result... reflects the will of the electorate."

2024 election

On 31 May Aaron Bell announced that he would not be standing again for Newcastle-under-Lyme at the 2024 General Election. He announced the news on Facebook with an open letter in which he said 'It is with a heavy heart that I have decided not to contest the forthcoming general election for personal and family reasons'.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1353–1509

Where the name of the member has not yet been ascertained or is not recorded in a surviving document, the entry unknown is entered in the table.

Burgesses in the English Parliament 1510-1707

As there were sometimes significant gaps between Parliaments held in this period, the dates of first assembly and dissolution are given.

The Roman numerals after some names are those used in The House of Commons 1509-1558 and The House of Commons 1558-1603 to distinguish a member from another politician of the same name.

Elected	Assembled	Dissolved	First member	Second member
1510	21 January 1510	23 February 1510	John Welles	William Pury
1512	4 February 1512	4 March 1514	John Welles	Thomas Rider
1515	5 February 1515	22 December 1515	John Welles	Thomas Rider
1523	15 April 1523	13 August 1523	unknown	unknown
1529	3 November 1529	14 April 1536	John Persall	Richard Grey
1536	8 June 1536	18 July 1536	unknown	unknown
1539	28 April 1539	24 July 1540	unknown	unknown
1542	16 January 1542	28 March 1544	Harry Broke	John Smith
1545	23 November 1545	31 January 1547	Humphrey Welles	Harry Broke
1547	4 November 1547	15 April 1552	James Rolston	William Layton (died) Alexander Walker in place of Layton
1553	1 March 1553	31 March 1553	Roger Fowke	John Smyth
1553	5 October 1553	5 December 1553	Roger Fowke	James Rolston
1554	2 April 1554	3 May 1554	James Rolleston	Francis Moore
1554	12 November 1554	16 January 1555	Sir Ralph Bagnall	Richard Smyth
1555	21 October 1555	9 December 1555	Sir Richard Bagnall (properly Sir Nicholas Bagenal)	Richard Smyth
14 January 1558	20 January 1558	17 November 1558	Richard Hussey	Thomas Egerton
5 January 1559	23 January 1559	8 May 1559	Sir Nicholas Bagenal	Walter Blount
1562 or 1563	11 January 1563	2 January 1567	Sir Ralph Bagnall	John Long
1571	2 April 1571	29 May 1571	Sir Ralph Bagnall	Ralph Bourchier
12 April 1572	8 May 1572	19 April 1583	Ralph Bourchier	Thomas Grimsdiche
16 November 1584	23 November 1584	14 September 1585	Peter Warburton	Walter Chetwynd
28 September 1586	13 October 1586	23 March 1587	James Colyer	Walter Chetwynd
10 October 1588	4 February 1589	29 March 1589	Thomas Humphrey	Francis Angier
1593	18 February 1593	10 April 1593	John James	Thomas Fitzherbert
16 October 1597	24 October 1597	9 February 1598	Sir Walter Leveson	John Bowyer
1 October 1601	27 October 1601	19 December 1601	Edward Mainwaring	Thomas Trentham
1603 [sic]	19 March 1604	9 February 1611	Sir Walter Chetwynd	John Bowyer (replaced in by-election 1605 by Rowland Cotton)
1614	5 April 1614	7 June 1614	Edward Wymarke	Robert Needham, 2nd Viscount Kilmorey
1621	16 January 1621	8 February 1622	Sir John Davies	Edward Kerton
1624	12 February 1624	27 March 1625	Sir Edward Vere (disabled, replaced April 1624 by Charles Glemham	Richard Leveson
1625	17 May 1625	12 August 1625	Edward Mainwaring	John Keeling
1626	6 February 1626	15 June 1626	Sir John Skeffington	John Keeling
1628	17 March 1628	10 March 1629	Sir George Gresley, 1st Baronet	Sir Rowland Cotton
No parliament held
1640	13 April 1640	5 May 1640	Sir John Merrick (Country)	Richard Lloyd (Court)
1640	3 November 1640	5 December 1648	Sir Richard Leveson (Royalist) (until 1643) replaced by Samuel Terrick (Parl.)	Sir John Merrick (Parl.)
N/A	6 December 1648	20 April 1653	unrepresented
N/A	4 July 1653	12 December 1653	unrepresented
1654	3 September 1654	22 January 1655	Edward Keeling
1656	17 September 1656	4 February 1658	John Bowyer(never sat)
1659	27 January 1659	22 April 1659	Edward Keeling	Tobias Bridge
N/A	7 May 1659	20 February 1660	unknown	unknown

