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Chorley — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Chorley was won by Speaker (non-party) at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 20,575 votes over Green. This page covers every general election in Chorley from 1885 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1885–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Randle Joseph Feilden (Conservative) 5,867 67.6% Harold Wright (Liberal) 3,059 (35.3 pts) 87.8%
1886 Randle Joseph Feilden (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1892 Randle Joseph Feilden (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1895 David Alexander Edward Lindsay (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1900 David Alexander Edward Lindsay (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1906 David Alexander Edward Lindsay (Conservative) 6,803 55.7% Eliot Crawshay-Williams (Liberal) 1,387 (11.3 pts) 92.2%
Jan 1910 David Alexander Edward Lindsay (Conservative) 7,735 58.3% Walter Lyon Blease (Liberal) 2,212 (16.7 pts) 92.4%
Dec 1910 David Alexander Edward Lindsay (Conservative) 7,423 60.3% John Peter Todd Jackson (Liberal) 2,536 (20.6 pts) 85.8%
1918 Douglas Hewitt Hacking (Unionist) 13,059 67.7% Elijah Sandham (Labour) 6,837 (35.5 pts) 54.5%
1922 Douglas Hewitt Hacking (Unionist) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1923 Douglas Hewitt Hacking (Unionist) 14,715 54.7% Zeph Hutchinson (Labour) 2,536 (9.4 pts) 74.4%
1924 Douglas Hewitt Hacking (Unionist) 17,844 57.7% Zeph Hutchinson (Labour) 4,770 (15.4 pts) 82.7%
1929 Douglas Hewitt Hacking (Unionist) 19,728 45.6% William Taylor (Labour) 1,359 (3.1 pts) 85.7%
1931 Douglas Hewitt Hacking (Conservative) 28,749 69.3% John Barrow (Labour) 16,015 (38.6 pts) 80.1%
1935 Douglas Hewitt Hacking (Conservative) 23,061 55.3% Arthur Whiting (Labour) 5,775 (13.8 pts) 78.4%
1945 Clifford Kenyon (Labour) 24,550 53.2% Hamilton Brown (Conservative) 2,955 (6.4 pts) 76.1%
1950 Clifford Kenyon (Labour) 23,233 47.6% Andrew Fountaine (Conservative) 361 (0.7 pts) 88.4%
1951 Clifford Kenyon (Labour) 24,771 50.7% Alfred George Fletcher Hall-Davis (Conservative) 653 (1.3 pts) 87.9%
1955 Clifford Kenyon (Labour) 24,994 51.4% Alfred George Fletcher Hall-Davis (Conservative) 1,338 (2.8 pts) 84.3%
1959 Clifford Kenyon (Labour) 25,641 50.7% Frank Henry Taylor (Conservative) 676 (1.3 pts) 83.9%
1964 Clifford Kenyon (Labour) 24,710 48.4% John Harold Vick Sutcliffe (Conservative) 3,713 (7.3 pts) 84.6%
1966 Clifford Kenyon (Labour) 27,319 54.8% Constance Monks (Conservative) 4,744 (9.5 pts) 81.1%
1970 Constance Monks (Conservative) 26,577 47.3% Derek Forwood (Labour) 1,677 (3.0 pts) 78.8%
Feb 1974 George Rodgers (Labour) 25,440 40.3% Constance Monks (Conservative) 405 (0.6 pts) 83.6%
Oct 1974 George Rodgers (Labour) 27,290 44.1% George Porter (Conservative) 2,713 (4.4 pts) 81.2%
1979 Densmore Dover (Conservative) 31,125 46.8% George Rodgers (Labour) 2,579 (3.9 pts) 82.0%
1983 Densmore Dover (Conservative) 27,861 48.3% Ivan Taylor (Labour) 10,275 (17.8 pts) 79.2%
1987 Densmore Dover (Conservative) 29,015 48.0% Anthony Watmough (Labour) 8,057 (13.3 pts) 76.9%
1992 Densmore Dover (Conservative) 30,715 47.2% Ray McManus (Labour) 4,246 (6.5 pts) 82.8%
1997 Lindsay Hoyle (Labour) 30,607 53.0% Den Dover (Conservative) 9,870 (17.1 pts) 77.6%
2001 Lindsay Hoyle (Labour) 25,088 52.3% Peter Booth (Conservative) 8,444 (17.6 pts) 62.2%
2005 Lindsay Hoyle (Labour) 25,131 50.7% Simon Mallett (Conservative) 7,625 (15.4 pts) 62.9%
2010 Lindsay Hoyle (Labour) 21,515 43.2% Alan Cullens (Conservative) 2,593 (5.2 pts) 70.3%
2015 Lindsay Hoyle (Labour) 23,322 45.1% Rob Loughenbury (Conservative) 4,530 (8.8 pts) 69.4%
2017 Lindsay Hoyle (Labour) 30,745 55.3% Caroline Moon (Conservative) 7,512 (13.5 pts) 73.0%
2019 Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker (non-party)) 26,831 67.3% Mark Brexit-Smith (Independent) 17,392 (43.6 pts) 53.4%
2024 Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker (non-party)) 25,238 74.3% Mark Tebbutt (Green) 20,575 (60.6 pts) 47.0%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Randle Joseph Feilden Conservative 5,86767.6% Yes
Harold Wright Liberal 2,80832.4% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Randle Joseph Feilden Conservative Unopposed Yes

