Council elections for the Borough of Chorley were held on 3 May 2018 as part of the 2018 United Kingdom local elections.
All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who are aged 18 or over on polling day were entitled to vote in the local elections.
The result was a hold for the ruling Labour group.[1]
Results summary
The results of the 2018 elections are summarised below.[2]
| 2018 Chorley Borough Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Labour | 14 |  2 |
82.4 | 18 | 32 | 68.1 | 16,071 | 54.4 | +1.5 | |
| Conservative | 2 |  2 |
11.76 | 10 | 12 | 25.5 | 11,098 | 36.1 | +7.5 | |
| Independent | 1 |  |
5.9 | 2 | 3 | 6.3 | 1,406 | 4.8 | -2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 821 | 4.4 | +0.1 | |
| Green | 0 | |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -0.7 | |
| UKIP | 0 | |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 137 | 0.4 | -5.9 | |
Ward results
Adlington & Anderton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Albert Graham Dunn | 1,277 | |||
| Conservative | Edward Lowe | 803 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | William Pilling | 111 | |||
| Majority | 474 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Astley & Buckshaw
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Mathew John Lynch | 1,071 | |||
| Conservative | Aidy Riggot | 1041 | |||
| Majority | 31 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Chisnall
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alan Whittaker | 777 | |||
| Conservative | Mervyn Heyes Holden | 559 | |||
| Majority | 218 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Chorley East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Hasina Khan | 1,195 | |||
| Conservative | Clare Denise Grew | 413 | 21.2 | ||
| Majority | 782 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Chorley North East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alistair William Morwood | 1,059 | |||
| Conservative | Ryan Paul Hoey | 395 | |||
| UKIP | Tommy Sharrock | 81 | |||
| Majority | 664 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Chorley North West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent (politician) | Ralph Snape | 1,356 | |||
| Labour | Sarah Elizabeth Jane Ainsworth | 561 | |||
| Conservative | Luke Steven Kerr | 282 | |||
| Majority | 795 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Chorley South East
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Bev Murray | 1,240 | |||
| Conservative | Marie Elizabeth Gray | 591 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David Porter | 119 | |||
| Majority | 649 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Chorley South West
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Roy Lees | 1,148 | |||
| Conservative | Sandra Mercer | 419 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Diane Elizabeth Curtis | 189 | |||
| Majority | 729 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Clayton-le-Woods & Whittle-le-woods
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Eric Bell | 1,198 | |||
| Labour | Mark Clifford | 1,015 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Glenda Charlesworth | 128 | |||
| Independent | William David Carpenter | 50 | |||
| Majority | 183 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Clayton-le-Woods North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Yvonne Marie Hargreaves | 1,025 | |||
| Conservative | Magda Cullens | 646 | |||
| Majority | 379 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Clayton-le-Woods West & Cuerden
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Neville Grant Whitman | 771 | |||
| Conservative | Mick Muncaster | 709 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Patricia Ormston | 125 | |||
| Majority | 62 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Coppull
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Steve Holgate | 1,123 | |||
| Conservative | Carole Margaret Billouin | 393 | |||
| Majority | 730 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Eccleston & Mawdesley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Keith Iddon | 1,179 | 54.2 | ||
| Labour | Catherine Ann Donegan | 762 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Robert Frost | 190 | |||
| UKIP | Mark Lawrence Smith | 56 | |||
| Majority | 417 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Euxton North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tommy Gray | 834 | |||
| Conservative | Hazel Sarah Walton | 527 | |||
| Democrats and Veterans | Barry Edwin Mason | 52 | |||
| Majority | 307 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Euxton South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gillian Frances Sharples | 715 | |||
| Conservative | Phil Loynes | 704 | |||
| Majority | 11 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Pennine
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gordon France | 528 | |||
| Conservative | Peter Malpas | 459 | |||
| Majority | 69 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Wheelton and Whitnell
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Margaret Mary France | 970 | |||
| Conservative | Caroline Snowden | 780 | |||
| Majority | 190 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ chorley.gov.uk
- ↑ Borough and Parish elections Archived 26 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine Chorley
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