2018 Chorley Borough Council election
{{Short description|2018 UK local government election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2018 Chorley Borough Council Election
| country = Lancashire
| type = Parliamentary
| previous_election = 2016 Chorley Borough Council election
| previous_year = 2016
| election_date = {{Start date|2018|5|3|df=y}}
| next_election = 2019 Chorley Borough Council election
| next_year = 2019
| seats_for_election = 17 of the 47 seats to Chorley Borough Council
| majority_seats = 24
| opinion_polls =
| turnout =
| image1 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader1 =
| party1 = Labour Party (UK)
| leader_since1 =
| last_election1 = 31 seats, 52.9%
| leaders_seat1 =
| seats_before1 =
| seats1 = 14
| seats_after1 = 33
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 2
| popular_vote1 = 54.4%
| swing1 = {{increase}} 1.5%
| image2 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader2 =
| party2 = Conservative Party (UK)
| leader_since2 =
| last_election2 = 14 seats, 28.6%
| leaders_seat2 =
| seats_before2 =
| seats2 = 2
| seats_after2 = 12
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 2
| popular_vote2 = 36.1%
| swing2 = {{increase}} 7.5
| image3 = File:No image wide.svg
| leader3 =
| party3 = Independent politician
| leader_since3 =
| last_election3 = 2 seats, 7.2%
| leaders_seat3 =
| seats_before3 =
| seats3 = 0
| seats_after3 = 2
| seat_change3 = {{no change}}
| popular_vote3 = 0.0%
| swing3 = {{decrease}} 2.4%
| map_image = Chorley UK local election 2018 map.svg
| map_size =
| map_alt =
| map =
| map_caption = Winner of each seat at the 2018 Chorley Borough Council election
| title = Leader
| posttitle = Leader after election
| before_election = Alistair Bradley
| before_party = Labour Party (UK)
| after_election = Alistair Bradley
| after_party = Labour Party (UK)
}}
The 2018 Chorley Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Chorley Borough Council in Chorley, Lancashire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
Labour retained its majority on the Council.[https://chorley.gov.uk/article/1360/Local-Government-election-2018-results chorley.gov.uk]
Results summary
The results of the 2018 elections are summarised below.[http://chorley.gov.uk/Pages/AtoZ/Elections%20and%20Electoral%20Registration.aspx Borough and Parish elections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526001357/http://chorley.gov.uk/Pages/AtoZ/Elections%20and%20Electoral%20Registration.aspx |date=26 May 2019 }} Chorley
{{Election summary partial council net begin|title = 2018 Chorley Borough Council election}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 14
|net = {{increase}} 2
|seats % = 82.4
|other seats = 19
|total seats = 33
|total seats % = 68.1
|votes = 16,071
|votes % = 54.4
|plus/minus = +1.5
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 2
|net = {{decrease}} 2
|seats % = 11.76
|other seats = 10
|total seats = 12
|total seats % = 25.5
|votes = 11,098
|votes % = 36.1
|plus/minus = +7.5
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Independent politician
|seats = 1
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 5.9
|other seats = 1
|total seats = 2
|total seats % = 6.3
|votes = 1,406
|votes % = 4.8
|plus/minus = -2.4
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes =821
|votes % = 4.4
|plus/minus = +0.1
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes = 0
|votes % = 0.0
|plus/minus = -0.7
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = UK Independence Party
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes = 137
|votes % = 0.4
|plus/minus = -5.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
Ward results
=Adlington & Anderton=
{{Election box begin | title=Adlington & Anderton}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Albert Graham Dunn
|votes = 1,277
|percentage = 58.3
|change = -3.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Lowe
|votes = 803
|percentage = 36.6
|change = +10.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = William Pilling
|votes = 111
|percentage = 5.1
|change = +0.2
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 474
|percentage = 21.6
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,191
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Astley & Buckshaw=
{{Election box begin | title=Astley & Buckshaw}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Mathew John Lynch
|votes = 1071
|percentage = 50.7
|change = +11.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Aidy Riggot
|votes = 1041
|percentage = 49.3
|change = -0.3
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 31
|percentage = 1.4
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,112
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Chisnall=
{{Election box begin | title=Chisnall}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alan Whittaker
|votes = 777
|percentage = 58.2
|change = +19.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Mervyn Heyes Holden
|votes = 559
|percentage = 41.8
|change = -19.6
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 218
|percentage = 16.3
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,336
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Chorley East=
{{Election box begin | title=Chorley East}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Hasina Khan
|votes = 1,195
|percentage = 74.3
|change = +6.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Clare Denise Grew
|votes = 413
|percentage = 25.7
|change = +13.0
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 782
|percentage = 48.6
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,608
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Chorley North East=
{{Election box begin | title=Chorley North East}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Alistair William Morwood
|votes = 1,059
|percentage = 69.0
|change = +5.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ryan Paul Hoey
|votes = 395
|percentage = 25.7
|change = +5.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Tommy Sharrock
|votes = 81
|percentage = 5.3
|change = -11.0
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 664
|percentage = 43.3
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,535
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Chorley North West=
{{Election box begin | title=Chorley North West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Ralph Snape
|votes = 1,356
|percentage = 61.7
|change = -2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sarah Elizabeth Jane Ainsworth
|votes = 561
|percentage = 25.5
|change = +2.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Luke Steven Kerr
|votes = 282
|percentage = 12.8
|change = +5.2
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 795
|percentage = 36.2
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,199
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Independent politician
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Chorley South East=
{{Election box begin | title=Chorley South East}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Bev Murray
|votes = 1,240
|percentage = 63.6
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Marie Elizabeth Gray
|votes = 591
|percentage = 30.3
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David Porter
|votes = 119
|percentage = 6.1
|change =
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{{Election box majority
|votes = 649
|percentage = 33.3
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,950
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Chorley South West=
{{Election box begin | title=Chorley South West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Roy Lees
|votes = 1,148
|percentage = 65.4
|change = -8.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Sandra Mercer
|votes = 419
|percentage = 23.9
|change = -2.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Diane Elizabeth Curtis
|votes = 189
|percentage = 10.7
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 729
|percentage = 41.5
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,756
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Clayton-le-Woods & Whittle-le-woods=
{{Election box begin | title=Clayton-le-Woods & Whittle-le-woods}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Eric Bell
|votes = 1,198
|percentage = 50.1
|change = +4.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Mark Clifford
|votes = 1,015
|percentage = 42.4
|change = +3.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Glenda Charlesworth
|votes = 128
|percentage = 5.4
|change = -0.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = William David Carpenter
|votes = 50
|percentage = 2.1
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 183
|percentage = 7.7
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,391
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Clayton-le-Woods North=
{{Election box begin | title=Clayton-le-Woods North}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Yvonne Marie Hargreaves
|votes = 1,025
|percentage = 61.3
|change = -0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Magda Cullens
|votes = 646
|percentage = 38.7
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 379
|percentage = 22.6
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,671
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Clayton-le-Woods West & Cuerden=
{{Election box begin | title=Clayton-le-Woods West & Cuerden}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Neville Grant Whitman
|votes = 771
|percentage = 48.0
|change = -0.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Mick Muncaster
|votes = 709
|percentage = 44.2
|change = -7.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Patricia Ormston
|votes = 125
|percentage = 7.8
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 62
|percentage = 3.8
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,605
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Coppull=
{{Election box begin | title=Coppull}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Steve Holgate
|votes = 1,123
|percentage = 74.1
|change = +25.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Carole Margaret Billouin
|votes = 393
|percentage = 25.9
|change = +10.1
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 730
|percentage = 48.2
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,516
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Eccleston & Mawdesley=
{{Election box begin | title=Eccleston & Mawdesley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Keith Iddon
|votes = 1,179
|percentage = 53.9
|change = +7.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Catherine Ann Donegan
|votes = 762
|percentage = 34.8
|change = -5.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Mark Robert Frost
|votes = 190
|percentage = 8.7
|change = New
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = UK Independence Party
|candidate = Mark Lawrence Smith
|votes = 56
|percentage = 2.6
|change = -11.5
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 417
|percentage = 19.1
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 2,187
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Euxton North=
{{Election box begin | title=Euxton North}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Tommy Gray
|votes = 834
|percentage = 59.0
|change = -13.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Hazel Sarah Walton
|votes = 527
|percentage = 37.3
|change = +20.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democrats and Veterans
|candidate = Barry Edwin Mason
|votes = 52
|percentage = 3.7
|change = New
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 307
|percentage = 21.7
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,413
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Euxton South=
{{Election box begin | title=Euxton South}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gillian Frances Sharples
|votes = 715
|percentage = 50.4
|change = +8.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Phil Loynes
|votes = 704
|percentage = 49.6
|change = +5.7
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 11
|percentage = 0.8
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,419
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Pennine=
{{Election box begin | title=Pennine}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Gordon France
|votes = 528
|percentage = 53.5
|change = +9.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Peter Malpas
|votes = 459
|percentage = 46.5
|change = +5.8
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 69
|percentage = 7.0
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 987
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
=Wheelton and Whitnell=
{{Election box begin | title=Wheelton and Whitnell}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Margaret Mary France
|votes = 970
|percentage = 55.4
|change = -0.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Caroline Snowden
|votes = 780
|percentage = 44.6
|change = +0.5
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = 190
|percentage = 10.8
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,750
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
References
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{{2018 United Kingdom local elections}}
{{Lancashire elections}}