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Randle Joseph Feilden Conservative Unopposed Yes

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Alexander Edward Lindsay Conservative Unopposed Yes

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Alexander Edward Lindsay Conservative Unopposed Yes

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Alexander Edward Lindsay Conservative 6,80355.7% Yes
Eliot Crawshay-Williams Liberal 5,41644.3% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Alexander Edward Lindsay Conservative 7,73558.3% Yes
Walter Lyon Blease Liberal 5,52341.7% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
David Alexander Edward Lindsay Conservative 7,42360.3% Yes
John Peter Todd Jackson Liberal 4,88739.7% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Douglas Hewitt Hacking Unionist 13,05967.7% Yes
Elijah Sandham Labour 6,22232.3% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Douglas Hewitt Hacking Unionist Unopposed Yes

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Douglas Hewitt Hacking Unionist 14,71554.7% Yes
Zeph Hutchinson Labour 12,17945.3% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Douglas Hewitt Hacking Unionist 17,84457.7% Yes
Zeph Hutchinson Labour 13,07442.3% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Douglas Hewitt Hacking Unionist 19,72845.6% Yes
William Taylor Labour 18,36942.4% No
Hugh Emlyn Jones Liberal 5,20712.0% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Douglas Hewitt Hacking Conservative 28,74969.3% Yes
John Barrow Labour 12,73430.7% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Douglas Hewitt Hacking Conservative 23,06155.3% Yes
Arthur Whiting Labour 17,28641.4% No
Robert Edwards Independent Labour 1,3653.3% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Clifford Kenyon Labour 24,55053.2% Yes
Hamilton Brown Conservative 21,59546.8% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Clifford Kenyon Labour 23,23347.6% Yes
Andrew Fountaine Conservative 22,87246.9% No
Florence Emilie Adams Liberal 2,7065.5% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Clifford Kenyon Labour 24,77150.7% Yes
Alfred George Fletcher Hall-Davis Conservative 24,11849.3% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Clifford Kenyon Labour 24,99451.4% Yes
Alfred George Fletcher Hall-Davis Conservative 23,65648.6% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Clifford Kenyon Labour 25,64150.7% Yes
Frank Henry Taylor Conservative 24,96549.3% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Clifford Kenyon Labour 24,71048.4% Yes
John Harold Vick Sutcliffe Conservative 20,99741.1% No
Alistair Watson Bell Liberal 5,33110.4% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Clifford Kenyon Labour 27,31954.8% Yes
Constance Monks Conservative 22,57545.2% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Constance Monks Conservative 26,57747.3% Yes
Derek Forwood Labour 24,90044.3% No
Gordon Payne Liberal 4,4287.9% No
Barry Elder Anti-Party 3340.6% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Rodgers Labour 25,44040.3% Yes
Constance Monks Conservative 25,03539.7% No
Neva Orrell Liberal 12,65220.0% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
George Rodgers Labour 27,29044.1% Yes
George Porter Conservative 24,57739.7% No
Neva Orrell Liberal 9,83115.9% No
Harold Smith Campaign for a More Prosperous Britain 1850.3% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Densmore Dover Conservative 31,12546.8% Yes
George Rodgers Labour 28,54643.0% No
Neva Orrell Liberal 6,3889.6% No
Michael Dean National Front 3790.6% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Densmore Dover Conservative 27,86148.3% Yes
Ivan Taylor Labour 17,58630.5% No
Peter O'Neill Social Democratic Party 11,69120.3% No
Anthony Holgate Green 4510.8% No
Eva Rokas Independent 1140.2% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Densmore Dover Conservative 29,01548.0% Yes
Anthony Watmough Labour 20,95834.7% No
Ian Simpson Liberal 9,70616.1% No
