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2023 Chorley Borough Council election

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   Leader Alistair Bradley Alan Cullens n/a Party Labour Conservative Independent Seats before 31 10 1[a] Seats after 37 5 0 Seat change 6 5 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 CouncilinLancashire, 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[edit]

The overall results were as follows:^[4]

2023 Chorley Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	13	6	92.9	24	37	88.1	16,480	59.26	+3.5
	Conservative	1	5	7.1	4	5	11.9	8,193	29.46	-3.0
	Green	0		0	0	0	0.0	2,480	8.92	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	0		0	0	0	0.0	551	1.98	-0.3
	TUSC	0		0	0	0	0.0	104	0.37
	Independent	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0

Ward results[edit]

Adlington and Anderton[edit]

Adlington and 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	9.2

Buckshaw and Whittle[edit]

Buckshaw and 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	5.3

Chorley East[edit]

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	6.6

Chorley North and Astley[edit]

Chorley North and 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	0.4

Chorley North East[edit]

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	8.7

Chorley North West[edit]

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	6.3

Chorley South East and Heath Charnock[edit]

Chorley South East and 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	3.0

Chorley South West[edit]

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	2.4

Clayton East, Brindle and Hoghton[edit]

Clayton East, Brindle and Hoghton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Barbara Mary Mcgovern	1,065	52.3	+5.8
	Conservative	Samuel Andrew Chapman	724	35.6	―8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Gail Patricia 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	7.3

Clayton West and Cuerden[edit]

Coppull[edit]

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	3.2

Croston, Mawdesley and Euxton South[edit]

Croston, Mawdesley and 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	1.4

Eccleston, Heskin and Charnock Richard[edit]

Euxton[edit]

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	8.9

By-elections[edit]

Croston, Mawdesley and Euxton South[edit]

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 Patrick Power	244	13.3	+6.2
Majority			168	9.1
Turnout			1,832	29.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.4

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

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