2014 Chorley Borough Council election

The 2014 Chorley Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Chorley Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party held control.

Main article: Chorley Borough Council elections

Council make-up

After the election, the composition of the council was:

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 2014

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	13	8	0	+8	76.5	46.2	13,908	+7.2
	Conservative	3	0	7	−7	17.6	32.2	9,706	−6.8
	Independent	1	0	0	0	5.9	7.8	2,354	−0.2
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	11.5	3,547	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	1	−1	0	1.4	424	−10.6
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	160	+0.0

Results map

2014 results

Previous 2010 results

Wards

Adlington and Anderton

Adlington and Anderton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Graham Dunn	1,126	48.3	−9.7
	Conservative	Charlotte Woods	607	26.1	−3.9
	UKIP	Hayden Clewlow	520	22.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Philip William Pilling	76	3.3	−9.7
Majority			519	22.3
Turnout			2,329	40.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Astley and Buckshaw ward

Astley and Buckshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Matthew John Lynch	788	47.1	+1.1
	Conservative	Alan Platt	621	37.1	−16.9
	UKIP	Jeffrey Flinders Mallinson	265	15.8	N/A
Majority			167	10.0
Turnout			1,674	43.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.0

Chisnall ward

Chisnall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alan Whittaker	848	57.1	+24.1
	Conservative	Harold Heaton	637	42.9	−8.1
Majority			211	14.2
Turnout			1,485	45.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Chorley East ward

Chorley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Hasina Khan	1,008	56.9	−1.1
	UKIP	Christopher Suart	435	24.6	N/A
	Conservative	Alan Cullens	223	12.6	−11.4
	Independent	Melville George Coombes	97	5.5	−14.5
	Green	Anne Calderbank	18	1.0	N/A
Majority			573	32.4
Turnout			1,771	36.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley North East ward

Chorley North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alistair William Morwood	1,162	69.1	−2
	Conservative	Matt Hansford	519	30.9	−15
Majority			643	38.2
Turnout			1,681	35.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+7

Chorley North West ward

Chorley North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Ralph Snape	1,787	72.5	−10.5
	Labour	Aaron Beaver	400	16.2	N/A
	Conservative	Peter Malpas	276	11.2	−0.9
Majority			1,387	52
Turnout			2,463	52.2
	Independent hold		Swing

Chorley South East ward

Chorley South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mrs. Beverley Murray	968	49.0	+3.6
	Conservative	Mrs. Sarah Louise Kiley	504	25.5	−9.1
	UKIP	David John McManus	392	19.8	N/A
	Green	Alistair James Straw	66	3.3	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Porter	47	2.4	−13.3
Majority			464	23.5
Turnout			1,977	36.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley South West ward

Chorley South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Roy Lees	1,184	67.3	+20.3
	Conservative	Dominic Keiran Jewell	575	32.7	−0.3
Majority			609	34.6
Turnout			1,759	30.7
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.6

Clayton le Woods and Whittle le Woods ward

Clayton le Woods and Whittle-le-Woods

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Eric Bell	1,409	58.6	+3.6
	Labour	Dan Croft	703	41.4	+17.4
	Liberal Democrats	Glenda Charlesworth	205	2.4	−18.6
Majority			706	17.3
Turnout			2,317	36.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clayton le Woods North ward

Clayton le Woods North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Charlie Bromilow	732	58.4	+24.4
	Conservative	Chris Morris	480	41.6	+3.6
	UKIP	Raymond McGrady	458	19.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen John Fenn	96	2.4	−25.6
	Green	Mark Lee	76	9.3	N/A
Majority			289	17	+8
Turnout			1,711	34.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+4

Clayton le Woods West and Cuerden ward

Clayton le Woods and Cuerden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mick Muncaster	736	51.2	−3.8
	Labour	Paul Clark	701	48.8	+3.8
Majority			35	2.4
Turnout			1,437	43.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−3.8

Coppull ward

Coppull

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Richard Toon	885	57.3	+24.1
	Independent	Kenneth William Ball	470	16.5	N/A
	UKIP	Mark Smith	383	19.8	N/A
	Conservative	Tom Norris	181	11.3	−5.7
Majority			462	26.1
Turnout			1,919	39.0
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Eccleston and Mawdesley ward

Eccleston and Mawdesley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Keith Iddon	944	46.6	−11.4
	Labour	Stan Ely	741	42.2	+0.2
	UKIP	Richard George Croll	402	11.1	N/A
Majority			203	4.4	−10
Turnout			2,164	43.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5.8

Euxton North ward

Euxton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mike Handley	692	53.8	+6.7
	Conservative	Robert Aron Wilding	570	34.9	−12.1
	UKIP	Stuart Rickaby	289	11.4	N/A
Majority			122	18.9
Turnout			1,551	44.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+9.4

Euxton South ward

Euxton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Mark Andrew Jarnell	572	40.2	+13.8
	Conservative	Debra Platt	569	40.0	−25.1
	UKIP	David Smithies	283	19.9	N/A
Majority			3	0.2
Turnout			1,424	44.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+19.5

Pennine

Pennine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Gordon France	354	44.3	+6.3
	Conservative	Marie Elizabeth Gray	325	40.7	−21.3
	UKIP	Tom Shorrock	120	15.0	N/A
Majority			29	3.6
Turnout			799	46.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Wheelton and Withnell ward

Wheelton and Withnell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Margaret Mary France	1,044	66.3	+19.1
	Conservative	Alison Marie Hansford	530	33.7	−19.1
Majority			514	32.7
Turnout			1,574	49.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+19.1

References

1. "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.