# 2002 Chorley Borough Council election

Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by one. The council stayed under no overall control.
After the election the composition of the council was:
| Party | Seats | ± |
| Labour | 22 | 2 |
| Conservative | 16 | 1 |
| Liberal Democrat | 6 | 1 |
| Independent | 3 | 1 |

## Election result

Chorley Local Election Result 2002 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Labour | 22 | 2 | 46.8 | 45.1 | 48,637 |
| Conservative | 16 | 1 | 34.0 | 34.2 | 36,881 |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 1 | 12.8 | 13.3 | 14,309 |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 7,619 |
| UKIP | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.4 | 401 |

## Ward results
### Adlington and Anderton

Adlington and Anderton (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | YCatherine Hoyle | 1,887 | 21.6 |
| | Labour | YMichael Davies | 1,580 | 18.1 |
| | Labour | YFlorence Mary Molyneux | 1,413 | 16.2 |
| | Conservative | Ivy Leigh | 1,027 | 11.8 |
| | Conservative | Betty Lawson | 1,020 | 11.7 |
| | Conservative | William Lawson | 1,014 | 11.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip William Pilling | 795 | 9.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Astley and Buckshaw

Astley and Buckshaw (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | YLaura Jane Lennox | 875 | 27.2 |
| | Conservative | YMark Perks | 851 | 26.5 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Mary Haughton | 834 | 25.9 |
| | Labour | Margaret Rose Fielden | 656 | 20.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Brindle and Hoghton

Brindle and Hoghton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | YDavid Dickinson | 823 | 69.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Charlesworth | 182 | 15.4 |
| | Labour | Beverley Gore | 175 | 15.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 641 | 54.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,184 | |

### Chisnall

Chisnall (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | YHarold Heaton | 1,028 | 26.6 |
| | Conservative | YEdward Malcolm Smith | 699 | 18.1 |
| | Labour | Jon Davies | 594 | 15.3 |
| | Labour | Margaret M. Lees | 516 | 13.3 |
| | Independent | Alan Samuel Cornwell | 410 | 10.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Glyn Jones | 379 | 9.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda Eubank | 246 | 6.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Chorley East

Chorley East (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | YRaymond Parr | 1,658 | 24.9 |
| | Labour | YPatricia Mary Wilson | 1,651 | 24.7 |
| | Labour | YTerence Brown | 1,536 | 23.0 |
| | Independent | Melville Coombes | 711 | 10.7 |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline C. Bettney | 596 | 8.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Mellor | 521 | 7.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Chorley North East

Chorley North East (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | YDennis Edgerley | 1,624 | 23.1 |
| | Labour | YAdrian Lowe | 1,505 | 21.4 |
| | Labour | YKeith Lowe | 1,419 | 20.2 |
| | Conservative | James Henry Fleming | 795 | 11.3 |
| | Conservative | Elvi Livesey | 683 | 9.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eileen Anne Smith | 640 | 8.7 |
| | UKIP | John Graeme Frost | 401 | 5.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Chorley North West

Chorley North West (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | YRalph Snape | 2,973 | 31.8 |
| | Independent | YJoyce Snape | 2,612 | 27.9 |
| | Labour | YRobert Gordon Crabtree | 1,161 | 12.4 |
| | Conservative | Peter Malpas | 1,011 | 10.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Linda Norman | 669 | 7.1 |
| | Conservative | Peter William Higham | 491 | 5.2 |
| | Conservative | Elsie May Perks | 449 | 4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Chorley South East

Chorley South East (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | YThomas McGowan | 1,508 | 20.5 |
| | Labour | YAnthony Stephen Holgate | 1,377 | 18.7 |
| | Labour | YChristopher Michael Snow | 1,282 | 17.4 |
| | Conservative | Geoffrey Goodspeed | 959 | 13.0 |
| | Conservative | Sheila Marsden | 931 | 12.7 |
| | Conservative | Barbara Ann Higham | 788 | 10.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Porter | 510 | 6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Chorley South West

Chorley South West (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | YRoy Lees | 1,522 | 26.4 |
| | Labour | YAnthony Gee | 1,498 | 26.0 |
| | Labour | YJohn Gerard Wilson | 1,457 | 25.3 |
| | Conservative | Dorothy Livesey | 657 | 11.4 |
| | Conservative | Kevan George Haughton | 632 | 11.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods

