Chorley

Chorley is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 2024. It was located in the North West region of England. The seat was last held by Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker) between 6 May 2010 to 30 May 2024.

2010 General Election

The 2010 General Election was held on 6 May 2010. A total of 5 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Hold
Majority
2,593
Electorate
70,976
Turnout
70.1%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Hoyle, Lindsay
Labour
21,515 43.2% -7.6%
Cullens, Alan
Conservative
18,922 38.0% 3.6%
Fenn, Stephen
Liberal Democrat
6,957 14.0% -0.7%
Hogan, Nick
UK Independence Party
2,021 4.1% 4.1%
Curtis, Chris
Independent
359 0.7% 0.7%