2003 Chorley Borough Council election

Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Party		Seats	±
	Labour	22
	Conservative	18	2
	Liberal Democrat	4	2
	Independent	3

Chorley Local Election Result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	2	0	2	60.0	38.9	12,639	+4.9
	Labour	6	1	1		40.0	43.1	13,997	−2.0
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	2	2	0.0	15.8	5,143	+2.6
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	2.2	721	−4.8

Adlington and Anderton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	YJune Molyneux	1,281	44.0
	Conservative	Lois Birtwistle	1,104	37.9
	Liberal Democrats	Philip William Pilling	528	18.1
Majority			177	6.1
Turnout			2,913	53.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Astley and Buckshaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YMark Perks	887	58.2
	Labour	David Lloyd	488	32.0
	Liberal Democrats	Raymond Ormston	149	9.8
Majority			399	26.2
Turnout			1,524	55.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chisnall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YEdward Smith	620	35.82
	Labour	Edward Forshaw	529	30.56
	Independent	Alan Cornwell	299	17.27
	Liberal Democrats	Glyn Jones	283	16.35
Majority			91	5.26
Turnout			1,731	54.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chorley East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	YTerence Brown	1,282	59.79
	Conservative	Elsie Perks	440	20.52
	Independent	Melville Coombes	422	19.68
Majority			860	40.11
Turnout			2,144	44.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	YMarion Lowe	1,264	53.2
	Conservative	Shaun Smith	785	33.0
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Smith	327	13.8
Majority			479	20.2
Turnout			2,376	46.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YPeter Malpas	1,254	42.0
	Labour	Robert Crabtree	1,126	37.7
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Norman	605	20.3
Majority			128	4.3
Turnout			2,985	59.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Chorley South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	YChristopher Michael Snow	1,281	51.3
	Conservative	Sheila Marsden	863	34.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Porter	352	14.1
Majority			418	16.7
Turnout			2,496	50.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Chorley South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	YJohn Wilson	1,150	58.2
	Conservative	Lawrence Carter	487	24.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ms. Jean Mellor	340	17.2
Majority			663	33.5
Turnout			1,977	42.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Clayton le Woods and Whittle-le-Woods

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YNigel Baxter	1,170	47.9
	Labour	Sharon Gray	640	26.2
	Liberal Democrats	Glenda Charlesworth	634	25.9
Majority			530	21.7
Turnout			2,444	49.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clayton le Woods North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YRoger Livesey	715	36.8
	Liberal Democrats	William Mellor	699	36.0
	Labour	Darren Woodruff	529	27.2
Majority			16	0.8
Turnout			1,943	38.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Clayton le Woods West and Cuerden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YThomas Bedford	731	42.0
	Labour	Ted Murphy	656	37.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gail Ormston	353	20.3
Majority			75	4.3
Turnout			1,740	51.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Coppull

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	YAndrew Birchall	939	45.6
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Cuerden	873	42.4
	Conservative	Dorothy Livesey	246	12.0
Majority			66	3.2
Turnout			2,058	44.0
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Eccleston and Mawdesley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YFrancis Culshaw	1,399	51.4
	Labour	Thomas Titherington	1,320	48.5
Majority			79	2.9
Turnout			2,719	55.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Euxton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YPeter Golsworthy	1,039	57.2
	Labour	Mary Gray	778	42.8
Majority			261	14.4
Turnout			1,817	55.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lostock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	YDoreen Dickinson	899	55.1
	Labour	David Massam	734	44.9
Majority			165	10.2
Turnout			1,633	54.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

• 2003 Chorley election result
• BOROUGH ELECTION RESULTS - MAY 2003