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The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme is a local government district with borough status in Staffordshire, England.

It is named after the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, where the council is based. The borough also includes the town of Kidsgrove and several villages and surrounding rural areas lying generally to the west of Newcastle itself. Most of the borough's built-up areas form part of The Potteries Urban Area.

The neighbouring districts are Staffordshire Moorlands, Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford, Shropshire and Cheshire East.

History

The town of Newcastle-under-Lyme was an ancient borough, established in the twelfth century. It is known to have been granted a charter (since lost) around 1173 by Henry II. The earliest surviving charter dates from 1235. The borough was formally incorporated in 1590 under a new charter from Elizabeth I.

The borough was reformed in 1836 to become a municipal borough under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, which reformed many boroughs across the country. The municipal borough was enlarged several times, notably in 1932 when it took in what had been the Wolstanton United Urban District, covering the parishes of Chesterton, Silverdale and Wolstanton, and at the same time also absorbed the parish of Clayton from Newcastle-under-Lyme Rural District.

The modern district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 covering three former districts, which were all abolished at the same time:

• Kidsgrove Urban District
• Newcastle-under-Lyme Municipal Borough
• Newcastle-under-Lyme Rural District

The new district was named Newcastle-under-Lyme after its largest town.Шаблон:Efn The district was granted borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor, continuing Newcastle's series of mayors dating back to 1318.

Governance

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Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Police hat badge, in the collection of the Staffordshire County Museum and displayed at the Shire Hall, Stafford

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Staffordshire County Council. Parts of the borough are also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government.

Political control

The council has been under Conservative majority control since 2021.

The first elections to the enlarged borough council were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:

Party in control		Years
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1974–1979
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1979–2002
Шаблон:Party name with colour	2002–2004
Шаблон:Party name with colour	2004–2006
Шаблон:Party name with colour	2006–2012
Шаблон:Party name with colour	2012–2017
Шаблон:Party name with colour	2017–2021
Шаблон:Party name with colour	2021–present

Leadership

The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Newcastle-under-Lyme, with political leadership provided instead by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1974 have been:

Councillor	Party		From	To
Reg Lane	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1 Apr 1974	18 May 1976
George Poole	Шаблон:Party name with colour	18 May 1976	1978
Brian Westrup	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1978	1979
Bill Welsby	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1979	1984
Mike Brereton	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1984	9 May 1994
Eddie Boden	Шаблон:Party name with colour	18 May 1994	4 May 2003
David Leech	Шаблон:Party name with colour	21 May 2003	24 May 2006
Simon Tagg	Шаблон:Party name with colour	24 May 2006	18 May 2011
Stephen Sweeney	Шаблон:Party name with colour	18 May 2011	16 May 2012
Gareth Snell	Шаблон:Party name with colour	16 May 2012	25 May 2014
Mike Stubbs	Шаблон:Party name with colour	4 Jun 2014	20 May 2015
Elizabeth Shenton	Шаблон:Party name with colour	20 May 2015	5 Dec 2017
Simon Tagg	Шаблон:Party name with colour	5 Dec 2017

Composition

Following the 2022 election and a subsequent change of allegiance in November 2023, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors
Шаблон:Party name with colour	25
Шаблон:Party name with colour	18
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1
Total		44

The next election is due in 2026.

Elections

Шаблон:Also Since the last boundary changes in 2018 the council has comprised 44 councillors representing 21 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. The wards are: Шаблон:Div col

• Audley
• Bradwell
• Clayton
• Crackley & Red Street
• Cross Heath
• Holditch & Chesterton
• Keele
• Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe
• Knutton
• Loggerheads
• Madeley & Betley
• Maer & Whitmore
• May Bank
• Newchapel & Mow Cop
• Silverdale
• Talke & Butt Lane
• Thistleberry
• Town
• Westbury Park & Northwood
• Westlands
• Wolstanton

Premises

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Civic Offices, Merrial Street: Council's headquarters until 2018, since demolished.

The council is based at Castle House on Barracks Road in the centre of Newcastle. The building was purpose-built for the council as a shared facility with Staffordshire County Council and the police, and opened in 2018. Prior to that the council was based at the Civic Offices on Merrial Street which had been completed in 1967 for the old borough council.

Demography

Comparative census information
2001 UK Census	Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme	England
Total population	122,030	49,138,831
White	98%	91%
Asian	0.6%	4.6%
Black	0.2%	2.3%
Christian	78.5%	72%
Muslim	0.5%	3.1%
Hindu	0.2%	1.1%
No religion	13.1%	15%
Unemployed	2%	3.3%

In the 2001 census, the borough was recorded as having a population of 122,030 with 51.5% being female. 78.% identified themselves as Christian, 13.1% having no religion, 0.5% Muslim, 0.2% Hindu or other and 0.1% stating Jewish or Sikh. 61.2% were classed as economically active, with 22.6% working in manufacturing, 18.5% in wholesale or retail, 11.6% in health/social work and 11.6% in financial and other business related activities.

Education

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Keele University is in the borough.

Newcastle-under-Lyme was chosen for the campus of University College of North Staffordshire, established in 1949 at Keele Hall in the village of Keele, two miles from the town centre, and which was granted full university status as Keele University in 1962. Keele University Medical School is based in the grounds of the University Hospital of North Staffordshire at Hartshill in Stoke-on-Trent, about a mile from the centre of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Towns and parishes

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Kidsgrove, the borough's second largest town

An area roughly corresponding to the pre-1974 municipal borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme (less the parish of Silverdale, created in 2002) is an unparished area; over half the borough's population live in this area. The rest of the borough is divided into eleven civil parishes. The parish council for Kidsgrove has declared that parish to be a town, allowing it to take the style "town council".

The parishes are: Шаблон:Div col

• Audley Rural
• Balterley
• Betley
• Chapel and Hill Chorlton
• Keele
• Kidsgrove
• Loggerheads, Staffordshire
• Madeley
• Maer
• Silverdale
• Whitmore

Freedom of the Borough

The following people, military units and organisations and groups have received the Freedom of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Individuals

• Gordon Banks: 23 February 2018.

Military units

• The Staffordshire Regiment: 1973.

Organisations and Groups

• The Royal Stoke University Hospital: 22 May 2021.

External links

• Newcastle-under-Lyme borough council
• Newcastle-under-Lyme local life
• The Potteries
• Historic chartered accountants based on Chesterton
• Keele University
• Local Information from The Sentinel newspaper
• Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service