Election candidates revealed

With the deadline for nominations passed, 165 names are being put forward for election to the 44 seats.

While postal votes can by cast in advance, physical voting will take place across the borough between 7am and 10pm on Thursday, May 7.

Gordon Mole, Returning Officer for Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, said:

The regeneration of Newcastle town centre, collecting waste, looking after parks, cemeteries and green spaces, managing car parks, and monitoring food hygiene and environmental health are all part of this council’s work.
 

If people want to influence how their services are run, first they should make sure that they are registered to vote and, second, make sure they use it when the day comes.”

All 44 council seats will be contested in 21 wards, with 23 seats needed to take outright control of the authority.

When the notice of election was published, the Conservatives held 26 seats compared to Labour’s 17, and Reform UK’s one.

Voting is also taking place on May 7 in 22 elections for town and parish councils within the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

• The deadline to register to vote is 11.59pm Monday, April 20
• The deadline to apply for a postal vote is 5pm Tuesday, April 21
• If you wish to nominate someone else to vote for you at the polling station, then that proxy vote must be applied for by 5pm Tuesday, April 28
• Anyone who is not registered to vote can register online.
• Photo ID is needed at the polling station. Find out more here.

Links to detail of all candidates standing in the borough council election can be found here.

Details of the town and parish council elections can be found here.