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 political make-up of Chorley Council

	Party	Seats				Current Council (2014)
		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[]

Chorley Local Election Result 2004

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[]

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[]

Brindle and Hoghton

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[]

Chorley East

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[]

Chorley North East

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[]

Chorley North West

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[]

Chorley South East

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[]

Chorley South West

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[]

Clayton le Woods and Whittle-le-Woods

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[]

Clayton le Woods North

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[]

Coppull

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[]

Eccleston and Mawdesley

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[]

Euxton North

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[]

Heath Charnock and Rivington

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[]

Lostock

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[]

Wheelton and Withnell

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[]

• 2004 Chorley election result
• Tories win two seats to close gap on Labour^{[dead link]}
• Chorley Borough Council Election 2004