2024 Chorley Borough Council election

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2024 Chorley Borough Council election
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14 out of 42 seats to Chorley Borough Council
22 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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LeaderAlistair BradleyAlan Cullens
Party Labour Conservative
Leader's seatChorley South East and Heath CharnockClayton East, Brindle and Hoghton (lost)
Seats before375
Seats after393
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2
Chorley UK local election 2024 map.svg
The winner of each seat in the 2024 Chorley Borough Council election
Leader before election

Alistair Bradley
Labour

Leader after election

Alistair Bradley
Labour

The 2024 Chorley Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect councillors to Chorley Council in Lancashire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

Contents

A third of the council was up for election. Ahead of the election the council was under Labour control. [1] Labour won 13 of the 14 seats available, increasing their majority on the council and in the process unseated the council's Conversative's leader. The Conservatives only retained one of the three seats they were defending. [2]

Results

Chorley Borough Council's composition following the 2024 elections. 2024 Chorley Borough Council.svg
Chorley Borough Council's composition following the 2024 elections.

The results of the 2024 elections are summarised below. [3]

2024 Chorley Borough Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 13Increase2.svg 292.9263992.915,83260.5+1.1
  Conservative 1Decrease2.svg 27.14237.17,01226.8―2.7
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02,61710.0+1.1
  Liberal Democrats 0Steady2.svg0.0000.04061.6―0.4
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0.0000.03221.2+0.9

Ward results

Adlington and Anderton

Adlington and Anderton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kim Snape 1,392 72.1 +1.5
Conservative Neil Gardiner Baglow40420.9―1.6
Green Sally Felton1346.9±0.0
Majority 98851.2
Turnout 1,93032.1
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg1.6

Buckshaw and Whittle

Buckshaw and Whittle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Russell Charles Green 995 47.9 ―11.8
Conservative Aidy Riggott87041.8+9.5
Green Rachel Smith21410.3+2.3
Majority 1256.0
Turnout 2,07929.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Decrease2.svg10.6

Chorley East

Chorley East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hasina Khan 935 63.3 ―19.3
Conservative Mark Grandi25517.3―0.1
TUSC Aamir Khansaheb1459.8N/A
Green Catherine Rossall―Hunter1439.7N/A
Majority 68046.0
Turnout 1,47825.0
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg9.6

Chorley North and Astley

Chorley North and Astley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adrian Lowe 1,002 60.7 +2.0
Conservative Ryan Grogan42625.8―4.1
Green Jon Royle17310.5―0.9
TUSC Tahir Khansaheb503.0N/A
Majority 57634.9
Turnout 1,65127.8
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg3.6

Chorley North East

Chorley North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Margaret France 1,451 70.7 +1.0
Conservative Ian Gregory Morgan44421.6―1.2
Green Simon Cash1567.6+0.3
Majority 1,00749.1
Turnout 2,05137.0
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg1.1

Chorley North West

Chorley North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Aaron Beaver 1,340 64.1 ―1.4
Conservative Peter Malpas48623.2―2.6
Green Mark Worsley Tebbutt21410.2+0.4
TUSC Arif Khansaheb512.4N/A
Majority 86439.7
Turnout 2,09135.4
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg0.6

Chorley South East and Heath Charnock

Chorley South East and Heath Charnock
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alistair Ward Bradley 1,173 62.6 +1.6
Conservative Sandra Mercer46725.4―0.7
Green Jane Weston1588.4+0.8
TUSC Jenny Hurley764.1―1.2
Majority 70637.7
Turnout 1,87427.6
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg1.2

Chorley South West

Chorley South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Katie Wilkie 935 56.8 +5.4
Green Olga Cash56234.1―3.4
Conservative Peter Clifford Davenport1509.1±0.0
Majority 37322.6
Turnout 1,64728.4
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg4.4

Clayton East, Brindle and Hoghton

Clayton East, Brindle and Hoghton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Irene Evelyn Amahwe 949 48.7 ―3.6
Conservative Alan Cullens72337.1+1.5
Liberal Democrats Gail Patricia Ormston1487.6―0.8
Green Pauline Summers1286.6+0.9
Majority 22611.6
Turnout 1,94829.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Decrease2.svg2.5

Clayton West and Cuerden

Clayton West and Cuerden
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Edward Clifford 1,369 63.1 +6.4
Conservative Samuel Andrew Chapman54124.9―5.1
Green Clare Elizabeth Hales1677.7+2.8
Liberal Democrats Stephen John Fenn934.3―4.1
Majority 82838.2
Turnout 2,17032.5
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg5.8

Coppull

Coppull
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alex Martin Hilton 1,022 71.1 ―0.3
Conservative Conor Dawson29920.8+0.5
Green Anne Calderbank1168.1―0.1
Majority 72350.3
Turnout 1,43723.4
Labour hold Swing Decrease2.svg0.4

Croston, Mawdesley and Euxton South

Croston, Mawdesley and Euxton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Debra Platt 976 44.9 ―3.0
Labour Caroline Elizabeth Turner89741.3+2.5
Green John Clare1948.9N/A
Liberal Democrats Mark Robert Frost1054.8―8.5
Majority 793.6
Turnout 2,17234.9
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.svg2.3

Eccleston, Heskin and Charnock Richard

Eccleston, Heskin and Charnock Richard
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Whittaker 1,117 63.1 +12.3
Conservative Steve Bland50428.4―10.4
Green Sef Churchill885.0―0.2
Liberal Democrats Rown Patrick Power603.4―1.7
Majority 61334.7
Turnout 1,76932.5
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg11.4

Euxton

Euxton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Danny Gee 1,255 66.3 +11.4
Conservative Christine Turner46724.7―12.8
Green Madeleine Houghton1709.0+1.5
Majority 78841.6
Turnout 1,89232.1
Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg12.1

By-elections

Buckshaw & Whittle

Buckshaw & Whittle by-election: 26 June 2025
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Aidy Riggott 576 35.5 –6.3
Reform UK Jonathan Close53032.7N/A
Labour Gillian Sharples41225.4–22.5
Green Amy Coxley1036.4–3.9
Majority 462.8N/A
Turnout 1,62122.4–6.8
Conservative gain from Labour

See also

References

    1. ↑ Coyle, Simon (2 May 2024). "Chorley local council election 2024 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
    2. ↑ "Labour wins Hyndburn and unseats opposition Tory leader in Chorley". BBC News . 3 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
    3. ↑ "Election 2024 - Results".
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