Borough of Chorley
Coordinates: 53°39′11″N 2°37′55″W / 53.653°N 2.632°W
Borough of Chorley | |
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Borough | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | North West England |
Ceremonial county | Lancashire |
Founded | 1 April 1974 |
Admin. HQ | Chorley |
Government | |
• Type | Chorley Borough Council |
• Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
• Executive: | Labour |
• MPs: | Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker) Katherine Fletcher |
Area | |
• Total | 78.3 sq mi (202.8 km2) |
Area rank | 159th |
Population (mid-2019 est.) | |
• Total | 118,216 |
• Rank | Ranked 198th |
• Density | 1,500/sq mi (580/km2) |
Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
Postcode areas | |
Area code(s) | 01257, 01204, 01254, 01704, 01772 |
ISO 3166-2 | – |
ONS code | 30UE (ONS) E07000118 (GSS) |
OS grid reference | SD5817 |
NUTS 3 | – |
Ethnicity | 95.1% White British 1.6% Asian[1] |
Website | chorley.gov.uk |
The Borough of Chorley is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. The population of the Borough at the 2011 census was 107,155.[1] It is named after its largest settlement, the town of Chorley.
Creation[]
The present non-metropolitan Borough of Chorley was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the then existing Municipal Borough of Chorley with the urban districts of Adlington and Withnell, and Chorley Rural District.
Parishes[]
With exception of the town of Chorley, which remains an unparished area, the borough has twenty-three civil parishes:
- Adlington
- Anderton
- Anglezarke
- Astley Village
- Bretherton
- Brindle
- Charnock Richard
- Clayton-le-Woods
- Coppull
- Croston
- Cuerden
- Eccleston
- Euxton
- Heapey
- Heath Charnock
- Heskin
- Hoghton
- Mawdesley
- Rivington
- Ulnes Walton
- Wheelton
- Whittle-le-Woods
- Withnell
Wards[]
Chorley Council is made up of forty-seven councillors, representing the following twenty electoral wards:[2][3]
- Adlington & Anderton
- Astley & Buckshaw
- Brindle and Hoghton
- Chisnall (covering Charnock Richard, Heskin and Coppull West)
- Chorley East
- Chorley North East
- Chorley North West
- Chorley South East
- Chorley South West
- Clayton-le-Woods & Whittle-le-Woods
- Clayton-le-Woods North
- Clayton-le-Woods West & Cuerden
- Coppull
- Eccleston & Mawdesley
- Euxton North
- Euxton South
- Heath Charnock & Rivington
- Lostock (covering Bretherton, Croston, & Ulnes Walton)
- Pennine (covering Heapey & Anglezarke)
- Wheelton & Withnell
New wards from 2021[]
The Local Government Boundary Commission for England undertook an electoral review of Chorley Council in 2018/2019 to improve electoral equality. As a result, from the local election in 2021, the number of elected members will reduce from 47 to 42. There will be 14 wards (a decrease of 6) each represented by three members:[4]
- Adlington & Anderton
- Buckshaw & Whittle
- Chorley East
- Chorley North East
- Chorley North West
- Chorley North & Astley
- Chorley South East & Heath Charnock
- Chorley South West
- Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
- Clayton West & Cuerden
- Coppull
- Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South
- Eccleston, Heskin & Charnock Richard
- Euxton
Settlements[]
Parliamentary constituency[]
The Chorley Parliament constituency is a constituency in the House of Commons, and from 1997 until 2010 it was coterminous with the borough. Through boundary changes, Croston, Eccleston, Bretherton and Mawdesley were transferred to the South Ribble constituency. The current Member of Parliament for Chorley is Lindsay Hoyle, who was first elected to the seat in 1997.
Freedom of the Borough[]
The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Chorley.
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Military Units[]
- The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment: 2007.[5]
- 3 Medical Regiment: 6 June 2015.[6]
- The Lancashire Constabulary.
See also[]
- Chorley local elections
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Chorley Local Authority (E07000118)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ Your Councillors by Ward. Chorley Council. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
- ^ Chorley Lower-Layer Super Output Areas Archived 10 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
- ^ "Electoral Review of Chorley Council". chorley.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ "Freedom of the Borough 2017". Government of the United Kingdom.
- ^ "3 Medical Regiment to be presented with the Freedom of the Borough". Chorley Council. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- Borough of Chorley
- Local government in Chorley
- Non-metropolitan districts of Lancashire