- Chorley Council election, 2006
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Elections to Chorley 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:
- Conservative 25
- Labour 17
- Independent 3
- Liberal Democrat 2
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.
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 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 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 Ball 319 25.4 +9.1 Labour David 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 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 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 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 Martyniuk 561 Labour Edward Murphy 484 Liberal Democrat Andrew Buckley 420 Turnout 2,839 30.0 Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat Swing Conservative hold Swing Clayton le Woods West and Cuerden Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Michael 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 Ball 907 54.4 +6.0 Labour Susan Millar 521 31.2 -8.2 Conservative Stephen 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 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 Euxton South Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Geoffrey Russell 836 67.6 +10.4 Labour Helen 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 Gray 498 65.2 +10.2 Labour Hollie 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 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
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Chorley Council election 2004Chorley local elections Succeeded by
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- Chorley Council elections
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