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Elections to Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 increasing the number of seats by four. The Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

Three seats in Thistleberry ward were vacant until a by-election in June.

Election result

Newcastle-under-Lyme Local Election Result 2002
	Seats	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Labour	29	-1	50.9	42.1	27,775
Liberal Democrats	18	+5	31.6	29.8	19,700
Conservative	10	+1	17.5	26.9	17,729
The Caring Party	0	0	0	0.9	606
Green	0	0	0	0.3	198
Independent	0	-1	0	0	0

Ward results

Audley and Bignall End (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Wemyss	874
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Cornes	834
	Labour	Edward Boden	786
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Wilkes	770
	Labour	Dennis McIntosh	641
	Labour	Leonard Gibbs	622
	Conservative	Robert Edwards	328
	Conservative	Kenneth Rushton	193
	Conservative	Vera Rushton	173
Turnout			5,221

Bradwell (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Trevor Hambleton	749
	Labour	John Tatton	730
	Labour	Tom Meir	697
	Conservative	Michelle Degg	270
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Coxon	243
	Conservative	Alan Humphreys	234
	Conservative	Gladys Parfitt	205
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Timmis	152
Turnout			3,280

Butt Lane (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Mavis Lench	588
	Labour	John Evans	566
	Labour	John Macmillan	551
	Liberal Democrats	Paula Earl	367
	Liberal Democrats	Silvia Burgess	362
	Liberal Democrats	John Parsons	340
	Conservative	Betty Cartwright	136
	Conservative	John Harper	128
	Conservative	Nicola Pattison	120
Turnout			3,158

Chesterton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Elizabeth Caddy	635
	Labour	John Billington	612
	Labour	Sheila Phillips	565
	Conservative	Malcolm Moore	234
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Wain	207
	Conservative	Russell Pattison	191
	Conservative	Price Roberts	182
Turnout			2,626

Clayton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Colin Brooks	525
	Conservative	Ann Heames	518
	Labour	Vince Byatt	505
	Conservative	William Heames	466
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Colclough	144
	Liberal Democrats	Marjorie Cookson	139
Turnout			2,297

Cross Heath (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Gillian Williams	792
	Labour	Sylvia Butler	766
	Labour	John Williams	711
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Finney	394
	Liberal Democrats	Leo Hamburger	254
	Conservative	Mary Cork	199
	Conservative	Luciana Flackett	174
	Conservative	Thomas James	163
Turnout			3,453

Halmerend (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	David Becket	614
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin Webb	573
	Conservative	Mark Riley	343
	Labour	Christopher Cooper	327
	Labour	Trevor Sproston	311
	Conservative	Simon Tagg	285
Turnout			2,453

Holditch (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Betty Blaise	499
	Labour	Vic Finnemore	430
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Wemyss	125
	Conservative	Eleanor Moore	83
	Conservative	Phyllis James	81
Turnout			1,218

Keele (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Studd	445
	Liberal Democrats	Wenslie Naylon	429
	Labour	Theresa James	155
	Labour	Brian O'Rourke	143
	Conservative	Margaret Campbell	89
	Conservative	Judith Flynn	84
Turnout			1,345

Kidsgrove (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Maxfield	752
	Labour	Margaret Astle	698
	Labour	Martin Bentley	596
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Hall	579
	Liberal Democrats	Ephriam Daniels	558
	Labour	Dorothy Fogg	546
	Conservative	Elizabeth Heath	97
	Conservative	Michael James	90
	Conservative	Richard Watts	81
Turnout			3,997

Knutton and Silverdale (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Maureen Maddox	456
	Labour	David Leech	392
	The Caring Party	Derrick Huckfield	252
	The Caring Party	Stephanie Wilcox	144
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Durber	73
	Conservative	Peter Davies	71
	Conservative	David Heath	56
Turnout			1,444

Loggerheads and Whitmore (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Holland	1,166
	Conservative	Freda Myatt	1,078
	Conservative	Colin Ince	1,050
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Becket	292
	Labour	Anne Farrelly	243
	Labour	Doris Boden	209
	Labour	Victor Wilson	178
Turnout			4,216

Madeley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Ashley Howells	758
	Labour	William Sinnott	537
	Conservative	Andrew Davies	385
	Liberal Democrats	Bryan Kirkham	369
	Conservative	Ian Matthews	328
Turnout			2,377

May Bank (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Muffi Fox	836
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Coxon	763
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Johnson	724
	Labour	Michael Clarke	678
	Labour	Margaret McQuillan	483
	Labour	Roy Taylor	458
	Conservative	Peter Dunn	329
	Conservative	Anthony Thornber	261
	Conservative	Marjorie Thornber	232
Turnout			4,764

Newchapel (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Hortense Lowndes	330
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Bowyer	313
	Labour	Gillian Burnett	270
	Labour	Frank Penell	260
	Conservative	Nora Salt	221
	Conservative	Carl Thomson	196
Turnout			1,590

Porthill (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Bertram Lawton	394
	Labour	Colin Higginson	390
	Conservative	John Cooper	363
	Conservative	Barbara Lewis	249
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Dunning	160
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Adams	138
Turnout			1,694

Ravenscliffe (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Lewis	420
	Labour	Raymond Astle	410
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Slater	394
	Labour	Edmund Chrzanowski	379
	Conservative	Edith Greatbach	115
	Conservative	Jacqueline Heath	90
Turnout			1,808

Seabridge (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Andrew Fear	713
	Conservative	David Nixon	692
	Conservative	Peter Hailstones	677
	Labour	Richard Gorton	569
	Labour	Cynthia Taylor	485
	Labour	Harry Matthews	468
	Liberal Democrats	Kelly Dale	235
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Ridgway	220
	Liberal Democrats	Hans Liebeck	189
Turnout			4,248

Silverdale and Parksite (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Elaine Blake	480
	Labour	George Cairns	369
	The Caring Party	George Tweedie	110
	Liberal Democrats	John Naylon	105
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Studd	101
	The Caring Party	Geoffrey Cubley	100
	Conservative	Robert Titterton	100
	Conservative	Sydney Trickett	82
Turnout			1,447

Talke (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Slater	657
	Liberal Democrats	Arthur Amos	648
	Labour	Lynda Griffiths	358
	Labour	Robina Macmillan	314
	Conservative	Shirley Titterton	75
	Conservative	Pauline Trickett	63
Turnout			2,115

Town (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Albert Clarke	556
	Liberal Democrats	David Clarke	534
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Malkin	486
	Labour	Stephen James	427
	Conservative	Winston Cooper	131
	Conservative	Adam Howard	110
Turnout			2,244

Westlands (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Glennis Deakin	1,166
	Conservative	Mary Moss	1,122
	Conservative	Michael Flynn	1,034
	Labour	Laura Stoddard	401
	Liberal Democrats	David Dugdale	337
	Labour	Peter Munn	336
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Jones	331
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Willson	308
	Labour	Ike Williams	300
Turnout			5,335

Wolstanton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Michael Foy	580
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Worsey	549
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Patten	538
	Liberal Democrats	John Cornes	495
	Labour	Sandra Hambleton	446
	Labour	Sheridon Lamb	445
	Green	Ann Beirne	198
	Conservative	David Cooper	186
	Conservative	John Vernon	124
	Conservative	Christopher Trickett	117
Turnout			3,678