Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
| Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | |
|---|---|
| Third of council elected three years out of four | |
|
Coat of arms | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Houses | Unicameral |
Term limits | None |
| History | |
| Founded | 1 April 1974 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 60 councillors |
 | |
Joint committees |
Greater Manchester Combined Authority Greater Manchester Police and Crime Panel |
|
37 / 60 | |
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15 / 60 | |
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5 / 60 | |
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3 / 60 | |
| Elections | |
Last election |
2014 (one third of councillors) 2015 (one third of councillors) 2016 (one third of councillors) |
Next election |
2018 (one third of councillors) 2019 (one third of councillors) 2020 (one third of councillors) |
| Website | |
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www | |
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.
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]
| Party | Period | |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 1973–1980 | |
| Labour | 1980–2003 | |
| No overall control | 2003–2011 | |
| Labour | 2011–present | |
Leaders
| Leader | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Hanscomb | Conservative | 1973–1980 | |
| Robert Howarth | Labour | 1980–2004 | |
| Barbara Ronson | Liberal Democrat | 2004–2006 | |
| Clifford Morris | Labour | 2006–present | |
Wards and Councillors
There are 20 wards, each represented by three councillors.[2]
| Ward | Councillor | Party | Date first elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astley Bridge | ||||
| Hilary Fairclough | Conservative | 04-May-2000 | ||
| John Walsh | Conservative | 07-May-1998 | ||
| Paul Wild | Conservative | 05-May-2011 | ||
| Bradshaw | ||||
| Mudasir Dean | Conservative | 03-May-2012 | ||
| Stuart Haslam | Conservative | 03-May-2012 | ||
| Jacqueline Radcliffe | Conservative | 05-May-2016 | ||
| Breightmet | ||||
| John Byrne | Labour | 07-May-1992 | ||
| Lynda Byrne[3] | Labour | 10-Jun-2004 | ||
| Debbie Newall | Labour | 05-May-2016 | ||
| Bromley Cross | ||||
| Norman Critchley | Conservative | 05-May-1988 | ||
| David Greenhalgh[4] | Conservative | 04-May-2006 | ||
| Alan Wilkinson | Conservative | 09-Apr-1981 | ||
| Crompton | ||||
| Hanif Darvesh | Labour | 13-Jul-2006 | ||
| Guy Harkin | Labour | 01-Oct-2009 | ||
| Bilkis Ismail | Labour | 11-Feb-2016 | ||
| Farnworth | ||||
| Jean Gillies | Labour | 05-May-2011 | ||
| Asif Ibrahim | Labour | 03-May-2012 | ||
| Noel Spencer | Labour | 07-May-1992 | ||
| Great Lever | ||||
| Mohammed Ayub | Labour | 04-May-2006 | ||
| Mohammed Iqbal | Labour | 01-May-2008 | ||
| Madeline Murray | Labour | 03-May-2007 | ||
| Halliwell | ||||
| Cliff Morris[5] | Labour | 05-May-1983 | ||
| Linda Thomas[6] | Labour | 05-Oct-1995 | ||
| Akhtar Zaman | Labour | 02-May-2002 | ||
| Harper Green | ||||
| Mike Francis | Labour | 06-May-2010 | ||
| Susan Haworth | Labour | 16-Oct-2014 | ||
| Champak Mistry | Labour | 01-May-2008 | ||
| Heaton and Lostock | ||||
| Robert Allen | Conservative | 10-Jun-2004 | ||
| Andrew Morgan | Conservative | 07-May-2015 | ||
| Colin Shaw | Conservative | 05-May-1994 | ||
| Horwich and Blackrod | ||||
| Alan Bury | Labour | 22-May-2014 | ||
| Ann Cunliffe | Labour | 03-May-2012 | ||
| Stephen Pickup | Labour | 06-May-2010 | ||
| Horwich North East | ||||
| Joyce Kellett | Labour | 05-May-2011 | ||
| Kevin McKeon | Labour | 06-May-2010 | ||
| Richard Silvester | Labour Co-operative | 05-May-2011 | ||
| Hulton | ||||
| Diane Parkinson | UKIP | 22-May-2014 | ||
| Shafaqat Shaikh | Labour | 07-May-2015 | ||
| Darren Whitehead | Labour | 05-May-2016 | ||
| Kearsley | ||||
| Derek Burrows | Labour | 04-May-2006 | ||
| Mark Cunningham | UKIP | 05-May-2016 | ||
| Liam Irving | Labour | 05-May-2011 | ||
| Little Lever and Darcy Lever | ||||
| Rees Gibbon | UKIP | 05-May-2016 | ||
| Sean Hornby[7] | UKIP | 07-May-2015 | ||
| Paul Richardson | UKIP | 22-May-2014 | ||
| Rumworth | ||||
| Ebrahim Adia | Labour | 02-May-2002 | ||
| Ismail Ibrahim | Labour | 10-Jun-2004 | ||
| Shamim Abdullah | Labour | 06-Oct-2016 | ||
| Smithills | ||||
| Roger Hayes[8] | Liberal Democrat | 07-May-1998 | ||
| Andrew Martin | Liberal Democrat | 22-May-2014 | ||
| Carole Swarbrick[9] | Liberal Democrat | 02-May-1996 | ||
| Tonge with the Haulgh | ||||
| Martin Donaghy | Labour | 03-May-2012 | ||
| Nicholas Peel | Labour | 04-May-2000 | ||
| Elaine Sherrington | Labour | 06-May-1999 | ||
| Westhoughton North and Chew Moor | ||||
| Martyn Cox | Conservative | 06-May-2010 | ||
| Zoe Kirk-Robinson | Conservative | 07-May-2015 | ||
| Christine Wild | Conservative | 05-May-2016 | ||
| Westhoughton South | ||||
| David Chadwick | Labour | 03-May-2007 | ||
| Kevan Jones | Labour | 06-May-2010 | ||
| Anna-Marie Watters | Labour | 03-May-2012 | ||
See also
Notes
- ↑ BBC News (19 April 2008). "Elections 2008: Bolton". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
- ↑ Bolton Council. "Elected Members". Bolton Council. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
- ↑ Mayor of Bolton
- ↑ Leader of the Conservative Group
- ↑ Leader of the Council
- ↑ Deputy Leader of the Council
- ↑ Leader of the UKIP Group
- ↑ Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group
- ↑ Deputy Mayor of Bolton
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