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Newcastle-under-Lyme — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Newcastle-under-Lyme was won by Labour at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 5,069 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1832 to 2024.

This constituency elected more than one MP at once in some years. Before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (and in a shrinking number of boroughs through 1948), most UK constituencies elected two or more MPs together by "multi-member plurality" (block vote): each elector could cast one vote per available seat, and the top vote-getters overall were all elected. In those elections below, "Elected" lists every MP returned, "Votes" is the count that secured the last seat, and "Majority" is the gap between that seat and the first candidate who missed out.

Full Election History, 1832–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 William Henry Miller (Conservative); Henry Pollard Willoughby (Conservative) 587 36.3% (top seat) Edmund Peel (Conservative) 109 (6.5 pts) 85.9%
1835 Edmund Peel (Conservative); William Henry Miller (Conservative) 494 43.6% (top seat) Henry Pollard Willoughby (Conservative) 97 (6.1 pts) 80.0%
1837 William Henry Miller (Conservative); Spencer Horsey de Horsey (Conservative) 635 41.9% (top seat) Richard Badnall (Whig) 343 (21.5 pts) 80.5%
1841 Edmund Buckley (Conservative); John Quincey Harris (Whig) 565 42.3% (top seat) William Henry Miller (Conservative) 148 (8.7 pts) 78.1%
1847 Samuel Christy (Peelite); William Jackson (Whig) 565 32.5% (top seat) Francis Egerton (Conservative) 43 (2.4 pts) 81.9%
1852 William Jackson (Whig); Samuel Christy (Peelite) 585 42.6% (top seat) Thomas Ross (Whig) 333 (22.8 pts) 66.9%
1857 Samuel Christy (Peelite); William Jackson (Whig) 413 55.4% (top seat) John Riley (Independent Liberal) 300 (25.4 pts) 59.2%
1859 William Murray (Conservative); William Jackson (Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1865 William Shepherd Allen (Liberal); Edmund Buckley (Conservative) 494 44.1% (top seat) John Ashford Wise (Liberal) 328 (27.8 pts) 54.8%
1868 Edmund Buckley (Conservative); William Shepherd Allen (Liberal) 1,081 43.8% (top seat) Henry Thomas Salmon (Liberal) 337 (10.4 pts) 57.0%
1874 Edmund Buckley (Conservative); William Shepherd Allen (Liberal) 1,116 35.3% (top seat) Harry Tichborne Davenport (Conservative) 79 (2.4 pts) 55.5%
1880 Charles Donaldson-Hudson (Conservative); William Shepherd Allen (Liberal) 1,252 37.9% (top seat) Samuel Rathbone Edge (Liberal) 77 (2.0 pts) 60.4%
1885 William Shepherd Allen (Liberal) 4,031 58.6% Andrew Richard Scoble (Conservative) 1,183 (17.2 pts) 87.8%
1886 Douglas Harry Coghill (Liberal Unionist) 2,896 51.3% John Beavis Brindley (Liberal) 144 (2.5 pts) 72.1%
1892 William Allen (Liberal) 4,024 57.8% Douglas Harry Coghill (Liberal Unionist) 1,088 (15.6 pts) 78.5%
1895 William Allen (Liberal) 3,510 50.8% Arthur Morier Lee (Liberal Unionist) 111 (1.6 pts) 83.4%
1900 Alfred Seale Haslam (Liberal Unionist) 3,750 51.2% William Allen (Liberal) 182 (2.5 pts) 80.5%
1906 Josiah Clement Wedgwood (Liberal) 5,155 63.6% Alfred Seale Haslam (Liberal Unionist) 2,207 (27.2 pts) 84.0%
Jan 1910 Josiah Clement Wedgwood (Liberal) 5,613 56.9% Ewart Scott Grogan (Liberal Unionist) 1,368 (13.9 pts) 93.8%
Dec 1910 Josiah Clement Wedgwood (Liberal) 5,281 56.4% Ewart Scott Grogan (Liberal Unionist) 1,194 (12.8 pts) 89.1%
1918 Josiah Clement Wedgwood (Independent Liberal) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1922 Josiah Clement Wedgwood (Labour) 14,503 60.2% Albert Shaw (National Liberal) 4,930 (20.5 pts) 79.5%
1923 Josiah Clement Wedgwood (Labour) 12,881 65.6% John Ravenshaw (Unionist) 6,135 (31.3 pts) 64.2%
1924 Josiah Clement Wedgwood (Labour) 14,226 57.7% Arthur Hassam (Unionist) 3,801 (15.4 pts) 80.0%
1929 Josiah Clement Wedgwood (Labour) 20,931 69.9% Christopher Kemplay Tatham (Unionist) 11,920 (39.8 pts) 75.8%
1931 Josiah Clement Wedgwood (Independent Labour) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1935 Josiah Clement Wedgwood (Labour) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1945 John David Mack (Labour) 25,903 66.2% George Albert Wade (Conservative) 17,523 (44.8 pts) 77.1%
1950 John David Mack (Labour) 30,249 57.7% James Arthur Friend (Conservative) 8,117 (15.5 pts) 87.6%
1951 Stephen Thomas Swingler (Labour) 30,814 58.0% James Friend (Conservative) 8,536 (16.1 pts) 87.5%
1955 Stephen Thomas Swingler (Labour) 28,314 56.8% Frank Henry Taylor (Conservative) 6,745 (13.5 pts) 80.7%
1959 Stephen Thomas Swingler (Labour) 29,840 55.6% Thomas Prendergast (Conservative) 6,002 (11.2 pts) 84.4%
1964 Stephen Thomas Swingler (Labour) 30,470 58.0% John Lovering (Conservative) 8,397 (16.0 pts) 82.2%
1966 Stephen Swingler (Labour) 31,548 61.8% Peggy Fenner (Conservative) 12,051 (23.6 pts) 79.9%
1970 John Golding (Labour) 22,329 48.9% Nicholas Winterton (Conservative) 2,106 (4.6 pts) 65.5%
Feb 1974 John Golding (Labour) 28,603 47.2% Nicholas Bonsor (Conservative) 5,648 (9.3 pts) 84.1%
Oct 1974 John Goldin (Labour) 28,154 49.6% Nicholas Bonsor (Conservative) 7,370 (13.0 pts) 78.1%
1979 John Golding (Labour) 28,649 48.5% Elsie Ashley (Conservative) 4,228 (7.1 pts) 81.6%
1983 John Golding (Labour) 21,210 42.0% Leslie Lawrence (Conservative) 2,804 (5.5 pts) 77.3%
1987 Llin Golding (Labour) 21,618 40.5% Alan Thomas (Liberal) 5,132 (9.6 pts) 80.8%
1992 Llin Golding (Labour) 25,652 47.9% Andrew Brierley (Conservative) 9,839 (18.4 pts) 80.3%
1997 Llin Golding (Labour) 27,743 56.5% Marcus Hayes (Conservative) 17,206 (35.0 pts) 73.7%
2001 Paul Farrelly (Labour) 20,650 53.4% Michael Flynn (Conservative) 9,986 (25.8 pts) 58.8%
2005 Paul Farrelly (Labour) 18,053 45.4% Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative) 8,108 (20.4 pts) 58.2%
2010 Paul Farrelly (Labour) 16,393 38.0% Robert Jenrick (Conservative) 1,552 (3.6 pts) 62.4%
2015 Paul Farrelly (Labour) 16,520 38.4% Tony Cox (Conservative) 650 (1.5 pts) 63.8%
2017 Paul Farrelly (Labour) 21,124 48.2% Owen Meredith (Conservative) 30 (0.1 pts) 67.1%
2019 Aaron Bell (Conservative) 23,485 52.5% Carl Greatbatch (Labour) 7,446 (16.6 pts) 65.8%
2024 Adam Jogee (Labour) 15,992 40.4% Simon Tagg (Conservative) 5,069 (12.8 pts) 58.7%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Miller Conservative 60736.3% Yes
Henry Pollard Willoughby Conservative 58735.1% Yes
Edmund Peel Conservative 47828.6% No