MPs 1660–1885

Election	First member		First party	Second member		Second party
1660		John Bowyer			Samuel Terrick
1661		Sir Caesar Colclough			Edward Mainwaring
1675					William Leveson-Gower
1679		Sir Thomas Bellot, Bt
1685		Edward Mainwaring			William Sneyd
1689		Sir William Leveson-Gower			John Lawton
1690					Sir Thomas Bellot, Bt
1692		Sir John Leveson-Gower, later 1st Lord Gower
1695					John Lawton
1698					Sir Thomas Bellot, Bt
1699				rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	Rowland Cotton	Tory
1702		John Crewe Offley
1705				style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	Sir Thomas Bellot, Bt	Tory
1706	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	Crewe Offley			John Lawton
1708	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	Sir Thomas Bellot, 3rd Baronet	Tory	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	Rowland Cotton	Tory
1709	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	Crewe Offley	Whig		John Lawton
1710		William Burslem		rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	Rowland Cotton	Tory
Jan 1715		Henry Vernon
1715		Sir Brian Broughton			Crewe Offley	Whig
1722					Thomas Leveson-Gower
1724 by-election		Sir Walter Bagot
1727		Baptist Leveson-Gower			John Ward
1734					John Lawton II
1740 by-election					Randle Wilbraham
1747					Viscount Parker
1754					John Waldegrave
1761		Henry Vernon II
1762 by-election		Sir Lawrence Dundas, Bt
1763 by-election					Thomas Gilbert
Mar 1768		John Wrottesley, later 8th Bt			Alexander Forrester
May 1768 by-election		Sir George Hay
1774					George Waldegrave, Viscount Chewton
1779 by-election		George Leveson-Gower, Viscount Trentham
1780					Sir Archibald Macdonald
1784		Richard Vernon
1790		John Leveson-Gower
1792 by-election		William Egerton
1793 by-election					Sir Francis Ford
1796					Edward Bootle-Wilbraham
1802		Sir Robert Lawley
1806		James Macdonald
1812	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	Earl Gower	Whig	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	Sir John Boughey, Bt	Whig
1815 by-election	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	Sir John Chetwode	Tory
1818	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	William Shepherd Kinnersley	Tory	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	Robert Wilmot-Horton	Whig
1823 by-election	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	Evelyn Denison	Whig
1826	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	Richardson Borradaile	Tory
1830	rowspan="1" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|			William Henry Miller	Whig
1831	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	Edmund Peel	Tory		rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	Tory
1832	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	Sir Henry Willoughby	Tory
1834	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|		Conservative		rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	Conservative
1835	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	Edmund Peel	Conservative
1837	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	Spencer Horsey de Horsey	Conservative
1841	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	Edmund Buckley	Conservative	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	John Quincey Harris	Whig
1842 by-election	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|			John Campbell Colquhoun	Conservative
1847	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	Samuel Christy	Peelite	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	William Jackson	Whig
1859	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	William Murray	Conservative	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|		Liberal
1865	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	William Shepherd Allen	Liberal	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	Sir Edmund Buckley, Bt	Conservative
1878 by-election	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|			Samuel Rathbone Edge	Liberal
1880	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|			Charles Donaldson-Hudson	Conservative
1885	representation reduced to one member by the Redistribution of Seats Act

