Chorley Council election, 2002

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Elections to Chorley Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by one. The council stayed under no overall control.

[edit] Election result

Chorley Local Election Result 2002
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	22			-2	46.8	45.1	48,637
	Conservative	16			+1	34.0	34.2	36,881
	Liberal Democrat	6			-1	12.8	13.3	14,309
	Independent	3			+1	6.4	7.1	7,619
	UK Independence	0			0	0	0.4	401

[edit] Ward results

Adlington and Anderton (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Hoyle	1,887
	Labour	Michael Davies	1,580
	Labour	Florence Molyneux	1,413
	Conservative	Ivy Leigh	1,027
	Conservative	Betty Lawson	1,020
	Conservative	William Lawson	1,014
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Pilling	795
Turnout			8,736

Astley and Buckshaw (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laura Lennox	875
	Conservative	Mark Perks	851
	Conservative	Patricia Haughton	834
	Labour	Margaret Fielden	656
Turnout			3,216

Brindle and Hoghton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Dickinson	823	69.5
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Charlesworth	182	15.4
	Labour	Beverley Gore	179	15.1
Majority			641	54.1
Turnout			1,184

Chisnall (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Heaton	1,028
	Conservative	Edward Smith	699
	Labour	Jon Davies	594
	Labour	Margaret Lees	516
	Independent	Alan Cornwell	410
	Liberal Democrat	Glyn Jones	379
	Liberal Democrat	Linda Eubank	246
Turnout			3,872

Chorley East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Raymond Parr	1,658
	Labour	Patricia Wilson	1,651
	Labour	Terence Brown	1,536
	Independent	Melville Coombes	711
	Conservative	Jacqueline Bettney	596
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Mellor	521
Turnout			6,673

Chorley North East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Edgerley	1,624
	Labour	Adrian Lowe	1,505
	Labour	Keith Lowe	1,419
	Conservative	James Fleming	795
	Conservative	Elvi Livesey	683
	Liberal Democrat	Eileen Smith	614
	UK Independence	Graeme Frost	401
Turnout			7,041

Chorley North West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ralph Snape	2,973
	Independent	Joyce Snape	2,612
	Labour	Robert Crabtree	1,161
	Conservative	Peter Malpas	1,011
	Liberal Democrat	Linda Norman	669
	Conservative	Peter Higham	491
	Conservative	Elsie Perks	447
Turnout			9,364

Chorley South East (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas McGowan	1,508
	Labour	Anthony Holgate	1,377
	Labour	Christopher Snow	1,282
	Conservative	Geoffrey Goodspeed	959
	Conservative	Sheila Marsden	931
	Conservative	Barbara Higham	788
	Liberal Democrat	David Porter	510
Turnout			7,355

Chorley South West (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Lees	1,522
	Labour	Anthony Gee	1,498
	Labour	John Wilson	1,457
	Conservative	Dorothy Livesey	657
	Conservative	Kevan Haughton	632
Turnout			5,766

Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Bell	1,816
	Conservative	John Walker	1,466
	Conservative	Nigel Baxter	1,418
	Labour	Sharon Gray	905
	Liberal Democrat	Glenda Charlesworth	869
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Harding	861
	Labour	Darren Woodruff	772
	Labour	George Harvey	673
Turnout			8,780

Clayton-le-Woods North (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Buckley	909
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Fenn	890
	Liberal Democrat	William Mellor	875
	Conservative	Roger Livesey	871
	Conservative	Alan Cullens	869
	Labour	Jean Cronshaw	861
	Conservative	Magdalene Cullens	853
	Labour	James Freeman	795
	Labour	Anthony Holden	700
Turnout			7,623

Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lesley Brownlee	916
	Conservative	Thomas Bedford	827
	Conservative	Samuel Chapman	790
	Labour	Edward Murphy	749
	Liberal Democrat	Gail Ormston	457
Turnout			3,739

Coppull (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Ball	1,570
	Liberal Democrat	Stella Walsh	1,503
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Cuerden	1,373
	Labour	Andrew Birchall	1,313
	Labour	John Murphy	1,294
	Labour	Peter Maddock	1,290
Turnout			8,343

Eccleston-Mawdesley (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Whittaker	1,798
	Conservative	Michael Iddon	1,455
	Conservative	Francis Culshaw	1,429
	Labour	Thomas Titherington	1,400
	Conservative	Brian Twist	1,325
	Labour	Edward Forshaw	1,150
Turnout			8,557

Euxton North (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Gray	1,086
	Labour	Daniel Gee	989
	Conservative	Rosemary Russell	773
	Conservative	Gordon Mitchell	769
	Liberal Democrat	Mary Buckley	234
Turnout			3,851

Euxton South (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Russell	1,053
	Conservative	Peter Goldsworthy	1,036
	Labour	Mary Gray	965
	Labour	Marion Lowe	855
Turnout			3,909

Heath Charnock and Rivington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mary Case	732	64.3
	Labour	June Molyneaux	407	35.7
Majority			325	28.6
Turnout			1,139

Lostock (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Margaret Iddon	913
	Conservative	Doreen Dickinson	894
	Labour	David Massam	836
	Conservative	George Rigby	691
	Labour	David Lloyd	409
Turnout			3,743

Pennine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marie Gray	645	55.0
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Ross-Mills	350	29.8
	Labour	Peter Wilson	178	15.2
Majority			295	25.2
Turnout			1,173

Wheelton and Withnell (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iris Smith	1,137
	Labour	Christopher Howard	884
	Conservative	Simon Parkinson	746
	Labour	Paul Lowe	514
	Liberal Democrat	Shelagh Graham	502
Turnout			3,783

Preceded by Chorley Council election 2000	Chorley local elections	Succeeded by Chorley Council election 2003

Categories: Council elections in North West England | English local elections, 2002 | Chorley Council elections

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