Blackrod Town Council

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Blackrod Town Council
Type
Type
Town Council of the Civil Parish of Blackrod
Leadership
Town Clerk
Vacant(non-political post)
Structure
Seats9 town councillors
Blackrod Town Council 2024.svg
Political groups
  Horwich and Blackrod First (5)
  Independents (2)
  Labour (2)
Elections
First past the post
Website
blackrodtowncouncil.org.uk

Blackrod Town Council is a local authority with limited powers and covers the town and civil parish of Blackrod in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It is made up of nine town Councillors representing three electoral Wards.

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Precursor

Blackrod was once a township in the civil parish of Bolton le Moors in the historic county of Lancashire, England. [1]

Under provisions of the Poor Relief Act 1662, townships replaced civil parishes as the main units of local administration in Lancashire. [2] Blackrod became one of the eighteen autonomous townships of the civil parish of Bolton le Moors. [3] [1] The township appointed overseers of the poor who levied a rate to fund the Poor Law. Highway surveyors were also appointed and funded from the rate to maintain the roads. In 1866, Blackrod's status was elevated from a township to a civil parish. [4] [5]

A resolution for the adoption of the Local Government Act 1858 was passed on 9 May 1872 by the owners and ratepayers of the civil parish of Blackrod, [6] and resulted a local board was created to provide for the water supply and drainage of the town. [1] [7] After the Public Health Act 1875 was passed by Parliament in that year, Blackrod Local Board assumed extra duties as an urban sanitary district, although the Local Board's title did not change. [8]

Following the implementation of the Local Government Act 1894, Blackrod Local Board was transformed into an elected urban district council of nine members. [1] Blackrod Urban District Council had three electoral wards: Central, North, and South, each represented by three councillors. [9]

Under the Local Government Act 1972, Blackrod Urban District was abolished on 1 April 1974 and its former area became a successor parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester. [10] [11]

Wards and Councillors

Since 1974, Blackrod is served by a Town Council, which is divided into three Wards, each represented by three Town Councillors. [12]

Current town council
WardCouncillorParty
Central WardSue Gaskell Independent
David Grant Horwich and Blackrod First
Derek Snowden Horwich and Blackrod First
North WardNick Bell Horwich and Blackrod First
Grace Hughes-Sinclair Labour
John Price Independent
South WardAlan Bury Labour
Kathryn Grant Horwich and Blackrod First
Rebecca Seddon Horwich and Blackrod First

Mayors of Blackrod

Each year the Town Council elects one of the Town Councillors to become the Town Mayor who represents the town over the municipal year. It is a ceremonial position, and some of the holders have held the position more than once. [11]

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  11. 1 2 Links in a Chain Project. "Blackrod 1872–present". Links in a Chain. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  12. ↑ Bolton Council (4 May 2023). "Blackrod Town Council election results". www.bolton.gov.uk. Bolton Council. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
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