MPs since 1885

Year		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	1885	William Shepherd Allen	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	1886	Douglas Coghill	Liberal Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	1892	William Allen	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	1900	Sir Alfred Seale Haslam	Liberal Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	1906	Josiah Wedgwood	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	1918		Ind. Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	1919		Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	1931		Ind. Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	1935		Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	1942 by-election	John Mack	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	1951	Stephen Swingler	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	1969 by-election	John Golding	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	1986 by-election	Llin Golding	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	2001	Paul Farrelly	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	2019	Aaron Bell	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color"|	2024	Adam Jogee	Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Adam Jogee	Template:Replace	40.4
		Simon Tagg	10,923	27.6
		Neill Walker	8,865	22.4
		Nigel Jones	1,987	5.0
		Jennifer Hibell	1,851	4.7
Majority			5,069	12.8
Turnout			39,618	58.4
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+15.1

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Aaron Bell	Template:Replace	52.5
		Carl Greatbatch	16,039	35.9
		Nigel Jones	2,361	5.3
		Jason Cooper	1,921	4.3
		Carl Johnson	933	2.1
Majority			7,446	16.6
Turnout			44,879	65.8
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	Increase 8.35

General election 2017: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Paul Farrelly	Template:Replace	48.2
		Owen Meredith	21,094	48.1
		Nigel Jones	1,624	3.8
Majority			30	0.1
Turnout			43,842	66.9
	hold		Swing	Decrease 0.7

General election 2015: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Paul Farrelly	Template:Replace	38.4
		Tony Cox	15,870	36.9
		Phil Wood	7,252	16.9
		Ian Wilkes	1,826	4.2
		Sam Gibbons	1,246	2.9
		David Nixon	283	0.7
Majority			650	1.5
Turnout			42,997	62.6
	hold		Swing	Decrease 1.5

General election 2010: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Paul Farrelly	Template:Replace	38.0
		Robert Jenrick	14,841	34.4
		Nigel Jones	8,466	19.6
		David Nixon	3,491	8.1
Majority			1,552	3.6
Turnout			43,191	62.2
	hold		Swing	Decrease 8.4

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Paul Farrelly	Template:Replace	45.4
		Jeremy Lefroy	9,945	25.0
		Trevor Johnson	7,528	18.9
		David Nixon	1,436	3.6
		John Dawson	1,390	3.5
		Andrew Dobson	918	2.3
		Marian Harvey-Lover	518	1.3
Majority			8,108	20.4
Turnout			39,788	61.6
	hold		Swing	-2.7

General election 2001: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Paul Farrelly	Template:Replace	53.4
		Michael Flynn	10,664	27.6
		Jerry Roodhouse	5,993	15.5
		Robert Fyson	773	2.0
		Paul Godfrey	594	1.5
Majority			9,986	25.8
Turnout			38,674	58.8
	hold		Swing	-4.6

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Llin Golding	Template:Replace	56.5
		Marcus Hayes	10,537	21.5
		Robin Studd	6,858	14.0
		Kim Suttle	1,510	3.1
		Steven Mountford	1,399	2.9
		Bridget Bell	1,082	2.2
Majority			17,206	35.0
Turnout			49,129	73.6
	hold		Swing

General election 1992: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Llin Golding	Template:Replace	47.9
		Andrew Brierley	15,813	29.6
		Alan Thomas	11,727	21.9
		Richard Lines	314	0.6
Majority			9,839	18.3
Turnout			53,506	80.8
	hold		Swing	+2.9

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Llin Golding	Template:Replace	40.5
		Alan Thomas	16,486	30.9
		Peter Ridway	14,863	27.9
	Ex Labour Moderate	Michael Nicklin	397	0.7
Majority			5,132	9.6
Turnout			53,364	80.8
	hold		Swing

• Resignation of John Golding on 24 June 1986, upon appointment as General Secretary of the National Communications Union.

