Chorley Borough Council election, 2006

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Elections to Chorley Borough 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:

Party Seats   ±  
Conservative 25 +5
Labour 17 −4
Independent 3 0
Liberal Democrat 2 −1

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
  New Party 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 272 +1.0

One Labour councillor was unopposed.

Results Map

2006 results

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 William 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 Jane 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 Theresa Ball 319 25.4 +9.1
Labour David Christopher 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 Ann Bedford 486 30.9 +2.9
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 Ward 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 Edwin 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 Teresa Martyniuk 561
Labour Edward Anthony Murphy 484
Liberal Democrat Andrew Peter Philip Buckley 420
Turnout 2,839 30.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Clayton le Woods and Cuerden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Joseph 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 William Ball 907 54.4 +6.0
Labour Susan Elizabeth Millar 521 31.2 −8.2
Conservative Stephen William 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 +0.3
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 +0.4
Euxton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Russell 836 67.6 +10.4
Labour Helen Margaret 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 Elizabeth Gray 498 65.2 +10.2
Labour Hollie Louise 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 Iris 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

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