Chorley council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 14 wards · 14 seats contested

Most seats
13
Labour Party
Seats contested
14
across 14 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 13 +0 16,480 59.3% +3.5
Conservative and Unionist Party 1 +0 7,823 28.1% -4.6
Green Party 0 +0 2,850 10.2% +1.4
Liberal Democrats 0 +0 551 2.0% -0.4
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 104 0.4% +0.1

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2022. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 14
Conservative and Unionist Party 14
Labour Party 14
Green Party 13
Liberal Democrats 5
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 1

A party standing a full slate could field 14 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Adlington & Anderton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Peter Francis Wilson Elected 1,348 70.6% +8.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Neil Baglow 430 22.5% -9.9
Green Party Catherine Hunter-Rossall 132 6.9% +1.3
Majority918
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,910

Labour Party hold

Buckshaw & Whittle

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Samantha Jayne Martin Elected 1,205 59.7% +5.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Greg Morgan 652 32.3% -5.2
Green Party Rachel Smith 161 8.0% -0.2
Majority553
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,018

Labour Party hold

Chorley East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Chris Snow Elected 1,175 82.6% +11.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Grandi 248 17.4% -1.2
Majority927
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,423

Labour Party hold

Chorley North & Astley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jean Margaret Sherwood Elected 1,026 58.7% +0.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Oliver Luke Knights 522 29.9% -0.8
Green Party Jon Royle 199 11.4% +0.6
Majority504
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,747

Labour Party hold

Chorley North East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Gordon France Elected 1,554 69.8% +8.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Charles Russell Hargreaves 509 22.9% -8.7
Green Party Simon Cash 162 7.3% -0.0
Majority1,045
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,225

Labour Party hold

Chorley North West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sarah Ainsworth Elected 1,425 65.5% +6.5
Green Party Mark Worsley Tebbutt 561 25.8% +16.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Malpas 191 8.8% -23.1
Majority864
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,177

Labour Party hold

Chorley South East & Heath Charnock

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Bev Murray Elected 1,203 61.0% +2.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Conor Dawson 514 26.1% -3.3
Green Party Jane Elizabeth Weston 150 7.6% -0.6
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Jenny Hurley 104 5.3% +1.0
Majority689
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,971

Labour Party hold

Chorley South West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Roy Lees Elected 857 51.4% -0.1
Green Party Andy Hunter-Rossall 625 37.5% +4.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Davenport 152 9.1% -6.6
Liberal Democrats Stephen John Fenn 33 2.0% —
Majority232
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,667

Labour Party hold

Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Pauline Barbara Mary McGovern Elected 1,065 52.3% +5.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Sam Chapman 724 35.6% -8.8
Liberal Democrats Gail Patricia Ormston 129 6.3% —
Green Party Olga Cash 117 5.7% -3.4
Majority341
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,035

Labour Party hold

Clayton West & Cuerden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Michelle Amanda Brown Elected 1,369 56.7% -2.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Magdalene Margaret Cullens 723 30.0% -1.6
Green Party Clare Hales 202 8.4% -1.2
Liberal Democrats Glenda Charlesworth 119 4.9% —
Majority646
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,413

Labour Party hold

Coppull

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Julia Louise Berry Elected 1,161 71.4% +1.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Christine Turner 330 20.3% -3.9
Green Party Anne Frances Calderbank 134 8.2% +2.6
Majority831
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,625

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Craige Southern Elected 1,193 51.5% +5.2
Labour Party Caroline Elizabeth Turner 828 35.8% +10.3
Liberal Democrats Rowan Power 161 7.0% -17.7
Green Party Robert Stewart Wade 134 5.8% +2.2
Majority365
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,316

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Eccleston, Heskin & Charnock Richard

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Christine Anne Heydon Elected 1,082 50.8% -0.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Harold Heaton 827 38.8% -2.1
Green Party Sally Felton 111 5.2% +0.6
Liberal Democrats Mark Robert Frost 109 5.1% +2.2
Majority255
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,129

Labour Party hold

Euxton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Joan Williamson Elected 1,182 54.9% -7.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Debra Platt 808 37.5% +5.4
Green Party Pauline Margaret Summers 162 7.5% +1.7
Majority374
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,152

Labour Party hold

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