1996 Chorley Borough Council election

Last updated July 20, 2022

Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 2 May 1996. One-third of the council was up for election and the result was a hold for the ruling Labour group.

Election result

Source: Chorley Borough Council^[1]

Chorley Local Election Result 1998
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %
Labour	11	7	0	7	78.6
Conservative	1	0	8	8	7.1
Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	1	7.1
Independent	1	0	0		7.1

Ward results

Adlington

Adlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Y Lindsay Hoyle	1,179	69.4
	Conservative	J. Taylor	391	23.0
	Liberal Democrats	A. Bland	129	7.6
Majority				46.4
Turnout				37.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Anderton Heath Charnock & Rivington

Anderton Heath Charnock & Rivington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Y R. Lees	612	57.5
	Conservative	R. Morris	452	42.5
Majority				15.0
Turnout				41.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Brindle & Hoghton

Anderton Heath Charnock & Rivington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Y J. Charnley	343	45.3
	Liberal Democrats	J. Ross-Mills	334	44.1
	Labour	J. Lowe	80	16.9
Majority				1.2
Turnout				50.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chorley East

Chorley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Y P. Wilson	915	85.4
	Conservative	R. Charnley	156	14.6
Majority				70.9
Turnout				27.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley North East

Chorley North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Y K. Lowe	980	81.8
	Conservative	C. Goldsby	218	18.2
Majority				63.6
Turnout				27.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley North West

Chorley North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Y R. Crabtree	1,004	45.9
	Conservative	R. Colinson	880	40.3
	Liberal Democrats	L. Norman	302	13.8
Majority				5.7
Turnout				42.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Chorley South East

Chorley South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Y C. Snow	951	60.0
	Conservative	P. Haughton	521	32.9
	Liberal Democrats	D. Porter	113	7.1
Majority				27.1
Turnout				40.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Chorley South West ward

Chorley South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Y R. Parr	1,169	71.3
	Conservative	M. Crook	347	21.2
Majority				50.2
Turnout				31.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley West ward

Chorley West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Y R. Snape	1,581	80.7
	Labour	G. Prior	291	14.9
	Conservative	P. Malpas	86	4.4
Majority				65.9
Turnout				47.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Clayton-le-Woods East

Clayton-le-Woods East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Y D. Bland	1,115	46.2
	Labour	E. Murphy	693	28.7
	Conservative	A. Cullens	603	25.0
Majority				17.5
Turnout				32.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Eccleston and Heskin

Eccleston and Heskin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Y E. Forshaw	913	56.2
	Conservative	B. Twist	625	38.5
	Liberal Democrats	J. Eadon	86	5.3
Majority				17.7
Turnout				39.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Euxton South

Euxton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Y M. Davies	739	52.5
	Conservative	G. Russell	452	32.1
	Liberal Democrats	G. Morris	217	15.4
Majority				20.4
Turnout				42.1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Lostock

Lostock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	YD. Lloyd	487	40.4
	Independent (Politician)	M. Iddon	390	32.4
	Conservative	D. Lambert	327	27.2
Majority				8.1
Turnout				36.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Whithnell

Whithnell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Y C. Howard	584	46.8
	Conservative	I. Smith	569	45.6
	Liberal Democrats	V. Jones	94	7.5
Majority				1.2
Turnout				44.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

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References

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

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[1] Chorley Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012 Chorley Borough Council

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