Chorley Borough Council election, 2011

Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control to NOC.

Council Make-up

After the election, the composition of the council was:

**Party political make-up of Chorley Council**
Party	Seats			Council (2011-2012)
Party	2008	2010	2011	Council (2011-2012)
Conservative	27	27	23
Labour	15	15	20
Lib Dems	3	3	2
Independent	2	2	2

Election result

Chorley Local Election Result 2011
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9	5	0	+5	60	49.0	14,467	+10
	Conservative	6	0	4	−4	40	38.3	11,308	−1
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	1	−1	0	6.2	1,818	−6
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	1,220	+3
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	2.4	707	−6

Results Map

2011 results

Previous 2007 results

Ward results

Adlington and Anderton ward

Adlington and Anderton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Molyneux	1,418	55.0	−2
	Conservative	Lawrence Catterall	898	34.8	+5
	Liberal Democrat	Glyn Hughes	264	10.2	−3
Majority			520	20.2	−7
Turnout			2,580	47	−26
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.5

Astley and Buckshaw ward

Astley and Buckshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Perks	872	54.3	+0
	Labour	Ian Handley	599	37.3	−9
	UKIP	Jeffrey Flinders Mallinson	134	8.3	N/A
Majority			273	17.0	+14
Turnout			1,605	49	−23
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.5

Chisnall ward

Chisnall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Leadbetter	739	49.5	−2
	Labour	Danny Gee	607	40.7	+14
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Cuerden	146	9.8	−5
Majority			132	8.8	−15
Turnout			1,492	46	−26
	Conservative hold		Swing	−8

Chorley East ward

Chorley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Brown	1,381	75.8	+18
	Conservative	Simon Parkinson	276	15.2	−7
	UKIP	Tommy Shorrock	164	9.0	N/A
Majority			1,105	60.7	+24
Turnout			1,821	38	−25
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.5

Chorley North East ward

Chorley North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marion Lowe	1,280	66.2	+18
	Conservative	Elliot Matthews	653	33.8	+6
Majority			627	32.4	+12
Turnout			1,933	40	−27
	Labour hold		Swing	+6

Chorley North West ward

Chorley North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Phipps	1,538	56.0	+12
	Conservative	Peter Malpas	1,207	44.0	−12
Majority			331	12.1	+24
Turnout			2,745	58	−13
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+12

N.B. Percentage change in vote is from 2007

Chorley South East ward

Chorley South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul James Walmsley	1,056	50.7	+6
	Conservative	Samuel Andrew Chapman	701	33.7	−1
	UKIP	Nigel Cecil	137	6.6	N/A
	Independent	Chris P. Curtis	103	4.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	David Porter	86	4.1	−12
Majority			355	17.0	+6
Turnout			2,083	43	−23
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.5

Chorley South West ward

Chorley South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Stephen Holgate	1,115	57.1	+10
	Conservative	Dr. Bulvinder Michael	487	24.9	−8
	Liberal Democrat	Colin Grunstein	193	9.9	−10
	UKIP	Alan Wallbank	157	8.0	N/A
Majority			628	32.2	+18
Turnout			1,952	34	−26
	Labour hold		Swing	+9

Clayton le Woods and Whittle-le-Woods ward

Clayton le Woods and Whittle-le-Woods
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Greg Morgan	1,162	48.6	−6
	Labour	Celine Frances Maguire	793	33.2	+9
	Liberal Democrat	Glenda Charlesworth	286	12.0	−9
	UKIP	Hilda Freeman	148	6.2	N/A
Majority			369	15.4	−15
Turnout			2,389	41	−19
	Conservative hold		Swing	−7.5

Clayton le Woods North ward

Clayton le Woods North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Murfitt	891	45.0	+11
	Conservative	Mike Devaney	716	36.1	−2
	UKIP	Mark Rhodes	213	10.8	+11
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen John Fenn	161	8.1	−20
Majority			175	8.8	+14
Turnout			1,981	39	−34
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.5

Clayton le Woods West and Cuerden

Clayton le Woods West and Cuerden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dave Rogerson	801	50.3	+5
	Conservative	Judith Boothman	655	41.1	−14
	UKIP	Paul Freeman	137	8.6	N/A
Majority			146	9.2	+18
Turnout			1,593	48.0	−22
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.5

Coppull ward

Coppull
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Crow	1,141	54.7	+22
	Liberal Democrat	Nora Ball	682	32.7	−17
	Conservative	Sandra Mercer	262	12.6	−5
Majority			459	22.0	+38
Turnout			2,085	44.0	−23
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+19.5

Eccleston and Mawdesley ward

Eccleston and Mawdesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Joyce	1,247	56.9	−1
	Labour	Stan Ely	945	43.1	+1
Majority			302	13.8	−1
Turnout			2,192	47.0	−26
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1

Euxton South ward

Euxton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Goldsworthy	734	50.4	−10
	Labour	Mark Jarnell	593	40.7	+1
	UKIP	Mrs. Denise Hogan	130	8.9	N/A
Majority			141	9.7	−10
Turnout			1,457	46.0	−25
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.5

Lostock ward

Lostock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Doreen Dickinson	699	43.4	−14
	Independent	John Forrest	604	37.5	N/A
	Labour	Michael Gaskill	309	19.2	+20
Majority			95	5.9	−8
Turnout			1,612	47.0	+3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−25.5

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