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
Council Logo
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1974
Leadership
Cllr Linda Thomas, Labour
since 15 May 2020
Leader of the Council
Cllr David Greenhalgh, Conservative
since 22 May 2019[1]
Chief executive
Tony Oakman
since 8 January 2018
Structure
Seats60 councillors
Political groups
Administration (16)
  Conservative (16)
Confidence and Supply (8)
  Farnworth and Kearsley First (4)
  UKIP (2)
  Horwich and Blackrod First (2)
Opposition (34)
  Labour (18)
  Liberal Democrat (7)
  Independent (9)
  Vacant (2)
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)
Meeting place
Bolton Town Hall
Website
www.bolton.gov.uk

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
Further information: Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council elections

Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Majority partyPeriod Leader PartyPeriod
Conservative ||align=center| 1973–1980 John Hanscomb Conservative 1973–1980
Labour ||align=center| 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 19982018-22
Hilary Fairclough[4] Conservative 4 May 20002016-21
Bradshaw
Mudasir Dean Conservative 3 May 20122018-22
Stuart Haslam Conservative 3 May 20122019-23
Jacqueline Radcliffe Conservative 5 May 20162016-21
Breightmet
Adele Warren Conservative 3 May 20182018-22
Beverley Susan Fletcher Independent 2 May 20192019-23
Debbie Newall Liberal Democrats 5 May 20162016-21
Bromley Cross
David Greenhalgh[5] Conservative 4 May 20062018-22
Samantha Jayne Connor Conservative 2 May 20192019-23
Nadim Muslim Conservative 3 May 20182018-21
Crompton
Bilkis Ismail Independent 11 February 20162018-22
Martin Samuel McMulkin Independent 2 May 20192019-23
Hanif Darvesh Independent 13 July 20062016-21
Farnworth
Maureen Flitcroft Farnworth and Kearsley First 3 May 20182018-22
Lisa Weatherby Farnworth and Kearsley First 2 May 20192019-23
Paul Sanders Farnworth and Kearsley First 9 March 20182018-21
Great Lever
Mohammed Ayub Labour 4 May 20062018-22
Madeline Murray Labour 3 May 20072019-23
Mohammed Iqbal Labour 1 May 20082016-21
Halliwell
Akhtar Zaman Labour 2 May 20022018-22
Linda Thomas[6] Labour 5 October 19952019-23
Cliff Morris Labour 5 May 19832016-21
Harper Green
Hamid Kurram Labour 3 May 20182018-22
Susan Haworth Labour 16 October 20142019-23
Champak Mistry Labour 1 May 20082016-21
Heaton and Lostock
Anne Galloway Conservative 3 May 20182018-22
Robert Allen Conservative 10 June 20042019-23
Andrew Morgan Conservative 7 May 20152016-21
Horwich and Blackrod
Susan Baines Conservative 3 May 20182018-22
Peter Wright Horwich and Blackrod First 2 May 20192019-23
Ann Cunliffe Independent 3 May 20122016-21
Horwich North East
Kevin McKeon Labour 6 May 20102018-22
Marie Brady Horwich and Blackrod First 2 May 20192019-23
Richard Silvester Labour Co-op 5 May 20112016-21
Hulton
Diane Parkinson Independent 22 May 20142018-22
Derek John Bullock Independent 2 May 20192019-23
Toby Hewitt Conservative 18 January 20182018-21
Kearsley
Julie Pattison Farnworth and Kearsley First 3 May 20182018-22
Paul Heslop Independent [7] 2 May 20192019-23
Mark Cunningham Conservative 5 May 20162016-21
Little Lever
and Darcy Lever
David Evans Labour 3 May 20182018-22
Sean Hornby[8] UKIP 7 May 20152019-23
Rees Gibbon UKIP 5 May 20162016-21
Rumworth
Ismail Ibrahim Labour 10 June 20042018-22
Ebrahim Adia Labour 2 May 20022019-23
Shamim Abdullah Labour 6 October 20162016-21
Smithills
Doug Bagnall Liberal Democrats 3 May 20182018-22
Garry Veevers Liberal Democrats 2 May 20192019-23
Roger Hayes[9] Liberal Democrats 7 May 19982016-21
Tonge with the Haulgh
Nicholas Peel Labour 4 May 20002018-22
Elaine Sherrington Labour 6 May 19992019-23
Martin Donaghy Labour 3 May 20122016-21
Westhoughton North
and Chew Moor
Martyn Cox Conservative 6 May 20102018-22
Bernadette Eckersley-Fallon Liberal Democrats 2 May 20192019-23
Westhoughton South
David Wilkinson Liberal Democrats 3 May 20182018-22
Deirdrie McGeown Liberal Democrats 2 May 20192019-23
Anna-Marie Watters Conservative 6 May 20102016-21

See also

Notes
  1. Timan, Joseph (10 May 2019). "Conservatives take power at Bolton Council as agreement reached". The Bolton News. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  2. BBC News (19 April 2008). "Elections 2008: Bolton". BBC News. Retrieved 26 September 2009.
  3. Bolton Council. "Elected Members". Bolton Council. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. Mayor of Bolton
  5. Leader of the Council and Leader of the Conservative Group
  6. Leader of the Labour Group
  7. "Farnworth and Kearsley First founding councillor quits party". The Bolton News. 21 February 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  8. Leader of the UKIP Group
  9. Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group
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