Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 4 May 1995. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party took control (the council had been under no overall control since 1991.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 27 | 6 | |
Liberal Democrat | 6 | 1 | |
Conservative | 16 | 7 | |
Independent | 1 |
Election result edit
Source: Chorley Borough Council[1]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 14 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 82.4 | ||||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17.6 | ||||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Ward results edit
Adlington edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Florence Molyneaux | 1,133 | 78.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | J. Bleasdale | 308 | 21.4 | ||
Majority | 57.3 | ||||
Turnout | 32.9 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Chorley East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | B. Hodson | 954 | 88.1 | ||
Conservative | R. Charnley | 129 | 11.9 | ||
Majority | 76.2 | ||||
Turnout | 26.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Chorley North East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adrian Lowe | 988 | 73.8 | ||
Labour | K. Lowe | 959 | |||
Conservative | R. Goldsby | 209 | 15.6 | ||
Conservative | C. Goldsby | 201 | |||
Liberal Democrats | V. Jones | 142 | 10.6 | ||
Majority | 58.2 | ||||
Turnout | 31.2 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Chorley South East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Stephen Holgate | 1,101 | 68.2 | ||
Conservative | E. Baxendale | 385 | 23.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Porter | 129 | 8.0 | ||
Majority | 44.3 | ||||
Turnout | 40.3 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Chorley South West ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Thomas McGowan | 1,317 | 85.1 | ||
Conservative | Peter Malpas | 231 | 14.9 | ||
Majority | 70.2 | ||||
Turnout | 30.4 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Chorley West ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | A. Gee | 1,193 | 78.2 | ||
Conservative | E. Montgomery | 333 | 21.8 | ||
Majority | 56.4 | ||||
Turnout | 36.1 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Clayton-le-Woods East edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | S. Charlesworth | 1,110 | 48.6 | ||
Labour | E. Murphy | 608 | 26.6 | ||
Conservative | Alan Cullens | 564 | 24.7 | ||
Majority | 22.0 | ||||
Turnout | 30.5 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Cronshaw | 484 | 40.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | J. Freeman | 452 | 37.3 | ||
Conservative | M. Muncaster | 275 | 22.7 | ||
Majority | 32 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,211 | 39.1 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Coppull North ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | N. Hilton | 784 | 59.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | P. Eastham | 442 | 33.4 | ||
Conservative | Ms. M. Stewart | 97 | 7.3 | ||
Majority | 25.9 | ||||
Turnout | 46.7 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Coppull South ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | E. Holland | 722 | 52.1 | ||
Labour | R. Lees | 605 | 42.8 | ||
Conservative | M. Stewart | 86 | 6.1 | ||
Majority | 8.3 | ||||
Turnout | 47.6 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Eccleston and Heskin edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | T. Titherington | 1,013 | 62.7 | ||
Conservative | J. Lucas | 509 | 31.5 | ||
Independent | D. Staig | 93 | 5.8 | ||
Majority | 31.2 | ||||
Turnout | 40.1 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Euxton North edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Berry | 765 | 59.1 | ||
Conservative | G. Jolly | 399 | 30.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | D bland | 130 | 10.0 | ||
Majority | 28.3 | ||||
Turnout | 47.9 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Euxton South edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | J. Cocking | 720 | 58.0 | ||
Conservative | G. Simmons | 403 | 32.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | P. Sharp | 119 | 9.6 | ||
Majority | 25.5 | ||||
Turnout | 36.9 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Lostock edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Heyes | 512 | 37.6 | ||
Conservative | J. Rigby | 430 | 31.6 | ||
Independent (Politician) | M. Iddon | 420 | 30.8 | ||
Majority | 6.0 | ||||
Turnout | 42.8 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Whittle-le-Woods edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | M. Lavender | 395 | 38.1 | ||
Conservative | J. Walker | 389 | 37.5 | ||
Independent (Politician) | D. Yates | 252 | 24.3 | ||
Majority | 0.6 | ||||
Turnout | 38.7 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Whithnell edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | K. Jones | 395 | 38.1 | ||
Conservative | M. Crook | 457 | 35.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | G. Charlesworth | 103 | 8.1 | ||
Independent (Politician) | M. Crowther | 50 | 3.9 | ||
Majority | 16.2 | ||||
Turnout | 46.0 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
References edit
- ^ Chorley Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012 Chorley Borough Council