Monthly Archives: April 2026

Elections on 7th May 2026 for the Borough Councillor seats within the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme

You can find the nominations for the Audley Ward of Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council here Audley BC Nominations (PDF)

BC candidates

Links to detail of all candidates standing in the Newcastle Borough Council election can be found here.

Voting in the 7th May 2026 Elections

  • 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.

Poster about how to register to vote poster Electoral commission May 2026 garden please click on the pdf for more details

Please click here to find out how to register to vote in the next Local Elections (Parish and Borough) Thurs 7th May 2026

 

 

Local Elections – Parish and Borough 7th May 2026

This year, all Borough and Town/Parish elections are taking place, meaning that every current
councillor will retire and must reapply if they wish to stand again. There are 44 Borough seats and 122 Parish seats to be filled across the Borough. In 2022, there were 103 nominations for the Borough seats and 120 for the Parish seats. Of the 22 parish wards, only 5 were contested in 2022.

Audley Parish Council – Parish Wards (see below link to map of wards)
– Audley (Audley): 4 seats
– Audley (Bignall End): 6 seats
– Audley (Halmerend): 5 seats

Following the nominations deadline of 9th April 2026, the outcome was that the 3 Parish wards were uncontested – which means there were only enough candidates to fill the above seats and as a result did not require a contested vote on 7th May 2026.   All candidates have been elected accordingly following due process. The results are below:

Audley Parish Council -_Halmer End ward_- uncontested election results (PDF)
Audley Parish Council – Bignall_End ward – uncontested election (PDF)
Audley Parish Council –  Audley ward – uncontested election (PDF)

There is one vacancy for Halmer End which will be co-opted in May.  Applications will be invited in due course.

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

Please click here to view a map of the Parish Wards – Audley, Halmer End and Bignall End