The 2016 Chorley Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Chorley Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | Current Council (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Labour | 15 | 20 | 24 | 32 | 30 | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conservative | 27 | 23 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Independent | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lib Dems | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 10 | 0 | 0 | 68.8 | 52.9 | 13,780 | −0.5 | ||
Conservative | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 28.6 | 7,444 | −3.5 | ||
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 1,862 | +0.0 | ||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 1,652 | +2.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 1,115 | +2.2 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 183 | −0.4 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Peter Francis Wilson | 1,425 | 61.4 | ||
Conservative | Dorothy Livesey | 598 | 25.8 | ||
Green | Andrew Whitson | 183 | 7.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Philip William Pilling | 113 | 4.9 | ||
Majority | 827 | 35.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,319 | 40.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sheila Mary Long | 350 | 44.3 | −19.4 | |
Independent | Steve Williams | 315 | 39.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Yvonne Marie Hargreaves | 125 | 15.8 | −20.5 | |
Majority | 35 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 790 | 47.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −29.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Zara Khan | 1,176 | 67.4 | −7.0 | |
UKIP | Christopher Suart | 348 | 19.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Aidy Riggott | 222 | 12.7 | −3.8 | |
Majority | 828 | 47.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,746 | 35.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adrian Lowe | 1,049 | 63.7 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Philip Adrian Ellis Loynes | 331 | 20.1 | +1.5 | |
UKIP | Tommy Shorrock | 268 | 16.3 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 718 | 43.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,648 | 34.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joyce Snape | 1,547 | 64.3 | −7.7 | |
Labour | Anthony Stephen Holgate | 547 | 22.7 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | Sandra Mercer | 182 | 7.6 | −1.4 | |
UKIP | Julia Winifred Mary Smith | 129 | 5.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,000 | 41.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,405 | 52.5 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | -5.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Alistair Ward Bradley | 1,261 | 62.8 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Dominic Keiran Jewell | 452 | 22.5 | −5.3 | |
UKIP | Shaun Jones | 243 | 12.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | David Porter | 52 | 2.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 809 | 40.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,008 | 36.4 | |||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Gee | 1,351 | 73.7 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | Mrs. Sarah Louise Kiley | 483 | 26.3 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 868 | 47.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,834 | 31.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Philip Walker | 1,126 | 46.1 | −12.5 | |
Labour | Mark Edward Clifford | 962 | 39.4 | −2.0 | |
UKIP | Andrew Anthony Romanienko | 203 | 8.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Glenda Charlesworth | 151 | 6.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 164 | 6.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,442 | 38.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jean Elizabeth Cronshaw | 1,027 | 61.8 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Eileen Whiteford | 636 | 38.2 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 391 | 23.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,663 | 33.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jane Louise Fitzsimons | 832 | 48.6 | −8.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Thomson | 610 | 35.6 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | Harold Heaton | 271 | 15.8 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 222 | 13.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,713 | 35.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | −6.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry William Caunce | 953 | 46.1 | −0.5 | |
Labour | Stanley Joseph Ely | 823 | 39.8 | −2.4 | |
UKIP | Mark Smith | 292 | 14.1 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 130 | 6.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,068 | 41.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Danny Gee | 1,108 | 72.4 | +18.6 | |
Conservative | Alan John Platt | 254 | 16.6 | −18.3 | |
UKIP | Jeffrey Flinders Mallinson | 169 | 11.0 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 854 | 55.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,531 | 44.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +18.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Kim Snape | 663 | 70.5 | +15.1 | |
Conservative | Peter Malpas | 277 | 29.5 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 386 | 41.1 | |||
Turnout | 940 | 54.4 | |||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | +9.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Derek Dalton | 602 | 45.4 | −10.6 | |
Labour | Alan Whittaker | 534 | 40.3 | −3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Patrick Wright | 189 | 14.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 68 | 5.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,325 | 39.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −3.5 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Christopher France | 897 | 55.9 | −2.9 | |
Conservative | Andrew James Snowden | 707 | 44.1 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 190 | 11.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,604 | 50.3 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.9 | |||
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