2007 Chorley Borough Council election

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]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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

Election result

Chorley Local Election Result 2007

Party		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 Democrats	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

2007 results

Previous 2003 results

Ward results

Adlington and Anderton ward

Adlington and Anderton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Molyneux	1,078	45.7	−11.4
	Conservative	Adam Unsworth	863	36.6	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats	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	Mark 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	Edward 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	Terence 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	Marion 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	Peter 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	Mrs. Patrica Mary Houghton	855	44.5	+2.5
	Labour	Christopher Michael Snow	834	43.4	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats	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	Laura 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	Gregory I. Morgan	1,164	57.1	−7.7
	Liberal Democrats	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	Michael J. Devaney	727	41.4	+1.8
	Labour	Karen Teresa Martyniuk	634	36.1	+11.6
	Liberal Democrats	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	Judith 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 Democrats	Nora 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 Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	−2.3

Eccleston and Mawdesley ward

Eccleston and Mawdesley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin 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	Peter 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	Doreen 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

References

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

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