CHORLEY voters were expected to flock to the polling stations today (Thursday) for this year's council elections.

Several sitting councillors with small majorities were waiting nervously to hear the results, which were expected in the early hours of Friday morning.

A total of 18 town hall seats were up for grabs with Labour and the Conservatives fielding 18 candidates each and the Liberal Democrats 11. One independent and one Green Party candidate were also standing.

Labour were defending 12 seats, the Liberal Democrats three and the Conservatives three. Here is a full list of the candidates (stars denote sitting councillor):

Adlington (two seats): Suzan Jane Christopher (Con), Catherine Hoyle (Lab); June Molyneaux (Lab), Philip Pilling (LD), Robert Edward Tyler (Con). Anderton, Heath Charnock & Rivington: Mary Patricia Case (Con), Michael Davies (Lab), David Porter (LD), Matthew Hector Sims (Green). Anglezarke, Heapey & Wheelton: Michael James Downes (Lab), Marie Elizabeth Gray (Con)*, Janet Ross-Mills (LD). Chorley East: Erik Karl Baxendale (Con), Melville George Coombes (Lab). Chorley North East: Dennis Edgerley (Lab)*, Colin Nelson Goldsby (Con). Chorley North West: Robert John Collinson (Con), Laura Jane Lennox (Lab), Linda Norman (LD). Chorley South West: Patricia Mary Haughton (Con), Margaret May Lees (Lab). Chorley West: Terrence Brown (Lab)*, Rosalie Margaret Goldsby (Con), Joyce Snape (Ind). Clayton-le-Woods East: Alan Cullens (Con), Simon Nicholas Jones (LD)*, Edward Anthony Murphy (Lab). Clayton-le-Woods West and Cuerden: Ann Bland (Lab), Gail Patricia Ormston (LD)*, John Philip Walker (Con). Coppull North: John Michael Murphy (Lab), Christopher Allan Perry (Con), Stella Marie Walsh (LD). Coppull South: Kenneth William Ball (LD)*, Allan MacDonald (Con), Charles Edward Vaughan (Lab). Eccleston & Heskin: Joan Constance Lucas (Con), Alan Whittaker (Lab)*. Euxton North: Daniel Peter Gee (Lab)*, Peter Goldsworthy (Con), Pauline Anne Sharp (LD). Mawdesley: Francis Culshaw (Con)*, Monica Mary Woodroffe (Lab). Whittle-le-Woods: William Bailey (Lab), James Eric Bell (Con)*, Stephen John Fenn (LD).

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