Borough of Chorley

Creation

The present non-metropolitan Borough of Chorley was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the then existing Municipal Borough of Chorley with the urban districts of Adlington and Withnell, and Chorley Rural District.

Parishes

With exception of the town of Chorley, which remains an unparished area, the borough has twenty-three civil parishes:

1. Adlington
2. Anderton
3. Anglezarke
4. Astley Village
5. Bretherton
6. Brindle
7. Charnock Richard
8. Clayton-le-Woods
9. Coppull
10. Croston
11. Cuerden
12. Eccleston
13. Euxton
14. Heapey
15. Heath Charnock
16. Heskin
17. Hoghton
18. Mawdesley
19. Rivington
20. Ulnes Walton
21. Wheelton
22. Whittle-le-Woods
23. Withnell.

Wards

Chorley Council is made up of forty-seven councillors, representing the following twenty electoral wards:

1. Adlington & Anderton
2. Astley & Buckshaw
3. Brindle and Hoghton
4. Chisnall (covering Charnock Richard, Heskin and Coppull West)
5. Chorley East
6. Chorley North East
7. Chorley North West
8. Chorley South East
9. Chorley South West
10. Clayton-le-Woods & Whittle-le-Woods
11. Clayton-le-Woods North
12. Clayton-le-Woods West & Cuerden
13. Coppull
14. Eccleston & Mawdesley
15. Euxton North
16. Euxton South
17. Heath Charnock & Rivington
18. Lostock (covering Bretherton, Croston, & Ulnes Walton)
19. Pennine (covering Heapey & Anglezarke)
20. Wheelton & Withnell

Parliamentary constituency

The Chorley Parliament constituency is a constituency in the House of Commons, and until recently it was coterminous with the borough. Through boundary changes, Croston, Eccleston, Bretherton and Mawdesley were transferred to the South Ribble constituency. The current Member of Parliament for Chorley is Lindsay Hoyle, who was first elected to the seat in 1997.