Chorley Borough Council election, 2008

Last updated March 19, 2019

The Chorley Borough Council elections took place on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result
Results map
Wards
Adlington and Anderton
Brindle and Hoghton 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
Coppull ward
Eccleston and Mawdesley ward
Euxton North ward
Heath Charnock and Rivington ward
Wheelton and Withnell ward
References

Election result

Chorley Local Election Result 2008
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	8	2	0	+2	53.3	45.7	11,872	-0.9%
Labour	5	0	1	-1	33.3	35.1	9,128	-3.1%
Independent	1	0	1	-1	6.7	10.4	2,699	+4.4%
Liberal Democrat	1	0	0	0	6.7	7.8	2,016	-0.5%
New Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.1	276	+0.1%

Results map

Wards

Adlington and Anderton

Adlington and Anderton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	YPeter Wilson	1,103	44.5	−1.2
	Conservative	Eric Catterall	1,079	43.6	+7.0
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Ling	294	11.9	+1.1
Majority			24	1.0	−8.1
Turnout			2476	44.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.1

Brindle and Hoghton ward

Brindle and Hoghton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YDavid Dickinson	648	81.6	+29.3
	Labour	Neil Caton	146	18.4	+6.2
Majority			502	63.2	+30.3
Turnout			794	46.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.6

Chorley East ward

Chorley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	YJulia Berry	974	62.4	+1.9
	Conservative	Nicola Gregory	587	37.6	+13.3
Majority			387	24.8	-11.3
Turnout			1561	32.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.7

Chorley North East ward

Chorley North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	YAdrian Lowe	764	45.2	−5.1
	Conservative	Simon Parkinson	650	38.5	+3.5
	New Party	Colin Denby	276	16.3	+1.6
Majority			114	6.7	−8.6
Turnout			1,690	35.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.3

Chorley North West ward

Chorley North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	YJoyce Snape	2,055	76.3	−9.0
	Labour	Jonathan Pryor	337	12.5	+5.0
	Conservative	Barbara Higham	302	11.2	+3.9
Majority			1718	63.8	−14.0
Turnout			2,694	53.0	−1.5
	Independent hold		Swing	−7.0

N.B. Percentage change in Chorley North-West is taken from when a Snape last faced the electorate.

Chorley South East ward

Chorley South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	YAlistair Ward Bradley	890	46.2	+2.7
	Conservative	Eleanor Smith	834	43.3	−1.2
	Liberal Democrat	David Porter	204	10.6	−1.4
Majority			56	2.9	+4.0
Turnout			1,928	40.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.0

Chorley South West ward

Chorley South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	YAnthony Gee	831	51.8	+9.7
	Conservative	Dorothy Livesey	772	48.2	+16.1
Majority			59	3.7	−6.3
Turnout			1,603	28.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.2

Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods ward

Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YJohn Walker	1,353	65.5	+8.4
	Labour	Frances Maguire	387	18.7	−2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Glenda Charlesworth	326	15.8	−6.2
Majority			966	46.8	+11.6
Turnout			2,066	37.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.3

Clayton-le-Woods North ward

Clayton-le-Woods North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YAlan Cullens	897	53.1	+11.7
	Labour	Steve Murfitt	499	29.5	−6.6
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen John Fenn	294	17.4	−5.1
Majority			398	23.6	+18.3
Turnout			1,690	34.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.2

Coppull ward

Coppull
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	YStella Walsh	898	51.2	−0.1
	Labour	Peter Gore	588	33.5	+0.9
	Conservative	Stephen Royce	269	15.3	−0.8
Majority			310	17.7	−1.1
Turnout			1,755	36.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	−0.5

Eccleston and Mawdesley ward

Eccleston and Mawdesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YHenry Caunce	1,306	57.8	−2.4
	Labour	Alan Whittaker	956	42.2	+2.4
Majority			350	15.5	-4.8
Turnout			2,262	48.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.4

Euxton North ward

Euxton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YDebra Platt	908	54.9	+1.2
	Labour	Danny Gee	745	45.1	−1.2
Majority			163	9.9	+2.5
Turnout			1,653	46.8	+3.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+1.2

Heath Charnock and Rivington ward

Heath Charnock and Rivington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YPatricia Mary Case	573	72.3	+2.5
	Labour	Paul James Walmsley	220	27.7	−2.5
Majority			353	44.5	+4.9
Turnout			793	46.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.5

Lostock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YSimon Moulton	846	56.8	+19.2
	Independent	Margaret Iddon	644	43.2	−3.0
Majority			202	13.6	+22.2
Turnout			1,490	44.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	+11.1

N.B. Percentage change in Lostock is taken from when Margaret Iddon last faced the electorate.

Wheelton and Withnell ward

Wheelton and Withnell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YShaun Smith	848	55.1	+8.0
	Labour	Chris France	690	44.9	+12.7
Majority			158	10.3	−4.6
Turnout			1,538	38.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.4

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