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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]
The overall results were as follows: [4]
2023 Chorley Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 13 | 6 | 92.9 | 24 | 37 | 88.1 | 16,480 | 59.26 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | 1 | 5 | 7.1 | 4 | 5 | 11.9 | 8,193 | 29.46 | -3.0 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,480 | 8.92 | -0.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 551 | 1.98 | -0.3 | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 104 | 0.37 | |||
Independent | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 9.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 5.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 6.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 0.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 8.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 6.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 3.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 2.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 7.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michelle Amanda Brown | 1,369 | 56.7 | ―2.2 | |
Conservative | Magdalene Margaret Cullens | 723 | 30.0 | ―1.5 | |
Green | Clare Hales | 202 | 8.4 | -1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Glenda Charlesworth | 119 | 4.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 646 | 26.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,413 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 3.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 1.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 8.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | |||
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