2010 Chorley Borough Council election

Main article: Chorley Borough Council elections

Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 6 May 2010. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party held overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats
	Conservative	27
	Labour	15
	Independent	2
	Liberal Democrat	3

Election result

Chorley Local Election Result 2010

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	0	0		56	39	17,926	−6.7
	Labour	5	0	0		31	39	18,158	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0		6	12	5,605	+4.2
	Independent	1	0	0		6	8	3,801	−2.4
	UKIP	0	0	0		0	1	412	+1
	Green	0	0	0		0	0.5	222	+0.5

Results Map

2010 results

Previous 2006 results

Ward results

Adlington and Anderton ward

Adlington and Anderton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Catherine Hoyle	2,231	55.6	+13
	Conservative	Barbara Higham	1,186	29.6	−14
	Liberal Democrats	Philip William Pilling	593	14.8	+1
Majority			1,045	27	+26
Turnout			4,010	73
	Labour hold		Swing	+13.5

Astley and Buckshaw ward

Astley and Buckshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Platt	1,170	53.9	−23.0
	Labour	Ian Handley	1,002	46.1	+23
Majority			66	3	−45
Turnout			2,172	72
	Conservative hold		Swing	-23

Chisnall ward

Chisnall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harold Heaton	1,190	51.0	−7
	Labour	Edward Foreshaw	620	26.6	−15
	Liberal Democrats	Don Hoyland	349	15.0	+15
	Independent	Alan Samuel Cornwell	174	7.5	+7
Majority			570	24	+8
Turnout			2333	72.11
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4

Chorley East ward

Chorley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hasina Khan	1,743	58	−4
	Conservative	Khalid Sohail	657	22	−16
	Independent	Mel Coombes	607	20	+20
Majority			1086	36	+11
Turnout			3007	63
	Labour hold		Swing	+6

Chorley North East ward

Chorley North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Edgerley	1,523	48	+3
	Conservative	Bulvinder Michael	894	28	−11
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Eubank	456	14	+14
	UKIP	Nick Hogan	234	7	+7
	Green	Ian Bridge	84	3	+3
Majority			629	20	+13
Turnout			3191	66.55
	Labour hold		Swing	+7

Chorley North West ward

Chorley North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ralph Snape	3,020	83.0	+7
	Conservative	Brett Austin Trevalyan	441	12.1	+1
	UKIP	Colin Denby	178	4.9	4.9
Majority			2,579	70.9	+7
Turnout			3,639	76.95
	Independent hold		Swing	+3

Chorley South East ward

Chorley South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beverley Murray	1,441	45.4	−1
	Conservative	Elliot J. Matthews	1,097	34.6	−8
	Liberal Democrats	David Porter	497	15.7	+5
	Green	Chris Ffelan	138	4.3	+4
Majority			344	10.8	+8
Turnout			3,173	66.16
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.5

Chorley South West ward

Chorley South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Lees	1,616	47	−5
	Conservative	Samuel Andrew Chapman	1,124	33	−15
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Grunstein	711	20	+20
Majority			492	14	+10
Turnout			3451	59.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+5

Clayton le Woods and Whittle le Woods ward

Clayton le Woods and Whittle le Woods

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Bell	2,300	55	−11
	Labour Co-op	Frances Maguire	1,024	24	+5
	Liberal Democrats	Glenda Charlesworth	882	21	+5
Majority			1276	30	−17
Turnout			4206	60.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8

Clayton le Woods North ward

Clayton le Woods North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Cullens	1,178	38	−15
	Labour	Steve Murfitt	1,037	34	+4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen John Fenn	853	28	+11
Majority			141	5	−19
Turnout			3068	72.75
	Conservative hold		Swing	-9.5

Clayton le Woods West and Cuerden ward

Clayton le Woods West and Cuerden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Muncaster	1,274	55	−2
	Labour Co-op	Dave Rogerson	1,060	45	+1
Majority			214	9	−4
Turnout			2334	70
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.5

Coppull ward

Coppull

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ken Ball	1,613	50	−1
	Labour	Richard Toon	1,087	33	−1
	Conservative	Stephen William Royce	546	17	+2
Majority			526	16	−2
Turnout			3246	67.16
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0

Eccleston and Mawdesley ward

Eccleston and Mawdesley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Iddon	2,015	57.6	0
	Labour Co-op	Helen Margaret Bradley	1,484	42.4	0
Majority			531	15	0
Turnout			3,499	72.96
	Conservative hold		Swing	0

Euxton North ward

Euxton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosemary Russell	1,388	53.3	−2
	Labour Co-op	Mark Andrew Jarnell	1,215	46.7	+2
Majority			173	7	−3
Turnout			2603	74.13
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2

Euxton South ward

Euxton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Russell	1,379	60.1	−1
	Labour	Anthony Stephen Holgate	915	39.9	+1
Majority			464	20	−2
Turnout			2294	71.38
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1

Pennine ward

Pennine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marie Elizabeth Gray	820	62.3	−3
	Labour	Hollie Louise Berry	496	37.7	+18
Majority			324	25	−20
Turnout			1,316	77.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	-10.5

Wheelton and Withnell ward

Wheelton and Withnell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alison Hansford	1,282	52.8	−2
	Labour	Neil James Caton	1,148	47.2	+2
Majority			134	5.5
Turnout			2,430	75.76
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2

References

• [1] Candidates list from Chorley Borough Council