Chorley Council election, 2006

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Elections to Chorley Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

[edit] Election result

Chorley Local Election Result 2006
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Conservative	11	5	0	+5	61.1	45.0	12,037	+9.0%
	Labour	5	0	4	-4	27.8	35.7	9,555	+1.7%
	Liberal Democrat	1	0	1	-1	5.6	9.5	2,552	-8.6%
	Independent	1	0	0	0	5.6	8.7	2,312	-3.2%
	The New Party	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	272	+1.0%

One Labour councillor was unopposed.

[edit] Ward results

Adlington and Anderton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Catherine Hoyle	1,264	57.1	+13.3
	Conservative	Paul Barron	700	31.6	-7.9
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Pilling	249	11.3	-5.5
Majority			564	25.5	+21.2
Turnout			2,213	39.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Astley and Buckshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Cain	832	66.4	+8.2
	Labour	Laura Lennox	421	33.6	+1.6
Majority			411	32.8	+6.6
Turnout			1,253	45.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Chisnall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Heaton	701	55.7	+19.9
	Liberal Democrat	Nora Ball	319	25.4	+9.1
	Labour	David Lloyd	238	18.9	-11.7
Majority			382	30.3	+25.1
Turnout			1,258	39.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chorley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hasina Khan	798	56.9	+5.0
	Conservative	Simon Parkinson	605	43.1	+20.9
Majority			193	13.8	-15.9
Turnout			1,403	29.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Edgerley	816	51.8	+10.5
	Conservative	Marlene Bedford	486	30.9	+2.9
	The New Party	Colin Denby	272	17.3	+17.3
Majority			330	20.9	+10.3
Turnout			1,574	31.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ralph Snape	2,312	85.3	+8.3
	Labour	Alistair Bradley	203	7.5	+7.5
	Conservative	Kirk Houghton	197	7.3	-5.3
Majority			2,109	77.8	+13.4
Turnout			2,712	54.5
	Independent hold		Swing

Chorley South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas McGowan	625	42.9	-2.2
	Conservative	Barbara Higham	612	42.0	+7.3
	Liberal Democrat	David Porter	219	15.0	-5.2
Majority			13	0.9	-9.5
Turnout			1,456	31.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Lees	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Clayton le Woods and Whittle-le-Woods
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Bell	1,268	64.8	+13.4
	Labour	David Rogerson	362	18.5	-4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Glenda Charlesworth	327	16.7	-8.9
Majority			941	46.3	+20.5
Turnout			1,957	36.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clayton le Woods North (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Cullens	713
	Conservative	Peter Baker	661
	Labour	Karen Martyniuk	561
	Labour	Edward Murphy	484
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Buckley	420
Turnout			2,839	30.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clayton le Woods West and Cuerden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Muncaster	793	60.1	+18.1
	Labour	James Freeman	526	39.9	+2.2
Majority			267	20.2	+15.9
Turnout			1,319	38.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Coppull
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Ball	907	54.4	+6.0
	Labour	Susan Millar	521	31.2	-8.2
	Conservative	Stephen Royce	240	14.4	+2.2
Majority			386	23.2	+14.2
Turnout			1,668	33.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Eccleston and Mawdesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Iddon	1,176	54.1	+0.3
	Labour	Alan Whittaker	998	45.9	-0.3
Majority			178	8.2	+0.6
Turnout			2,174	45.6
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Euxton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosemary Russell	833	53.7	+0.4
	Labour	Thomas Gray	718	46.3	-0.4
Majority			115	7.4	+0.8
Turnout			1,551	43.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Euxton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Russell	836	67.6	+10.4
	Labour	Helen Bradley	401	32.4	-10.4
Majority			435	35.2	+20.8
Turnout			1,237	38.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pennine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marie Gray	498	65.2	+10.2
	Labour	Hollie Berry	155	20.3	+5.1
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Ross-Mills	111	14.5	-15.3
Majority			343	44.9	+19.7
Turnout			764	43.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wheelton and Withnell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elaine Smith	886	65.6	+18.5
	Labour	Christopher Howard	464	34.4	+2.2
Majority			422	31.2	+16.3
Turnout			1,350	41.6
	Conservative hold		Swing