Chorley Borough Council election, 2006

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:

	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

References

Council elections in Lancashire

County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

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Blackpool	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015

Burnley	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Chorley	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Fylde	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Hyndburn	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Lancaster	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Pendle	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

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Ribble Valley	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Rossendale	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

South Ribble	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

West Lancashire	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Wyre	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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