Chorley Borough Council election, 2002

Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by one. The council stayed under no overall control.

After the election the composition of the council was:

PartySeats  ±  
Labour 22 2
Conservative 16 +1
Liberal Democrat 6 1
Independent 3 +1

Election result

Chorley Local Election Result 2002
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 22 2 46.8 45.1 48,637
  Conservative 16 +1 34.0 34.2 36,881
  Liberal Democrat 6 1 12.8 13.3 14,309
  Independent 3 +1 6.4 7.1 7,619
  UKIP 0 0 0.0 0.4 401

Ward results

Adlington and Anderton

Adlington and Anderton (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Green tickYCatherine Hoyle 1,887 21.6
Labour Green tickYMichael Davies 1,580 18.1
Labour Green tickYFlorence Mary Molyneux 1,413 16.2
Conservative Ivy Leigh 1,027 11.8
Conservative Betty Lawson 1,020 11.7
Conservative William Lawson 1,014 11.6
Liberal Democrat Philip William Pilling 795 9.1
Turnout

Astley and Buckshaw

Astley and Buckshaw (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Green tickYLaura Jane Lennox 875 27.2
Conservative Green tickYMark Perks 851 26.5
Conservative Patricia Mary Haughton 834 25.9
Labour Margaret Rose Fielden 656 20.4
Turnout

Brindle and Hoghton

Brindle and Hoghton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Green tickYDavid Dickinson 823 69.5
Liberal Democrat Stephen Charlesworth 182 15.4
Labour Beverley Gore 175 15.1
Majority 641 54.1
Turnout 1,184

Chisnall

Chisnall (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Green tickYHarold Heaton 1,028 26.6
Conservative Green tickYEdward Malcolm Smith 699 18.1
Labour Jon Davies 594 15.3
Labour Margaret M. Lees 516 13.3
Independent Alan Samuel Cornwell 410 10.6
Liberal Democrat Glyn Jones 379 9.8
Liberal Democrat Linda Eubank 246 6.4
Turnout

Chorley East

Chorley East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Green tickYRaymond Parr 1,658 24.9
Labour Green tickYPatricia Mary Wilson 1,651 24.7
Labour Green tickYTerence Brown 1,536 23.0
Independent Melville Coombes 711 10.7
Conservative Jacqueline C. Bettney 596 8.9
Liberal Democrat Jean Mellor 521 7.8
Turnout

Chorley North East

Chorley North East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Green tickYDennis Edgerley 1,624 23.1
Labour Green tickYAdrian Lowe 1,505 21.4
Labour Green tickYKeith Lowe 1,419 20.2
Conservative James Hnery Fleming 795 11.3
Conservative Elvi Livesey 683 9.7
Liberal Democrat Eileen Anne Smith 640 8.7
UKIP John Graeme Frost 401 5.7
Turnout

Chorley North West

Chorley North West (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Green tickYRalph Snape 2,973 31.8
Independent Green tickYJoyce Snape 2,612 27.9
Labour Green tickYRobert Gordon Crabtree 1,161 12.4
Conservative Peter Malpas 1,011 10.8
Liberal Democrat Linda Norman 669 7.1
Conservative Peter William Higham 491 5.2
Conservative Elsie May Perks 449 4.8
Turnout

Chorley South East

Chorley South East (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Green tickYThomas McGowan 1,508 20.5
Labour Green tickYAnthony Stephen Holgate 1,377 18.7
Labour Green tickYChristopher Michael Snow 1,282 17.4
Conservative Geoffrey Goodspeed 959 13.0
Conservative Sheila Marsden 931 12.7
Conservative Barbara Ann Higham 788 10.7
Liberal Democrat David Porter 510 6.9
Turnout

Chorley South West

Chorley South West (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Green tickYRoy Lees 1,522 26.4
Labour Green tickYAnthony Gee 1,498 26.0
Labour Green tickYJohn Gerard Wilson 1,457 25.3
Conservative Dorothy Livesey 657 11.4
Conservative Kevan George Haughton 632 11.9
Turnout

Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods

Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Green tickYJames Eric Bell 1,816 20.7
Conservative Green tickYJohn Philip Walker 1,466 16.7
Conservative Green tickYNigel Harvey Baxter 1,418 16.2
Labour Sharon A. Gray 905 10.3
Liberal Democrat Glenda Charlesworth 869 9.9
Liberal Democrat Stuart Brian Harding 861 9.8
Labour Darren M. Woodruff 772 8.8
Labour George W. Harvey 673 7.7
Turnout

Clayton-le-Woods North

Clayton-le-Woods North (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Green tickYPeter George Buckley 909 11.9
Liberal Democrat Green tickYStephen John Fenn 890 11.7
Liberal Democrat Green tickYWilliam Richard Mellor 875 11.5
Conservative Roger William Livesey 871 11.4
Conservative Alan Cullens 869 11.4
Labour Jean Elizabeth Cronshaw 861 11.3
Conservative Magdalene Margaret Cullens 853 11.2
Labour James Freeman 795 10.4
Labour Anthony Holden 700 9.2
Turnout

Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden

Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Green tickYLesley Elizabeth Brownlee 916 24.5
Conservative Green tickYThomas Bedford 827 22.1
Conservative Samuel Andrew Chapman 790 21.1
Labour Edward Anthony Murphy 749 20.0
Liberal Democrat Gail Patricia Ormston 457 12.2
Turnout

Coppull

Coppull (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Green tickYKenneth William Ball 1,570 18.8
Liberal Democrat Green tickYStella Marie Walsh 1,503 18.0
Liberal Democrat Green tickYPatricia Cuerden 1,373 16.5
Labour Andrew Birchall 1,313 15.7
Labour John Murphy 1,294 15.5
Labour Peter Maddock 1,290 15.5
Turnout

Eccleston and Mawdesley

Eccleston and Mawdesley (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Green tickYAlan Whittaker 1,798 21.0
Conservative Green tickYMichael Iddon 1,455 17.0
Conservative Green tickYFrancis Culshaw 1,429 16.7
Labour Thomas Henry Titherington 1,400 16.4
Conservative Brian Twist 1,325 15.5
Labour Edward Vincent Forshaw 1,150 13.4
Turnout

Euxton North

Euxton North (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Green tickYThomas Gray 1,086 28.2
Labour Green tickYDaniel Peter Gee 989 25.7
Conservative Rosemary Russell 773 20.1
Conservative Gordon Marshall Alexander Mitchell 769 20.0
Liberal Democrat Mary Buckley 234 6.1
Turnout

Euxton South

Euxton South (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Green tickYGeoffrey Russell 1,053 26.9
Conservative Green tickYPeter Goldsworthy 1,036 25.5
Labour Mary Gray 965 24.7
Labour Marion Lowe 855 21.9
Turnout

Heath Charnock and Rivington

Heath Charnock and Rivington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Green tickYMary Patricia Case 732 64.3
Labour June Molyneaux 407 35.7
Majority 325 28.5
Turnout 1,139

Lostock

Lostock (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Green tickYMargaret Ann Iddon 913 24.4
Conservative Green tickYDoreen Dickinson 894 23.9
Labour David Massam 836 22.3
Conservative George Anthony Rigby 691 18.5
Labour David C. Lloyd 409 10.9
Turnout

Pennine

Pennine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Green tickYMarie Elizabeth Gray 645 55.0
Liberal Democrat Janet Ross-Mills 350 29.8
Labour Peter Wilson 178 15.2
Majority 295 25.2
Turnout 1,173

Wheelton and Withnell

Wheelton and Withnell (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Green tickYIris Elaine Smith 1,137 30.1
Labour Green tickYChristopher Howard 884 23.4
Conservative Simon Parkinson 746 19.7
Labour Paul Anthony Lowe 514 13.6
Liberal Democrat Shelagh Graham 502 13.3
Turnout

References

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