Chorley local elections 2024: all you need to know as the polls open

Polling stations are open from 7am until 10pm – and voters must take a suitable form of photo ID with them in order to cast their ballot (see list of options below).

If you have a postal vote that you have not yet returned, it must be handed in at your nominated polling station before 10pm in order for it to be counted.

Fourteen of Chorley Council’s 42 seats are up grabs – one in each ward. Thirty-seven seats are currently held by Labour, with the Conservative oposition holding five.

The majority of the contests are three-way battles between candidates representing the ruling Labour group, the Conservative opposition and the borough’s Green Party.

However, in four of the seats, voters also have the choice of a Liberal Democrat candidate and, in another four wards, will find a Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition representative on their ballot paper.

Residents also have a vote in the Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner elections.