1995 Chorley Borough Council election

Last updated October 14, 2025

Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 4 May 1995. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party took control (the council had been under no overall control since 1991.

Election result
Ward results
Adlington
Chorley East
Chorley North East
Chorley South East
Chorley South West ward
Chorley West ward
Clayton-le-Woods East
Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden
Coppull North ward
Coppull South ward
Eccleston and Heskin
Euxton North
Euxton South
Lostock
Whittle-le-Woods
Whithnell
References

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Seats	±
Labour	27	6
Liberal Democrat	6	1
Conservative	16	7
Independent	1

Election result

Source: Chorley Borough Council^[1]

Chorley local election result 1995
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %
Labour	14	6	0	6	82.4
Conservative	0	0	7	7	0.0
Liberal Democrats	3	1	0	1	17.6
Independent	0	0	0		0.0

Ward results

Adlington

Adlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Y Florence Molyneaux	1,133	78.6
	Liberal Democrats	J. Bleasdale	308	21.4
Majority				57.3
Turnout				32.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley East

Chorley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Y B. Hodson	954	88.1
	Conservative	R. Charnley	129	11.9
Majority				76.2
Turnout				26.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley North East

Chorley North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Y Adrian Lowe	988	73.8
	Labour	Y K. Lowe	959
	Conservative	R. Goldsby	209	15.6
	Conservative	C. Goldsby	201
	Liberal Democrats	V. Jones	142	10.6
Majority				58.2
Turnout				31.2
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley South East

Chorley South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Y Anthony Stephen Holgate	1,101	68.2
	Conservative	E. Baxendale	385	23.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Porter	129	8.0
Majority				44.3
Turnout				40.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley South West ward

Chorley South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Y Thomas McGowan	1,317	85.1
	Conservative	Peter Malpas	231	14.9
Majority				70.2
Turnout				30.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley West ward

Chorley West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Y A. Gee	1,193	78.2
	Conservative	E. Montgomery	333	21.8
Majority				56.4
Turnout				36.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Clayton-le-Woods East

Clayton-le-Woods East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	YS. Charlesworth	1,110	48.6
	Labour	E. Murphy	608	26.6
	Conservative	Alan Cullens	564	24.7
Majority				22.0
Turnout				30.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden

Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Y J. Cronshaw	484	40.0
	Liberal Democrats	J. Freeman	452	37.3
	Conservative	M. Muncaster	275	22.7
Majority			32	2.6
Turnout			1,211	39.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Coppull North ward

Coppull North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Y N. Hilton	784	59.3
	Liberal Democrats	P. Eastham	442	33.4
	Conservative	Ms. M. Stewart	97	7.3
Majority				25.9
Turnout				46.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Coppull South ward

Coppull South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	YE. Holland	722	52.1
	Labour	R. Lees	605	42.8
	Conservative	M. Stewart	86	6.1
Majority				8.3
Turnout				47.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Eccleston and Heskin

Eccleston and Heskin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	YT. Titherington	1,013	62.7
	Conservative	J. Lucas	509	31.5
	Independent	D. Staig	93	5.8
Majority				31.2
Turnout				40.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Euxton North

Euxton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	YJ. Berry	765	59.1
	Conservative	G. Jolly	399	30.8
	Liberal Democrats	D. Bland	130	10.0
Majority				28.3
Turnout				47.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Euxton South

Euxton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	YJ. Cocking	720	58.0
	Conservative	G. Simmons	403	32.4
	Liberal Democrats	P. Sharp	119	9.6
Majority				25.5
Turnout				36.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Lostock

Lostock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	YDavid Heyes	512	37.6
	Conservative	J. Rigby	430	31.6
	Independent (Politician)	M. Iddon	420	30.8
Majority				6.0
Turnout				42.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Whittle-le-Woods

Whittle-le-Woods
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	YM. Lavender	395	38.1
	Conservative	J. Walker	389	37.5
	Independent (Politician)	D. Yates	252	24.3
Majority				0.6
Turnout				38.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Whithnell

Whithnell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Y K. Jones	395	38.1
	Conservative	M. Crook	457	35.9
	Liberal Democrats	G. Charlesworth	103	8.1
	Independent (Politician)	M. Crowther	50	3.9
Majority				16.2
Turnout				46.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

References

↑ Chorley Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012 Chorley Borough Council

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