1835 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edmund Peel Conservative 68943.6% Yes
William Henry Miller Conservative 49431.3% Yes
Henry Pollard Willoughby Conservative 39725.1% No

1837 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Henry Miller Conservative 66941.9% Yes
Spencer Horsey de Horsey Conservative 63539.8% Yes
Richard Badnall Whig 29218.3% No

1841 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edmund Buckley Conservative 72142.3% Yes
John Quincey Harris Whig 56533.2% Yes
William Henry Miller Conservative 41724.5% No

1847 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Samuel Christy Peelite 57132.5% Yes
William Jackson Whig 56532.1% Yes
Francis Egerton Conservative 52229.7% No
William Greig Whig 1015.7% No

1852 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Jackson Whig 62242.6% Yes
Samuel Christy Peelite 58540.1% Yes
Thomas Ross Whig 25217.3% No

1857 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Samuel Christy Peelite 65455.4% Yes
William Jackson Whig 41335.0% Yes
John Riley Independent Liberal 1139.6% No

1859 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Murray Conservative Unopposed Yes
William Jackson Liberal Unopposed Yes

1865 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Shepherd Allen Liberal 52044.1% Yes
Edmund Buckley Conservative 49441.9% Yes
John Ashford Wise Liberal 16614.1% No

1868 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edmund Buckley Conservative 1,42343.8% Yes
William Shepherd Allen Liberal 1,08133.3% Yes
Henry Thomas Salmon Liberal 74422.9% No

