Council elections for the Borough of Chorley were held on 3 May 2018 as part of the 2018 United Kingdom local elections.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who are aged 18 or over on polling day are entitled to vote in the local elections.

The result was a hold for the ruling Labour group.^[1]

Results summary

The results of the 2019 elections are summarised below.^[2]

2019 Chorley Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	14	2	82.4	18	32	68.1	16,071	54.4	+1.5
	Conservative	2	2	11.76	10	12	25.5	11,098	36.1	+7.5
	Independent	1		5.9	2	3	6.3	1,406	4.8	-2.4
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	821	4.4	+0.1
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	-0.7
	UKIP	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	137	0.4	-5.9

Ward results

Adlington & Anderton

Adlington & Anderton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Graham Dunn	1,277
	Conservative	Edward Lowe	803
	Liberal Democrats	William Pilling	111
Majority			474
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Astley & Buckshaw

Astley & Buckshaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mathew John Lynch	1,071
	Conservative	Aidy Riggot	1041
Majority			31
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Chisnall

Chisnall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Whittaker	777
	Conservative	Mervyn Heyes Holden	559
Majority			218
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley East

Chorley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hasina Khan	1,195
	Conservative	Clare Denise Grew	413	21.2
Majority			782
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley North East

Chorley North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alistair William Morwood	1,059
	Conservative	Ryan Paul Hoey	395
	UKIP	Tommy Sharrock	81
Majority			664
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley North West

Chorley North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent (politician)	Ralph Snape	1,356
	Labour	Sarah Elizabeth Jane Ainsworth	561
	Conservative	Luke Steven Kerr	282
Majority			795
Turnout
	Independent hold		Swing

Chorley South East

Chorley South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bev Murray	1,240
	Conservative	Marie Elizabeth Gray	591
	Liberal Democrats	David Porter	119
Majority			649
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley South West

Chorley South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Lees	1,148
	Conservative	Sandra Mercer	419
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Elizabeth Curtis	189
Majority			729
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Clayton-le-Woods & Whittle-le-woods

Clayton-le-Woods & Whittle-le-woods
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Eric Bell	1,198
	Labour	Mark Clifford	1,015
	Liberal Democrats	Glenda Charlesworth	128
	Independent	William David Carpenter	50
Majority			183
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clayton-le-Woods North

Clayton-le-Woods North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yvonne Marie Hargreaves	1,025
	Conservative	Magda Cullens	646
Majority			379
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Clayton-le-Woods West & Cuerden

Clayton-le-Woods West & Cuerden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neville Grant Whitman	771
	Conservative	Mick Muncaster	709
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Ormston	125
Majority			62
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Coppull

Coppull
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Holgate	1,123
	Conservative	Carole Margaret Billouin	393
Majority			730
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Eccleston & Mawdesley

Eccleston & Mawdesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Iddon	1,179	54.2
	Labour	Catherine Ann Donegan	762
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Robert Frost	190
	UKIP	Mark Lawrence Smith	56
Majority			417
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Euxton North

Euxton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tommy Gray	834
	Conservative	Hazel Sarah Walton	527
	DVP	Barry Edwin Mason	52
Majority			307
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Euxton South

Euxton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gillian Frances Sharples	715
	Conservative	Phil Loynes	704
Majority			11
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Pennine

Pennine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon France	528
	Conservative	Peter Malpas	459
Majority			69
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Wheelton and Whitnell

Wheelton and Whitnell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Mary France	970
	Conservative	Caroline Snowden	780
Majority			190
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ chorley.gov.uk
^ Borough and Parish elections Archived 26 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine Chorley

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