2023 Chorley Borough Council election

2023 Chorley Borough Council election
14 out of 42 seats to Chorley Borough Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
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]

2023 Chorley Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	13	6	92.9	24	37	88.1	16,480	61.0	+5.3
	Conservative	1	5	7.1	4	5	11.9	7,767	28.8	―3.8
	Green	0		0	0	0	0.0	2,767	10.2	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	0		0	0	0	0.0	634	2.3	+0.0
	TUSC	0		0	0	0	0.0	104	0.4	+0.1
	Independent	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0

Ward results

Adlington and Anderton

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

Buckshaw and Whittle

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

Chorley East

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

Chorley North and Astley

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

Chorley North East

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

Chorley North West

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

Chorley South East and Heath Charnock

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

Chorley South West

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

Clayton East, Brindle and Hoghton

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

Clayton West and Cuerden

Clayton West and Cuerden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Michelle Amanda Brown	1,369	56.7	―2.2
	Conservative	Magdalene Margaret Cullens	723	30.0	―1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Glenda Charlesworth	202	8.4	N/A
	Green	Clare Hales	119	4.9	―4.7
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	+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

Croston, Mawdesley and Euxton South

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

Eccleston, Heskin and Charnock Richard

Eccleston, Heskin and Charnock Richard
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Anne Heydon	1,082	50.8	―0.7
	Conservative	Harold Heaton	827	38.8	―2.1
	Green	Sally Felton	111	5.2	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Robert Frost	109	5.1	+2.2
Majority			255	12.0
Turnout			2,129
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Euxton

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

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 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]

References

^ 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]

^ 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.
^ "Your councillors by party". Chorley Borough Council. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
^ Faulkner, Paul (5 May 2023). "Chorley local election results 2023: Labour landslide as Tories suffer near wipeout". Lancashire Post. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
^ "Elections 2023 - results". Chorley Council. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
^ 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.

[2] 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.

[3] "Your councillors by party". Chorley Borough Council. Retrieved 30 April 2023.

[4] Faulkner, Paul (5 May 2023). "Chorley local election results 2023: Labour landslide as Tories suffer near wipeout". Lancashire Post. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

[5] "Elections 2023 - results". Chorley Council. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

[6] 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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