Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.
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After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 25 | +5 | |
Labour | 17 | −4 | |
Independent | 3 | 0 | |
Liberal Democrat | 2 | −1 |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 11 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 61.1 | 45.0 | 12,037 | +9.0 | |
Labour | 5 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 27.8 | 35.7 | 9,555 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5.6 | 9.5 | 2,552 | −8.6 | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 8.7 | 2,312 | −3.2 | |
New Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 272 | +1.0 | |
One Labour councillor was unopposed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,264 | 57.1 | +13.3 | ||
Conservative | Paul Barron | 700 | 31.6 | −7.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Philip William Pilling | 249 | 11.3 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 564 | 25.5 | +21.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,213 | 39.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 832 | 66.4 | +8.2 | ||
Labour | Laura Jane Lennox | 421 | 33.6 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 411 | 32.8 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,253 | 45.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 701 | 55.7 | +19.9 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Nora Theresa Ball | 319 | 25.4 | +9.1 | |
Labour | David Christopher Lloyd | 238 | 18.9 | −11.7 | |
Majority | 382 | 30.3 | +25.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,258 | 39.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 798 | 56.9 | +5.0 | ||
Conservative | Simon Parkinson | 605 | 43.1 | +20.9 | |
Majority | 193 | 13.8 | −15.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,403 | 29.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 816 | 51.8 | +10.5 | ||
Conservative | Marlene Ann Bedford | 486 | 30.9 | +2.9 | |
New Party | Colin Denby | 272 | 17.3 | +17.3 | |
Majority | 330 | 20.9 | +10.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,574 | 31.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 2,312 | 85.3 | +8.3 | ||
Labour | Alistair Ward Bradley | 203 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | Kirk Houghton | 197 | 7.3 | −5.3 | |
Majority | 2,109 | 77.8 | +13.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,712 | 54.5 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 625 | 42.9 | −2.2 | ||
Conservative | Barbara Higham | 612 | 42.0 | +7.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | David Porter | 219 | 15.0 | −5.2 | |
Majority | 13 | 0.9 | −9.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,456 | 31.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | unopposed | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 1,268 | 64.8 | +13.4 | ||
Labour | David Edwin Rogerson | 362 | 18.5 | −4.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | Glenda Charlesworth | 327 | 16.7 | −8.9 | |
Majority | 941 | 46.3 | +20.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,957 | 36.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 713 | ||||
Conservative | 661 | ||||
Labour | Karen Teresa Martyniuk | 561 | |||
Labour | Edward Anthony Murphy | 484 | |||
Liberal Democrat | Andrew Peter Philip Buckley | 420 | |||
Turnout | 2,839 | 30.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 793 | 60.1 | +18.1 | ||
Labour | James Freeman | 526 | 39.9 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 267 | 20.2 | +15.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,319 | 38.1 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrat | 907 | 54.4 | +6.0 | ||
Labour | Susan Elizabeth Millar | 521 | 31.2 | −8.2 | |
Conservative | Stephen William Royce | 240 | 14.4 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 386 | 23.2 | +14.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,668 | 33.4 | |||
Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 1,176 | 54.1 | +0.3 | ||
Labour | Alan Whittaker | 998 | 45.9 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 178 | 8.2 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,174 | 45.6 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +0.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 833 | 53.7 | +0.4 | ||
Labour | Thomas Gray | 718 | 46.3 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 115 | 7.4 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,551 | 43.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +0.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 836 | 67.6 | +10.4 | ||
Labour | Helen Margaret Bradley | 401 | 32.4 | −10.4 | |
Majority | 435 | 35.2 | +20.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,237 | 38.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 498 | 65.2 | +10.2 | ||
Labour | Hollie Louise Berry | 155 | 20.3 | +5.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Janet Ross-Mills | 111 | 14.5 | −15.3 | |
Majority | 343 | 44.9 | +19.7 | ||
Turnout | 764 | 43.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 886 | 65.6 | +18.5 | ||
Labour | Christopher Howard | 464 | 34.4 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 422 | 31.2 | +16.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,350 | 41.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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