Clayton-le-Woods and Whittle-le-Woods (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | YJames Eric Bell | 1,816 | 20.7 |
| | Conservative | YJohn Philip Walker | 1,466 | 16.7 |
| | Conservative | YNigel Harvey Baxter | 1,418 | 16.2 |
| | Labour | Sharon A. Gray | 905 | 10.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Glenda Charlesworth | 869 | 9.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart Brian Harding | 861 | 9.8 |
| | Labour | Darren M. Woodruff | 772 | 8.8 |
| | Labour | George W. Harvey | 673 | 7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Clayton-le-Woods North

Clayton-le-Woods North (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | YPeter George Buckley | 909 | 11.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | YStephen John Fenn | 890 | 11.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | YWilliam Richard Mellor | 875 | 11.5 |
| | Conservative | Roger William Livesey | 871 | 11.4 |
| | Conservative | Alan Cullens | 869 | 11.4 |
| | Labour | Jean Elizabeth Cronshaw | 861 | 11.3 |
| | Conservative | Magdalene Margaret Cullens | 853 | 11.2 |
| | Labour | James Freeman | 795 | 10.4 |
| | Labour | Anthony Holden | 700 | 9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden

Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | YLesley Elizabeth Brownlee | 916 | 24.5 |
| | Conservative | YThomas Bedford | 827 | 22.1 |
| | Conservative | Samuel Andrew Chapman | 790 | 21.1 |
| | Labour | Edward Anthony Murphy | 749 | 20.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gail Patricia Ormston | 457 | 12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Coppull

Coppull (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | YKenneth William Ball | 1,570 | 18.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | YStella Marie Walsh | 1,503 | 18.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | YPatricia Cuerden | 1,373 | 16.5 |
| | Labour | Andrew Birchall | 1,313 | 15.7 |
| | Labour | John Murphy | 1,294 | 15.5 |
| | Labour | Peter Maddock | 1,290 | 15.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Eccleston and Mawdesley

Eccleston and Mawdesley (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | YAlan Whittaker | 1,798 | 21.0 |
| | Conservative | YMichael Iddon | 1,455 | 17.0 |
| | Conservative | YFrancis Culshaw | 1,429 | 16.7 |
| | Labour | Thomas Henry Titherington | 1,400 | 16.4 |
| | Conservative | Brian Twist | 1,325 | 15.5 |
| | Labour | Edward Vincent Forshaw | 1,150 | 13.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Euxton North

Euxton North (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | YThomas Gray | 1,086 | 28.2 |
| | Labour | YDaniel Peter Gee | 989 | 25.7 |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Russell | 773 | 20.1 |
| | Conservative | Gordon Marshall Alexander Mitchell | 769 | 20.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Buckley | 234 | 6.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Euxton South

Euxton South (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | YGeoffrey Russell | 1,053 | 26.9 |
| | Conservative | YPeter Goldsworthy | 1,036 | 25.5 |
| | Labour | Mary Gray | 965 | 24.7 |
| | Labour | Marion Lowe | 855 | 21.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Heath Charnock and Rivington

Heath Charnock and Rivington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | YMary Patricia Case | 732 | 64.3 |
| | Labour | June Molyneaux | 407 | 35.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 325 | 28.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,139 | |

### Lostock

Lostock (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | YMargaret Ann Iddon | 913 | 24.4 |
| | Conservative | YDoreen Dickinson | 894 | 23.9 |
| | Labour | David Massam | 836 | 22.3 |
| | Conservative | George Anthony Rigby | 691 | 18.5 |
| | Labour | David C. Lloyd | 409 | 10.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |

### Pennine

Pennine :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | YMarie Elizabeth Gray | 645 | 55.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janet Ross-Mills | 350 | 29.8 |
| | Labour | Peter Wilson | 178 | 15.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 295 | 25.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,173 | |

### Wheelton and Withnell

Wheelton and Withnell (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | YIris Elaine Smith | 1,137 | 30.1 |
| | Labour | YChristopher Howard | 884 | 23.4 |
| | Conservative | Simon Parkinson | 746 | 19.7 |
| | Labour | Paul Anthony Lowe | 514 | 13.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Shelagh Graham | 502 | 13.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |