Bolton Council
Bolton Council, also called Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. It is a Metropolitan district council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the Metropolitan Counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Bolton Metropolitan Borough.
Bolton Council | |
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 Council Logo | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1 April 1974 |
| Leadership | |
Leader of the Council | |
Chief Executive | Tony Oakman since 8 January 2018 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 60 councillors |
Political groups |
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Joint committees | Greater Manchester Combined Authority Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel |
Length of term | 4 years |
| Elections | |
Last election | 2016 (one third of councillors) 2018 (one third of councillors) 2019 (one third of councillors) 2021 (one third of councillors) |
Next election | 2022 (one third of councillors) |
| Meeting place | |
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| Bolton Town Hall | |
| Website | |
| www | |
History
The current local authority was first elected in 1973, a year before formally coming into its powers and prior to the creation of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton on 1 April 1974. The council gained borough status, entitling it to be known as Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council.
Political control
Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]
| Majority party | Period | Leader | Party | Period | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 1973–1980 |
John Hanscomb | Conservative | 1973–1980 | ||
| Labour | 1980–2003 |
Robert Howarth | Labour | 1980–2004 | ||
| No overall control | 2003–2011 | |||||
| Barbara Ronson | Liberal Democrat | 2004–2006 | ||||
| Clifford Morris | Labour | 2006–2018 | ||||
| Labour | 2011–2019 | |||||
| Linda Thomas | Labour | 2018–2019 | ||||
| No overall control | 2019–present | |||||
| David Greenhalgh | Conservative | 2019–2021 | ||||
| Martyn Cox | Conservative | 2021–present | ||||
Wards and councillors
There are 20 Wards, each represented by three councillors.[2]
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Date first elected | Term of office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astley Bridge | |||||
| Hilary Fairclough | Conservative | 4 May 2000 | 2021-24 | ||
| Samuel Rimmer | Conservative | 7 May 2021 | 2021-23 | ||
| John Walsh | Conservative | 7 May 1998 | 2018-22 | ||
| Bradshaw | |||||
| Mudasir Dean | Conservative | 3 May 2012 | 2018-22 | ||
| Stuart Haslam | Conservative | 3 May 2012 | 2019-23 | ||
| Jacqueline Radcliffe | Conservative | 5 May 2016 | 2021-24 | ||
| Breightmet | |||||
| Beverley Susan Fletcher | Independent | 2 May 2019 | 2019-23 | ||
| Stuart Hartigan | Conservative | 7 May 2021 | 2021-24 | ||
| Adele Warren | Conservative | 3 May 2018 | 2018-22 | ||
| Bromley Cross | |||||
| Samantha Jayne Connor | Conservative | 2 May 2019 | 2019-23 | ||
| Amy Marie Cowen[a] | Conservative | 28 Oct 2021 | 2018-22 | ||
| Nadim Muslim | Conservative | 3 May 2018 | 2021-24 | ||
| Crompton | |||||
| Bilkis Ismail | Independent | 11 February 2016 | 2018-22 | ||
| Rabiya Jiva | Labour | 13 July 2006 | 2021-24 | ||
| Martin Samuel McMulkin | Independent | 2 May 2019 | 2019-23 | ||
| Farnworth | |||||
| Maureen Flitcroft | Farnworth and Kearsley First | 3 May 2018 | 2018-22 | ||
| Paul Sanders | Farnworth and Kearsley First | 9 March 2018 | 2021-24 | ||