Template:Election box Registered electors

1986 Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Llin Golding	Template:Replace	40.8
		Alan Thomas	16,020	38.8
		James Nock	7,863	19.0
		David Sutch	277	0.7
		John Gaskell	115	0.3
		James Parker	83	0.2
		David Brewster	70	0.2
Majority			799	2.0
Turnout			41,247	62.2
	hold		Swing

General election 1983: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Golding	Template:Replace	42.0
		Leslie Lawrence	18,406	36.4
		Alan Thomas	10,916	21.6
Majority			2,804	5.6
Turnout			50,532	77.3
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Golding	Template:Replace	48.5
		E Ashley	24,421	41.3
		G Evans	5,878	10.0
	British Socialist Empire	S Rowe	156	0.3
Majority			4,228	7.2
Turnout			59,104	81.6
	hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Golding	Template:Replace	49.6
		Nicholas Bonsor	20,784	36.6
		R Fyson	7,604	13.4
	UK Front	S Rowe	256	0.5
Majority			7,370	13.0
Turnout			56,798	78.0
	hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Golding	Template:Replace	47.2
		Nicholas Bonsor	22,955	37.9
		R Fyson	8,861	14.6
	UK Front	S Rowe	228	0.4
Majority			5,648	9.3
Turnout			61,647	84.1
	hold		Swing

General election 1970: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Golding	Template:Replace	48.9
		Nicholas Winterton	20,223	44.3
		Derek Wright	1,954	4.3
	Democratic Party	Peter Boyle	1,194	2.61
Majority			2,106	4.6
Turnout			45,700	65.5
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

By-election 1969: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Golding	Template:Replace	46.1
		Nicholas Winterton	20,744	43.9
		David Spreckley	2,999	6.4
	Democratic Party	D Parker	1,699	3.6
Majority			1,042	2.2
Turnout			47,228	72.3
	hold		Swing

General election 1966: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Stephen Swingler	Template:Replace	61.8
		Peggy Fenner	19,497	38.2
Majority			12,051	23.6
Turnout			51,045	79.9
	hold		Swing

General election 1964: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Stephen Swingler	Template:Replace	58.0
		John Lovering	22,073	42.0
Majority			8,397	16.0
Turnout			52,543	82.2
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Stephen Swingler	Template:Replace	55.6
		Thomas Prendergast	23,838	44.4
Majority			6,002	11.2
Turnout			53,678	84.4
	hold		Swing

General election 1955: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Stephen Swingler	Template:Replace	56.8
		Frank Taylor	21,569	43.2
Majority			6,745	13.6
Turnout			49,883	80.8
	hold		Swing

General election 1951: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Stephen Swingler	Template:Replace	58.0
		James Friend	22,278	42.0
Majority			8,536	16.0
Turnout			53,092	87.5
	hold		Swing

General election 1950: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Mack	Template:Replace	57.8
		James Friend	22,132	42.2
Majority			8,117	15.6
Turnout			52,381	87.6
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Mack	Template:Replace	66.2
		George Wade	8,380	21.4
		Norman Elliott	4,838	12.4
Majority			17,523	44.8
Turnout			39,121	77.1
	hold		Swing

1942 Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Mack	Template:Replace	N/A
	hold

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Josiah Wedgwood	Template:Replace	N/A
	gain from

File:1924 Josiah Wedgwood.jpg

Wedgwood

General election 1931: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Josiah Wedgwood	Template:Replace	N/A
	gain from

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Josiah Wedgwood	Template:Replace	69.9
		Christopher Kemplay Tatham	9,011	30.1
Majority			11,920	39.8
Turnout			29,942	75.8
Registered electors			39,482
	hold		Swing	+12.2

General election 1924: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Josiah Wedgwood	Template:Replace	57.7
		A. Hassam	10,425	42.3
Majority			3,801	15.4
Turnout			24,651	80.0
Registered electors			30,816
	hold		Swing	−7.9

General election 1923: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Josiah Wedgwood	Template:Replace	65.6
		John Ravenshaw	6,746	34.4
Majority			6,135	31.2
Turnout			19,627	64.2
Registered electors			30,565
	hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1922: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Josiah Wedgwood	Template:Replace	60.2
		Albert Shaw	9,573	39.8
Majority			4,930	20.4
Turnout			24,076	79.5
Registered electors			30,300
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A

