2002 Chorley Borough Council election
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Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by one. The council stayed under no overall control.
After the election the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 22 | ![]() | |
Conservative | 16 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrat | 6 | ![]() | |
Independent | 3 | ![]() |
Election result[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 22 | ![]() |
46.8 | 45.1 | 48,637 | ||||
Conservative | 16 | ![]() |
34.0 | 34.2 | 36,881 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 6 | ![]() |
12.8 | 13.3 | 14,309 | ||||
Independent | 3 | ![]() |
6.4 | 7.1 | 7,619 | ||||
UKIP | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.4 | 401 |
Ward results[edit]
Adlington and Anderton[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | ![]() |
1,887 | 21.6 | ||
Labour | ![]() |
1,580 | 18.1 | ||
Labour | ![]() |
1,413 | 16.2 | ||
Conservative | Ivy Leigh | 1,027 | 11.8 | ||
Conservative | Betty Lawson | 1,020 | 11.7 | ||
Conservative | William Lawson | 1,014 | 11.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Philip William Pilling | 795 | 9.1 | ||
Turnout |
Astley and Buckshaw[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | ![]() |
875 | 27.2 | ||
Conservative | ![]() |
851 | 26.5 | ||
Conservative | Patricia Mary Haughton | 834 | 25.9 | ||
Labour | Margaret Rose Fielden | 656 | 20.4 | ||
Turnout |
Brindle and Hoghton[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
823 | 69.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Charlesworth | 182 | 15.4 | ||
Labour | Beverley Gore | 175 | 15.1 | ||
Majority | 641 | 54.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,184 |
Chisnall[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
1,028 | 26.6 | ||
Conservative | ![]() |
699 | 18.1 | ||
Labour | Jon Davies | 594 | 15.3 | ||
Labour | Margaret M. Lees | 516 | 13.3 | ||
Independent | Alan Samuel Cornwell | 410 | 10.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Glyn Jones | 379 | 9.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Linda Eubank | 246 | 6.4 | ||
Turnout |
Chorley East[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | ![]() |
1,658 | 24.9 | ||
Labour | ![]() |
1,651 | 24.7 | ||
Labour | ![]() |
1,536 | 23.0 | ||
Independent | Melville Coombes | 711 | 10.7 | ||
Conservative | Jacqueline C. Bettney | 596 | 8.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Jean Mellor | 521 | 7.8 | ||
Turnout |
Chorley North East[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | ![]() |
1,624 | 23.1 | ||
Labour | ![]() |
1,505 | 21.4 | ||
Labour | ![]() |
1,419 | 20.2 | ||
Conservative | James Henry Fleming | 795 | 11.3 | ||
Conservative | Elvi Livesey | 683 | 9.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Eileen Anne Smith | 640 | 8.7 | ||
UKIP | John Graeme Frost | 401 | 5.7 | ||
Turnout |
Chorley North West[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | ![]() |
2,973 | 31.8 | ||
Independent | ![]() |
2,612 | 27.9 | ||
Labour | ![]() |
1,161 | 12.4 | ||
Conservative | Peter Malpas | 1,011 | 10.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Linda Norman | 669 | 7.1 | ||
Conservative | Peter William Higham | 491 | 5.2 | ||
Conservative | Elsie May Perks | 449 | 4.8 | ||
Turnout |
Chorley South East[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | ![]() |
1,508 | 20.5 | ||
Labour | ![]() |
1,377 | 18.7 | ||
Labour | ![]() |
1,282 | 17.4 | ||
Conservative | Geoffrey Goodspeed | 959 | 13.0 | ||
Conservative | Sheila Marsden | 931 | 12.7 | ||
Conservative | Barbara Ann Higham | 788 | 10.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Porter | 510 | 6.9 | ||
Turnout |
Chorley South West[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | ![]() |
1,522 | 26.4 | ||
Labour | ![]() |
