Chorley Borough Council election, 1999

Last updated March 19, 2019

Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 6 May 1999. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom which has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The party's platform emphasises greater state intervention, social justice and strengthening workers' rights.

Election result

Chorley Local Election Result 1999
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	10	0	3	−3	62.5	48.3	8,722
Conservative	3	3	0	+3	18.8	31.5	5,693
Liberal Democrat	3	1	1	0	18.8	19.1	3,446
Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	145	N/A
Independent	0	0	1	−1	0.0	0.3	54

Ward results

Adlington

Adlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	YFlorence Molyneux	698	71.9
	Liberal Democrat	Raymond Ormston	273	28.1
Majority			425	43.8
Turnout			971	22.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley East

Chorley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	YBarry Hodson	627	75.5
	Conservative	Erik Karl Baxendale	204	24.5
Majority			423	50.9
Turnout			831	20.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley North East

Chorley North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	YAdrian Lowe	610	66.7
	Conservative	Colin Nelson Goldsby	224	24.5
	Liberal Democrat	Glenda Charlesworth	81	8.9
Majority			386	42.2
Turnout			915	21.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley South East

Chorley South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	YAnthony Stephen Holgate	646	59.8
	Conservative	Robert Tyler	355	32.9
	Liberal Democrat	David Porter	79	7.3
Majority			291	26.9
Turnout			1,080	26.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley South West

Chorley South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	YThomas McGowan	776	74.3
	Conservative	Peter Malpas	268	25.7
Majority			508	48.7
Turnout			1,044	19.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley West

Chorley West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	YAnthony Gee	720	62.6
	Conservative	Ms. Rosalie Margaret Goldsby	257	22.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mavis Porter	173	15.0
Majority			463	40.3
Turnout			1,150	27.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Clayton-le-Woods East

Clayton-le-Woods East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	YSimon Nicholas Jones	1,010	47.9
	Conservative	Roger Livesey	696	33.0
	Labour	Jean Cronshaw	402	19.1
Majority			314	14.9
Turnout			2,108	27.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden

Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	YLesley Brownlee	528	46.3	+6.3
	Conservative	John Philip Walker	419	36.8	+14.1
	Liberal Democrat	Gail Patricia Ormston	193	16.9	−20.4
Majority			109	9.6
Turnout			1,140	36.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Coppull North

Coppull North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	YPatricia Cuerden	533	60.7	+27.4
	Labour	John Murphy	345	39.3	−20.0
Majority			188	21.4
Turnout			878	31.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	+23.7

Coppull South

Coppull South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	YDerek Holland	764	70.7	+19.6
	Labour	Ms. Hilary Thompson	262	24.3	−18.5
	Independent	Christopher McMullan	54	5.0	N/A
Majority			502	46.5
Turnout			1,080	36.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+19.1

Eccleston and Heskin ward

Eccleston and Heskin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Thomas Titherington	946	59.8	−2.9
	Conservative	Brian Twist	636	40.2	+8.7
Majority			310	19.6
Turnout			1,582	37.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−5.8

Euxton North

Euxton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	YThomas Gray	503	55.4	−3.7
	Conservative	Peter Goldsworthy	359	39.5	+8.7
	Liberal Democrat	Ms. Pauline Sharp	46	5.1	−4.9
Majority			144	15.9
Turnout			908	30.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Euxton South

Euxton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YGeoffrey Russell	508	45.9	+13.5
	Labour	John Cocking	497	44.9	−13.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ms. Linda Norman	101	9.1	−0.5
Majority			11	1.0
Turnout			1,106	33.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+13.3

Lostock ward

Lostock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YMs. Helen Sutton	590	54.0	+22.4
	Labour	James Freeman	304	27.8	−9.8
	Independent Labour	David Heyes	145	13.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	William Mellor	53	4.9	−0.5
Majority			286	26.2
Turnout			1,092	33.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+13.3

Whittle-le-Woods

Whittle-le-Woods
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YMargaret Ward	622	60.7	+23.2
	Labour	Steven Turner	263	25.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Harding	140	13.7	−24.4
Majority			359	35.0
Turnout			1,025	31.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+23.8

Withnell

Withnell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	YMs. Kerry Jones	595	51.7	−0.4
	Conservative	Ms. Iris Elaine Smith	555	48.3	+12.4
Majority			40	3.5
Turnout			1,150	40.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.4

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	Seats	±
Labour	31	−2
Conservative	9	+3
Liberal Democrat	6	0
Independent	2	−1