Yahoo News Chorley local election candidates 2024 as voters prepare to head to polls
The people of Chorley are preparing to head to the polls.
On May 2, residents will cast their vote in the Chorley Local Elections. There are 14 seats up for grabs - out of 42 across the authority.
The majority of the contests will be three-way battles between candidates representing the ruling Labour group, the Conservative opposition and the borough’s Green Party, which does not currently have a presence on the council.
However, in four of the seats, voters will also have the choice of a Liberal Democrat candidate and, in another four wards, will find a Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition representative on their ballot paper, after that party quadrupled the number of seats it was contesting in the district compared to the last two years.
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The polls will be open on Thursday, May 2, from 7am until 10pm – and voters must take a suitable form of photo ID with them in order to cast their ballot in person (see ‘What do I need to vote?’ section below).
However, you can apply for an emergency proxy vote if you discover only after that deadline has passed that you will not be able to vote in person, including for medical or employment reasons. In such instances, you can apply for a proxy vote until 5pm on election day itself.
Chorley candidates in 2024 local elections
These are the candidates in each of Chorley Council’s 14 wards, along with the parties they represent (an asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor in the ward):
Adlington and Anderton
NEIL BAGLOW – Conservative Party
SALLY FELTON – Green Party
KIM SNAPE* – Labour and Co-operative Party
Buckshaw and Whittle
RUSSELL GREEN – Labour Party
AIDY RIGGOTT* – Conservative Party
RACHEL SMITH – Green Party
Chorley East
MARK GRANDI – Conservative Party
CATHERINE HUNTER-ROSSALL – Green Party
HASINA KHAN* – Labour Party
AAMIR KHANSAHEB – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Chorley North and Astley
RYAN GROGAN – Conservative Party
TAHIR KHANSAHEB – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
ADRIAN LOWE* – Labour Party
JON ROYLE – Green Party
Chorley North East
SIMON CASH – Green Party
MARGARET FRANCE* – Labour Party
GREGORY MORGAN – Conservative Party
Chorley North West
AARON BEAVER* – Labour and Co-operative Party
ARIF KHANSAHEB – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
PETER MALPAS – Conservative Party
MARK TEBBUTT – Green Party
Chorley South East and Heath Charnock
ALISTAIR BRADLEY* – Labour and Co-operative Party
JENNY HURLEY – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
SANDRA MERCER – Conservative Party
JANE WESTON – Green Party
Chorley South West
OLGA CASH – Green Party
PETER DAVENPORT – Conservative Party
KATIE WILKIE – Labour Party
Clayton East, Brindle and Hoghton
IRENE AMAHWE – Labour Party
ALAN CULLENS* – Conservative Party
GAIL ORMSTON – Liberal Democrat
PAULINE SUMMERS – Green Party
Clayton West and Cuerden
SAM CHAPMAN – Conservative Party
MARK CLIFFORD* – Labour Party
STEPHEN FENN – Liberal Democrat
CLARE HALES – Green Party
Coppull
ANNE CALDERBANK – Green Party
CONOR DAWSON – Conservative Party
ALEX HILTON* – Labour Party
Croston, Mawdesley and Euxton South
JOHN CLARE – Green Party
MARK FROST – Liberal Democrat
DEBRA PLATT* – Conservative Party
CAROLINE TURNER – Labour and Co-operative Party
Eccleston, Heskin and Charnock Richard
STEVE BLAND – Conservative Party
SEF CHURCHILL – Green Party
ROWAN POWER – Liberal Democrat
ALAN WHITTAKER* – Labour Party
Euxton
DANNY GEE* – Labour and Co-operative Party
MADELEINE HOUGHTON – Green Party
CHRISTINE TURNER – Conservative Party
WHERE DO I VOTE?
The polling card sent to your address ahead of the election will tell you at which polling station you must cast your vote.