1874 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edmund Buckley Conservative 1,17335.3% Yes
William Shepherd Allen Liberal 1,11633.6% Yes
Harry Tichborne Davenport Conservative 1,03731.2% No

1880 (2 seats)

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Donaldson-Hudson Conservative 1,48437.9% Yes
William Shepherd Allen Liberal 1,25232.0% Yes
Samuel Rathbone Edge Liberal 1,17530.0% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Shepherd Allen Liberal 4,03158.6% Yes
Andrew Richard Scoble Conservative 2,84841.4% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Douglas Harry Coghill Liberal Unionist 2,89651.3% Yes
John Beavis Brindley Liberal 2,75248.7% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Allen Liberal 4,02457.8% Yes
Douglas Harry Coghill Liberal Unionist 2,93642.2% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Allen Liberal 3,51050.8% Yes
Arthur Morier Lee Liberal Unionist 3,39949.2% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alfred Seale Haslam Liberal Unionist 3,75051.2% Yes
William Allen Liberal 3,56848.8% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Josiah Clement Wedgwood Liberal 5,15563.6% Yes
Alfred Seale Haslam Liberal Unionist 2,94836.4% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Josiah Clement Wedgwood Liberal 5,61356.9% Yes
Ewart Scott Grogan Liberal Unionist 4,24543.1% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Josiah Clement Wedgwood Liberal 5,28156.4% Yes
Ewart Scott Grogan Liberal Unionist 4,08743.6% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Josiah Clement Wedgwood Independent Liberal Unopposed Yes

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Josiah Clement Wedgwood Labour 14,50360.2% Yes
Albert Shaw National Liberal 9,57339.8% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Josiah Clement Wedgwood Labour 12,88165.6% Yes
John Ravenshaw Unionist 6,74634.4% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Josiah Clement Wedgwood Labour 14,22657.7% Yes
Arthur Hassam Unionist 10,42542.3% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Josiah Clement Wedgwood Labour 20,93169.9% Yes
Christopher Kemplay Tatham Unionist 9,01130.1% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Josiah Clement Wedgwood Independent Labour Unopposed Yes

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Josiah Clement Wedgwood Labour Unopposed Yes

