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CONSTITUENCY OVERVIEW

CONTROLLING PARTYLabour
ELECTORATE76,291 voters
AREA59 sq. miles


Chorley is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Lindsay Hoyle of the Labour party.

The Chorley constituency has a total population of 96,733, of which 76,291 are eligible (18+) to vote (78.9%).

Chorley ranks 270th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 317th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.

CONSTITUENCY MP

Lindsay Hoyle

Lindsay Hoyle

Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (born 10 June 1957) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chorley since 1997. He is the son of Doug Hoyle, a former Labour MP for Warrington North.

He was elected as Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons in a secret ballot on 8 June 2010. He is President of the All-Party British Gibraltar Group in Parliament and Chairman of the All Party British Virgin Islands Group.

Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsay_Hoyle

MP DETAILS
AddressLindsay Hoyle MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Phone Number020 7219 4272
Political PartyLabour
Email Addresslindsayhoyle@hotmail.co.uk
ConstituencyChorley
GenderMale
Date of Birth10/06/1957
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2015 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
36.3%
45.1%
2.6%
2.1 %
13.5%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Green Party
UKIP
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Chorley constituency in 2015 was 69.20%, higher than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.

2015 CANDIDATES

Candidate Party Gender Date of Birth LinkedIn Website
Adrian Christopher MaudsleyIndependentMale---
Alistair StrawGreenMale23 October 1990 (34)--
Lindsay HoyleLabourMale10 June 1957 (67)--
Mark SmithUK Independence PartyMale---
Rob LoughenburyConservativeMale--http://www.rob4chorley2015.co.uk/
Stephen FennLiberal DemocratMale---

2010 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

SHARE OF VOTES
38.02%
43.23%
13.98%
%
%
%
%
4.06%
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrat
Scottish National
Plaid Cymru
Green Party
BNP
UKIP
2005 GENERAL ELECTION WINNERS
Labour
VOTE COUNTS
PartyVotesShare
 Conservative18,92238%
 Ind13590.7%
 Labour21,51543.2%
 Liberal-Democrat6,95714%
 UK-Independence-Party2,0214.1%
TOTALS
Electorate70,976
Votes49,774
Turnout70.2%
2010 CANDIDATES
ConservativeCullens, Alan
LabourHoyle, Lindsay
Liberal DemocratFenn, Stephen
UKIPHogan, Nick
ELECTION TURNOUT

Election turnout for the Chorley constituency in 2010 was 70.2%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.

QUIZ RESULTS

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