Career
Born in Stockport, Cheshire, Newton began cycling in 1946, with the Manchester Wheelers" Club. He represented his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. He also competed at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships where they finished 4th.
Newton was completing an apprenticeship to become an electrician at the time he was competing, and said the training consisted of 40 hours a week, riding his bike with a toolkit on his back.