Election results 1868-1918

Elections in the 1860s

File:William Shepherd Allen, NZETC.jpg

Allen

General election 1868: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edmund Buckley	Template:Replace	43.8
		William Shepherd Allen	Template:Replace	33.3
		Henry Thomas Salmon	744	22.9
Majority			679	20.9
Turnout			2,340 (est)	82.0 (est)
Registered electors			2,849
	hold		Swing	+2.0
	hold		Swing	−6.4

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edmund Buckley	Template:Replace	35.3
		William Shepherd Allen	Template:Replace	33.6
		Harry Davenport	1,037	31.2
Turnout			2,221 (est)	74.1 (est)
Registered electors			2,999
Majority			57	1.7
	hold		Swing	+12.4
Majority			79	2.4
	hold		Swing	−22.7

Buckley resigned, causing a by-election.

1878 Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Samuel Rathbone Edge	Template:Replace	57.3
		Charles Donaldson-Hudson	990	42.7
Majority			340	14.6
Turnout			2,320	68.3
Registered electors			3,396
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+23.8

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Donaldson-Hudson	Template:Replace	37.9
		William Shepherd Allen	Template:Replace	32.0
		Samuel Rathbone Edge	1,175	30.0
Majority			232	5.9
Turnout			2,736 (est)	84.6 (est)
Registered electors			3,235
	hold		Swing	−13.8
	hold		Swing	+14.8

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Scoble

General election 1885: Newcastle-under-Lyme (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Shepherd Allen	Template:Replace	58.6
		Andrew Scoble	2,848	41.4
Majority			1,183	17.2
Turnout			6,879	87.8
Registered electors			7,837
	hold		Swing	+3.5

File:Douglas Coghill.jpg

Coghill

General election 1886: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Douglas Coghill	Template:Replace	51.3
		John Beavis Brindley	2,752	48.7
Majority			144	2.6
Turnout			5,648	72.1
Registered electors			7,837
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+9.9

Elections in the 1890s

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Allen

General election 1892: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Allen	Template:Replace	57.8
		Douglas Coghill	2,936	42.2
Majority			1,088	15.6
Turnout			6,960	78.5
Registered electors			8,862
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+9.1

General election 1895: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Allen	Template:Replace	50.8
		Arthur Morier Lee	3,399	49.2
Majority			111	1.6
Turnout			6,909	83.4
Registered electors			8,281
	hold		Swing	−7.0

Elections in the 1900s

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Haslam

General election 1900: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Alfred Seale Haslam	Template:Replace	51.2
		William Allen	3,568	48.8
Majority			182	2.4
Turnout			7,318	80.5
Registered electors			9,095
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+2.0

General election 1906: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Josiah Wedgwood	Template:Replace	63.6
		Alfred Seale Haslam	2,948	36.4
Majority			2,207	27.2
Turnout			8,103	84.0
Registered electors			9,650
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+14.8

Elections in the 1910s

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Wedgwood

General election January 1910: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Josiah Wedgwood	Template:Replace	56.9
		Ewart Grogan	4,245	43.1
Majority			1,368	13.8
Turnout			9,858	93.8
	hold		Swing	-6.7

General election December 1910: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Josiah Wedgwood	Template:Replace	56.4
		Ewart Grogan	4,087	43.6
Majority			1,194	12.8
Turnout			9,368	89.1
	hold		Swing	-0.5

General Election 1914/15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Liberal: Josiah Wedgwood
• Unionist: Edgar Percy Hewitt

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General election 1918: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	gain from

Template:Asterisk Wedgwood was issued with a Coalition Coupon but did not accept it. He was also adopted by the local Liberal association, but considered himself an independent candidate.

