Borough of Chorley
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The Borough of Chorley is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. It is named after the town of Chorley, which is an unparished area. The borough extends to several villages and hamlets including Adlington, Buckshaw Village, Croston, Eccleston, Euxton and Whittle-le-Woods.
The neighbouring districts are West Lancashire, South Ribble, Blackburn with Darwen, Bolton and Wigan.
History
The town of Chorley had been governed by improvement commissioners from 1853.[2] The commissioners were reconstituted as a local board in 1863.[3] The board was in turn replaced in 1881 when the town was made a municipal borough.[4]
The modern district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the area of four former districts, which were all abolished at the same time:[5]
- Adlington Urban District
- Chorley Municipal Borough
- Chorley Rural District
- Withnell Urban District
The new district was named Chorley, and the borough status previously held by the town was passed to the new district on the day that it came into being, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor, continuing Chorley's series of mayors dating back to 1881.[6][7]
Governance
Chorley Council | |
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History | |
Founded | 1 April 1974 |
Leadership | |
Gordon France, Labour since 14 May 2024[8] | |
Alistair Bradley, Labour since 15 May 2012 | |
Chris Sinnott since January 2023[9] | |
Structure | |
Seats | 42 councillors |
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Political groups |
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Elections | |
First past the post | |
Last election | 2 May 2024 |
Next election | 7 May 2026 |
Meeting place | |
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Town Hall, Market Street, Chorley, PR7 1DP | |
Website | |
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Chorley Borough Council, which styles itself "Chorley Council", provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Lancashire County Council. Much of the borough is also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government.[10]
Political control
The council has been under Labour majority control since 2012.
The first election to the reformed borough council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:[11]
Party in control | Years | |
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No overall control | 1974–1976 | |
Conservative | 1976–1983 | |
No overall control | 1983–1990 | |
Labour | 1990–1991 | |
No overall control | 1991–1995 | |
Labour | 1995–2000 | |
No overall control | 2000–2006 | |
Conservative | 2006–2011 | |
No overall control | 2011–2012 | |
Labour | 2012–present |
Leadership
The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Chorley. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1990 have been:[12]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
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Jack Wilson | Labour | 1990 | 16 May 2006 | |
Peter Goldsworthy | Conservative | 16 May 2006 | 15 May 2012 | |
Alistair Bradley | Labour | 15 May 2012 |
Composition
Following the 2024 election the composition of the council was:[13][14]
Party | Councillors | |
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Labour | 39 | |
Conservative | 3 | |
Total | 42 |
The next election is due in 2026, where a third of the council's seats will be contested.
Elections
Since the last boundary changes in 2020 the council has comprised 42 councillors representing 14 wards, with each ward electing three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council (one councillor for each ward) elected each time for a four year term of office. Lancashire County Council elections are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no borough council elections.[15]
The wards are:
- Adlington & Anderton
- Buckshaw & Whittle
- Chorley East
- Chorley North East
- Chorley North West
- Chorley North & Astley
- Chorley South East & Heath Charnock
- Chorley South West
- Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton
- Clayton West & Cuerden
- Coppull
- Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South
- Eccleston, Heskin & Charnock Richard
- Euxton
The Chorley constituency was coterminous with the borough from 1997 until 2010 when Croston, Eccleston, Bretherton and Mawdesley were transferred to the South Ribble constituency. The current Member of Parliament for Chorley is Lindsay Hoyle, who was first elected to the seat in 1997.
