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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
Leader's seat Chorley South East and Heath Charnock Clayton East, Brindle and Hoghton (lost)
Seats before 37 5
Seats after 39 3
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2

The winner of each seat in the 2024 Chorley Borough Council election

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 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

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Chorley Borough Council's composition following the 2024 elections.

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 60.5 +1.1
  Conservative 1 Decrease 2 7.14 2 3 7.1 7,012 26.8 ―2.7
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,617 10.0 +1.1
  Liberal Democrats 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 406 1.6 ―0.4
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 322 1.2 +0.9

Ward results

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Adlington and Anderton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Increase1.6
Buckshaw and Whittle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Decrease10.6
Chorley East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Decrease9.6

Chorley North and Astley

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Chorley North and Astley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Increase3.6

Chorley North East

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Chorley North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Increase1.1

Chorley North West

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Chorley North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Increase0.6

Chorley South East and Heath Charnock

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Chorley South East and Heath Charnock
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Increase1.2

Chorley South West

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Chorley South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Increase4.4
Clayton East, Brindle and Hoghton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Decrease2.5

Clayton West and Cuerden

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Clayton West and Cuerden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Increase5.8
Coppull
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Decrease0.4
Croston, Mawdesley and Euxton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Decrease2.3
Eccleston, Heskin and Charnock Richard
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Increase11.4
Euxton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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 Increase12.1

See also

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References

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  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".