2006 Chorley Borough Council election
Appearance
Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 25 | ![]() | |
Labour | 17 | ![]() | |
Independent | 3 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrat | 2 | ![]() |
Election result
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 11 | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
61.1 | 45.0 | 12,037 | +9.0 | |
Labour | 5 | 0 | 4 | ![]() |
27.8 | 35.7 | 9,555 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
5.6 | 9.5 | 2,552 | −8.6 | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
5.6 | 8.7 | 2,312 | −3.2 | |
New Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | 1.0 | 272 | +1.0 |
One Labour councillor was unopposed.
Results Map
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Ward results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | ![]() |
1,264 | 57.1 | +13.3 | |
Conservative | Paul Barron | 700 | 31.6 | −7.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip William Pilling | 249 | 11.3 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 564 | 25.5 | +21.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,213 | 39.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
832 | 66.4 | +8.2 | |
Labour | Laura Jane Lennox | 421 | 33.6 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 411 | 32.8 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,253 | 45.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Chisnall ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
701 | 55.7 | +19.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nora Theresa Ball | 319 | 25.4 | +9.1 | |
Labour | David Christopher Lloyd | 238 | 18.9 | −11.7 | |
Majority | 382 | 30.3 | +25.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,258 | 39.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | ![]() |
798 | 56.9 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Simon Parkinson | 605 | 43.1 | +20.9 | |
Majority | 193 | 13.8 | −15.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,403 | 29.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | ![]() |
816 | 51.8 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | Marlene Ann Bedford | 486 | 30.9 | +2.9 | |
New Party | Colin Denby | 272 | 17.3 | +17.3 | |
Majority | 330 | 20.9 | +10.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,574 | 31.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | ![]() |
2,312 | 85.3 | +8.3 | |
Labour | Alistair Ward Bradley | 203 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | Kirk Houghton | 197 | 7.3 | −5.3 | |
Majority | 2,109 | 77.8 | +13.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,712 | 54.5 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | ![]() |
625 | 42.9 | −2.2 | |
Conservative | Barbara Higham | 612 | 42.0 | +7.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Porter | 219 | 15.0 | −5.2 | |
Majority | 13 | 0.9 | −9.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,456 | 31.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | ![]() |
unopposed | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Clayton le Woods and Whittle-le-Woods ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
1,268 | 64.8 | +13.4 | |
Labour | David Edwin Rogerson | 362 | 18.5 | −4.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Glenda Charlesworth | 327 | 16.7 | −8.9 | |
Majority | 941 | 46.3 | +20.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,957 | 36.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Clayton le Woods North ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
713 | |||
Conservative | ![]() |
661 | |||
Labour | Karen Teresa Martyniuk | 561 | |||
Labour | Edward Anthony Murphy | 484 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Peter Philip Buckley | 420 | |||
Turnout | 2,839 | 30.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Clayton le Woods West and Cuerden
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
793 | 60.1 | +18.1 | |
Labour | James Freeman | 526 | 39.9 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 267 | 20.2 | +15.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,319 | 38.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | ![]() |
907 | 54.4 | +6.0 | |
Labour | Susan Elizabeth Millar | 521 | 31.2 | −8.2 | |
Conservative | Stephen William Royce | 240 | 14.4 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 386 | 23.2 | +14.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,668 | 33.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
1,176 | 54.1 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Alan Whittaker | 998 | 45.9 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 178 | 8.2 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,174 | 45.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
833 | 53.7 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Thomas Gray | 718 | 46.3 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 115 | 7.4 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,551 | 43.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
836 | 67.6 | +10.4 | |
Labour | Helen Margaret Bradley | 401 | 32.4 | −10.4 | |
Majority | 435 | 35.2 | +20.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,237 | 38.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Pennine ward
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
498 | 65.2 | +10.2 | |
Labour | Hollie Louise Berry | 155 | 20.3 | +5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janet Ross-Mills | 111 | 14.5 | −15.3 | |
Majority | 343 | 44.9 | +19.7 | ||
Turnout | 764 | 43.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
886 | 65.6 | +18.5 | |
Labour | Christopher Howard | 464 | 34.4 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 422 | 31.2 | +16.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,350 | 41.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |