Elections toChorley Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and theConservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 25 | ||
| Labour | 17 | ||
| Independent | 3 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 2 | ||
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 11 | 5 | 0 | 61.1 | 45.0 | 12,037 | +9.0 | ||
| Labour | 5 | 0 | 4 | 27.8 | 35.7 | 9,555 | +1.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.6 | 9.5 | 2,552 | −8.6 | ||
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 8.7 | 2,312 | −3.2 | ||
| New Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 272 | +1.0 | ||
One Labour councillor was unopposed.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 1,264 | 57.1 | +13.3 | ||
| Conservative | Paul Barron | 700 | 31.6 | −7.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip William Pilling | 249 | 11.3 | −5.5 | |
| Majority | 564 | 25.5 | +21.2 | ||
| Turnout | 2,213 | 39.5 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 832 | 66.4 | +8.2 | ||
| Labour | Laura Jane Lennox | 421 | 33.6 | +1.6 | |
| Majority | 411 | 32.8 | +6.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,253 | 45.5 | |||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 701 | 55.7 | +19.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Nora Theresa Ball | 319 | 25.4 | +9.1 | |
| Labour | David Christopher Lloyd | 238 | 18.9 | −11.7 | |
| Majority | 382 | 30.3 | +25.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,258 | 39.0 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 798 | 56.9 | +5.0 | ||
| Conservative | Simon Parkinson | 605 | 43.1 | +20.9 | |
| Majority | 193 | 13.8 | −15.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,403 | 29.2 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 816 | 51.8 | +10.5 | ||
| Conservative | Marlene Ann Bedford | 486 | 30.9 | +2.9 | |
| New Party | Colin Denby | 272 | 17.3 | +17.3 | |
| Majority | 330 | 20.9 | +10.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,574 | 31.5 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 2,312 | 85.3 | +8.3 | ||
| Labour | Alistair Ward Bradley | 203 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
| Conservative | Kirk Houghton | 197 | 7.3 | −5.3 | |
| Majority | 2,109 | 77.8 | +13.4 | ||
| Turnout | 2,712 | 54.5 | |||
| Independenthold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 625 | 42.9 | −2.2 | ||
| Conservative | Barbara Higham | 612 | 42.0 | +7.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Porter | 219 | 15.0 | −5.2 | |
| Majority | 13 | 0.9 | −9.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,456 | 31.4 | |||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | unopposed | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 1,268 | 64.8 | +13.4 | ||
| Labour | David Edwin Rogerson | 362 | 18.5 | −4.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Glenda Charlesworth | 327 | 16.7 | −8.9 | |
| Majority | 941 | 46.3 | +20.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,957 | 36.7 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 713 | ||||
| Conservative | 661 | ||||
| Labour | Karen Teresa Martyniuk | 561 | |||
| Labour | Edward Anthony Murphy | 484 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Peter Philip Buckley | 420 | |||
| Turnout | 2,839 | 30.0 | |||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 793 | 60.1 | +18.1 | ||
| Labour | James Freeman | 526 | 39.9 | +2.2 | |
| Majority | 267 | 20.2 | +15.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,319 | 38.1 | |||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 907 | 54.4 | +6.0 | ||
| Labour | Susan Elizabeth Millar | 521 | 31.2 | −8.2 | |
| Conservative | Stephen William Royce | 240 | 14.4 | +2.2 | |
| Majority | 386 | 23.2 | +14.2 | ||
| Turnout | 1,668 | 33.4 | |||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 1,176 | 54.1 | +0.3 | ||
| Labour | Alan Whittaker | 998 | 45.9 | −0.3 | |
| Majority | 178 | 8.2 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,174 | 45.6 | |||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | +0.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 833 | 53.7 | +0.4 | ||
| Labour | Thomas Gray | 718 | 46.3 | −0.4 | |
| Majority | 115 | 7.4 | +0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,551 | 43.5 | |||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | +0.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 836 | 67.6 | +10.4 | ||
| Labour | Helen Margaret Bradley | 401 | 32.4 | −10.4 | |
| Majority | 435 | 35.2 | +20.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,237 | 38.2 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 498 | 65.2 | +10.2 | ||
| Labour | Hollie Louise Berry | 155 | 20.3 | +5.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Janet Ross-Mills | 111 | 14.5 | −15.3 | |
| Majority | 343 | 44.9 | +19.7 | ||
| Turnout | 764 | 43.5 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 886 | 65.6 | +18.5 | ||
| Labour | Christopher Howard | 464 | 34.4 | +2.2 | |
| Majority | 422 | 31.2 | +16.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,350 | 41.6 | |||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||