Chorley: 1976 local elections

22 wards with results. Council page

Before (end of 1975) (47 seats, Elections Centre)

Labour 21 · Conservative 18 · Other 8 · The Liberal Party 0

After (end of 1976) (47 seats, Elections Centre)

Conservative 33 · Labour 11 · Other 3 · The Liberal Party 0

Ward results

Adlington3 seats · turnout 42.3%

A. Moss	Conservative	965
D. Cunliffe	Conservative	949
P. Case	Conservative	926
E. Shone	Labour	778
T. Fraser	Labour	724
F. Molyneux	Labour	713

Anderton Heath Charnock & Rivington2 seats · turnout 36.5%

R. Morris	Conservative	774
M. Raby	Conservative	710
P. Wilson	Labour	183

Anglezarke Heapey & Wheelton1 seat · turnout 60.7%

J. Turner	Conservative	477
M. Talbot	Labour	123

Brindle & Hoghton1 seat · turnout 50.3%

A. Crook	Conservative	671
H. Thomas	Labour	49

Charnock Richard1 seat · turnout 61.7%

D. Smethurst	Conservative	405
J. Webb	Independent	283
G. Ashcroft	Labour	98

Chorley East3 seats · turnout 35.4%

B. Corcoran	Labour	887
B. Hodson	Labour	873
K. Sandham	Labour	870
R. Charnley	Conservative	688
R. Jolly	Conservative	682
M. Jones	Conservative	636

Chorley North East3 seats · turnout 38.7%

B. Charnley	Conservative	827
B. Pilkington	Conservative	816
V. Field	Labour	802
S. Jamieson	Conservative	773
S. Ashton	Labour	733
D. Yates	Labour	710

Chorley North West2 seats · turnout 58.7%

I. Sellers	Conservative	1,157
J. Glynn	Conservative	1,078
T. Crook	Labour	248
F. Baynham	Labour	233
F. Wilson	LIB	204

Chorley South East3 seats · turnout 47.1%

P. Keane	Labour	971 ✓
J. Marsden	Conservative	935 ✓
E. Moss	Conservative	885 ✓
J. Riding	Conservative	846
J. Crook	Labour	808
M. Slater	Labour	793
A. Taylor	The Liberal Party	165
C. Smith	The Liberal Party	149

Chorley South West3 seats · turnout 46.9%

J. Holme	Labour	1,291
H. Clarke	Labour	1,250
J. Wilson	Labour	1,220
M. Blackburn	Conservative	735
P. Malpas	Conservative	710
W. Hudson	Conservative	681

Chorley West3 seats · turnout 51.0%

R. Snape	Conservative	1,362
R. Rigby	Conservative	1,316
D. Whittington	Conservative	1,245
M. Pearson	Labour	933
T. Gee	Labour	927
D. Edgerley	Labour	908

Clayton-Le-Woods East2 seats · turnout 46.5%

F. Monks	Conservative	571
J. Livesey	Conservative	533
D. McEvoy	Labour	113
M. Ford	Labour	113

Clayton-Le-Woods West & Cuerden2 seats · turnout 40.0%

E. Crabtree	Conservative	951
R. Wharton	Conservative	896
G. Ford	Labour	302
D. Hardman	Labour	259

Coppull North2 seats · turnout 41.6%

J. Holding	Ind Lab	590
J. Meadows	Labour	503
J. Wilkinson	Conservative	494
E. Gore	Labour	476

Coppull South2 seats · turnout 45.8%

A. Lowe	Labour	849
A. Critchley	Labour	654
A. Helme	Conservative	501
C. Chadwick	Conservative	455

Eccleston & Heskin3 seats · turnout 38.2%

C. Horsfield	Independent	1,043
J. Lucas	Conservative	1,007
E. Marsden	Conservative	978
B. Twist	Conservative	706
F. Hailwood	Independent	462

Euxton North2 seats · turnout 50.0%

L. Branston	Conservative	739 ✓
J. Rigby	Conservative	721 ✓
J. Barker	Labour	400
F. Higson	Labour	379

Euxton South2 seats · turnout 44.5%

J. Moorcroft	Conservative	964
G. Simons	Conservative	891
F. Taylor	Labour	351
M. Newbury	Labour	340

Lostock2 seats · turnout 41.0%

D. Lambert	Conservative	620
R. Gardner	Independent	497
G. Whalley	Conservative	471
R. Shuttleworth	Independent	396

Mawdesley1 seat

F. Culshaw

Conservative

0 ✓

Whittle Le Woods2 seats · turnout 45.6%

D. Simkin	Conservative	739
D. Burchell	Conservative	708
A. Cookson	Labour	297
F. Waring	Labour	276
V. Farnworth	LIB	164
D. Moss	LIB	148

Withnell2 seats · turnout 57.1%

I. Forsyth	Conservative	794
M. Crowther	Conservative	712
R. Harwood	Labour	441
G. Lavelle	Labour	341
T. O'Loughlin	LIB	241
K. Gardner	LIB	163