# 1995 Chorley Borough Council election

Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 4 May 1995. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour Party took control (the council had been under no overall control since 1991.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Seats | ± |
| Labour | 27 | 6 |
| Liberal Democrat | 6 | 1 |
| Conservative | 16 | 7 |
| Independent | 1 | |

## Election result

Source: Chorley Borough Council
Chorley Local Election Result 1998 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % |
| Labour | 14 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 82.4 |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17.6 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 |

## Ward results
### Adlington

Adlington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Y Florence Molyneaux | 1,133 | 78.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | J. Bleasdale | 308 | 21.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 57.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 32.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Chorley East

Chorley East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Y B. Hodson | 954 | 88.1 |
| | Conservative | R. Charnley | 129 | 11.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 76.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 26.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Chorley North East

Chorley North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Y Adrian Lowe | 988 | 73.8 |
| | Labour | Y K. Lowe | 959 | |
| | Conservative | R. Goldsby | 209 | 15.6 |
| | Conservative | C. Goldsby | 201 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | V. Jones | 142 | 10.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 58.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 31.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Chorley South East

Chorley South East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Y Anthony Stephen Holgate | 1,101 | 68.2 |
| | Conservative | E. Baxendale | 385 | 23.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Porter | 129 | 8.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 44.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Chorley South West ward

Chorley South West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Y Thomas McGowan | 1,317 | 85.1 |
| | Conservative | Peter Malpas | 231 | 14.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 70.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Chorley West ward

Chorley West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Y A. Gee | 1,193 | 78.2 |
| | Conservative | E. Montgomery | 333 | 21.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 56.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Clayton-le-Woods East

Clayton-le-Woods East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | YS. Charlesworth | 1,110 | 48.6 |
| | Labour | E. Murphy | 608 | 26.6 |
| | Conservative | Alan Cullens | 564 | 24.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 22.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 30.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden

Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Y J. Cronshaw | 484 | 40.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | J. Freeman | 452 | 37.3 |
| | Conservative | M. Muncaster | 275 | 22.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 32 | 2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,211 | 39.1 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Coppull North ward

Coppull North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Y N. Hilton | 784 | 59.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | P. Eastham | 442 | 33.4 |
| | Conservative | Ms. M. Stewart | 97 | 7.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 25.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Coppull South ward

Coppull South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | YE. Holland | 722 | 52.1 |
| | Labour | R. Lees | 605 | 42.8 |
| | Conservative | M. Stewart | 86 | 6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 8.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Eccleston and Heskin

Eccleston and Heskin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | YT. Titherington | 1,013 | 62.7 |
| | Conservative | J. Lucas | 509 | 31.5 |
| | Independent | D. Staig | 93 | 5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 31.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 40.1 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Euxton North

Euxton North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | YJ. Berry | 765 | 59.1 |
| | Conservative | G. Jolly | 399 | 30.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | D bland | 130 | 10.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 28.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 47.9 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Euxton South

Euxton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | YJ. Cocking | 720 | 58.0 |
| | Conservative | G. Simmons | 403 | 32.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | P. Sharp | 119 | 9.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 25.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.9 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Lostock

Lostock :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | YDavid Heyes | 512 | 37.6 |
| | Conservative | J. Rigby | 430 | 31.6 |
| | Independent (Politician) | M. Iddon | 420 | 30.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 6.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.8 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Whittle-le-Woods

Whittle-le-Woods :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | YM. Lavender | 395 | 38.1 |
| | Conservative | J. Walker | 389 | 37.5 |
| | Independent (Politician) | D. Yates | 252 | 24.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 38.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Whithnell

Whithnell :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Y K. Jones | 395 | 38.1 |
| | Conservative | M. Crook | 457 | 35.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | G. Charlesworth | 103 | 8.1 |
| | Independent (Politician) | M. Crowther | 50 | 3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | 16.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 46.0 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |