Chorley Borough Council election, 2008

The Chorley Borough Council elections took place on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result

Chorley Local Election Result 2008
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	2	0	+2	53.3	45.7	11,872	-0.9%
	Labour	5	0	1	-1	33.3	35.1	9,128	-3.1%
	Independent	1	0	1	-1	6.7	10.4	2,699	+4.4%
	Liberal Democrat	1	0	0	0	6.7	7.8	2,016	-0.5%
	New Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.1	276	+0.1%

Results map

2008 results

Previous 2004 results

Wards

Adlington and Anderton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Peter Wilson	1,103	44.5	-1.2
	Conservative	Eric Catterall	1,079	43.6	+7.0
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Ling	294	11.9	+1.1
Majority			24	1.0	-8.1
Turnout			2476	44.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.1

Brindle and Hoghton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Dickinson	648	81.6	+29.3
	Labour	Neil Caton	146	18.4	+6.2
Majority			502	63.2	+30.3
Turnout			794	46.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.6

Chorley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Julia Berry	974	62.4	+1.9
	Conservative	Nicola Gregory	587	37.6	+13.3
Majority			387	24.8	-11.3
Turnout			1561	32.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.7

Chorley North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Adrian Lowe	764	45.2	-5.1
	Conservative	Simon Parkinson	650	38.5	+3.5
	New Party	Colin Denby	276	16.3	+1.6
Majority			114	6.7	-8.6
Turnout			1,690	35.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.3

Chorley North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joyce Snape	2,055	76.3	-9.0
	Labour	Jonathan Pryor	337	12.5	+5.0
	Conservative	Barbara Higham	302	11.2	+3.9
Majority			1718	63.8	-14.0
Turnout			2,694	53.0	-1.5
	Independent hold		Swing	-7.0

N.B. Percentage change in Chorley North-West is taken from when a Snape last faced the electorate.

Chorley South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Alistair Ward Bradley	890	46.2	+2.7
	Conservative	Eleanor Smith	834	43.3	-1.2
	Liberal Democrat	David Porter	204	10.6	-1.4
Majority			56	2.9	+4.0
Turnout			1,928	40.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.0

Chorley South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Gee	831	51.8	+9.7
	Conservative	Dorothy Livesey	772	48.2	+16.1
Majority			59	3.7	-6.3
Turnout			1,603	28.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.2

Clayton le Woods and Whittle-le-Woods
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Walker	1,353	65.5	+8.4
	Labour	Frances Maguire	387	18.7	-2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Glenda Charlesworth	326	15.8	-6.2
Majority			966	46.8	+11.6
Turnout			2,066	37.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.3

Clayton le Woods North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Cullens	897	53.1	+11.7
	Labour	Steve Murfitt	499	29.5	-6.6
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen John Fenn	294	17.4	-5.1
Majority			398	23.6	+18.3
Turnout			1,690	34.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.2

Coppull
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stella Walsh	898	51.2	-0.1
	Labour	Peter Gore	588	33.5	+0.9
	Conservative	Stephen Royce	269	15.3	-0.8
Majority			310	17.7	-1.1
Turnout			1,755	36.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	-0.5

Eccleston and Mawdesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Caunce	1,306	57.8	-2.4
	Labour	Alan Whittikar	956	42.2	+2.4
Majority			350	15.5	-4.8
Turnout			2,262	48.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.4

Euxton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Debra Platt	908	54.9	+1.2
	Labour	Danny Gee	745	45.1	-1.2
Majority			163	9.9	+2.5
Turnout			1,653	46.8	+3.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+1.2

Heath Charnock and Rivington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat Case	573	72.3	+2.5
	Labour	Paul Walmsley	220	27.7	-2.5
Majority			353	44.5	+4.9
Turnout			793	46.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.5

Lostock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Moulton	846	56.8	+19.2
	Independent	Margaret Iddon	644	43.2	-3.0
Majority			202	13.6	+22.2
Turnout			1,490	44.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	+11.1

N.B. Percentage change in Lostock is taken from when Margaret Iddon last faced the electorate.

Wheelton and Withnell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shaun Smith	848	55.1	+8.0
	Labour	Chris France	690	44.9	+12.7
Majority			158	10.3	-4.6
Turnout			1,538	38.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.4

References

Council elections in Lancashire

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

Blackburn with Darwen	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

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

Preston	1945 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1973 1975 1976 1978 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

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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