| Lisa Weatherby | Farnworth and Kearsley First | 2 May 2019 | 2019-23 | ||
| Great Lever | |||||
| Mohammed Ayub | Labour | 4 May 2006 | 2018-22 | ||
| Mohammed Iqbal | Labour | 1 May 2008 | 2021-24 | ||
| Madeline Murray | Labour | 3 May 2007 | 2019-23 | ||
| Halliwell | |||||
| Kate Challender | Labour | 7 May 2021 | 2021-24 | ||
| Akhtar Zaman | Labour | 2 May 2002 | 2018-22 | ||
| Linda Thomas[3] | Labour | 5 October 1995 | 2019-23 | ||
| Harper Green | |||||
| Susan Haworth | Labour | 16 October 2014 | 2019-23 | ||
| Hamid Kurram | Labour | 3 May 2018 | 2018-22 | ||
| Champak Mistry | Labour | 1 May 2008 | 2021-24 | ||
| Heaton and Lostock | |||||
| Robert Allen | Independent | 10 June 2004 | 2019-23 | ||
| Anne Galloway | Conservative | 3 May 2018 | 2018-22 | ||
| Andrew Morgan | Conservative | 7 May 2015 | 2021-24 | ||
| Horwich and Blackrod | |||||
| Susan Baines | Conservative | 3 May 2018 | 2018-22 | ||
| David Grant | Horwich and Blackrod First | 7 May 2021 | 2021-24 | ||
| Peter Wright | Horwich and Blackrod First | 2 May 2019 | 2019-23 | ||
| Horwich North East | |||||
| Marie Brady | Conservative | 2 May 2019 | 2019-23 | ||
| Kevin McKeon | Labour | 6 May 2010 | 2018-22 | ||
| Richard Silvester | Labour | 5 May 2011 | 2021-24 | ||
| Hulton | |||||
| Derek John Bullock | Independent | 2 May 2019 | 2019-23 | ||
| Toby Hewitt | Conservative | 18 January 2018 | 2021-24 | ||
| Diane Parkinson | Conservative | 22 May 2014 | 2018-22 | ||
| Kearsley | |||||
| Paul Heslop | One Kearsley [4] | 2 May 2019 | 2019-23 | ||
| Julie Pattison | Farnworth and Kearsley First | 3 May 2018 | 2018-22 | ||
| Tracey Wilkinson | Farnworth and Kearsley First | 7 May 2021 | 2021-24 | ||
| Little Lever and Darcy Lever | |||||
| David Evans | Independent | 3 May 2018 | 2018-22 | ||
| Sean Hornby[5] | UKIP | 7 May 2015 | 2019-23 | ||
| Andrea Taylor-Burke | Conservative | 7 May 2021 | 2021-24 | ||
| Rumworth | |||||
| Shamim Abdullah | Labour | 6 October 2016 | 2021-24 | ||
| Ebrahim Adia | Labour | 2 May 2002 | 2019-23 | ||
| Ismail Ibrahim | Labour | 10 June 2004 | 2018-22 | ||
| Smithills | |||||
| Doug Bagnall | Liberal Democrats | 3 May 2018 | 2018-22 | ||
| Roger Hayes[6] | Liberal Democrats | 7 May 1998 | 2021-24 | ||
| Garry Veevers | Liberal Democrats | 2 May 2019 | 2019-23 | ||
| Tonge with The Haulgh | |||||
| Martin Donaghy | Labour | 3 May 2012 | 2021-24 | ||
| Nicholas Peel | Labour | 4 May 2000 | 2018-22 | ||
| Elaine Sherrington | Labour | 6 May 1999 | 2019-23 | ||
| Westhoughton North and Chew Moor | |||||
| Martyn Cox | Conservative | 6 May 2010 | 2018-22 | ||
| Bernadette Eckersley-Fallon | Conservative | 2 May 2019 | 2019-23 | ||
| Andrea Finney | Conservative | 7 May 2021 | 2021-24 | ||
| Westhoughton South | |||||
| Christopher Hill | Conservative | 7 May 2021 | 2021-24 | ||
| Deirdre McGeown | Liberal Democrats | 6 May 2010 | 2019-23 | ||
| David Wilkinson | Liberal Democrats | 3 May 2018 | 2018-22 | ||
^a Elected to complete the term started by David Greenhalgh, who died in office
Notes
- BBC News (19 April 2008). "Elections 2008: Bolton". BBC News. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
- Bolton Council. "Elected Members". Bolton Council. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- Leader of the Labour Group
- "Farnworth and Kearsley First founding councillor quits party". The Bolton News. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- Leader of the UKIP Group
- Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group
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