NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Chorley (borough)

Borough of Chorley
Shown within Lancashire
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	North West England
Admin. County:	Lancashire
Area: - Total	Ranked 187th 202.80 km�
Admin. HQ:	Chorley
ONS code:	30UE
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 213th 101,320 500 / km�
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 constiuency in the House of Commons. The current MP is Lindsay Hoyle, first elected to the seat in 1997.

**Local election results in 2004 elections**
Party	Previous	Contested	Change	Current
Labour	22	7	-1	21
Conservatives	18	4	2	20
Liberal Democrats	4	2	-1	3
Other	3	2	0	3

Arms of the former Chorley Rural District Council

Districts of England - North West England
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
Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside

Categories: UK geography stubs | Lancashire

Results from FactBites:

Chorley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2186 words)
	Chorley had a population of 33,424 as of the 2001 census, with the wider borough of Chorley having a population of 101,991.
	Chorley is near to the city of Preston and the towns of Blackburn, Bolton, Leyland, Ormskirk and Wigan.
	Chorley became incoroprated as a municipal borough in 1881.

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