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Chorley 2024

Local elections held 2 May 2024.

14 ward races
14 seats
3 elected below the proportional quota
21.4% 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 Party15,83260.5%1392.9%964.3%+4
Conservative and Unionist Party7,01226.8%17.1%428.6%-3
Green Party2,61710.0%00.0%17.1%-1
Liberal Democrats4061.6%00.0%00.0%0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition3221.2%00.0%00.0%0
Total26,189100.0%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

Croston, Mawdesley and Euxton South · single-seat

Marginal winner 44.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +5.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,172

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Platt, D.Conservative and Unionist Party97644.9%Elected
2Turner, C.Labour Party89741.3%
3Clare, J.Green Party1948.9%
4Frost, M.Liberal Democrats1054.8%

Electorate 6,256 · Ballots cast 2,172 · EC ward code E05013075 · Back to ward index

Buckshaw and Whittle · single-seat

Marginal winner 47.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +2.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,079

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Green, R.Labour Party99547.9%Elected
2Riggott, A.Conservative and Unionist Party87041.8%
3Smith, R.Green Party21410.3%

Electorate 7,156 · Ballots cast 2,079 · EC ward code E05013065 · Back to ward index

Clayton East, Brindle and Hoghton · single-seat

Marginal winner 48.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +1.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,948

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Amahwe, I.Labour Party94948.7%Elected
2Cullens, A.Conservative and Unionist Party72337.1%
3Ormston, G.Liberal Democrats1487.6%
4Summers, P.Green Party1286.6%

Electorate 6,746 · Ballots cast 1,948 · EC ward code E05013072 · Back to ward index

Chorley South West · single-seat

Marginal winner 56.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −6.8 pts Valid ballots 1,647

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Wilkie, K.Labour Party93556.8%Elected
2Cash, O.Green Party56234.1%
3Davenport, P.Conservative and Unionist Party1509.1%

Electorate 5,835 · Ballots cast 1,647 · EC ward code E05013071 · Back to ward index

Chorley North and Astley · single-seat

Marginal winner 60.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −10.7 pts Valid ballots 1,651

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Lowe, A.Labour Party1,00260.7%Elected
2Grogan, R.Conservative and Unionist Party42625.8%
3Royle, J.Green Party17310.5%
4Khansaheb, T.Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition503.0%

Electorate 6,000 · Ballots cast 1,651 · EC ward code E05013069 · Back to ward index

Chorley South East and Heath Charnock · single-seat

Marginal winner 62.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −12.6 pts Valid ballots 1,874

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Bradley, A.Labour Party1,17362.6%Elected
2Mercer, S.Conservative and Unionist Party46724.9%
3Weston, J.Green Party1588.4%
4Hurley, J.Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition764.1%

Electorate 6,845 · Ballots cast 1,874 · EC ward code E05013070 · Back to ward index

Clayton West and Cuerden · single-seat

Marginal winner 63.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −13.1 pts Valid ballots 2,170

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Clifford, M.Labour Party1,36963.1%Elected
2Chapman, S.Conservative and Unionist Party54124.9%
3Hales, C.Green Party1677.7%
4Fenn, S.Liberal Democrats934.3%

Electorate 6,757 · Ballots cast 2,170 · EC ward code E05013073 · Back to ward index

Eccleston, Heskin and Charnock Richard · single-seat

Marginal winner 63.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −13.1 pts Valid ballots 1,769

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Whittaker, A.Labour Party1,11763.1%Elected
2Bland, S.Conservative and Unionist Party50428.5%
3Churchill, S.Green Party885.0%
4Power, R.Liberal Democrats603.4%

Electorate 5,751 · Ballots cast 1,769 · EC ward code E05013076 · Back to ward index

Chorley East · single-seat

Marginal winner 63.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −13.3 pts Valid ballots 1,478

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Khan, H.Labour Party93563.3%Elected
2Grandi, M.Conservative and Unionist Party25517.3%
3Khansaheb, A.Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition1459.8%
4Hunter-Rossall, C.Green Party1439.7%

Electorate 5,963 · Ballots cast 1,478 · EC ward code E05013066 · Back to ward index

Chorley North West · single-seat

Marginal winner 64.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −14.1 pts Valid ballots 2,091

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Beaver, A.Labour Party1,34064.1%Elected
2Malpas, P.Conservative and Unionist Party48623.2%
3Tebbutt, M.Green Party21410.2%
4Khansaheb, A.Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition512.4%

Electorate 5,936 · Ballots cast 2,091 · EC ward code E05013068 · Back to ward index

Euxton · single-seat

Marginal winner 66.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −16.3 pts Valid ballots 1,892

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Gee, D.Labour Party1,25566.3%Elected
2Turner, C.Conservative and Unionist Party46724.7%
3Houghton, M.Green Party1709.0%

Electorate 5,944 · Ballots cast 1,892 · EC ward code E05013077 · Back to ward index

Chorley North East · single-seat

Marginal winner 70.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −20.7 pts Valid ballots 2,051

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1France, M.Labour Party1,45170.7%Elected
2Morgan, G.Conservative and Unionist Party44421.6%
3Cash, S.Green Party1567.6%

Electorate 5,556 · Ballots cast 2,051 · EC ward code E05013067 · Back to ward index

Coppull · single-seat

Marginal winner 71.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −21.1 pts Valid ballots 1,437

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Hilton, A.Labour Party1,02271.1%Elected
2Dawson, C.Conservative and Unionist Party29920.8%
3Calderbank, A.Green Party1168.1%

Electorate 6,186 · Ballots cast 1,437 · EC ward code E05013074 · Back to ward index

Adlington and Anderton · single-seat

Marginal winner 72.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −22.1 pts Valid ballots 1,930

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Snape, K.Labour Party1,39272.1%Elected
2Baglow, N.Conservative and Unionist Party40420.9%
3Felton, S.Green Party1346.9%

Electorate 6,041 · Ballots cast 1,930 · EC ward code E05013064 · Back to ward index