2006 Chorley Borough Council election

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.

Main article: Chorley Borough Council elections

After the election, the composition of the council was:

PartySeats  ±  
Conservative25+5
Labour17−4
Independent30
Liberal Democrat2−1

Election result
Chorley Local Election Result 2006
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % 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 Democrats 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
2006 results

Ward results

Adlington and Anderton ward
Adlington and Anderton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour YCatherine Hoyle 1,264 57.1 +13.3
Conservative Paul Barron 700 31.6 −7.9
Liberal Democrats 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative YAlan 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative YHarold Heaton 701 55.7 +19.9
Liberal Democrats 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour YHasina 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour YDennis 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent YRalph 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour YThomas McGowan 625 42.9 −2.2
Conservative Barbara Higham 612 42.0 +7.3
Liberal Democrats 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour YRoy Lees unopposed
Labour hold Swing

Clayton le Woods and Whittle-le-Woods ward
Clayton le Woods and Whittle-le-Woods
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative YJames Bell 1,268 64.8 +13.4
Labour David Edwin Rogerson 362 18.5 −4.5
Liberal Democrats 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)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative YMargaret Cullens 713
Conservative YPeter Baker 661
Labour Karen Teresa Martyniuk 561
Labour Edward Anthony Murphy 484
Liberal Democrats Andrew Peter Philip Buckley 420
Turnout 2,839 30.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Clayton le Woods West and Cuerden
Clayton le Woods and Cuerden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative YMichael 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats YKenneth 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 Democrats hold Swing

Eccleston and Mawdesley ward
Eccleston and Mawdesley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative YKeith 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative YRosemary 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative YGeoffrey 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative YMarie Elizabeth Gray 498 65.2 +10.2
Labour Hollie Louise Berry 155 20.3 +5.1
Liberal Democrats 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative YIris 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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