Chorley (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Chorley County constituency |
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| Chorley shown within Lancashire, and Lancashire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885 |
| MP: | Lindsay Hoyle |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Lancashire |
| EP constituency: | North West England |
Chorley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Since 1945 it has proved to be a marginal seat, changing hands between Labour and the Conservatives.
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[edit] Boundaries
The current seat of Chorley consists of the district borough, and is due to be reduced in size at the next election following boundary changes. As well as the central market town of Chorley itself, the seat extends into southern Lancashire rural hinterland; Ormskirk to the west and Bolton and Wigan in the south. Villages such as Adlington, Eccleston and Coppull line the routes off the main roads and West Coast Main Line, with a number of famous people calling the affluent countryside their home.
Chorley's expansion is assured with the building of Buckshaw Village, an urban development sprawling over the former Royal Ordanance Site just to the east of Leyland.The town of Chorley is the most Labour part of the seat; the countryside villages around are Tory.
[edit] Boundary review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire, the Boundary Commission for England created a new seat of Wyre and Preston North in the central part of the county, which caused "knock-on" effects elsewhere in the central and southern parts of Lancashire. Chorley constituency was one of the largest in electorate number terms in the county at the start of the review, which was a factor in the alterations to both its own composition and the changes to surrounding constituencies.
The electoral wards which are used to create the altered Chorley constituency are within the boundaries of the borough council. No name changes were suggested during the review process.
- Adlington and Anderton, Astley and Buckshaw, Brindle and Hoghton, Chisnall, Chorley East, Chorley North East, Chorley North West, Chorley South East, Chorley South West, Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods, Clayton-le-Woods North, Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden, Coppull, Euxton North, Euxton South, Heath Charnock and Rivington, Pennine and Wheelton and Withnell.
These changes take away from the existing seat all the population areas to the west of the M6 motorway, namely Croston, Eccleston, Bretherton and Mawdesley. These move to South Ribble. The newly formed constituency features the central areas and immediate suburban surrounds of the Chorley borough.
[edit] Members of Parliament
1885, Constituency Created
- 1885 — 1895: Randle Joseph Feilden, Conservative
- 1895 — 1913: David Alexander Edward Lindsay, Conservative
- 1913 — 1918: Sir Henry Flemming Hibbert, Conservative
- 1918 — 1945: Sir Douglas Hewitt Hacking, Conservative
- 1945 — 1970: Clifford Kenyon, Labour
- 1970 — 1974: Constance Monks, Conservative
- 1974 — 1979: George Rodgers, Labour
- 1979 — 1997: Den Dover, Conservative
- 1997 — present: Lindsay Hoyle, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Chorley | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Lindsay Hoyle | 25,131 | 50.7 | -1.6 | |
| Conservative | Simon Mallett | 17,506 | 35.3 | +0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alexander Wilson-Fletcher | 6,932 | 14.0 | +2.8 | |
| Majority | 7,625 | 15.4 | |||
| Turnout | 49,569 | 62.9 | +0.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -1.1 | |||
| General Election 2001: Chorley | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Lindsay Hoyle | 25,088 | 52.3 | -0.7 | |
| Conservative | Peter Booth | 16,644 | 34.7 | -1.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Fenn | 5,372 | 11.2 | +2.7 | |
| UK Independence | John Frost | 848 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,444 | 17.6 | |||
| Turnout | 47,952 | 62.2 | -15.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
