BBC Profile:
Since the 1960s Chorley has been a reliable bellwether seat, won by the party which took victory nationally. Since 1997 Lindsay Hoyle, the son of former MP Lord Hoyle, has held the seat for Labour, winning in 2005 with just over 50% of the vote.
At this election, the seat loses the wards of Eccleston and Mawdesley and Lostock to South Ribble. To find out what might have happened had this boundary change been in force at the last election, see a notional - or estimated - result below.

Chorley is a market town in southern Lancashire. In the past, its wealth came principally from the cotton industry and as late as the 1970s the skyline was dominated by chimneys. These have since disappeared as Chorley, like many other Lancashire towns, has had to adapt to the modern industrial era.

Chorley is successfully building a strong service sector and has a higher proportion than the national average of people working in that area. A significant number of jobs is provided by the local Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust.

Chorley and many of its surrounding villages act as satellite communities for the larger neighbouring towns of Bolton and Preston. The popularity of Chorley for commuters in recent years has helped boost house prices. A major new housing development, Buckshaw Village, has also been built in the north of the constituency.

Chorley is home to the largest Mormon temple outside of Salt Lake City.

Rallings & Thrasher Notional:
Lab 22,568 (50.84%)


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BBC Profile:
Since the 1960s Chorley has been a reliable bellwether seat, won by the party which took victory nationally. Since 1997 Lindsay Hoyle, the son of former MP Lord Hoyle, has held the seat for Labour, winning in 2005 with just over 50% of the vote.
At this election, the seat loses the wards of Eccleston and Mawdesley and Lostock to South Ribble. To find out what might have happened had this boundary change been in force at the last election, see a notional - or estimated - result below.

Chorley is a market town in southern Lancashire. In the past, its wealth came principally from the cotton industry and as late as the 1970s the skyline was dominated by chimneys. These have since disappeared as Chorley, like many other Lancashire towns, has had to adapt to the modern industrial era.

Chorley is successfully building a strong service sector and has a higher proportion than the national average of people working in that area. A significant number of jobs is provided by the local Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust.

Chorley and many of its surrounding villages act as satellite communities for the larger neighbouring towns of Bolton and Preston. The popularity of Chorley for commuters in recent years has helped boost house prices. A major new housing development, Buckshaw Village, has also been built in the north of the constituency.

Chorley is home to the largest Mormon temple outside of Salt Lake City.

Rallings & Thrasher Notional:
Lab 22,568 (50.84%)
C 15,283 (34.43%)
LD 6,537 (14.73%)

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