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

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 Houghton	587	43.7
Majority			170	12.6
Turnout			1,344	33.4
	Labour hold		Swing

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

Euxton North

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

Whittle-le-Woods

Whittle-le-Woods
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YJ.E. Bell	735	74.6
	Labour	W. 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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