2004 Chorley Borough Council election
Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
Party | Seats | ± | |
---|---|---|---|
Labour | 21 | −1 | |
Conservative | 20 | +2 | |
Liberal Democrat | 3 | −1 | |
Independent | 3 | 0 |
Party | Seats | Current Council (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Labour | 15 | 20 | 24 | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conservative | 27 | 23 | 20 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Independent | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lib Dems | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Election result[]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 6 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 40.0 | 36.0 | 11,169 | −2.9 | |
Labour | 6 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 40.0 | 34.0 | 10,525 | −9.1 | |
Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 11.9 | 3,692 | +9.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6.7 | 18.1 | 5,602 | +2.3 |
Results Map[]
![]() 2004 results |
Ward results[]
Adlington and Anderton[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Davies | 1,226 | 43.8 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Paul Barron | 1,105 | 39.5 | +1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip William Pilling | 469 | 16.8 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 121 | 4.3 | −1.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,800 | 52.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Brindle and Hoghton ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Dickinson | 521 | 52.3 | −17.2 | |
Independent | Stephen Williams | 193 | 19.4 | +19.4 | |
Labour | Michael Graham | 122 | 12.2 | −2.9 | |
Independent | Graham Dixon | 91 | 9.1 | +9.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | William Mellor | 69 | 6.9 | −8.5 | |
Majority | 328 | 32.9 | −21.2 | ||
Turnout | 996 | 56.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Chorley East ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Wilson | 1,038 | 51.9 | −7.9 | |
Conservative | Elvi Livesey | 443 | 22.2 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jean Mellor | 309 | 15.5 | +15.5 | |
Independent | Thomas Fawcett | 209 | 10.5 | −9.2 | |
Majority | 595 | 29.7 | −9.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,999 | 40.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Chorley North East ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Adrian Lowe | 913 | 41.3 | −11.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Blackburn | 679 | 30.7 | +16.9 | |
Conservative | Simon Parkinson | 618 | 28.0 | −5.0 | |
Majority | 234 | 10.6 | −9.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,210 | 45.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Chorley North West ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Joyce Snape | 2,290 | 77.0 | +77.0 | |
Conservative | Magdalene Cullens | 375 | 12.6 | −29.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Linda Norman | 220 | 7.4 | −12.9 | |
Independent | Philip Baker | 88 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 1,915 | 64.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,973 | 60.1 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Chorley South East ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ms. Margaret Lees | 999 | 45.1 | −6.2 | |
Conservative | Dorothy Livesey | 768 | 34.7 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Porter | 446 | 20.2 | +6.1 | |
Majority | 231 | 10.4 | −6.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,213 | 46.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Chorley South West ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Gee | 841 | 47.4 | −10.8 | |
Conservative | Elsie Perks | 482 | 27.1 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ms. Linda Eubank | 453 | 25.5 | +8.3 | |
Majority | 359 | 20.3 | −13.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,776 | 38.4 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Walker | 1,361 | 51.4 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Glenda Charlesworth | 679 | 25.6 | −0.3 | |
Labour | Sharon Gray | 608 | 23.0 | −3.2 | |
Majority | 682 | 25.8 | +4.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,648 | 50.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Clayton-le-Woods North ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alan Cullens | 813 | 39.6 | +2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen John Fenn | 736 | 35.9 | −0.1 | |
Labour | David Unsworth | 502 | 24.5 | −2.7 | |
Majority | 77 | 3.7 | +2.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,051 | 41.4 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Coppull ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stella Walsh | 1,187 | 48.4 | +6.0 | |
Labour | Beverley Gore | 966 | 39.4 | −6.2 | |
Conservative | Stephen Royce | 299 | 12.2 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 221 | 9.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,452 | 50.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Eccleston and Mawdesley ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Henry Caunce | 1,358 | 53.8 | +2.4 | |
Labour | Helen Margaret Bradley | 1,168 | 46.2 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 190 | 7.6 | +4.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,526 | 54.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
=Euxton North ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Daniel Gee | 1,016 | 53.3 | ||
Conservative | Rosemary Russell | 890 | 46.7 | ||
Majority | 126 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,906 | 55.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Heath Charnock and Rivington ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Mary Case | 661 | 69.8 | +5.5 | |
Labour | Florence Molyneaux | 286 | 30.2 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 375 | 39.6 | +11.0 | ||
Turnout | 947 | 54.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Lostock ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Margaret Iddon | 821 | 46.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Simon Moulton | 667 | 37.6 | −17.5 | |
Labour | Patricia Tack | 288 | 16.2 | −28.7 | |
Majority | 154 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,776 | 54.2 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Wheelton and Withnell ward[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Shaun Smith | 808 | 47.1 | ||
Labour | Christopher Howard | 552 | 32.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Shelagh Graham | 355 | 20.7 | ||
Majority | 256 | 14.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,715 | 53.4 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
References[]
Categories:
- Chorley Borough Council elections
- 2004 English local elections
- 2000s in Lancashire