Elections to Chorley Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party retained overall control.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Chorley Local Election Result 2007 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | ||
| Conservative | 10 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 66.7 | 46.6 | 12,075 | +1.6% | ||
| Labour | 4 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 26.7 | 38.2 | 9,889 | +2.5% | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 6.7 | 8.3 | 2,154 | -1.2% | ||
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 1,546 | -2.7% | ||
| New Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 251 | +0.0% | ||
| Adlington and Anderton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | June Molyneux | 1,078 | 45.7 | -11.4 | |
| Conservative | A Unsworth | 863 | 36.6 | +5.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Philip Pilling | 254 | 10.8 | -0.5 | |
| Independent | D Greenhalgh | 163 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
| Majority | 215 | 9.1 | |||
| Turnout | 2,358 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | -8.2 | |||
| Astley and Buckshaw | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Mark Perks | 975 | 76.5 | +10.1 | |
| Labour | David Lloyd | 299 | 23.5% | -10.1 | |
| Majority | 676 | 53.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,274 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +10.1 | |||
| Chisnall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Edward Smith | 755 | 57.8 | +2.1 | |
| Labour | Edward Forshaw | 551 | 42.2 | +23.3 | |
| Majority | 204 | 15.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,306 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -12.7 | |||
| Chorley East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Terence Brown | 963 | 60.5 | +3.6 | |
| Conservative | S Parkinson | 388 | 24.3 | -18.8 | |
| Independent | Melville Coombes | 242 | 15.2 | +15.2 | |
| Majority | 575 | 36.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,593 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | +11.2 | |||
| Chorley North East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | Marion Lowe | 858 | 50.3 | -1.5 | |
| Conservative | T S Acton | 597 | 35.0 | +4.1 | |
| New Party | Colin Denby | 251 | 14.7 | -2.6 | |
| Majority | 261 | 15.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,706 | ||||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | -2.8 | |||
| Chorley North West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Malpas | 1,349 | 56.1 | +48.8 | |
| Labour Co-op | Alistair Bradley | 1,056 | 43.9 | +36.4 | |
| Majority | 293 | 12.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,405 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +6.2 | |||
| Chorley South East | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Pat Haughton | 855 | 44.5 | +2.5 | |
| Labour | Christopher Snow | 834 | 43.5 | +0.5 | |
| Liberal Democrat | David Porter | 231 | 12.0 | -3.0 | |
| Majority | 21 | 1.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,920 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +1.0 | |||
| Chorley South West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour Co-op | Laura Lennox | 718 | 42.1 | -5.3 | |
| Conservative | Eleanor Smith | 548 | 32.1 | +5.0 | |
| Independent | D J Lucas | 441 | 25.8 | +25.8 | |
| Majority | 170 | 10.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,707 | ||||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | -5.2 | |||
| Clayton le Woods and Whittle-le-Woods | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | G I Morgan | 1,164 | 57.1 | -7.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Glenda Charlesworth | 447 | 22.0 | +5.3 | |
| Labour | J E Cronshaw | 426 | 20.9 | +2.4 | |
| Majority | 717 | 35.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,037 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -6.5 | |||
| Clayton le Woods North | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | M J Devaney | 727 | 41.4 | +1.8 | |
| Labour | Karen Martyniuk | 634 | 36.1 | +11.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Stephen Fenn | 396 | 22.5 | -13.4 | |
| Majority | 93 | 5.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,757 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -4.9 | |||
| Clayton le Woods West and Cuerden | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | J A Boothman | 773 | 56.5 | -3.6 | |
| Labour Co-op | D E Rogerson | 595 | 43.5 | +3.6 | |
| Majority | 178 | 13.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,368 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -3.6 | |||
| Coppull | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Nora Ball | 826 | 51.3 | -3.1 | |
| Labour | Susan Millar | 524 | 32.6 | +1.4 | |
| Conservative | M A Bedford | 259 | 16.1 | +1.7 | |
| Majority | 302 | 18.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,609 | ||||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | -2.3 | |||
| Eccleston and Mawdesley | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | K Joyce | 1,245 | 60.2 | +6.1 | |
| Labour | H M Bradley | 824 | 39.8 | -6.1 | |
| Majority | 421 | 20.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,069 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +6.1 | |||
| Euxton South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Peter Goldsworthy | 832 | 61.1 | -6.7 | |
| Labour Co-op | Tommy Gray | 529 | 38.9 | +6.7 | |
| Majority | 303 | 22.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,361 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -6.7 | |||
| Lostock | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Doreen Dickinson | 745 | 51.6 | +14.0 | |
| Independent | Tommy Wilson | 700 | 48.4 | +48.4 | |
| Majority | 45 | 3.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,445 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -17.2 | |||
| Preceded by Chorley Council election, 2006 |
Chorley local elections | Succeeded by Chorley Council election, 2008 |