Chorley (borough)
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| Borough of Chorley | |
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 Shown within Lancashire | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | North West England |
| Admin. County: | Lancashire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 187th 202.80 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Chorley |
| ONS code: | 30UE |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 213th 101,991 503 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 97.9% White |
| Politics | |
| Chorley Borough Council http://www.chorley.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Labour + Liberal Democrats + Independent |
| MP: | Lindsay Hoyle |
Chorley is a local government district with borough status, in Lancashire, England. It was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the existing borough of Chorley with the urban districts of Adlington and Withnell, and Chorley Rural District.
Chorley is also a constituency in the House of Commons. The current MP is Lindsay Hoyle, first elected to the seat in 1997.
| Party | Previous | Contested | Change | Current |
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| Labour | 22 | 7 | -1 | 21 |
| Conservatives | 18 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
| Liberal Democrats | 4 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| Other | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Missing image Arms-chorley-rdc.jpg Arms of the former Chorley Rural District Council |
| Districts of England - North West England | 
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Allerdale | Barrow-in-Furness | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackpool | Bolton | Burnley | Bury | Carlisle | Chester | Chorley | Congleton | Copeland | Crewe and Nantwich | Eden | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Fylde | Halton | Hyndburn | Knowsley | Lancaster | Liverpool | Macclesfield | Manchester | Oldham | Pendle | Preston | Ribble Valley | Rochdale | Rossendale | St Helens | Salford | Sefton | South Lakeland | South Ribble | Stockport | Tameside | Trafford | Vale Royal | Warrington | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral | Wyre | |
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Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside |