UK general elections2017 › Chorley

Chorley — 2017

Lindsay Hoyle (Labour Party) was elected with 30,745 votes55.3% of 55,634 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 55.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +5.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 55,634

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes.Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Lindsay Hoyle Labour Party 30,74555.3%+5.3 ptsElected
2Caroline Moon Conservative Party 23,23341.8%
3Stephen Fenn Liberal Democrats 1,1262.0%
4Peter Lageard Green Party 5301.0%

Electorate 76,404 · Turnout 72.8% · Majority 7,512 · Back to 2017 overview

Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.