Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
	Conservative	25	5
	Labour	17	4
	Independent	3
	Liberal Democrat	2	1

Election result

Chorley Local Election Result 2006

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	11	5	0	5	61.1	45.0	12,037	+9.0
	Labour	5	0	4	4	27.8	35.7	9,555	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	1	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.

Results Map

Ward results

Adlington and Anderton ward

Adlington and Anderton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	YCatherine Hoyle	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
	Labour hold		Swing

Astley and Buckshaw ward

Astley and Buckshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YAlan Cain	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
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Chisnall ward

Chisnall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YHarold Heaton	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
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chorley East ward

Chorley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	YHasina Khan	798	56.9	+5.0
	Conservative	Simon Parkinson	605	43.1	+20.9
Majority			193	13.8	−15.9
Turnout			1,403	29.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley North East ward

Chorley North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	YDennis Edgerley	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
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley North West ward

Chorley North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	YRalph Snape	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
	Independent hold		Swing

Chorley South East ward

Chorley South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	YThomas McGowan	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
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley South West ward

Chorley South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	YRoy Lees	unopposed
	Labour hold		Swing

Clayton le Woods and Whittle-le-Woods ward

Clayton le Woods and Whittle-le-Woods

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YJames Bell	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
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clayton le Woods North ward

Clayton le Woods North (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YMargaret Cullens	713
	Conservative	YPeter Baker	661
	Labour	Karen Teresa Martyniuk	561
	Labour	Edward Anthony Murphy	484
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Peter Philip Buckley	420
Turnout			2,839	30.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clayton le Woods West and Cuerden

Clayton le Woods and Cuerden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YMichael Joseph Muncaster	793	60.1	+18.1
	Labour	James Freeman	526	39.9	+2.2
Majority			267	20.2	+15.9
Turnout			1,319	38.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Coppull ward

Coppull

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	YKenneth William Ball	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 Democrats hold		Swing

Eccleston and Mawdesley ward

Eccleston and Mawdesley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YKeith Iddon	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
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+0.3

Euxton North ward

Euxton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YRosemary Russell	833	53.7	+0.4
	Labour	Thomas Gray	718	46.3	−0.4
Majority			115	7.4	+0.8
Turnout			1,551	43.5
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+0.4

Euxton South ward

Euxton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YGeoffrey Russell	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
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pennine ward

Pennine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YMarie Elizabeth Gray	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
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wheelton and Withnell ward

Wheelton and Withnell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YIris Elaine Smith	886	65.6	+18.5
	Labour	Christopher Howard	464	34.4	+2.2
Majority			422	31.2	+16.3
Turnout			1,350	41.6
	Conservative hold		Swing