Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 21 | 1 | |
Conservative | 20 | 2 | |
Liberal Democrat | 3 | 1 | |
Independent | 3 |
Party | Seats | Current Council (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Labour | 15 | 20 | 24 | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conservative | 27 | 23 | 20 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Independent | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lib Dems | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Election result edit
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 40.0 | 36.0 | 11,169 | −2.9 | |
Labour | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40.0 | 34.0 | 10,525 | −9.1 | |
Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 11.9 | 3,692 | +9.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6.7 | 18.1 | 5,602 | +2.3 |
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Ward results edit
Adlington and Anderton edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Davies | 1,226 | 43.8 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Paul Barron | 1,105 | 39.5 | +1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip William Pilling | 469 | 16.8 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 121 | 4.3 | −1.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,800 | 52.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Brindle and Hoghton ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Dickinson | 521 | 52.3 | −17.2 | |
Independent | Stephen Williams | 193 | 19.4 | +19.4 | |
Labour | Michael Graham | 122 | 12.2 | −2.9 | |
Independent | Graham Dixon | 91 | 9.1 | +9.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | William Mellor | 69 | 6.9 | −8.5 | |
Majority | 328 | 32.9 | −21.2 | ||
Turnout | 996 | 56.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Chorley East ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Wilson | 1,038 | 51.9 | −7.9 | |
Conservative | Elvi Livesey | 443 | 22.2 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jean Mellor | 309 | 15.5 | +15.5 | |
Independent | Thomas Fawcett | 209 | 10.5 | −9.2 | |
Majority | 595 | 29.7 | −9.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,999 | 40.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Chorley North East ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adrian Lowe | 913 | 41.3 | −11.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Blackburn | 679 | 30.7 | +16.9 | |
Conservative | Simon Parkinson | 618 | 28.0 | −5.0 | |
Majority | 234 | 10.6 | −9.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,210 | 45.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Chorley North West ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joyce Snape | 2,290 | 77.0 | +77.0 | |
Conservative | Magdalene Cullens | 375 | 12.6 | −29.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Linda Norman | 220 | 7.4 | −12.9 | |
Independent | Philip Baker | 88 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 1,915 | 64.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,973 | 60.1 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Chorley South East ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ms. Margaret Lees | 999 | 45.1 | −6.2 | |
Conservative | Dorothy Livesey | 768 | 34.7 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Porter | 446 | 20.2 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 231 | 10.4 | −6.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,213 | 46.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Chorley South West ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Gee | 841 | 47.4 | −10.8 | |
Conservative | Elsie Perks | 482 | 27.1 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ms. Linda Eubank | 453 | 25.5 | +8.3 | |
Majority | 359 | 20.3 | −13.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,776 | 38.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Walker | 1,361 | 51.4 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Glenda Charlesworth | 679 | 25.6 | −0.3 | |
Labour | Sharon Gray | 608 | 23.0 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 682 | 25.8 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,648 | 50.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Clayton-le-Woods North ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Cullens | 813 | 39.6 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen John Fenn | 736 | 35.9 | −0.1 | |
Labour | David Unsworth | 502 | 24.5 | −2.7 | |
Majority | 77 | 3.7 | +2.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,051 | 41.4 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Coppull ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stella Walsh | 1,187 | 48.4 | +6.0 | |
Labour | Beverley Gore | 966 | 39.4 | −6.2 | |
Conservative | Stephen Royce | 299 | 12.2 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 221 | 9.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,452 | 50.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Eccleston and Mawdesley ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Caunce | 1,358 | 53.8 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Helen Margaret Bradley | 1,168 | 46.2 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 190 | 7.6 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,526 | 54.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Euxton North ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Daniel Gee | 1,016 | 53.3 | ||
Conservative | Rosemary Russell | 890 | 46.7 | ||
Majority | 126 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,906 | 55.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Heath Charnock and Rivington ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mary Case | 661 | 69.8 | +5.5 | |
Labour | Florence Molyneaux | 286 | 30.2 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 375 | 39.6 | +11.0 | ||
Turnout | 947 | 54.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lostock ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Margaret Iddon | 821 | 46.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Simon Moulton | 667 | 37.6 | −17.5 | |
Labour | Patricia Tack | 288 | 16.2 | −28.7 | |
Majority | 154 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,776 | 54.2 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Wheelton and Withnell ward edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Shaun Smith | 808 | 47.1 | ||
Labour | Christopher Howard | 552 | 32.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Shelagh Graham | 355 | 20.7 | ||
Majority | 256 | 14.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,715 | 53.4 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |