Candidates Announced for N-u-L By-Election

Four candidates are standing in a by-election for a seat on Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council.

The seat in the Town ward is being contested after the previous councillor stood down. Voting will take place in the ward on Thursday, 23rd January and ballots will be counted shortly after polling stations close at 10pm.
With one person to be elected to the borough council, the candidates are:

• Sheelagh Eileen Casey-Hulme, of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Labour
• Nigel Jones, of Wedgwood Avenue, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Liberal Democrat
• Elliott Albert Lancaster, of Merrial Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Conservative
• Neill Antony Walker (crt), of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Reform UK

There are 44 seats on the authority. Including this vacancy, the current position is that the Conservatives have 25 seats and Labour 17, plus one independent.

Following a change in the law, everyone attending a polling station will need an acceptable form of photo identification. More information about photo identification requirements is available here.