See main article: Chorley Borough Council elections.
Elections to Chorley Borough Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by one. The council stayed under no overall control.
After the election the composition of the council was:
| Party | Seats | ± | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 2 | |||
| 16 | 1 | |||
| 6 | 1 | |||
| 3 | 1 | |||