2008 Chorley Borough Council election

The Chorley Borough Council elections took place on 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election.

Election result[]

Chorley Local Election Result 2008

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	2	0	+2	53.3	45.7	11,872	-0.9%
	Labour	5	0	1	-1	33.3	35.1	9,128	-3.1%
	Independent	1	0	1	-1	6.7	10.4	2,699	+4.4%
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	0	6.7	7.8	2,016	-0.5%
	New Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.1	276	+0.1%

Results map[]

2008 results

Previous 2004 results

Wards[]

Adlington and Anderton[]

Adlington and Anderton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	YPeter Wilson	1,103	44.5	−1.2
	Conservative	Eric Catterall	1,079	43.6	+7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Ling	294	11.9	+1.1
Majority			24	1.0	−8.1
Turnout			2476	44.4
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.1

Brindle and Hoghton ward[]

Brindle and Hoghton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YDavid Dickinson	648	81.6	+29.3
	Labour	Neil Caton	146	18.4	+6.2
Majority			502	63.2	+30.3
Turnout			794	46.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+11.6

Chorley East ward[]

Chorley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	YJulia Berry	974	62.4	+1.9
	Conservative	Nicola Gregory	587	37.6	+13.3
Majority			387	24.8	-11.3
Turnout			1561	32.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.7

Chorley North East ward[]

Chorley North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	YAdrian Lowe	764	45.2	−5.1
	Conservative	Simon Parkinson	650	38.5	+3.5
	New Party	Colin Denby	276	16.3	+1.6
Majority			114	6.7	−8.6
Turnout			1,690	35.0
	Labour hold		Swing	−4.3

Chorley North West ward[]

Chorley North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	YJoyce Snape	2,055	76.3	−9.0
	Labour	Jonathan Pryor	337	12.5	+5.0
	Conservative	Barbara Higham	302	11.2	+3.9
Majority			1718	63.8	−14.0
Turnout			2,694	53.0	−1.5
	Independent hold		Swing	−7.0

N.B. Percentage change in Chorley North-West is taken from when a Snape last faced the electorate.

Chorley South East ward[]

Chorley South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	YAlistair Ward Bradley	890	46.2	+2.7
	Conservative	Eleanor Smith	834	43.3	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Porter	204	10.6	−1.4
Majority			56	2.9	+4.0
Turnout			1,928	40.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.0

Chorley South West ward[]

Chorley South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	YAnthony Gee	831	51.8	+9.7
	Conservative	Dorothy Livesey	772	48.2	+16.1
Majority			59	3.7	−6.3
Turnout			1,603	28.5
	Labour hold		Swing	−3.2

Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods ward[]

Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YJohn Walker	1,353	65.5	+8.4
	Labour	Frances Maguire	387	18.7	−2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Glenda Charlesworth	326	15.8	−6.2
Majority			966	46.8	+11.6
Turnout			2,066	37.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.3

Clayton-le-Woods North ward[]

Clayton-le-Woods North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YAlan Cullens	897	53.1	+11.7
	Labour	Steve Murfitt	499	29.5	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen John Fenn	294	17.4	−5.1
Majority			398	23.6	+18.3
Turnout			1,690	34.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.2

Coppull ward[]

Coppull

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	YStella Walsh	898	51.2	−0.1
	Labour	Peter Gore	588	33.5	+0.9
	Conservative	Stephen Royce	269	15.3	−0.8
Majority			310	17.7	−1.1
Turnout			1,755	36.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	−0.5

Eccleston and Mawdesley ward[]

Eccleston and Mawdesley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YHenry Caunce	1,306	57.8	−2.4
	Labour	Alan Whittaker	956	42.2	+2.4
Majority			350	15.5	-4.8
Turnout			2,262	48.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.4

Euxton North ward[]

Euxton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YDebra Platt	908	54.9	+1.2
	Labour	Danny Gee	745	45.1	−1.2
Majority			163	9.9	+2.5
Turnout			1,653	46.8	+3.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+1.2

Heath Charnock and Rivington ward[]

Heath Charnock and Rivington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YPatricia Mary Case	573	72.3	+2.5
	Labour	Paul James Walmsley	220	27.7	−2.5
Majority			353	44.5	+4.9
Turnout			793	46.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.5

Lostock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YSimon Moulton	846	56.8	+19.2
	Independent	Margaret Iddon	644	43.2	−3.0
Majority			202	13.6	+22.2
Turnout			1,490	44.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	+11.1

N.B. Percentage change in Lostock is taken from when Margaret Iddon last faced the electorate.

Wheelton and Withnell ward[]

Wheelton and Withnell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YShaun Smith	848	55.1	+8.0
	Labour	Chris France	690	44.9	+12.7
Majority			158	10.3	−4.6
Turnout			1,538	38.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.4

References[]

• 2008 Chorley election result
• Elections 2008 Results
• Election candidates revealed
• Labour man loses seat after 18 years^{[permanent dead link]}