Chorley Borough Council election, 2006

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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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The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. Presently led by Theresa May, it has been the governing party since 2010. It presently has 314 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 249 members of the House of Lords, and 18 members of the European Parliament. It also has 31 Members of the Scottish Parliament, 12 members of the Welsh Assembly, eight members of the London Assembly and 9,008 local councillors. One of the major parties of UK politics, it has formed the government on 45 occasions, more than any other party.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartySeats  ±  
Conservative 25 +5
Labour 17 −4
Independent 3 0
Liberal Democrat 2 −1

Election result

Chorley Local Election Result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %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.

Results Map

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2006 results

Ward results

Adlington and Anderton ward

Adlington and Anderton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Green check.svgY Catherine Hoyle 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

Astley and Buckshaw ward

Astley and Buckshaw
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Green check.svgYAlan Cain 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

Chisnall ward

Chisnall
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Green check.svgYHarold Heaton 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

Chorley East ward

Chorley East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Green check.svgYHasina Khan 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

Chorley North East ward

Chorley North East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Green check.svgY Dennis Edgerley 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

Chorley North West ward

Chorley North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Green check.svgYRalph Snape 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

Chorley South East ward

Chorley South East
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Green check.svgYThomas McGowan 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

Chorley South West ward

Chorley South West
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Green check.svgYRoy Lees unopposed
Labour hold Swing

Clayton le Woods and Whittle-le-Woods ward

Clayton le Woods and Whittle-le-Woods
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Green check.svgYJames Bell 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

Clayton le Woods North ward

Clayton le Woods North (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Green check.svgYMargaret Cullens 713
Conservative Green check.svgYPeter Baker 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

Clayton le Woods West and Cuerden

Clayton le Woods and Cuerden
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Green check.svgYMichael Joseph Muncaster 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

Coppull ward

Coppull
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Green check.svgYKenneth William Ball 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

Eccleston and Mawdesley ward

Eccleston and Mawdesley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Green check.svgYKeith Iddon 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

Euxton North ward

Euxton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Green check.svgYRosemary Russell 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

Euxton South ward

Euxton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Green check.svgYGeoffrey Russell 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

Pennine ward

Pennine
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Green check.svgYMarie Elizabeth Gray 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

Wheelton and Withnell ward

Wheelton and Withnell
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Green check.svgYIris Elaine Smith 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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