Committee details
Council
Purpose of committee
There are four ordinary meetings a year of the Full Council of 47 Members plus a number of Special Council meetings. These are the Annual Council meeting in May which appoints the Mayor, the Executive Leader of the Council and makes all other appointments to the Cabinet and the Committees of the Council. The Policy Council meeting takes place in November and agree the Council’s Corporate Strategy for the forthcoming year. The Finance Council at the end of February/early March and agrees the Council’s budget and sets the level of Council Tax for the forthcoming year.
Chorley Council has 47 councillors, elected into power for four years (known as a 'term') to represent a particular area of the borough. The different areas are known as 'wards' and the space for the councillor is known as a 'seat' on the Council. You can find your local councillor and contacts for them here. The current composition of the Council is Labour (36), Conservative (7), Independent Group (1) with three vacancies.
Membership
- Councillor Steve Holgate (Mayor)
- Councillor Julia Berry (Deputy Mayor)
- Councillor Aaron Beaver
- Councillor Martin Boardman
- Councillor Alistair Bradley
- Councillor Terry Brown
- Councillor Val Caunce
- Councillor Mark Clifford
- Councillor Jean Cronshaw
- Councillor John Dalton
- Councillor Graham Dunn
- Councillor Christopher France
- Councillor Gordon France
- Councillor Margaret France
- Councillor Peter Gabbott
- Councillor Anthony Gee
- Councillor Danny Gee
- Councillor Tom Gray
- Councillor Yvonne Hargreaves
- Councillor Alex Hilton
- Councillor Keith Iddon
- Councillor Hasina Khan
- Councillor Zara Khan
- Councillor Margaret Lees
- Councillor Roy Lees
- Councillor Laura Lennox
- Councillor Sheila Long
- Councillor Adrian Lowe
- Councillor Marion Lowe
- Councillor Matthew Lynch
- Councillor June Molyneaux
- Councillor Alistair Morwood
- Councillor Steve Murfitt
- Councillor Beverley Murray
- Councillor Debra Platt
- Councillor Gillian Sharples
- Councillor Paul Sloan
- Councillor Joyce Snape
- Councillor Kim Snape
- Councillor John Walker
- Councillor Paul Walmsley
- Councillor Neville Whitham
- Councillor Alan Whittaker
- Councillor Peter Wilson
Contact information
Support officer: Ruth Rimmington. Email: ruth.rimmington@chorley.gov.uk
Phone: 01257 515118
Email: ruth.rimmington@chorley.gov.uk
Web site: chorley.gov.uk