2023 Chorley Borough Council election

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14 out of 42 seats toChorley Borough Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Alistair Bradley Alan Cullens n/a Party Labour Conservative Independent Seats before 31 10 1[a] Seats after 37 5 0 Seat change 6 5 1
The winner of each seat in the 2023 Chorley Borough Council election
Leader before election Alistair Bradley Labour Leader after election Alistair Bradley Labour

The2023 Chorley Borough Council election was held on 4 May 2023 to elect councillors toChorley Council inLancashire, England. This was on the same day as otherlocal elections across England.

A third of the council was up for election. Ahead of the election the council was underLabour control.^[2] Labour won 13 of the 14 seats available, increasing their majority on the council. The Conservatives only retained one of the six seats they were defending.^[3]

The overall results were as follows:^[4]

2023 Chorley Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	13	6	92.9	24	37	88.1	16,480	59.26	+3.5
	Conservative	1	5	7.1	4	5	11.9	8,193	29.46	-3.0
	Green	0		0	0	0	0.0	2,480	8.92	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	0		0	0	0	0.0	551	1.98	-0.3
	TUSC	0		0	0	0	0.0	104	0.37
	Independent	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0

Adlington andAnderton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Francis Wilson	1,348	70.6	+8.6
	Conservative	Neil Gardiner Baglow	430	22.5	―9.9
	Green	Catherine Hunter-Russell	132	6.9	+1.3
Majority			918	48.1
Turnout			1,910
	Labourhold		Swing	9.2

Buckshaw andWhittle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samantha Jayne Martin	1,205	59.7	+5.4
	Conservative	Gregory Ian Morgan	652	32.3	―5.2
	Green	Rachel Smith	161	8.0	―0.2
Majority			553	27.4
Turnout			2,018
	Labourgain fromConservative		Swing	5.3

Chorley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Snow	1,175	82.6	+12.0
	Conservative	Mark Grandi	248	17.4	―1.2
Majority			927	65.1
Turnout			1,423
	Labourgain fromIndependent		Swing	6.6

Chorley North andAstley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Margaret Sherwood	1,026	58.7	+0.1
	Conservative	Oliver Luke Knights	522	29.9	―0.7
	Green	Jon Royle	199	11.4	+0.6
Majority			504	28.8
Turnout			1,747
	Labourhold		Swing	0.4

Chorley North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon France	1,554	69.7	+8.6
	Conservative	Charles Russell Hargreaves	509	22.8	―8.8
	Green	Simon Cash	162	7.3	±0.0
Majority			1,045	47.0
Turnout			2,225
	Labourhold		Swing	8.7

Chorley North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Elizabeth Jane Ainsworth	1,425	65.5	+6.5
	Conservative	Peter Malpas	561	25.8	―6.1
	Green	Mark Tebbutt	191	8.8	―0.3
Majority			864	39.7
Turnout			2,177
	Labourhold		Swing	6.3

Chorley South East andHeath Charnock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beverly Murray	1,203	61.0	+2.8
	Conservative	Conner Dawson	514	26.1	―3.3
	Green	Jane Weston	150	7.6	―0.6
	TUSC	Jenny Hurley	104	5.3	+1.1
Majority			689	35.0
Turnout			1,971
	Labourhold		Swing	3.0

Chorley South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Lees	857	51.4	―0.1
	Green	Andy Hunter-Rossall	625	37.5	+4.7
	Conservative	Peter Clifford Davenport	152	9.1	―6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen John Fenn	33	2.0	N/A
Majority			232	13.9
Turnout			1,667
	Labourhold		Swing	2.4

Clayton East,Brindle andHoghton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pauline Barbara Mary Mcgovern	1,065	52.3	+5.8
	Conservative	Samuel Andrew Chapman	724	35.6	―8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Gail Patricia Ormston	129	6.3	N/A
	Green	Olga Gomez-Cash	117	5.7	―3.4
Majority			341	16.8
Turnout			2,035
	Labourgain fromConservative		Swing	7.3

Coppull

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julia Louise Berry	1,161	71.4	+1.3
	Conservative	Christine Turner	330	20.3	―3.9
	Green	Anne Calderbank	134	8.2	+2.5
Majority			831	51.1
Turnout			1,625
	Labourhold		Swing	3.2

Croston,Mawdesley andEuxton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Craig G. Southern	1,139	50.4	+4.1
	Labour	Caroline Elizabeth Turner	828	36.6	+11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Rowan Patrick Power	161	7.1	―17.5
	Green	Robert Stewart Wade	134	5.9	+2.3
Majority			311	13.7
Turnout			2,262
	Conservativehold		Swing	1.4

Euxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joan Williamson	1,182	54.9	―7.1
	Conservative	Debra Platt	808	37.5	+5.4
	Green	Pauline Margaret Summers	162	7.5	+1.6
Majority			374	17.4
Turnout			2,152
	Labourgain fromConservative		Swing	8.9

Croston,Mawdesley andEuxton Southby-election, 14 September 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Debra Platt	878	47.9	―2.5
	Labour	Ian Cardwell	710	38.8	+2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rowan Patrick Power	244	13.3	+6.2
Majority			168	9.1
Turnout			1,832	29.6
	Conservativehold		Swing	2.4

The Croston, Mawdesley and Euxton South by-election was triggered by the death of Conservative councillor Keith Iddon.^[5]

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