Chorley Borough Council election, 2016

The 2016 Chorley Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Chorley Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Council make-up

After the election, the composition of the council was:

**Party political make-up of Chorley Council**
Party	Seats						Current Council (2016)
Party	2010	2011	2012	2014	2015	2016	Current Council (2016)
Labour	15	20	24	32	30	30
Conservative	27	23	20	13	14	14
Independent	2	2	2	2	3	3
Lib Dems	3	2	1	0	0	0

Election result

Chorley Local Election Result 2016
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	10	0	0	0	68.8	52.9	13,780	−0.5
	Conservative	4	0	0	0	25.0	28.6	7,444	−3.5
	Independent	1	0	0	0	6.3	7.2	1,862	+0.0
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	6.3	1,652	+2.2
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	4.3	1,115	+2.2
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	183	−0.4

Results map

2016 results

Previous 2012 results

Wards

Adlington and Anderton

Adlington and Anderton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	YPeter Francis Wilson	1,425	61.4
	Conservative	Dorothy Livesey	598	25.8
	Green	Andrew Whitson	183	7.9
	Liberal Democrat	Philip William Pilling	113	4.9
Majority			827	35.7
Turnout			2,319	40.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Brindle and Hoghton ward

Brindle and Hoghton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YSheila Mary Long	350	44.3	−19.4
	Independent	Steve Williams	315	39.9	N/A
	Labour	Yvonne Marie Hargreaves	125	15.8	−20.5
Majority			35	4.4
Turnout			790	47.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	−29.7

Chorley East ward

Chorley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	YZara Khan	1,176	67.4	−7.0
	UKIP	Christopher Suart	348	19.9	N/A
	Conservative	Aidy Riggott	222	12.7	−3.8
Majority			828	47.4
Turnout			1,746	35.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley North East ward

Chorley North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	YAdrian Lowe	1,049	63.7	−0.2
	Conservative	Philip Adrian Ellis Loynes	331	20.1	+1.5
	UKIP	Tommy Shorrock	268	16.3	+3.0
Majority			718	43.6
Turnout			1,648	34.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−0.9

Chorley North West ward

Chorley North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	YJoyce Snape	1,547	64.3	-7.7
	Labour	Anthony Stephen Holgate	547	22.7	+3.7
	Conservative	Sandra Mercer	182	7.6	-1.4
	UKIP	Julia Winifred Mary Smith	129	16.3	N/A
Majority			1,000	41.6
Turnout			2,405	52.5
	Independent hold		Swing	-5.7

Chorley South East ward

Chorley South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	YAlistair Ward Bradley	1,261	62.8	+3.4
	Conservative	Dominic Keiran Jewell	452	22.5	−5.3
	UKIP	Julia Winifred Mary Smith	243	12.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	David Porter	52	2.6	N/A
Majority			809	40.3
Turnout			2,008	36.4
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+4.4

Chorley South West ward

Chorley South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	YAnthony Gee	1,351	73.7	+3.5
	Conservative	Mrs. Sarah Louise Kiley	483	26.3	−3.5
Majority			868	47.3
Turnout			1,834	31.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.5

Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods ward

Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YJohn Philip Walker	1,126	46.1	−12.5
	Labour	Mark Edward Clifford	962	39.4	−2.0
	UKIP	Andrew Anthony Romanienko	203	8.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Glenda Charlesworth	151	6.2	N/A
Majority			164	6.7
Turnout			2,442	38.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.3

Clayton-le-Woods North ward

Clayton-le-Woods North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	YJean Elizabeth Cronshaw	1,027	61.8	+3.4
	Conservative	Eileen Whiteford	636	38.2	−3.4
Majority			391	23.5
Turnout			1,663	33.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.4

Coppull ward

Coppull
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	YJane Louise Fitzsimons	832	48.6	−8.7
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Thomson	610	35.6	+4.3
	Conservative	Harold Heaton	271	15.8	+4.5
Majority			222	13.0
Turnout			1,713	35.6
	Labour hold		Swing	−6.5

Eccleston and Mawdesley ward

Eccleston and Mawdesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YHenry William Caunce	953	46.1	−0.5
	Labour	Stanley Joseph Ely	823	39.8	−2.4
	UKIP	Mark Smith	292	14.1	+3.0
Majority			130	6.3
Turnout			2,068	41.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.0

Euxton North ward

Euxton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	YDanny Gee	1,108	72.4	+18.6
	Conservative	Alan John Platt	254	16.6	−18.3
	UKIP	Jeffrey Flinders Mallinson	169	11.0	−0.4
Majority			854	55.8
Turnout			1,531	44.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+18.5

Heath Charnock and Rivington ward

Heath Charnock and Rivington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	YKim Snape	663	70.5	+15.1
	Conservative	Peter Malpas	277	29.5	−2.9
Majority			386	41.1
Turnout			940	54.4
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+9.0

Lostock ward

Lostock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	YJohn Derek Dalton	602	45.4	−10.6
	Labour	Alan Whittaker	534	40.3	−3.7
	Liberal Democrat	John Patrick Wright	189	14.3	N/A
Majority			68	5.1
Turnout			1,325	39.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.5

Wheelton and Withnell ward

Wheelton and Withnell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	YChristopher France	897	55.9	−2.9
	Conservative	Andrew James Snowden	707	44.1	+2.9
Majority			190	11.8
Turnout			1,604	50.3
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.9

References

↑ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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