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John David Mack Labour 25,90366.2% Yes
George Albert Wade Conservative 8,38021.4% No
Norman Walter Elliott Liberal 4,83812.4% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John David Mack Labour 30,24957.7% Yes
James Arthur Friend Conservative 22,13242.3% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Thomas Swingler Labour 30,81458.0% Yes
James Friend Conservative 22,27842.0% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Thomas Swingler Labour 28,31456.8% Yes
Frank Henry Taylor Conservative 21,56943.2% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Thomas Swingler Labour 29,84055.6% Yes
Thomas Prendergast Conservative 23,83844.4% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Thomas Swingler Labour 30,47058.0% Yes
John Lovering Conservative 22,07342.0% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Stephen Swingler Labour 31,54861.8% Yes
Peggy Fenner Conservative 19,49738.2% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Golding Labour 22,32948.9% Yes
Nicholas Winterton Conservative 20,22344.3% No
Derek Wright Liberal 1,9544.3% No
Peter Boyle Democratic Party 1,1942.6% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Golding Labour 28,60347.2% Yes
Nicholas Bonsor Conservative 22,95537.9% No
Robert Charles Madocks Fyson Liberal 8,86114.6% No
Sydney Samuel Theodore Rowe UK Front 2280.4% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Goldin Labour 28,15449.6% Yes
Nicholas Bonsor Conservative 20,78436.6% No
Robert Charles Madocks Fyson Liberal 7,60413.4% No
Sydney Samuel Theodore Rowe UK Front 2560.5% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Golding Labour 28,64948.5% Yes
Elsie Ashley Conservative 24,42141.3% No
Gwyn Evans Liberal 5,8789.9% No
Sydney Samuel Theodore Rowe British Socialist Empire 1560.3% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Golding Labour 21,21042.0% Yes
Leslie Lawrence Conservative 18,40636.4% No
Alan Thomas Liberal 10,91621.6% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Llin Golding Labour 21,61840.5% Yes
Alan Thomas Liberal 16,48630.9% No
Peter Cyril James Ridway Conservative 14,86327.9% No
Michael John Nicklin Ex Labour Moderate 3970.7% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Llin Golding Labour 25,65247.9% Yes
Andrew Brierley Conservative 15,81329.6% No
Alan Johnson Liberal Democrat 11,72721.9% No
Richard Lines Natural Law 3140.6% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Llin Golding Labour 27,74356.5% Yes
Marcus Hayes Conservative 10,53721.4% No
Robin Studd Liberal Democrat 6,85814.0% No
Kim Suttle Referendum Party 1,5103.1% No
Steven Mountford Liberal 1,3992.8% No
Bridget Bell Socialist Labour 1,0822.2% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Farrelly Labour 20,65053.4% Yes
Michael Flynn Conservative 10,66427.6% No
Jerry Roodhouse Liberal Democrat 5,99315.5% No
Robert Fyson Independent 7732.0% No
Paul Godfrey UKIP 5941.5% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Farrelly Labour 18,05345.4% Yes
Jeremy Lefroy Conservative 9,94525.0% No
Trevor Johnson Liberal Democrat 7,52818.9% No
David Nixon UKIP 1,4363.6% No
John Dawson BNP 1,3903.5% No
Andrew Dobson Green 9182.3% No
Marian Harvey-Lover Veritas 5181.3% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Farrelly Labour 16,39338.0% Yes
Robert Jenrick Conservative 14,84134.4% No
Nigel Jones Liberal Democrat 8,46619.6% No
David Nixon UKIP 3,4918.1% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Farrelly Labour 16,52038.4% Yes
Tony Cox Conservative 15,87036.9% No
Phil Wood UKIP 7,25216.9% No
Ian Wilkes Liberal Democrat 1,8264.2% No
Sam Gibbons Green 1,2462.9% No
David Nixon Independent 2830.7% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Paul Farrelly Labour 21,12448.2% Yes
Owen Meredith Conservative 21,09448.1% No
Nigel Jones Liberal Democrat 1,6243.7% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Aaron Bell Conservative 23,48552.5% Yes
Carl Greatbatch Labour 16,03935.9% No
Nigel Jones Liberal Democrat 2,3615.3% No
Jason Cooper Brexit Party 1,9214.3% No
Carl Johnson Green 9332.1% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Adam Jogee Labour 15,99240.4% Yes
Simon Tagg Conservative 10,92327.6% No
Neill Walker Reform UK 8,86522.4% No
Nigel Jones Liberal Democrat 1,9875.0% No
Jennifer Hibell Green 1,8514.7% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1832: Conservative margin 6.5 pts 1835: Conservative margin 6.1 pts 1837: Conservative margin 21.5 pts 1841: Conservative margin 8.7 pts 1847: Peelite margin 2.4 pts 1852: Whig margin 22.8 pts 1857: Peelite margin 25.4 pts 1865: Liberal margin 27.8 pts 1868: Conservative margin 10.4 pts 1874: Conservative margin 2.4 pts 1880: Conservative margin 2.0 pts 1885: Liberal margin 17.2 pts 1886: Liberal Unionist margin 2.5 pts 1892: Liberal margin 15.6 pts 1895: Liberal margin 1.6 pts 1900: Liberal Unionist margin 2.5 pts 1906: Liberal margin 27.2 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 13.9 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 12.8 pts 1922: Labour margin 20.5 pts 1923: Labour margin 31.3 pts 1924: Labour margin 15.4 pts 1929: Labour margin 39.8 pts 1945: Labour margin 44.8 pts 1950: Labour margin 15.5 pts 1951: Labour margin 16.1 pts 1955: Labour margin 13.5 pts 1959: Labour margin 11.2 pts 1964: Labour margin 16.0 pts 1966: Labour margin 23.6 pts 1970: Labour margin 4.6 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 9.3 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 13.0 pts 1979: Labour margin 7.1 pts 1983: Labour margin 5.5 pts 1987: Labour margin 9.6 pts 1992: Labour margin 18.4 pts 1997: Labour margin 35.0 pts 2001: Labour margin 25.8 pts 2005: Labour margin 20.4 pts 2010: Labour margin 3.6 pts 2015: Labour margin 1.5 pts 2017: Labour margin 0.1 pts 2019: Conservative margin 16.6 pts 2024: Labour margin 12.8 pts 1832 1835 1837 1841 1847 1852 1857 1865 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1922 1923 1924 1929 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Newcastle-under-Lyme has been contested at 49 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Whig, Peelite, Liberal, Liberal Unionist, Independent Liberal, Labour, Independent Labour.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Newcastle-under-Lyme in the 2024 general election?

Labour won Newcastle-under-Lyme in 2024 with 15,992 votes (40.4%), a majority of 5,069 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Newcastle-under-Lyme since 1832?

Since 1832, Newcastle-under-Lyme has been won by: Conservative, Independent Labour, Independent Liberal, Labour, Liberal, Liberal Unionist, Peelite, Whig.

What was the closest result in Newcastle-under-Lyme?

The closest result on record for Newcastle-under-Lyme was 2017, when Labour beat Conservative by just 30 votes (0.1 percentage points).

Did Newcastle-under-Lyme ever elect more than one MP at a time?

Yes -- like most UK constituencies before the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Newcastle-under-Lyme elected multiple MPs at once in some elections on this page (a system called multi-member plurality, or 'block vote'), each voter casting one vote per available seat.

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