Chorley Borough Council election, 2012

Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 3 May 2012. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party won majority control from the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition. Labour gaining control of this council was notable as David Cameron visited the town in 2006 when the Conservative Party gained control saying "this is the beginning."^[1] Nick Robinson of the BBC asked on the election coverage, "then what is it now?"

Council make-up

After the election, the composition of the council was:

**Party political make-up of Chorley Council**
Party	Seats			Current Council (2012)
Party	2010	2011	2012	Current Council (2012)
Labour	15	20	24
Conservative	27	23	20
Independent	2	2	2
Lib Dems	3	2	1

Election result

Chorley Local Election Result 2012
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	11	4	0	+4	68.8	53.4	14,194	+3.4
	Conservative	4	0	3	−3	25.0	32.1	8,531	−5.9
	Independent	1	0	0	0	6.3	7.2	1,906	+5.2
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	1,088	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat	0	0	1	−1	0	2.1	555	−3.9
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	293	+1.1

Results map

2012 results

Previous 2008 results

Wards

Adlington and Anderton

Adlington and Anderton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	Peter Wilson	1,290
	Labour	Graham Dunn	1,241
	Conservative	Mike Devaney	580
	Conservative	Elliot Matthews	473
	UKIP	Hayden Clewlow	340
Turnout			3,924
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Brindle and Hoghton ward

Brindle and Hoghton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Dickinson	430	63.7	−17.9
	Labour	Chris Caton	244	36.3	+17.9
Majority			186	27.6
Turnout			674	28
	Conservative hold		Swing	−17.9

Chorley East ward

Chorley East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Julia Berry	1,151	74.4	−2
	Conservative	Simon Parkinson	253	16.5	+1
	Green	Alan Leach	144	9.3	N/A
Majority			898	58.0	−2
Turnout			1,548
	Labour hold		Swing	−1

Chorley North East ward

Chorley North East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Adrian Lowe	1,068	63.9	−2
	Conservative	Sandra Mercer	311	18.6	−15
	UKIP	Tommy Shorrock	223	13.3	N/A
	Green	Stephen Cross	69	4.1	N/A
Majority			757	45.3	+13
Turnout			1,671
	Labour hold		Swing	+7

Chorley North West ward

Chorley North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Joyce Snape	1,755	72	−11
	Labour	Geoffrey O'Donoghue	476	19	+19
	Conservative	David Metcalfe	218	9	-3
Majority			1279	52
Turnout			2,449
	Independent hold		Swing	-15

N.B. Percentage change is taken from when a Snape last faced the electorate.

Chorley South East ward

Chorley South East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour Co-op	Alistair Ward Bradley	1,079	59.4	+8
	Conservative	Samuel Andrew Chapman	505	27.8	−6
	Independent	Glynn Hughes	151	8.3	N/A
	Green	Alistair James Straw	80	4.4	N/A
Majority			574	31.6	+14
Turnout			1,815
	Labour hold		Swing	+7

Chorley South West ward

Chorley South West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Anthony Gee	1,087	70.2	+13
	Conservative	Terry Cook	462	29.8	+5
Majority			625	40.3	+8
Turnout			1,549
	Labour hold		Swing	+4

Clayton le Woods and Whittle le Woods ward

Clayton le Woods and Whittle-le-Woods
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Walker	1,220	58.6	+10
	Labour	Frances Maguire	861	41.4	+8
Majority			359	17.3
Turnout			2,081
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1

Clayton le Woods North ward

Clayton le Woods North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jean Cronshaw	1,000	58.4	+13
	Conservative	Alan Cullens	711	41.6	+6
Majority			289	17	+8
Turnout			1,711
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+4

Coppull ward

Coppull
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Robert Finnamore	1,017	57.3	+2
	Liberal Democrat	Stella Walsh	555	31.3	−2
	Conservative	Peter Malpas	201	11.3	−1
Majority			462	26.1	+4
Turnout			1,773
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	+2

Eccleston and Mawdesley ward

Eccleston and Mawdesley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Henry Caunce	1,009	46.6	−10.1
	Labour	Stan Ely	914	42.2	−0.1
	UKIP	Robert Keane	241	11.1	N/A
Majority			95	4.4	−10
Turnout			2,164
	Conservative hold		Swing	−5

Euxton North ward

Euxton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Danny Gee	847	53.8	+7
	Conservative	Debra Platt	549	34.9	−12
	UKIP	Jeffrey Mallinson	179	11.4	N/A
Majority			298	18.9	+26
Turnout			1,575
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+10

Heath Charnock and Rivington ward

Heath Charnock and Rivington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Kim Snape	475	55.4	+27
	Conservative	Barbara Catterall	278	32.4	−40
	UKIP	Nigel Cecil	105	12.2	N/A
Majority			197	23.0	+68
Turnout			858
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+34

Lostock ward

Lostock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	John Dalton	708	56.0	+13
	Labour	Alan Whittaker	556	44.0	+24
Majority			152	12.0	+6
Turnout			1,264
	Conservative hold		Swing	−6

Wheelton and Withnell ward

Wheelton and Withnell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Chris France	888	58.8	+12
	Conservative	David Morgan	623	41.2	−12
Majority			265	17.5	+24
Turnout			1,511
	Labour hold		Swing	+12

References

↑ http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/chorley/9683893.Live_election_results__Chorley/

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