Photo: Ann Cook · CC BY-SA 2.0Labour holds a majority on Chorley Council
Chorley is run by Chorley Council and Lancashire County Council. Labour has a majority on Chorley Council. Reform UK has a majority on Lancashire County Council. Its MP is Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker), member for Chorley.
£2,407
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Chorley’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on Chorley Council
Labour holds a majority on Chorley Council: 30 of its 42 seats as elected (it held 37 before the May 2026 election). Reform UK holds 7, the Conservatives 4 and the Greens 1. Who’s in charge ↓
Lancashire changed hands in 2025
Lancashire County Council, which runs schools, social care and roads, went from a Conservative majority (47 of 84 seats in 2021) to a Reform UK majority at the May 2025 election: Reform UK won 53 of 84 seats. Lancashire ↓
The 2026 vote
Across Chorley’s wards, Reform UK took 37%, Labour took 33.1% and the Greens took 18.5% of votes in May 2026. In 2024, Reform UK had 0%. How Chorley has voted ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Chorley is £2,405 for 2026–27; Chorley Council keeps 9% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 52% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
Who holds the seats on Chorley’s councils
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 22 of Chorley’s 42 or 43 of Lancashire’s 84 seats to run the council alone.
- Labour30−7
- Reform UK7+6
- Conservative4no change
- Green1+1
Change against the council before the 7 May 2026 election.
- Reform UK53+53
- Conservative8−39
- Independent7+7
- Labour5−28
- Liberal Democrat5+3
- Green4+2
- Our West Lancashire2+2
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
Two tiers of council, and a parish tier
Chorley has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.
The parish council for the part of Chorley inside Astley Village parish.
7% of Chorley’s residents · Band D precept £22
Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
Website ↗Schools, social care, roads and transport, libraries and waste disposal.
Website ↗Transport, skills and regeneration across several council areas.
Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: in two-tier areas the district or borough runs local services and the county the big ones.
92% of Chorley’s residents live outside any parish, with no parish council.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the parish to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Chorley, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parishParish tierAstley Village parish council
- 2Chorley Council5 wards · 15 councillorsLabour 11 · Reform UK 3 · Green 1 · all 15
- 3Lancashire County Council4 divisions · 4 councillorsChris SnowMartin Andrew ToppLee HutchinsonKim Snape
- 4Police and crime commissionerLancashire Constabulary · elected May 2024Clive Grunshaw
- 5House of CommonsChorley
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
15 councillors for 5 wards
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Martin Andrew ToppReform UK · May 2026
- Hasina KhanLabour · May 2024
- Chris SnowLabour · May 2023
- Olga CashGreen · May 2026
- Katie WilkieLabour · May 2024
- Roy LeesLabour · May 2023
- Mark PerksReform UK · May 2026
- Adrian LoweLabour · May 2024
- Jean Margaret SherwoodLabour · May 2023
- Emma Louise WalkerLabour and Co-operative · May 2026
- Aaron BeaverLabour and Co-operative · May 2024
- Sarah AinsworthLabour · May 2023
- Mark HillReform UK · May 2026
- Alistair Ward BradleyLabour and Co-operative · May 2024
- Bev MurrayLabour · May 2023
Show as a table, with Lancashire County Council’s 4 divisions (4 councillors)
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chorley Eastall in Chorley · 8,467 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 | 3 | Martin Andrew ToppHasina KhanChris Snow | May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 |
| Chorley South Westmostly in Chorley · 8,075 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 | 3 | Olga CashKatie WilkieRoy Lees | May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 |
| Chorley North & Astleyall in Chorley · 7,958 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 | 3 | Mark PerksAdrian LoweJean Margaret Sherwood | May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 |
| Chorley North Westall in Chorley · 7,756 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 | 3 | Emma Louise WalkerAaron BeaverSarah Ainsworth | May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 |
| Chorley South East & Heath Charnockmostly in Chorley · 6,950 residents3 seats · May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 | 3 | Mark HillAlistair Ward BradleyBev Murray | May 2026, May 2024, May 2023 |
Lancashire County Council: county divisions
| Division | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chorley Central EDall in Chorley · 15,714 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Chris Snow | May 2025 |
| Chorley North EDall in Chorley · 8,467 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Martin Andrew Topp | May 2025 |
| Chorley South ED48% in Chorley · 8,075 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Lee Hutchinson | May 2025 |
| Chorley Rural East ED40% in Chorley · 6,950 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Kim Snape | May 2025 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Chorley Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
Labour led each vote to 2024; Reform UK led in 2026
Share of all votes cast for candidates in Chorley’s wards at each scheduled council election since 2021. A gap is a year with no election here.
Seats won at each election
Show as a table
| Party | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 10.9% | 13.6% | 17.1% | 14.3% | 18.5% |
| Labour | 56.5% | 59.4% | 63.3% | 61.6% | 33.1% |
| Conservative | 30.8% | 26% | 18.1% | 20.4% | 11.1% |
| Reform UK | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 37% |
In 2026, Reform UK won 3, the Greens won 1 and Labour won 1 of the 5 seats up in Chorley’s wards.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Where a ward elects several councillors at once, each voter has that many votes; all of them count here.
Chorley council election, May 2026
Results in the wards that make up Chorley, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
5 wards voted. Chorley elects a third of its councillors at a time, so a third of the seats were up.
No election is scheduled yet for Chorley’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗1,959 votes for candidates
2,183 votes for candidates
2,401 votes for candidates
Every ward’s result (2 more)
2,598 votes for candidates
2,801 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Chorley is in Chorley constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Chorley).
33,964 votes for candidates · majority 20,575
Speaker, MP since 1 May 1997.
turnout in July 2024: 33,964 votes from 74,801 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 20,575 of 33,964 votes (60.6%): wider than in 100% of England’s 543 constituencies.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Chorley’s Band D council tax is £2,405 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Chorley Council keeps £215.99 of a Band D bill (9%); the rest goes to Lancashire County Council, the Lancashire police and crime commissioner and the Lancashire Fire and Rescue Authority.
Across the whole town the average Band D is £2,407 (parishes differ; weighted by residents).
Band D since 1993
Chorley’s Band D bill has risen 52% in ten years, from £1,595.14 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £613.13 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in the unparished part of Chorley, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Lancashire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included; the 11 nearest of 14. Bars start at £2,200.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Lancashire
| Chorley + Lancashire | Chorley’s councils | Lancashire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £522 | £533 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £249 | £295 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £40 | £44 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £11 | £24 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £126 | £135 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £67 | £56 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £10 | £16 | £26 |
| Public health | £78 | £92 | £78 |
| Running the council | £91 | £73 | £59 |
| Other | £0 | £13 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,194 | £1,281 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: Chorley per its residents plus Lancashire per the county’s. Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Lancashire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Chorley is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
chorley.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
chorley.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Chorley is run
Which council runs Chorley?
The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.
Does Chorley have a town council?
Parts of it do: Astley Village parish council.
Who is the MP for Chorley?
Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker) is the MP for Chorley, which covers Chorley.
How many councillors does Chorley have?
15 ward councillors represent Chorley’s 5 wards, and 4 county councillors its county divisions.
When are the next elections in Chorley?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Chorley’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Chorley?
Band D council tax in Chorley is £2,407 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Chorley Council?
Labour has a majority: 30 of 42 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who controls Lancashire County Council?
Reform UK has a majority: 53 of 84 seats as elected.
Who won the 2026 council election in Chorley?
In Chorley’s wards on 7 May 2026, Reform UK 3 · Green 1 · Labour 1 of the 5 seats up. Reform UK had the largest share of votes, 37%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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