Premises
The council's main offices are at the Civic Offices on Union Street in Chorley.[16] Council meetings are held at Chorley Town Hall on Market Street, which had been completed in 1879 for the old local board.[17][18][19]
Parishes
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The borough contains 23 civil parishes. The parish council for Adlington takes the style "town council".[20] The central part of the borough, roughly corresponding to the pre-1974 borough of Chorley, is an unparished area.[21]
- Adlington
- Anderton
- Anglezarke
- Astley Village
- Bretherton
- Brindle
- Charnock Richard
- Clayton-le-Woods
- Coppull
- Croston
- Cuerden
- Eccleston
- Euxton
- Heapey
- Heath Charnock
- Heskin
- Hoghton
- Mawdesley
- Rivington
- Ulnes Walton
- Wheelton
- Whittle-le-Woods
- Withnell
Settlements
![Borough of Chorley is located in the Borough of Chorley](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Location_map_United_Kingdom_Borough_of_Chorley.svg/550px-Location_map_United_Kingdom_Borough_of_Chorley.svg.png)
![Abbey Village](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
![Astley Village](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
![Clayton Brook](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
![Riley Green](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
![Whittle-le-Woods](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
![Winter Hill](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Green_Fire.svg/8px-Green_Fire.svg.png)
Freedom of the Borough
The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Chorley.
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021) |
Individuals
- Sir Henry Hibbert: 25 September 1922.
- James Winder Stone: 25 September 1922.
- Arnold Gillett: 17 June 1931.
- J. Fearnhead: 12 July 1944.
- Douglas Hacking, 1st Baron Hacking: 30 November 1946.
- Bertha Maude Gillett: 24 November 1960.
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Military Units
- The Queen's Lancashire Regiment: 2005.
- 5 General Medical Support Regiment RAMC: 2007.[22]
- The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment: 2007.[23]
- 3 Medical Regiment: 6 June 2015.[24]
- The Lancashire Constabulary.
References
- ^ a b UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Chorley Local Authority (E07000118)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Chorley Improvement Act 1853". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "No. 22786". The London Gazette. 6 November 1863. p. 5240.
- ^ "Chorley Municipal Borough". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1972/2039, retrieved 22 August 2022
- ^ "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/551, retrieved 22 August 2022
- ^ "District Councils and Boroughs". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 28 March 1974. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
- ^ Faulkner, Paul (16 May 2024). "Chorley Council's new mayor sets out his top priority". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ Aldred, Tim (22 April 2022). "Chorley Council and South Ribble Borough Council appoint shared chief executive". Lancashire Business View. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Local Government Act 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1972 c. 70, retrieved 31 May 2023
- ^ "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
- ^ "Council minutes". Chorley Borough Council. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ "Election 2024 - Results". Chorley Borough Council. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Labour wins Hyndburn and unseats opposition Tory leader in Chorley". BBC News. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "The Chorley (Electoral Changes) Order 2019", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2019/1124, retrieved 5 October 2023
- ^ "Other ways to get in touch". Chorley Borough Council. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
Our address is: Civic Offices, Union Street, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 1AL
- ^ "Executive Cabinet agenda, 14 July 2022". Chorley Borough Council. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
Venue: Council Chamber, Town Hall, Chorley
- ^ "1875 – Town Hall, Chorley, Lancashire". Archiseek. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Chorley, Lancashire". The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Parish councils contact information". Chorley Council. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ a b Clewlow, Stuart (7 October 2021). "The Freedom of Chorley: Who were the people granted this title and were they really allowed to have grazing rights in the town?". The Chorley Guardian. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ "Freedom of the Borough 2017". Government of the United Kingdom.
- ^ "3 Medical Regiment to be presented with the Freedom of the Borough". Chorley Council. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
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- Abbey Village
- Anderton
- Astley Village
- Bolton Green
- Bretherton
- Brindle
- Brinscall
- Buckshaw Village
- Charnock Richard
- Clayton-le-Woods
- Clayton Brook
- Coppull
- Croston
- Cuerden
- Eccleston
- Euxton
- Heapey
- Heath Charnock
- Heskin
- Hoghton
- Lucas Green
- Mawdesley
- Riley Green
- Rivington
- Roddlesworth
- Ulnes Walton
- Wheelton
- White Coppice
- Whittle-le-Woods
- Withnell
- Withnell Fold
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