The Borough of Chorley is a

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with

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status in

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. The population of the Borough at the 2011 census was 107,155. It is named after its largest settlement, the town of

Chorley Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth came ...

History

The

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of Chorley was formed on 1 April 1974, covering the area of four former districts, which were abolished at the same time: * Adlington

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* Chorley Municipal Borough *

Chorley Rural District Chorley Rural District was a rural district in the administrative county of Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974. The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 as the successor to the Chorley Rural Sanitary District. It comprised an ...

Withnell Withnell is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England. According to the census of 2001, it had a population of 3,631, reducing to 3,498 at the census of 2011. Withnell is about north-east of Chorley itself and ...

Urban District The new district was named Chorley, and the

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previously held by the town was passed to the new district on the day that it came into being, allowing the chairman of the council to take the title of mayor.

Council

Elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. In the fourth year where there are no borough council elections, elections for

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as the higher tier authority for the area are held instead. Chorley Borough Council has been controlled by the Labour Party since 2012, with Alistair Bradley serving as

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since then. The next election is due in 2023.

Premises

The council's main offices are at the Civic Offices on Union Street in Chorley. Council meetings are held at Chorley Town Hall.

Parishes

With exception of the town of

, which remains an

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, the borough has twenty-three civil parishes: # Adlington # Anderton # Anglezarke # Astley Village # Bretherton # Brindle # Charnock Richard #

Clayton-le-Woods Clayton-le-Woods (Commonly shortened to Clayton) is a large village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England. According to the census of 2001, it has a population of 14,528. At the 2011 census the population of Cue ...

Coppull Coppull is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. It is part of the Borough of Chorley, lies around above sea level. Its population is around 8,000, having been counted at 7,959 in the 2011 Census. It is bounded by Whittle Brook, C ...

# Croston # Cuerden # Eccleston #

Euxton Euxton ( ) is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, in Lancashire, England. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 9,993, however, the population is now estimated to be around 14,000 due to the inc ...

# Heapey #

Heath Charnock Heath Charnock is a small village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 it has a population of 2,065, reducing to 2,026 at the 2011 Census. Location Heath Charnock is nex ...

Heskin Heskin is a small village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 it has a population of 883 increasing to 898 at the 2011 Census.This increased to 906 at the 2021 Census. ...

# Hoghton # Mawdesley # Rivington # Ulnes Walton # Wheelton # Whittle-le-Woods #

Wards

Chorley Council is made up of 42 councillors, representing the following 14 electoral wards: # Adlington & Anderton #

Buckshaw Buckshaw Village (often shortened to Buckshaw) is a 21st-century residential and industrial area between the towns of Chorley and Leyland in Lancashire, England, developed on the site of the former Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) Chorley. It ...

& Whittle #Chorley East #Chorley North East #Chorley North West #Chorley North & Astley #Chorley South East &

#Chorley South West #Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton #Clayton West & Cuerden #

# Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South # Eccleston,

& Charnock Richard #

Settlements

Parliamentary constituency

The Chorley Parliament constituency is a constituency in the

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, and from 1997 until 2010 it was coterminous with the borough. Through boundary changes, Croston, Eccleston, Bretherton and Mawdesley were transferred to the South Ribble constituency. The current

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for Chorley is

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, who was first elected to the seat in

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Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Chorley.

Individuals

* Sir Henry Hibbert: 25 September 1922. *

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James Winder Stone: 25 September 1922. *

Arnold Gillett: 17 June 1931. *

J. Fearnhead: 12 July 1944. *

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: 30 November 1946. * Mrs Bertha Maude Gillett: 24 November 1960.

Military Units

* The Queen's Lancashire Regiment: 2005. * 5 General Medical Support Regiment

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: 2007. * The

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: 2007. * 3 Medical Regiment: 6 June 2015. * The

Lancashire Constabulary Lancashire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial county of Lancashire in North West England. The force's headquarters are at Hutton, near the city of Preston. , the force has 3,088 police officers ...

References

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