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2023 Chorley Borough Council election
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14 out of 42 seats to Chorley Borough Council
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Alistair Bradley Alan Cullens n/a
Party Labour Conservative Independent
Seats before 31 10 1 [a]
Seats after 37 5 0
Seat change Increase 6 Decrease 5 Decrease 1
Leader before election

Alistair Bradley
Labour

Leader after election

Alistair Bradley
Labour

The 2023 Chorley Borough Council election was held on 4 May 2023 to elect councillors to Chorley Council in Lancashire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

A third of the council was up for election. Ahead of the election the council was under Labour control. [2] Labour won 13 of the 14 seats available, increasing their majority on the council. The Conservatives only retained one of the six seats they were defending. [3]

Results summary

The overall results were as follows: [4]

2022 Chorley Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 13 Increase 6 92.85 24 37 88.09 16,480 61.00 +5.3
  Conservative 1 Decrease 5 7.14 4 5 11.90 7,767 28.75 -3.75
  Green 0 Steady 0 0 0 00.00 2,767 10.24 +1.15
  Liberal Democrats 0 Steady 0 0 0 00.00 634 2.34 +0.01
  TUSC 0 Steady 0 0 0 00.00 104 00.38 +0.10
  Independent 0 Decrease 1 0 0 0 00.00 0 00.00 Steady

Ward results

Adlington & Anderton

Adlington & Anderton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Francis Wilson 1,348 70.6 +8.6
Conservative Neil Gardiner Baglow 430 22.5 -9.9
Green Catherine Hunter-Russell 132 6.9 +1.3
Majority 918 48.1
Turnout 1,910
Labour hold Swing

Buckshaw & Whittle

Buckshaw & Whittle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samantha Jayne Martin 1,205 59.7 +5.4
Conservative Gregory Ian Morgan 652 32.3 -5.2
Green Rachel Smith 161 8.0 -0.2
Majority 553 27.4
Turnout 2,018
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Chorley East

Chorley East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Snow 1,175 82.6 +12.0
Conservative Mark Grandi 248 17.4 -1.2
Majority 927 65.1
Turnout 1,423
Labour gain from Independent Swing

Chorley North & Astley

Chorley North & Astley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jean Margaret Sherwood 1,026 58.7 +0.1
Conservative Oliver Luke Knights 522 29.9 -0.7
Green Jon Royle 199 11.4 +0.6
Majority 504 28.8
Turnout 1,747
Labour hold Swing

Chorley North East

Chorley North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gordon France 1,554 69.7 +8.6
Conservative Charles Russell Hargreaves 509 22.8 -8.8
Green Simon Cash 162 7.3 ±0.0
Majority 1,045 47.0
Turnout 2,225
Labour hold Swing

Chorley North West

Chorley North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Elizabeth Jane Ainsworth 1,425 65.5 +6.5
Conservative Peter Malpas 561 25.8 -6.1
Green Mark Tebbutt 191 8.8 -0.3
Majority 864 39.7
Turnout 2,177
Labour hold Swing

Chorley South East & Heath Charnock

Chorley South East & Heath Charnock
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Beverly Murray 1,203 61.0 +2.8
Conservative Conner Dawson 514 26.1 -3.3
Green Jane Weston 150 7.6 -0.6
TUSC Jenny Hurley 104 5.3 +1.1
Majority 689 35.0
Turnout 1,971
Labour hold Swing

Chorley South West

Chorley South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Lees 857 51.4 -0.1
Green Andy Hunter-Rossall 625 37.5 +4.7
Conservative Peter Clifford Davenport 152 9.1 -6.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen John Fenn 33 2.0 N/A
Majority 232 13.9
Turnout 1,667
Labour hold Swing

Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton

Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pauline Barbara Mary Mcgovern 1,065 52.3 +5.8
Conservative Sam Chapman 724 35.6 -8.8
Liberal Democrats Gail Ormston 129 6.3 N/A
Green Olga Gomez-Cash 117 5.7 -3.4
Majority 341 16.8
Turnout 2,035
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Clayton West & Cuerden

Clayton West & Cuerden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michelle Amanda Brown 1,369 56.7 -2.2
Conservative Magdalene Margaret Cullens 723 30.0 -1.5
Liberal Democrats Glenda Charlesworth 202 8.4 N/A
Green Clare Hales 119 4.9 -4.7
Majority 646 26.8
Turnout 2,413
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Coppull

Coppull
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julia Louise Berry 1,161 71.4 +1.3
Conservative Christine Turner 330 20.3 -3.9
Green Anne Calderbank 134 8.2 +2.5
Majority 831 51.1
Turnout 1,625
Labour hold Swing

Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South

Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Craig G. Southern 1,139 50.4 +4.1
Labour Caroline Elizabeth Turner 828 36.6 +11.1
Liberal Democrats Rowan Patrick Power 161 7.1 -17.5
Green Robert Stewart Wade 134 5.9 +2.3
Majority 311 13.7
Turnout 2,262
Conservative hold Swing

Eccleston, Heskin & Charnock Richard

Eccleston, Heskin & Charnock Richard
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Anne Heydon 1,082 50.8 -0.7
Conservative Harold Heaton 827 38.8 -2.1
Green Sally Felton 111 5.2 +0.6
Liberal Democrats Mark Robert Frost 109 5.1 +2.2
Majority 255 12.0
Turnout 2,129
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Euxton

Euxton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Williamson 1,182 54.9 -7.1
Conservative Debra Platt 808 37.5 +5.4
Green Pauline Margaret Summers 162 7.5 +1.6
Majority 374 17.4
Turnout 2,152
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

By-elections

Croston, Mawdesley and Euxton South

Croston, Mawdesley and Euxton South by-election, 14 September 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Debra Platt 878 47.9 –2.5
Labour Ian Cardwell 710 38.8 +2.2
Liberal Democrats Rowan Power 244 13.3 +6.2
Majority 168 9.1
Turnout 1,832 29.6
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.4

The Croston, Mawdesley and Euxton South by-election was triggered by the death of Conservative councillor Keith Iddon. [5]

References

  1. ^ The one independent councillor prior to the election, James Nevett, had been elected as a Labour councillor in 2021, but resigned from the party in November 2022. [1]
  1. ^ Faulkner, Paul (20 November 2022). "Chorley councillor quits Labour with a warning for former colleagues and a call for a more supportive environment for young people in local politics". Lancashire Post. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Your councillors by party". Chorley Borough Council. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  3. ^ Faulkner, Paul (5 May 2023). "Chorley local election results 2023: Labour landslide as Tories suffer near wipeout". Lancashire Post. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Elections 2023 - results". Chorley Council. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  5. ^ Faulkner, Paul (15 September 2023). "Chorley by-elections: Labour leader says party's county win points to 'red tsunami' in Lancashire at the general election". Lancashire Post. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
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