Anthony Holgate Green 7141.2% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Densmore Dover Conservative 30,71547.2% Yes
Ray McManus Labour 26,46940.7% No
Janet Ross-Mills Liberal Democrat 7,45211.5% No
Peter Leadbetter Natural Law 4020.6% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lindsay Hoyle Labour 30,60753.0% Yes
Den Dover Conservative 20,73735.9% No
Simon Jones Liberal Democrat 4,9008.5% No
Anthony Heaton Referendum Party 1,3192.3% No
Peter Leadbetter Natural Law 1430.2% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lindsay Hoyle Labour 25,08852.3% Yes
Peter Booth Conservative 16,64434.7% No
Stephen Fenn Liberal Democrat 5,37211.2% No
John Frost UKIP 8481.8% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lindsay Hoyle Labour 25,13150.7% Yes
Simon Mallett Conservative 17,50635.3% No
Alexander Wilson-Fletcher Liberal Democrat 6,93214.0% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lindsay Hoyle Labour 21,51543.2% Yes
Alan Cullens Conservative 18,92238.0% No
Stephen Fenn Liberal Democrat 6,95714.0% No
Nick Hogan UKIP 2,0214.1% No
Chris Curtis Independent 3590.7% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lindsay Hoyle Labour 23,32245.1% Yes
Rob Loughenbury Conservative 18,79236.3% No
Mark Smith UKIP 6,99513.5% No
Stephen Fenn Liberal Democrat 1,3542.6% No
Alistair Straw Green 1,1112.1% No
Adrian Maudsley Independent 1380.3% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lindsay Hoyle Labour 30,74555.3% Yes
Caroline Moon Conservative 23,23341.8% No
Stephen Fenn Liberal Democrat 1,1262.0% No
Peter Lageard Green 5301.0% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lindsay Hoyle Speaker (non-party) 26,83167.3% Yes
Mark Brexit-Smith Independent 9,43923.7% No
James Melling Green 3,6009.0% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Lindsay Hoyle Speaker (non-party) 25,23874.3% Yes
Mark Tebbutt Green 4,66313.7% No
Ben Holden-Crowther Democracy for Chorley 2,4247.1% No
Graham Moore English Constitution Party 1,0073.0% No
Martin Powell-Davies Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 6321.9% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Conservative margin 35.3 pts 1906: Conservative margin 11.3 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 16.7 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 20.6 pts 1918: Unionist margin 35.5 pts 1923: Unionist margin 9.4 pts 1924: Unionist margin 15.4 pts 1929: Unionist margin 3.1 pts 1931: Conservative margin 38.6 pts 1935: Conservative margin 13.8 pts 1945: Labour margin 6.4 pts 1950: Labour margin 0.7 pts 1951: Labour margin 1.3 pts 1955: Labour margin 2.8 pts 1959: Labour margin 1.3 pts 1964: Labour margin 7.3 pts 1966: Labour margin 9.5 pts 1970: Conservative margin 3.0 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 0.6 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 4.4 pts 1979: Conservative margin 3.9 pts 1983: Conservative margin 17.8 pts 1987: Conservative margin 13.3 pts 1992: Conservative margin 6.5 pts 1997: Labour margin 17.1 pts 2001: Labour margin 17.6 pts 2005: Labour margin 15.4 pts 2010: Labour margin 5.2 pts 2015: Labour margin 8.8 pts 2017: Labour margin 13.5 pts 2019: Speaker (non-party) margin 43.6 pts 2024: Speaker (non-party) margin 60.6 pts 1885 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Chorley has been contested at 37 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Unionist, Labour, Speaker (non-party).

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Chorley in the 2024 general election?

Speaker (non-party) won Chorley in 2024 with 25,238 votes (74.3%), a majority of 20,575 votes over Green in second place.

Which parties have won Chorley since 1885?

Since 1885, Chorley has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Speaker (non-party), Unionist.

What was the closest result in Chorley?

The closest result on record for Chorley was Feb 1974, when Labour beat Conservative by just 405 votes (0.6 percentage points).

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