1,498 | 26.0 | ||
Labour | ![]() |
1,457 | 25.3 | ||
Conservative | Dorothy Livesey | 657 | 11.4 | ||
Conservative | Kevan George Haughton | 632 | 11.9 | ||
Turnout |
Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
1,816 | 20.7 | ||
Conservative | ![]() |
1,466 | 16.7 | ||
Conservative | ![]() |
1,418 | 16.2 | ||
Labour | Sharon A. Gray | 905 | 10.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Glenda Charlesworth | 869 | 9.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Brian Harding | 861 | 9.8 | ||
Labour | Darren M. Woodruff | 772 | 8.8 | ||
Labour | George W. Harvey | 673 | 7.7 | ||
Turnout |
Clayton-le-Woods North[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | ![]() |
909 | 11.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | ![]() |
890 | 11.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | ![]() |
875 | 11.5 | ||
Conservative | Roger William Livesey | 871 | 11.4 | ||
Conservative | Alan Cullens | 869 | 11.4 | ||
Labour | Jean Elizabeth Cronshaw | 861 | 11.3 | ||
Conservative | Magdalene Margaret Cullens | 853 | 11.2 | ||
Labour | James Freeman | 795 | 10.4 | ||
Labour | Anthony Holden | 700 | 9.2 | ||
Turnout |
Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | ![]() |
916 | 24.5 | ||
Conservative | ![]() |
827 | 22.1 | ||
Conservative | Samuel Andrew Chapman | 790 | 21.1 | ||
Labour | Edward Anthony Murphy | 749 | 20.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Gail Patricia Ormston | 457 | 12.2 | ||
Turnout |
Coppull[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | ![]() |
1,570 | 18.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | ![]() |
1,503 | 18.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | ![]() |
1,373 | 16.5 | ||
Labour | Andrew Birchall | 1,313 | 15.7 | ||
Labour | John Murphy | 1,294 | 15.5 | ||
Labour | Peter Maddock | 1,290 | 15.5 | ||
Turnout |
Eccleston and Mawdesley[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | ![]() |
1,798 | 21.0 | ||
Conservative | ![]() |
1,455 | 17.0 | ||
Conservative | ![]() |
1,429 | 16.7 | ||
Labour | Thomas Henry Titherington | 1,400 | 16.4 | ||
Conservative | Brian Twist | 1,325 | 15.5 | ||
Labour | Edward Vincent Forshaw | 1,150 | 13.4 | ||
Turnout |
Euxton North[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | ![]() |
1,086 | 28.2 | ||
Labour | ![]() |
989 | 25.7 | ||
Conservative | Rosemary Russell | 773 | 20.1 | ||
Conservative | Gordon Marshall Alexander Mitchell | 769 | 20.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Mary Buckley | 234 | 6.1 | ||
Turnout |
Euxton South[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
1,053 | 26.9 | ||
Conservative | ![]() |
1,036 | 25.5 | ||
Labour | Mary Gray | 965 | 24.7 | ||
Labour | Marion Lowe | 855 | 21.9 | ||
Turnout |
Heath Charnock and Rivington[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
732 | 64.3 | ||
Labour | June Molyneaux | 407 | 35.7 | ||
Majority | 325 | 28.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,139 |
Lostock[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | ![]() |
913 | 24.4 | ||
Conservative | ![]() |
894 | 23.9 | ||
Labour | David Massam | 836 | 22.3 | ||
Conservative | George Anthony Rigby | 691 | 18.5 | ||
Labour | David C. Lloyd | 409 | 10.9 | ||
Turnout |
Pennine[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
645 | 55.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Janet Ross-Mills | 350 | 29.8 | ||
Labour | Peter Wilson | 178 | 15.2 | ||
Majority | 295 | 25.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,173 |
Wheelton and Withnell[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | ![]() |
1,137 | 30.1 | ||
Labour | ![]() |
884 | 23.4 | ||
Conservative | Simon Parkinson | 746 | 19.7 | ||
Labour | Paul Anthony Lowe | 514 | 13.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Shelagh Graham | 502 | 13.3 | ||
Turnout |