Chorley Borough Council election, 2007

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Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party retained overall control.^[1]

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Election result
Results Map
Ward results
Adlington and Anderton ward
Astley and Buckshaw ward
Chisnall ward
Chorley East ward
Chorley North East ward
Chorley North West ward
Chorley South East ward
Chorley South West ward
Clayton le Woods and Whittle-le-Woods ward
Clayton le Woods North ward
Clayton le Woods West and Cuerden
Coppull ward
Eccleston and Mawdesley ward
Euxton South ward
Lostock ward
References

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Seats	±
Conservative	26	+1
Labour	15	−2
Independent	3	0
Liberal Democrat	3	+1

Election result

Chorley Local Election Result 2007
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	10	1	0	+1	66.7	46.6	12,075	+1.6
Labour	4	0	2	−2	26.7	38.2	9,889	+2.5
Liberal Democrat	1	1	0	+1	6.7	8.3	2,154	−1.2
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	6.0	1,546	−2.7
New Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	251	+0.0

Results Map

Ward results

Adlington and Anderton ward

Adlington and Anderton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	YJune Molyneux	1,078	45.7	−11.4
	Conservative	Adam Unsworth	863	36.6	+5.0
	Liberal Democrat	Philip William Pilling	254	10.8	−0.5
	Independent	Donald Greenhalgh	163	6.9	+6.9
Majority			215	9.1
Turnout			2,358	42.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−8.2

Astley and Buckshaw ward

Astley and Buckshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YMark Perks	975	76.5	+10.1
	Labour	David Christopher Lloyd	299	23.5	−10.1
Majority			676	53.1
Turnout			1,274	44.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+10.1

Chisnall ward

Chisnall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YEdward Smith	755	57.8	+2.1
	Labour	Edward Forshaw	551	42.2	+23.3
Majority			204	15.6
Turnout			1,306	39.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−12.7

Chorley East ward

Chorley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	YTerence Brown	963	60.5	+3.6
	Conservative	Simon Parkinson	388	24.3	−18.8
	Independent	Melville Coombes	242	15.2	+15.2
Majority			575	36.1
Turnout			1,593	32.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.2

Chorley North East ward

Chorley North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	YMarion Lowe	858	50.3	−1.5
	Conservative	Tony S. Acton	597	35.0	+4.1
	New Party	Colin Denby	251	14.7	−2.6
Majority			261	15.3
Turnout			1,706	34.0
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−2.8

Chorley North West ward

Chorley North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YPeter Malpas	1,349	56.1	+48.8
	Labour Co-op	Alistair Ward Bradley	1,056	43.9	+36.4
Majority			293	12.2
Turnout			2,405	48.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.2

Chorley South East ward

Chorley South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YMrs. Patrica Mary Houghton	855	44.5	+2.5
	Labour	Christopher Michael Snow	834	43.4	+0.5
	Liberal Democrat	David Porter	231	12.0	−3.0
Majority			21	1.1
Turnout			1,920	39.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+1.0

Chorley South West ward

Chorley South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	YLaura Jane Lennox	718	42.1	−5.3
	Conservative	Eleanor Smith	548	32.1	+5.0
	Independent	David J. Lucas	441	25.8	+25.8
Majority			170	10.0
Turnout			1,707	30.2
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	−5.2

Clayton le Woods and Whittle-le-Woods ward

Clayton le Woods and Whittle-le-Woods
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YGregory I. Morgan	1,164	57.1	−7.7
	Liberal Democrat	Glenda Charlesworth	447	22.0	+5.3
	Labour	Jean E. Cronshaw	426	20.9	+2.4
Majority			717	35.2
Turnout			2,037	37.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−6.5

Clayton le Woods North ward

Clayton le Woods North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YMichael J. Devaney	727	41.4	+1.8
	Labour	Karen Teresa Martyniuk	634	36.1	+11.6
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen John Fenn	396	22.5	−13.4
Majority			93	5.3
Turnout			1,757	33.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.9

Clayton le Woods West and Cuerden

Clayton le Woods and Cuerden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YJudith A. Boothman	773	56.5	−3.6
	Labour Co-op	David Edwin Rogerson	595	43.5	+3.6
Majority			178	13.0
Turnout			1,368	40.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.6

Coppull ward

Coppull
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	YNora Theresa Ball	826	51.3	−3.1
	Labour	Susan Millar	524	32.6	+1.4
	Conservative	Marlene Ann Bedford	259	16.1	+1.7
Majority			302	18.8
Turnout			1,609	32.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	−2.3

Eccleston and Mawdesley ward

Eccleston and Mawdesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YKevin Joyce	1,245	60.2	+6.1
	Labour	Helen Margaret Bradley	824	39.8	−6.1
Majority			421	20.3
Turnout			2,069	43.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.1

Euxton South ward

Euxton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YPeter Goldsworthy	832	61.1	−6.7
	Labour Co-op	Tommy Gray	529	38.9	+6.7
Majority			303	22.3
Turnout			1,361	42.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−6.7

Lostock ward

Lostock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YDoreen Dickinson	745	51.6	+14.0
	Independent	Tommy Wilson	700	48.4	+48.4
Majority			45	3.1
Turnout			1,445	42.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	−17.2

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References

↑ "English local elections 2007 - Chorley", BBC News, 4 May 2007

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[1] "English local elections 2007 - Chorley", BBC News, 4 May 2007

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