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.
Bolton Council | |
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| History | |
| Founded | 1 April 1974 |
| Leadership | |
Leader of the Council | |
Chief executive | Tony Oakman since 8 January 2018 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 60 councillors |
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Political groups |
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Joint committees | Greater Manchester Combined Authority Greater Manchester Police and Crime Panel |
Length of term | 4 years |
| Elections | |
Last election | 2015 (one third of councillors) 2016 (one third of councillors) 2018 (one third of councillors) 2019 (one third of councillors) |
Next election | 2021 (one third of councillors) |
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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:[2]
| Majority party | Period | Leader | Party | Period | ||
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| 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–present | ||
Wards and Councillors
There are 20 Wards, each represented by three councillors.[3]
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Date first elected | Term of office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astley Bridge | |||||
| John Walsh | Conservative | 7 May 1998 | 2018-22 | ||
| Paul Wild | Conservative | 5 May 2011 | 2019-23 | ||
| Hilary Fairclough[4] | Conservative | 4 May 2000 | 2016-21 | ||
| Bradshaw | |||||
| Mudasir Dean | Conservative | 3 May 2012 | 2018-22 | ||
| Stuart Haslam | Conservative | 3 May 2012 | 2019-23 | ||
| Jacqueline Radcliffe | Conservative | 5 May 2016 | 2016-21 | ||
| Breightmet | |||||
| Adele Warren | Conservative | 3 May 2018 | 2018-22 | ||
| Beverley Susan Fletcher | Conservative | 2 May 2019 | 2019-23 | ||
| Debbie Newall | Liberal Democrats | 5 May 2016 | 2016-21 | ||
| Bromley Cross | |||||
| David Greenhalgh[5] | Conservative | 4 May 2006 | 2018-22 | ||
| Samantha Jayne Connor | Conservative | 2 May 2019 | 2019-23 | ||
| Nadim Muslim | Conservative | 3 May 2018 | 2018-21 | ||
| Crompton | |||||
| Bilkis Ismail | Independent | 11 February 2016 | 2018-22 | ||
| Martin Samuel McMulkin | Independent | 2 May 2019 | 2019-23 | ||
| Hanif Darvesh | Independent | 13 July 2006 | 2016-21 | ||
| Farnworth | |||||
| Maureen Flitcroft | Farnworth and Kearsley First | 3 May 2018 | 2018-22 | ||
| Lisa Weatherby | Farnworth and Kearsley First | 2 May 2019 | 2019-23 | ||
| Paul Sanders | Farnworth and Kearsley First | 9 March 2018 | 2018-21 | ||
| Great Lever | |||||
| Mohammed Ayub | Labour | 4 May 2006 | 2018-22 | ||
| Madeline Murray | Labour | 3 May 2007 | 2019-23 | ||
| Mohammed Iqbal | Labour | 1 May 2008 | 2016-21 | ||
| Halliwell | |||||
| Akhtar Zaman | Labour | 2 May 2002 | 2018-22 | ||
| Linda Thomas[6] | Labour | 5 October 1995 | 2019-23 | ||
| Cliff Morris | Labour | 5 May 1983 | 2016-21 | ||
| Harper Green | |||||
| Hamid Kurram | Labour | 3 May 2018 | 2018-22 | ||
| Susan Haworth | Labour | 16 October 2014 | 2019-23 | ||
| Champak Mistry | Labour | 1 May 2008 | 2016-21 | ||
| Heaton and Lostock | |||||
| Anne Galloway | Conservative | 3 May 2018 | 2018-22 | ||
| Robert Allen | Conservative | 10 June 2004 | 2019-23 | ||
| Andrew Morgan | Conservative | 7 May 2015 | 2016-21 | ||
| Horwich and Blackrod | |||||
| Susan Baines | Conservative | 3 May 2018 | 2018-22 | ||
| Peter Wright | Horwich and Blackrod First | 2 May 2019 | 2019-23 | ||
| Ann Cunliffe | Independent | 3 May 2012 | 2016-21 | ||
| Horwich North East | |||||
| Kevin McKeon | Labour | 6 May 2010 | 2018-22 | ||
| Marie Brady | Horwich and Blackrod First | 2 May 2019 | 2019-23 | ||
| Richard Silvester | Labour Co-op | 5 May 2011 | 2016-21 | ||
| Hulton | |||||
| Diane Parkinson | Conservative | 22 May 2014 | 2018-22 | ||
| Derek John Bullock | Independent | 2 May 2019 | 2019-23 | ||
| Toby Hewitt | Conservative | 18 January 2018 | 2018-21 | ||
| Kearsley | |||||
| Julie Pattison | Farnworth and Kearsley First | 3 May 2018 | 2018-22 | ||
| Paul Heslop | Independent [7] | 2 May 2019 | 2019-23 | ||
| Mark Cunningham | Conservative | 5 May 2016 | 2016-21 | ||
| Little Lever and Darcy Lever | |||||
| David Evans | Labour | 3 May 2018 | 2018-22 | ||
| Sean Hornby[8] | UKIP | 7 May 2015 | 2019-23 | ||
| Rees Gibbon | UKIP | 5 May 2016 | 2016-21 | ||
| Rumworth | |||||
| Ismail Ibrahim | Labour | 10 June 2004 | 2018-22 | ||
| Ebrahim Adia | Labour | 2 May 2002 | 2019-23 | ||
| Shamim Abdullah | Labour | 6 October 2016 | 2016-21 | ||
| Smithills | |||||
| Doug Bagnall | Liberal Democrats | 3 May 2018 | 2018-22 | ||
| Garry Veevers | Liberal Democrats | 2 May 2019 | 2019-23 | ||
| Roger Hayes[9] | Liberal Democrats | 7 May 1998 | 2016-21 | ||
| Tonge with the Haulgh | |||||
| Nicholas Peel | Labour | 4 May 2000 | 2018-22 | ||
| Elaine Sherrington | Labour | 6 May 1999 | 2019-23 | ||
| Martin Donaghy | Labour | 3 May 2012 | 2016-21 | ||
| Westhoughton North and Chew Moor | |||||
| Martyn Cox | Conservative | 6 May 2010 | 2018-22 | ||
| Bernadette Eckersley-Fallon | Liberal Democrats | 2 May 2019 | 2019-23 | ||
| Westhoughton South | |||||
| David Wilkinson | Liberal Democrats | 3 May 2018 | 2018-22 | ||
| Deirdrie McGeown | Liberal Democrats | 2 May 2019 | 2019-23 | ||
| Anna-Marie Watters | Independent [10] | 3 May 2012 | 2016-21 | ||
See also
- Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council elections
- List of Mayors of Bolton
Notes
- Timan, Joseph (10 May 2019). "Conservatives take power at Bolton Council as agreement reached". The Bolton News. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- BBC News (19 April 2008). "Elections 2008: Bolton". BBC News. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
- Bolton Council. "Elected Members". Bolton Council. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- Mayor of Bolton
- Leader of the Council and Leader of the Conservative Group
- 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
- "Cllr Anna-Marie Watters quits the Labour Party to become independent". The Bolton News. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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