1998 Chorley Borough Council election
{{Short description|1998 UK local government election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2020}}
{{main|Chorley Borough Council elections}}
Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2"|Party | Seats | ± |
|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" | | 33 | {{decrease}} 4 |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" | | 7 | {{increase}} 1 |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" | | 6 | {{increase}} 2 |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | | 2 | {{increase}} 1 |
Election result
{{Election summary begin|title = Chorley Local Election Result 1998}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 9
|gain =
|loss =
|net = {{decrease}} 4
|seats % = 50.0
|votes % =
|votes =
|plus/minus =
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{{Election summary party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 5
|gain =
|loss =
|net = {{increase}} 2
|seats % = 27.8
|votes % =
|votes =
|plus/minus =
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{{Election summary party|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|seats = 3
|gain =
|loss =
|net = {{increase}} 1
|seats % = 16.7
|votes % =
|votes =
|plus/minus =
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{{Election summary party|
|party = Independent (politician)
|seats = 1
|gain =
|loss =
|net = {{increase}} 1
|seats % = 5.6
|votes % =
|votes =
|plus/minus =
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{{Election box end}}
Ward results
=[[Adlington, Lancashire|Adlington]]=
{{Election box begin | title=Adlington}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}Ms. Catherine Hoyle
|votes = 828
|percentage = 61.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}Ms. June Molyneux
|votes = 778
|percentage =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ms. Suzan Jane Christopher
|votes = 331
|percentage = 24.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Edward Tyler
|votes = 225
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Philip William Pilling
|votes = 186
|percentage = 13.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=[[Anderton, Lancashire|Anderton]], [[Heath Charnock]] and [[Rivington]]=
{{Election box begin | title=Anderton, Heath Charnock and Rivington}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}Mary Patricia Case
|votes = 452
|percentage = 46.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Davies
|votes = 432
|percentage = 44.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David Porter
|votes = 49
|percentage = 5.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Matthew Hector Sims
|votes = 38
|percentage = 3.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 20
|percentage = 2.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 971
|percentage = 36.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=[[Anglezarke]], [[Heapey]] and [[Wheelton]]=
{{Election box begin | title=Anglezarke, Heapey and Wheelton}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}Marie Elizabeth Gray
|votes = 267
|percentage = 45.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Janet Ross-Mills
|votes = 216
|percentage = 36.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael James Downes
|votes = 105
|percentage = 17.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 51
|percentage = 8.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 588
|percentage = 43.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=[[Chorley]] East=
{{Election box begin | title=Chorley East}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}Melville George Coombes
|votes = 548
|percentage = 76.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Erik Karl Baxendale
|votes = 172
|percentage = 23.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 376
|percentage = 52.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 720
|percentage = 17.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=[[Chorley]] North East=
{{Election box begin | title=Chorley North East}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}Dennis Edgerley
|votes = 611
|percentage = 68.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Colin Nelson Goldsby
|votes = 276
|percentage = 31.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 335
|percentage = 37.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 887
|percentage = 21.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=[[Chorley]] North West=
{{Election box begin | title=Chorley North West}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}Robert John Collinson
|votes = 927
|percentage = 49.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Laura Jane Lennox
|votes = 710
|percentage = 38.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Linda Norman
|votes = 229
|percentage = 12.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 217
|percentage = 11.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,866
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=[[Chorley]] South East=
{{Election box begin | title=Chorley South East}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}Margaret May Lees
|votes = 757
|percentage = 56.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Mrs. Patrica Mary Haughton
|votes = 587
|percentage = 43.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 170
|percentage = 12.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,344
|percentage = 33.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=[[Chorley]] South West ward=
{{Election box begin | title=Chorley South West}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}John Gerard Wilson
|votes = 738
|percentage = 66.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Malpas
|votes = 292
|percentage = 26.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Ms. Mavis Porter
|votes = 88
|percentage = 7.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 446
|percentage = 39.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,118
|percentage = 21.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = +3.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
=[[Chorley]] West ward=
{{Election box begin | title=Chorley West}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = {{Y}}Ms. Joyce Snape
|votes = 1,407
|percentage = 73.1
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Terry Brown
|votes = 430
|percentage = 22.3
|change = −41.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ms. Rosalie Margaret Goldsby
|votes = 88
|percentage = 4.6
|change = −16.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 977
|percentage = 50.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,925
|percentage = 45.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Independent (politician)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
=[[Clayton-le-Woods]] East=
{{Election box begin | title=Clayton-le-Woods East}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}Simon Nicholas Jones
|votes = 638
|percentage = 40.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alan Cullens
|votes = 558
|percentage = 35.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Anthony Murphy
|votes = 391
|percentage = 24.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 80
|percentage = 5.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,587
|percentage = 21.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=[[Clayton-le-Woods]] West and [[Cuerden]]=
{{Election box begin | title=Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}Mrs. Ann Bland
|votes = 527
|percentage = 40.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Philip Walker
|votes = 418
|percentage = 32.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Gail Patricia Ormston
|votes = 361
|percentage = 27.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 166
|percentage = 11.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,306
|percentage = 41.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=[[Coppull]] North ward=
{{Election box begin | title=Coppull North}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}Ms. Stella Marie Walsh
|votes = 583
|percentage = 58.2
|change = +4.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = John Michael Murphy
|votes = 379
|percentage = 37.9
|change = −8.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Christopher Allan Perry
|votes = 39
|percentage = 3.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 159
|percentage = 15.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,001
|percentage = 35.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = −6.5
}}
{{Election box end}}
=[[Coppull]] South ward=
{{Election box begin | title=Coppull South}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}Kenneth William Ball
|votes = 716
|percentage = 66.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Charles Edward Vaughan
|votes = 299
|percentage = 27.6
|change = −
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Allan McDonald
|votes = 69
|percentage = 6.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 417
|percentage = 38.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,084
|percentage = 36.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=[[Eccleston, Lancashire|Eccleston]] and [[Heskin]]=
{{Election box begin | title=Eccleston and Heskin}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}Alan Whittaker
|votes = 1,255
|percentage = 74.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ms. Joan Constance Lucas
|votes = 434
|percentage = 25.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 821
|percentage = 48.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,689
|percentage = 39.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=[[Euxton]] North=
{{Election box begin | title=Euxton North}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}Daniel Peter Gee
|votes = 618
|percentage = 62.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Goldsworthy
|votes = 310
|percentage = 31.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Pauline Anne Sharp
|votes = 57
|percentage = 5.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 308
|percentage = 31.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 985
|percentage = 35.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=[[Mawdesley]]=
{{Election box begin | title=Mawdesley}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}Francis Culshaw
|votes = 368
|percentage = 72.0
|change = +16.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Ms. Monica Mary Woodroffe
|votes = 143
|percentage = 28.0
|change = −16.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 225
|percentage = 44.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 511
|percentage = 34.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = +16.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
=[[Whittle-le-Woods]]=
{{Election box begin | title=Whittle-le-Woods}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = {{Y}}Eric James Bell
|votes = 735
|percentage = 74.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = William George Bailey
|votes = 172
|percentage = 17.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Stephen John Fenn
|votes = 78
|percentage = 10.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 563
|percentage = 57.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 985
|percentage = 31.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
- "Council poll results", The Guardian 9 May 1998 page 16
- [http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/6153537.Tories_begin_recovers_in_local_elections/?ref=arc Election results: CHORLEY]
- [http://archive.chorleycitizen.co.uk/1998/4/23/802912.html Lib Dems are ready to test their popularity]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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{{United Kingdom local elections, 1998}}