2024 Chorley Borough Council election

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2024 Chorley Borough Council election

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14 out of 42 seats to Chorley Borough Council
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Blank Blank
Leader Alistair Bradley Alan Cullens
Party Labour Conservative
Seats before 37 5
Seats after 39 3
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2

Leader before election

Alistair Bradley
Labour

Leader after election

Alistair Bradley
Labour

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. 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
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 13 Increase 2 92.9 26 39 92.9 15,832 60.45 +1.07
  Conservative 1 Decrease 2 7.14 2 3 7.14 7,012 26.77 -1.21
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,617 9.99 +0.02
  Liberal Democrats 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 406 1.55 -0.73
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 322 1.23 +0.85

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Coyle, Simon (2 May 2024). "Chorley local council election 2024 results in full". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Labour wins Hyndburn and unseats opposition Tory leader in Chorley". BBC News. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Election 2024 - Results".