2023 Chorley Borough Council election
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
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[lower-alpha 1]
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
Conservative Mark Grandi 248 17.4
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
Conservative Oliver Luke Knights 522 29.9
Green Jon Royle 199 11.4
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
Conservative Charles Russell Hargreaves 509 22.8
Green Simon Cash 162 7.3
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
Conservative Peter Malpas 561 25.8
Green Mark Tebbutt 191 8.8
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
Conservative Conner Dawson 514 26.1
Green Jane Weston 150 7.6
TUSC Jenny Hurley 104 5.3
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
Green Andy Hunter-Rossall 625 37.5
Conservative Peter Clifford Davenport 152 9.1
Liberal Democrats Stephen John Fenn 33 2.0
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
Conservative Sam Chapman 724 35.6
Green Olga Gomez-Cash 117 5.7
Liberal Democrats Gail Ormston 129 6.3
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
Conservative Magdalene Margaret Cullens 723 30.0
Green Clare Hales 119 4.9
Liberal Democrats Glenda Charlesworth 202 8.4
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
Conservative Christine Turner 330 20.3
Green Anne Calderbank 134 8.2
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
Labour Caroline Elizabeth Turner 828 36.6
Liberal Democrats Rowan Patrick Power 161 7.1
Green Robert Stewart Wade 134 5.9
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
Conservative Harold Heaton 827 38.8
Green Sally Felton 111 5.2
Liberal Democrats Mark Robert Frost 109 5.1
Majority 255 12.0
Turnout 2,129
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Euxton

Euxton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joan Williamson 1,182 54.9
Conservative Debra Platt 808 37.5
Green Pauline Margaret Summers 162 7.5
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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