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Chorley 2023

Local elections held 4 May 2023.

14 ward races
14 seats
0 elected below the proportional quota
0.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 14 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 14 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Labour Party16,48059.3%1392.9%964.3%+4
Conservative and Unionist Party8,19329.5%17.1%428.6%-3
Green Party2,4808.9%00.0%17.1%-1
Liberal Democrats5512.0%00.0%00.0%0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition1040.4%00.0%00.0%0
Total27,808100.0%14100.0%14100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Eccleston, Heskin & Charnock Richard · single-seat

Marginal winner 50.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −0.8 pts Valid ballots 2,129

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Heydon, C.Labour Party1,08250.8%Elected
2Heaton, H.Conservative and Unionist Party82738.8%
3Felton, S.Green Party1115.2%
4Frost, M.Liberal Democrats1095.1%

Electorate 5,755 · Ballots cast 2,129 · Back to ward index

Chorley South West · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.4 pts Valid ballots 1,667

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Lees, R.Labour Party85751.4%Elected
2Hunter-Rossall, A.Green Party62537.5%
3Davenport, P.Conservative and Unionist Party1529.1%
4Fenn, S.Liberal Democrats332.0%

Electorate 5,856 · Ballots cast 1,667 · Back to ward index

Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.5 pts Valid ballots 2,316

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Southern, C.Conservative and Unionist Party1,19351.5%Elected
2Turner, C.Labour Party82835.8%
3Power, R.Liberal Democrats1617.0%
4Wade, R.Green Party1345.8%

Electorate 6,221 · Ballots cast 2,316 · Back to ward index

Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton · single-seat

Marginal winner 52.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −2.3 pts Valid ballots 2,035

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1McGovern, P.Labour Party1,06552.3%Elected
2Chapman, S.Conservative and Unionist Party72435.6%
3Ormston, G.Liberal Democrats1296.3%
4Gomez-Cash, O.Green Party1175.7%

Electorate 6,730 · Ballots cast 2,035 · Back to ward index

Euxton · single-seat

Marginal winner 54.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −4.9 pts Valid ballots 2,152

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Williamson, J.Labour Party1,18254.9%Elected
2Platt, D.Conservative and Unionist Party80837.5%
3Summers, P.Green Party1627.5%

Electorate 5,907 · Ballots cast 2,152 · Back to ward index

Clayton West & Cuerden · single-seat

Marginal winner 56.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −6.7 pts Valid ballots 2,413

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Brown, M.Labour Party1,36956.7%Elected
2Cullens, M.Conservative and Unionist Party72330.0%
3Hales, C.Green Party2028.4%
4Charlesworth, G.Liberal Democrats1194.9%

Electorate 6,721 · Ballots cast 2,413 · Back to ward index

Chorley North & Astley · single-seat

Marginal winner 58.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −8.7 pts Valid ballots 1,747

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Sherwood, J.Labour Party1,02658.7%Elected
2Knights, O.Conservative and Unionist Party52229.9%
3Royle, J.Green Party19911.4%

Electorate 5,929 · Ballots cast 1,747 · Back to ward index

Buckshaw & Whittle · single-seat

Marginal winner 59.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −9.7 pts Valid ballots 2,018

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Martin, S.Labour Party1,20559.7%Elected
2Morgan, G.Conservative and Unionist Party65232.3%
3Smith, R.Green Party1618.0%

Electorate 7,014 · Ballots cast 2,018 · Back to ward index

Chorley South East & Heath Charnock · single-seat

Marginal winner 61.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −11.0 pts Valid ballots 1,971

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Murray, B.Labour Party1,20361.0%Elected
2Dawson, C.Conservative and Unionist Party51426.1%
3Weston, J.Green Party1507.6%
4Hurley, J.Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition1045.3%

Electorate 6,816 · Ballots cast 1,971 · Back to ward index

Chorley North West · single-seat

Marginal winner 65.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −15.5 pts Valid ballots 2,177

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Ainsworth, S.Labour Party1,42565.5%Elected
2Malpas, P.Conservative and Unionist Party56125.8%
3Tebbutt, M.Green Party1918.8%

Electorate 5,912 · Ballots cast 2,177 · Back to ward index

Chorley North East · single-seat

Marginal winner 69.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −19.8 pts Valid ballots 2,225

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1France, G.Labour Party1,55469.8%Elected
2Hargreaves, C.Conservative and Unionist Party50922.9%
3Cash, S.Green Party1627.3%

Electorate 5,487 · Ballots cast 2,225 · Back to ward index

Adlington & Anderton · single-seat

Marginal winner 70.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −20.6 pts Valid ballots 1,910

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Wilson, P.Labour Party1,34870.6%Elected
2Baglow, N.Conservative and Unionist Party43022.5%
3Hunter-Rossall, C.Green Party1326.9%

Electorate 6,065 · Ballots cast 1,910 · Back to ward index

Coppull · single-seat

Marginal winner 71.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −21.4 pts Valid ballots 1,625

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Berry, J.Labour Party1,16171.4%Elected
2Turner, C.Conservative and Unionist Party33020.3%
3Calderbank, A.Green Party1348.2%

Electorate 6,113 · Ballots cast 1,625 · Back to ward index

Chorley East · single-seat

Marginal winner 82.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −32.6 pts Valid ballots 1,423

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Snow, C.Labour Party1,17582.6%Elected
2Grandi, M.Conservative and Unionist Party24817.4%

Electorate 5,944 · Ballots cast 1,423 · Back to ward index