2022 Chorley Borough Council election

Council elections for the Borough of Chorley were held on 5 May 2022 as part of the 2022 United Kingdom local elections.

Main article: Chorley Borough Council elections
2022 Chorley Borough Council election
5 May 2022 (2022-05-05)
14 out of 42 seats to Chorley Borough Council
22 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Alistair Bradley Martin Boardman
Party Labour Conservative
Seats before 29 13
Seats after 32 10
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 3
Popular vote 16,708 9,804
Percentage 55.7 32.5
Swing Increase 6.4 Decrease 7.0
Leader before election

Alistair Bradley
Labour

 Leader after election

Alistair Bradley
Labour

A third of the council was up for election. The result was a hold for the ruling Labour group.[1]

Results summary

The results of the 2022 elections are summarised below.[2]

2022 Chorley Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 13 Increase 3 92.86 19 32 76.19 16,758 55.7 +6.4
  Conservative 1 Decrease 3 7.14 9 10 23.81 9,804 32.5 -7.0
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,735 9.09 +2.19
  Liberal Democrats 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 702 2.33 +0.23
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0 85 0.28 +0.11

Ward results

Adlington & Anderton
Adlington & Anderton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour June Molyneaux 1,339 62.0 +7.5
Conservative Neil Gardiner Baglow 699 32.4 +2.2
Green Jon Royle 121 5.6 -3.4
Majority 640 29.6
Turnout 2,159 36.7
Labour hold Swing Increase2.7

Buckshaw & Whittle
Buckshaw & Whittle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dedrah Cecillia Moss 1,036 54.3 +21.2
Conservative Christine Turner 715 37.5 -3.6
Green Rachel Smith 156 8.2 -2.0
Majority 321 24.8
Turnout 1,907 27.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase12.4

Chorley East
Chorley East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Zara Khan 1,153 70.6 +7.9
Conservative Susan Margaret Morris 304 18.6 -5.3
Green Emma Jayne Kilburn 175 10.7 -2.6
Majority 849 52.0
Turnout 1,632 27.3
Labour hold Swing Increase6.6

Chorley North & Astley
Chorley North & Astley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alistair William Morwood 1,159 58.6 +16.1
Conservative Oliver Luke Knights 606 30.6 +1.0
Green Katherine Jane Becker 213 10.8 -2.6
Majority 553 28.0
Turnout 1,978 33.8
Labour hold Swing Increase7.6

Chorley North East
Chorley North East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jenny Whiffen 1,516 61.1 +8.2
Conservative Ryan Grogan 783 31.6 -4.6
Green Daisy Skye Royle 181 7.3 -3.5
Majority 733 29.5
Turnout 2,480 45.6
Labour hold Swing Increase6.4

Chorley North West
Chorley North West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matthew John Lynch 1,366 59.0 +2.8
Conservative Peter Malpas 738 31.9 +1.4
Green Mark Worsley Tebbutt 211 9.1 -4.2
Majority 628 27.1
Turnout 2,315 39.6
Labour hold Swing Increase0.7

Chorley South East & Heath Charnock
Chorley South East & Heath Charnock
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Samir Kahn 1,169 58.2 +5.4
Conservative Sandra Mercer 591 29.4 -2.6
Green Jane Elizabeth Weston 164 8.2 -1.0
TUSC Jenny Hurley 85 4.2 -1.7
Majority 578 28.8
Turnout 2,009 30.0
Labour hold Swing Increase4.0

Chorley South West
Chorley South West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terry Howarth 858 51.5 -4.0
Green Andy Hunter-Rossall 547 32.8 +10.6
Conservative Marie Gray 262 15.7 -6.6
Majority 311 18.7
Turnout 1,667 29.3
Labour hold Swing Decrease7.3

Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michelle Le Marinel 1,035 46.5 +17.4
Conservative Gregory Ian Morgan 989 44.4 +11.7
Green Olga Maria Gomez-Cash 203 9.1 -1.0
Majority 46 2.1
Turnout 2,227 33.1
Labour hold Swing Increase2.9

Clayton West & Cuerden
Clayton West & Cuerden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Neville Grant Whitman 1,499 58.9 +13.6
Conservative William Simmance 802 31.5 -3.6
Green Clare Elizabeth Hales 243 9.6 -2.6
Majority 697 27.4
Turnout 2,544 38.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase8.6

Coppull
Coppull
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ryan Towers 1,325 70.1 +9.3
Conservative Andi Mac 458 24.2 -6.3
Green Anne Francis Calderbank 107 5.7 -2.9
Majority 867 45.9
Turnout 1,890 31.6
Labour hold Swing Increase7.8

Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South
Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Platt 1,200 46.3 -3.9
Labour Caroline Elizabeth Turner 660 25.5 +0.1
Liberal Democrats John Patrick Wright 636 24.6 +11.1
Green Robert Stewart Wade 93 3.6 -7.4
Majority 540 20.8
Turnout 2,589 41.9
Conservative hold Swing Decrease2.0

Eccleston, Heskin & Charnock Richard
Eccleston, Heskin & Charnock Richard
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arjun Singh 1,154 51.5 +3.9
Conservative John Derek Dalton 917 40.9 +6.3
Green Sally Felton 104 4.6 -5.2
Liberal Democrats Mark Robert Frost 66 2.9 -4.9
Majority 237 10.6
Turnout 2,241 39.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Decrease1.2

Euxton
Euxton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tommy Gray 1,429 62.0 +18.1
Conservative Rosie Russell 740 32.1 -11.2
Green Richard Taylor Kilburn 135 5.9 -2.0
Majority 689 29.9
Turnout 2,304 39.2
Labour hold Swing Increase14.7

References
  1. "Election results: May 2022".
  2. "Election 2022 - Results".
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