Chorley Borough Council election, 1998

Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Seats	±
Labour	33	−4
Liberal Democrat	7	+1
Conservative	6	+2
Independent	2	+1

Election result

Chorley Local Election Result 1998
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	9			−4	50.0
	Conservative	5			+2	27.8
	Liberal Democrat	3			+1	16.7
	Independent	1			+1	5.6

Ward results

Adlington

Adlington
	Candidate	Votes	%
Labour	YMs. Catherine Hoyle	828	61.6
Labour	YMs. June Molyneux	778
Conservative	Ms. Suzan Jane Christopher	331	24.6
Conservative	Robert Edward Tyler	225
Liberal Democrat	Philip William Pilling	186	13.8
Labour hold		Swing

Anderton, Heath Charnock and Rivington

Anderton, Heath Charnock and Rivington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	YMary Patricia Case	452	46.5
	Labour	Michael Davies	432	44.5
	Liberal Democrat	David Porter	49	5.0
	Green	Matthew Hector Sims	38	3.9
Majority			20	2.1
Turnout			971	36.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Anglezarke, Heapey and Wheelton

Anglezarke, Heapey and Wheelton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	YMarie Elizabeth Gray	267	45.4
	Liberal Democrat	Janet Ross-Mills	216	36.7
	Labour	Michael James Downes	105	17.9
Majority			51	8.7
Turnout			588	43.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chorley East

Chorley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	YMelville George Coombes	548	76.1
	Conservative	Erik Karl Baxendale	172	23.9
Majority			376	52.2
Turnout			720	17.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley North East

Chorley North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	YDennis Edgerley	611	68.9
	Conservative	Colin Nelson Goldsby	276	31.1
Majority			335	37.8
Turnout			887	21.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley North West

Chorley North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	YRobert John Collinson	927	49.7
	Labour	Laura Jane Lennox	710	38.0
	Liberal Democrat	Linda Norman	229	12.3
Majority			217	11.6
Turnout			1,866
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley South East

Chorley South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	YMargaret May Lees	757	56.3
	Conservative	Mrs. Patrica Mary Haughton	587	43.7
Majority			170	12.6
Turnout			1,344	33.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley South West ward

Chorley South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	YJohn Gerard Wilson	738	66.0
	Conservative	Peter Malpas	292	26.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ms. Mavis Porter	88	7.9
Majority			446	39.9
Turnout			1,118	21.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.5

Chorley West ward

Chorley West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	YMs. Joyce Snape	1,407	73.1	-7.7
	Labour	Terry Brown	430	22.3	+3.5
	Conservative	Ms. Rosalie Margaret Goldsby		4.6	−3.5
Majority			973	50.5
Turnout			1,925	45.7
	Independent hold		Swing	+3.5

Clayton-le-Woods East

Clayton-le-Woods East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	YSimon Nicholas Jones	638	40.2
	Conservative	Alan Cullens	558	35.2
	Labour	Edward Anthony Murphy	391	24.6
Majority			80	5.0
Turnout			1,587	21.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden

Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	YMrs. Ann Bland	527	40.4
	Conservative	John Philip Walker	418	32.0
	Liberal Democrat	Gail Patricia Ormston	361	27.6
Majority			166	11.8
Turnout			1,306	41.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Coppull North ward

Coppull North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	YMs. Stella Marie Walsh	583	58.2	+4.3
	Labour	John Michael Murphy	379	37.9	−8.7
	Conservative	Christopher Allan Perry	39	3.9
Majority			159	15.9
Turnout			1,001	35.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	−6.5

Coppull South ward

Coppull South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	YKenneth William Ball	716	66.1
	Labour	Charles Edward Vaughan	299	27.6	−
	Conservative	Allan McDonald	69	6.4
Majority			417	38.5
Turnout			1,084	36.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Eccleston and Heskin

Eccleston and Heskin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	YAlan Whittaker	1,255	74.3
	Conservative	Ms. Joan Constance Lucas	434	25.7
Majority			821	48.6
Turnout			1,689	39.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Euxton North

Euxton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	YDaniel Peter Gee	618	62.7
	Conservative	Peter Goldsworthy	310	31.5
	Liberal Democrat	Pauline Anne Sharp	57	5.8
Majority			308	31.3
Turnout			985	35.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Mawdesley

Mawdesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YFrancis Culshaw	368	72.0	+16.9
	Labour	Ms. Monica Mary Woodroffe	143	28.0	−16.9
Majority			225	44.0
Turnout			511	34.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+16.9

Whittle-le-Woods

Whittle-le-Woods
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	YEric James Bell	735	74.6
	Labour	William George Bailey	172	17.5
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen John Fenn	78	10.2
Majority			563	57.2
Turnout			985	31.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

"Council poll results", The Guardian 9 May 1998 page 16
Election results: CHORLEY
Lib Dems are ready to test their popularity

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