Chorley Council election, 2003

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Elections to Chorley Council were held on 1 May 2003. Ond third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

[edit] Election result

Chorley Local Election Result 2003
Party Seats Gains Losses Net Gain/Loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Conservative 9 2 0 +2 60.0 38.9 12,639 +4.7%
  Labour 6 1 1 0 40.0 43.1 13,997 -2.0%
  Liberal Democrat 0 0 2 -2 0 15.8 5,143 +2.5%
  Independent 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 721 -4.9%

[edit] Ward results

Adlington and Anderton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour June Molyneux 1,281 44.0
Conservative Lois Birtwistle 1,104 37.9
Liberal Democrat Philip Pilling 528 18.1
Majority 177 6.1
Turnout 2,913
Labour hold Swing
Astley and Buckshaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Perks 887 58.2
Labour David Lloyd 488 32.0
Liberal Democrat Raymond Ormston 149 9.8
Majority 399 26.2
Turnout 1,524
Conservative hold Swing
Chisnall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edward Smith 620 35.8
Labour Edward Forshaw 529 30.6
Independent Alan Cornwell 299 17.3
Liberal Democrat Glyn Jones 283 16.3
Majority 91 5.2
Turnout 1,731
Conservative hold Swing
Chorley East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terence Brown 1,282 59.8
Conservative Elsie Perks 440 20.5
Independent Melville Coombes 422 19.7
Majority 860 39.3
Turnout 2,144
Labour hold Swing
Chorley North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marion Lowe 1,264 53.2
Conservative Shaun Smith 785 33.0
Liberal Democrat Eileen Smith 327 13.8
Majority 479 20.2
Turnout 2,376
Labour hold Swing
Chorley North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Malpas 1,254 42.0
Labour Robert Crabtree 1,126 37.7
Liberal Democrat Linda Norman 605 20.3
Majority 128 4.3
Turnout 2,985
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Chorley South East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Snow 1,281 51.3
Conservative Sheila Marsden 863 34.6
Liberal Democrat David Porter 352 14.1
Majority 418 16.7
Turnout 2,496
Labour hold Swing
Chorley South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Wilson 1,150 58.2
Conservative Lawrence Carter 487 24.6
Liberal Democrat Jean Mellor 340 17.2
Majority 663 33.6
Turnout 1,977
Labour hold Swing
Clayton le Woods and Whittle-le-Woods
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Baxter 1,170 47.9
Labour Sharon Gray 640 26.2
Liberal Democrat Glenda Charlesworth 634 25.9
Majority 530 21.7
Turnout 2,444
Conservative hold Swing
Clayton le Woods North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Livesey 715 36.8
Liberal Democrat William Mellor 699 36.0
Labour Darren Woodruff 529 27.2
Majority 16 0.8
Turnout 1,943
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Clayton le Woods West and Cuerden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Bedford 731 42.0
Labour Ted Murphy 656 37.7
Liberal Democrat Gail Ormston 353 20.3
Majority 75 4.3
Turnout 1,740
Conservative hold Swing
Coppull
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Birchall 939 45.6
Liberal Democrat Patricia Cuerden 873 42.4
Conservative Dorothy Livesey 246 12.0
Majority 66 3.2
Turnout 2,058
Labour gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Eccleston and Mawdesley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Francis Culshaw 1,399 51.4
Labour Thomas Titherington 1,320 48.5
Majority 79 2.9
Turnout 2,719
Conservative hold Swing
Euxton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Golsworthy 1,039 57.2
Labour Mary Gray 778 42.8
Majority 261 14.4
Turnout 1,817
Conservative hold Swing
Lostock
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Doreen Dickinson 899 55.1
Labour David Massam 734 44.9
Majority 165 10.2
Turnout 1,633
Conservative hold Swing


Preceded by
Chorley Council election 2002		 Chorley local elections Succeeded by
Chorley Council election 2004