Election results 1832-1868

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1832: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Henry Miller	Template:Replace	36.3
		Henry Willoughby	587	35.1
		Edmund Peel	478	28.6
Majority			109	6.5
Turnout			941	96.7
Registered electors			Template:Replace
	hold		Swing	N/A
	hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1835: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edmund Peel	Template:Replace	43.6
		William Henry Miller	Template:Replace	31.3
		Henry Willoughby	397	25.1
Majority			97	6.2
Turnout			922	93.4
Registered electors			Template:Replace
	hold		Swing	N/A
	hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1837: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Henry Miller	Template:Replace	41.9
		Spencer Horsey de Horsey	Template:Replace	39.8
		Richard Badnall	292	18.3
Majority			343	21.5
Turnout			881	88.9
Registered electors			Template:Replace
	hold		Swing	N/A
	hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edmund Buckley	Template:Replace	42.3
		John Quincey Harris	Template:Replace	33.2
		William Henry Miller	417	24.5
Turnout			977	94.1
Registered electors			1,090
Majority			156	9.1
	hold		Swing	−2.5
Majority			148	8.7
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+14.9

Harris' election was declared void on petition on 11 May 1842, due to bribery by his agent, causing a by-election.

By-election, 14 June 1842: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Quincey Harris	Template:Replace	51.0
		John Campbell Colquhoun	Template:Replace	49.0
Majority			20	2.0
Turnout			978	91.0
Registered electors			1,075
	hold		Swing	+17.8

Harris' election was again declared void on 23 July 1842, due to bribery by his agents, and Colquhoun was declared elected in his place.

General election 1847: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Samuel Christy	Template:Replace	32.5
		William Jackson	Template:Replace	32.1
		Francis Egerton	522	29.7
		William Greig	101	5.7
Turnout			880 (est)	81.9 (est)
Registered electors			1,074
Majority			49	2.8
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A
Majority			43	2.4
	hold		Swing	+17.0

Christy resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds due to holding a government contract, causing a by-election in which he stood.

By-election, 15 December 1847: Newcastle-under-Lyme

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Samuel Christy	Template:Replace	59.8
		Thomas Ross	367	40.2
Majority			179	19.6
Turnout			913	85.0
Registered electors			1,074
	hold		Swing	+11.9

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Jackson	Template:Replace	42.6
		Samuel Christy	Template:Replace	40.1
		Thomas Ross	252	17.3
Turnout			730 (est)	66.9 (est)
Registered electors			1,090
Majority			37	2.5
	hold		Swing	+3.4
Majority			333	22.8
	hold		Swing	−14.9

General election 1857: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Samuel Christy	Template:Replace	55.4
		William Jackson	Template:Replace	35.0
		John Riley	113	9.6
Majority			241	20.4
Turnout			590 (est)	59.2 (est)
Registered electors			Template:Replace
	hold		Swing	+11.5
	hold		Swing	−11.5

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General election 1859: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Registered electors			Template:Replace
	gain from
	hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Shepherd Allen	Template:Replace	44.1
		Edmund Buckley	Template:Replace	41.9
		John Ashford Wise	166	14.1
Turnout			1,014 (est)	94.2 (est)
Registered electors			1,077
Majority			26	2.2
	hold		Swing	N/A
Majority			328	27.8
	hold		Swing	N/A

Pre-1832 election results

Elections in the 1830s

Template:Election box registered electors no changeTemplate:Election box majority no changeTemplate:Election box majority no change

General election 1830: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Richardson Borradaile		30.4
		William Henry Miller		29.3
		Edmund Peel		21.4
		Evelyn Denison		18.8
Turnout			773	c. Template:Trim
	hold
	hold

General election 1831: Newcastle-under-Lyme (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edmund Peel	Template:Replace	47.1
		William Henry Miller	Template:Replace	29.2
		Josiah Wedgwood	374	23.6
Majority			89	5.6
Turnout			808	c. Template:Trim
Registered electors			c. Template:Trim
	hold		Swing	+19.0
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+5.5

See also

• 1986 Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election
• List of parliamentary constituencies in Staffordshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in West Midlands (region)

Sources

• The History of Parliament: the House of Commons - Newcastle-under-Lyme, Borough, 1386 to 1831
• Britain Votes/Europe Votes By-Election Supplement 1983-, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services 1985-)

External links

• Newcastle-under-Lyme UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• Newcastle-under-Lyme UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
• Newcastle-under-Lyme UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK