2024 Chorley Borough Council election
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The 2024 Chorley Borough Council election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect councillors to Chorley Council in Lancashire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
A third of the council was up for election. Ahead of the election the council was under Labour control.[1] Labour won 13 of the 14 seats available, increasing their majority on the council and in the process unseated the council's Conversative's leader. The Conservatives only retained one of the three seats they were defending.[2]
Results[edit]
The results of the 2024 elections are summarised below.[3]
2024 Chorley Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 13 | 2 | 92.9 | 26 | 39 | 92.9 | 15,832 | 60.5 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | 1 | 2 | 7.14 | 2 | 3 | 7.1 | 7,012 | 26.8 | ―2.7 | |
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,617 | 10.0 | +1.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 406 | 1.6 | ―0.4 | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 322 | 1.2 | +0.9 |
Ward results[edit]
Adlington and Anderton[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kim Snape | 1,392 | 72.1 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Neil Gardiner Baglow | 404 | 20.9 | ―1.6 | |
Green | Sally Felton | 134 | 6.9 | ±0.0 | |
Majority | 988 | 51.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,930 | 32.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.6 |
Buckshaw and Whittle[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Russell Charles Green | 995 | 47.9 | ―11.8 | |
Conservative | Aidy Riggott | 870 | 41.8 | +9.5 | |
Green | Rachel Smith | 214 | 10.3 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 125 | 6.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,079 | 29.2 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 10.6 |
Chorley East[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Hasina Khan | 935 | 63.3 | ―19.3 | |
Conservative | Mark Grandi | 255 | 17.3 | ―0.1 | |
TUSC | Aamir Khansaheb | 145 | 9.8 | N/A | |
Green | Catherine Rossall―Hunter | 143 | 9.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 680 | 46.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,478 | 25.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 9.6 |
Chorley North and Astley[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Adrian Lowe | 1,002 | 60.7 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Ryan Grogan | 426 | 25.8 | ―4.1 | |
Green | Jon Royle | 173 | 10.5 | ―0.9 | |
TUSC | Tahir Khansaheb | 50 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 576 | 34.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,651 | 27.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.6 |
Chorley North East[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mary Margaret France | 1,451 | 70.7 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Ian Gregory Morgan | 444 | 21.6 | ―1.2 | |
Green | Simon Cash | 156 | 7.6 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 1,007 | 49.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,051 | 37.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.1 |
Chorley North West[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Aaron Beaver | 1,340 | 64.1 | ―1.4 | |
Conservative | Peter Malpas | 486 | 23.2 | ―2.6 | |
Green | Mark Worsley Tebbutt | 214 | 10.2 | +0.4 | |
TUSC | Arif Khansaheb | 51 | 2.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 864 | 39.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,091 | 35.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.6 |
Chorley South East and Heath Charnock[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alistair Ward Bradley | 1,173 | 62.6 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Sandra Mercer | 467 | 25.4 | ―0.7 | |
Green | Jane Weston | 158 | 8.4 | +0.8 | |
TUSC | Jenny Hurley | 76 | 4.1 | ―1.2 | |
Majority | 706 | 37.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,874 | 27.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.2 |
Chorley South West[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Katie Wilkie | 935 | 56.8 | +5.4 | |
Green | Olga Cash | 562 | 34.1 | ―3.4 | |
Conservative | Peter Clifford Davenport | 150 | 9.1 | ±0.0 | |
Majority | 373 | 22.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,647 | 28.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.4 |
Clayton East, Brindle and Hoghton[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Irene Evelyn Amahwe | 949 | 48.7 | ―3.6 | |
Conservative | Alan Cullens | 723 | 37.1 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gail Patricia Ormston | 148 | 7.6 | ―0.8 | |
Green | Pauline Summers | 128 | 6.6 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 226 | 11.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,948 | 29.0 | |||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 2.5 |
Clayton West and Cuerden[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mark Edward Clifford | 1,369 | 63.1 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | Samuel Andrew Chapman | 541 | 24.9 | ―5.1 | |
Green | Clare Elizabeth Hales | 167 | 7.7 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen John Fenn | 93 | 4.3 | ―4.1 | |
Majority | 828 | 38.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,170 | 32.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.8 |
Coppull[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alex Martin Hilton | 1,022 | 71.1 | ―0.3 | |
Conservative | Conor Dawson | 299 | 20.8 | +0.5 | |
Green | Anne Calderbank | 116 | 8.1 | ―0.1 | |
Majority | 723 | 50.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,437 | 23.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.4 |
Croston, Mawdesley and Euxton South[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Debra Platt | 976 | 44.9 | ―3.0 | |
Labour | Caroline Elizabeth Turner | 897 | 41.3 | +2.5 | |
Green | John Clare | 194 | 8.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Robert Frost | 105 | 4.8 | ―8.5 | |
Majority | 79 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,172 | 34.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.3 |
Eccleston, Heskin and Charnock Richard[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Alan Whittaker | 1,117 | 63.1 | +12.3 | |
Conservative | Steve Bland | 504 | 28.4 | ―10.4 | |
Green | Sef Churchill | 88 | 5.0 | ―0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rown Patrick Power | 60 | 3.4 | ―1.7 | |
Majority | 613 | 34.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,769 | 32.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 11.4 |
Euxton[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Danny Gee | 1,255 | 66.3 | +11.4 | |
Conservative | Christine Turner | 467 | 24.7 | ―12.8 | |
Green | Madeleine Houghton | 170 | 9.0 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 788 | 41.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,892 | 32.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 12.1 |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Coyle, Simon (2 May 2024). "Chorley local council election 2024 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "Labour wins Hyndburn and unseats opposition Tory leader in Chorley". BBC News. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "Election 2024 - Results".