Chorley Council election, 2008
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The Chorley Borough Council Elections took place on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election.
[edit] Election result
| Chorley Local Election Result 2007 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net Gain/Loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | |
| Conservative | 8 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 53.3 | 45.7 | 11,872 | -0.9% | |
| Labour | 5 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 33.3 | 35.1 | 9,128 | -3.1% | |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6.7 | 10.4 | 2,699 | +4.4% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 2,016 | -0.5% | |
| The New Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 276 | +0.1% | |
[edit] Wards
| Adlington and Anderton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | Peter Wilson | 1,103 | 44.5 | -1.2 | |
| Conservative | Eric Catterall | 1,079 | 43.6 | +7.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Philip Ling | 294 | 11.9 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 24 | 1.0 | -8.1 | ||
| Turnout | 2476 | 44.4 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | -4.1 | |||
| Brindle and Hoghton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | David Dickinson | 648 | 81.6 | +29.3 | |
| Labour | Neil Caton | 146 | 18.4 | +6.2 | |
| Majority | 502 | 63.2 | +30.3 | ||
| Turnout | 794 | 46.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +11.6 | |||
| Chorley East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | Julia Berry | 974 | 62.4 | +1.9 | |
| Conservative | Nicola Gregory | 587 | 37.6 | +13.3 | |
| Majority | 387 | 24.8 | -11.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1561 | 32.2 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | -5.7 | |||
| Chorley North East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | Adrian Lowe | 764 | 45.2 | -5.1 | |
| Conservative | Simon Parkinson | 650 | 38.5 | +3.5 | |
| The New Party | Colin Denby | 276 | 16.3 | +1.6 | |
| Majority | 114 | 6.7 | -8.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,690 | 35.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | -4.3 | |||
| Chorley North West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Joyce Snape | 2,055 | 76.3 | -9.0 | |
| Labour | Jonathan Pryor | 337 | 12.5 | +5.0 | |
| Conservative | Barbara Higham | 302 | 11.2 | +3.9 | |
| Majority | 1718 | 63.8 | -14.0 | ||
| Turnout | 2,694 | 53.0 | -1.5 | ||
| Independent hold | Swing | -7.0 | |||
N.B. Percentage change in Chorley North-West is taken from when a Snape last faced the electorate.
| Chorley South East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | Alistair Bradley | 890 | 46.2 | +2.7 | |
| Conservative | Eleanor Smith | 834 | 43.3 | -1.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | David Porter | 204 | 10.6 | -1.4 | |
| Majority | 56 | 2.9 | +4.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1,928 | 40.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
| Chorley South West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Anthony Gee | 831 | 51.8 | +9.7 | |
| Conservative | Dorothy Livesey | 772 | 48.2 | +16.1 | |
| Majority | 59 | 3.7 | -6.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,603 | 28.5 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | -3.2 | |||
| Clayton le Woods and Whittle-le-Woods | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | John Walker | 1,353 | 65.5 | +8.4 | |
| Labour | Frances Maguire | 387 | 18.7 | -2.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Glenda Charlesworth | 326 | 15.8 | -6.2 | |
| Majority | 966 | 46.8 | +11.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,066 | 37.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +5.3 | |||
| Clayton le Woods North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Alan Cullens | 897 | 53.1 | +11.7 | |
| Labour | Steve Murfitt | 499 | 29.5 | -6.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Stephen Fenn | 294 | 17.4 | -5.1 | |
| Majority | 398 | 23.6 | +18.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,690 | 34.9 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +9.2 | |||
| Coppull | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Stella Walsh | 898 | 51.2 | -0.1 | |
| Labour | Peter Gore | 588 | 33.5 | +0.9 | |
| Conservative | Stephen Royce | 269 | 15.3 | -0.8 | |
| Majority | 310 | 17.7 | -1.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,755 | 36.6 | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | -0.5 | |||
| Eccleston and Mawdesley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Henry Caunce | 1,306 | 57.8 | -2.4 | |
| Labour | Alan Whittikar | 956 | 42.2 | +2.4 | |
| Majority | 350 | 15.5 | -4.8 | ||
| Turnout | 2,262 | 48.2 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -2.4 | |||
| Euxton North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Debra Platt | 908 | 54.9 | +1.2 | |
| Labour | Danny Gee | 745 | 45.1 | -1.2 | |
| Majority | 163 | 9.9 | +2.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,653 | 46.8 | +3.3 | ||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +1.2 | |||
| Heath Charnock and Rivington | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Pat Case | 573 | 72.3 | +2.5 | |
| Labour | Paul Walmsley | 220 | 27.7 | -2.5 | |
| Majority | 353 | 44.5 | +4.9 | ||
| Turnout | 793 | 46.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +2.5 | |||
| Lostock | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Simon Moulton | 846 | 56.8 | +19.2 | |
| Independent | Margaret Iddon | 644 | 43.2 | -3.0 | |
| Majority | 202 | 13.6 | +22.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,490 | 44.0 | |||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | +11.1 | |||
N.B. Percentage change in Lostock is taken from when Margaret Iddon last faced the electorate.
| Wheelton and Withnell | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Shaun Smith | 848 | 55.1 | +8.0 | |
| Labour | Chris France | 690 | 44.9 | +12.7 | |
| Majority | 158 | 10.3 | -4.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,538 | 38.2 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -2.4 | |||
| Preceded by Chorley Council election, 2007 |
Chorley local elections | Succeeded by Chorley Council election, 2010 |
