2015 Chorley Borough Council election

Main article: Chorley Borough Council elections

The 2015 Chorley Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Chorley Borough Council in England. ^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results Map

Previous 2011 results

Council make-up

Party political make-up of Chorley Council

	Party	Seats					Current Council (2015)
		2010	2011	2012	2014	2015
	Labour	15	20	24	32	30
	Conservative	27	23	20	13	14
	Independent	2	2	2	2	3
	Lib Dems	3	2	1	0	0

Election result

Chorley local election result 2015

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	8	0	1	1	53.3	45.5	21,900	−3.5
	Conservative	7	1	0	1	46.7	39.1	18,808	+0.8
	UKIP	0	0	0		0	12.2	5,892	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0	2.0	982	−4.2
	Green	0	0	0		0	1.2	567	N/A

Ward results

Adlington and Anderton ward

Adlington and Anderton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Molyneux	1,936	46.5
	Conservative	Charlotte Annaliese Woods	1,285	30.9
	UKIP	Stuart Rickaby	693	16.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Philip William Pilling	248	6.0
Majority			651	15.6
Turnout			4,162	70.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Astley and Buckshaw ward

Astley and Buckshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Perks	1,518	49.6
	Labour	Dan Croft	1,194	39.0
	UKIP	Jeffrey Flinders Mallinson	351	11.5
Majority			324	10.6
Turnout			3,063	70.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chisnall ward

Chisnall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Leadbetter	1,433	61.4
	Labour	Anthony Stephen Holgate	899	38.6
Majority			534	22.9
Turnout			2,332	71.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chorley East ward

Chorley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Brown	1,861	58.1
	Conservative	Mike Devaney	642	20.0
	UKIP	Christopher Suart	554	17.3
	Green	Robert Dale Daykin	148	4.6
Majority			1,219	38.1
Turnout			3,205	62.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley North East ward

Chorley North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marion Lowe	1,651	53.2
	Conservative	Tom Norris	770	24.8
	UKIP	Thomas Anthony Shorrock	526	16.9
	Green	Claire Louise Ashworth	159	5.1
Majority			881	28.4
Turnout			3,106	62.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley North West ward

Chorley North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Aaron Beaver	1,636	47.6
	Conservative	Peter Malpas	1,321	38.4
	UKIP	Julia Winifred Mary Smith	479	13.9
Majority			315	9.2
Turnout			3,436	73.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley South East ward

Chorley South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul James Walmsley	1,812	49.6
	Conservative	Sarah Louise Kiley	1,130	30.9
	UKIP	Shaun Jones	578	15.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Porter	134	3.7
Majority			682	18.7
Turnout			3,654	66.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley South West ward

Chorley South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret May Lees	1,855	51.7
	Conservative	Harold Heaton	1,087	30.3
	UKIP	Phillip Smith	646	18.0
Majority			768	21.4
Turnout			3,588	60.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Clayton le Woods and Whittle-le-Woods ward

Clayton le Woods and Whittle-le-Woods

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Gregory Morgan	2,061	45.0
	Labour	Mark Edward Clifford	1,585	34.6
	UKIP	David George Humphries	594	13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Glenda Charlesworth	345	7.5
Majority			476	10.4
Turnout			4,585	70.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clayton le Woods North ward

Clayton le Woods North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Murfitt	1,404	45.8
	Conservative	Magda Cullens	1,144	37.3
	Green	Gillian Sarah Hargreaves	260	8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen John Fenn	255	8.3
Majority			260	8.5
Turnout			3,063	58.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Clayton le Woods West and Cuerden

Clayton le Woods West and Cuerden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Cullens	1,227	51.8
	Labour	Dave Rogerson	1,142	48.2
Majority			85	3.6
Turnout			2,369	70.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Coppull ward

Coppull

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Clark	1,659	52.9
	Conservative	Joshua John Nelson	782	24.9
	UKIP	Mark Smith	695	22.2	N/A
Majority			877	28.0
Turnout			3,136	64.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Eccleston and Mawdesley ward

Eccleston and Mawdesley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin William Boardman	1,856	50.5
	Labour	Helen Margaret Bradley	1,377	37.5
	UKIP	Richard George Croll	442	12.0	N/A
Majority			479	13.0
Turnout			3,675	74.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Euxton South ward

Euxton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Debra Platt	1,017	43.9
	Labour	Stuart Anthony Clewlow	963	41.6
	UKIP	Philip Hayward	334	14.4
Majority			54	2.3
Turnout			2,314	72.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lostock ward

Lostock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Doreen Dickinson	1,535	62.4
	Labour	Stanley Joseph Ely	926	37.6
Majority			609	24.8
Turnout			2,461	72.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.