UK general elections2019 › Chorley

Chorley — 2019

Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker) was elected with 26,831 votes67.3% of 39,870 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 67.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +17.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,870

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 speaker Speaker 26,83167.3%+17.3 ptsElected
2Mark Brexit-Smith speaker Independent 9,43923.7%
3James Melling speaker Green Party 3,6009.0%

Electorate 77,072 · Turnout 51.7% · Majority 17,392 · Back to 2019 overview

Data caveats on this contest: speaker. What these mean.

Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.