List of mayors of Bolton

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This is a list of the mayors of Bolton in the north west of England. The office of Mayor is a ceremonial, non-political post. As the Borough's First Citizen, the mayor serves as the civic representative at a wide range of functions and events throughout the local authority.

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The mayors of Bolton have represented three types of local government districts. The mayors of the Municipal Borough of Bolton 1838–1889, the mayors of the County Borough of Bolton 1889–1974, and the present mayors of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton since 1974. [1] [2]

There was also a transitional mayor / chairman in 1973–1974 who saw over the dissolution of the County Borough of Bolton and the foundation of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton. [3]

Mayors of Bolton

Municipal borough mayors

No.MayorPartyTenureTermsNotes
1Charles James Darbishire Liberal 183818391b.1797 d.1874. The first Mayor of the Municipal Borough of Bolton.
2Robert Heywood Liberal 183918401b.1786 d.1868. Father of John Heywood, Mayor of Bolton 1903–05.
3James Arrowsmith Liberal 184018411b.1791 d.1870. Father of Peter Rothwell Arrowsmith, Mayor of Bolton 1853–55.
4Thomas Cullen Liberal 184118421b.1782 d.1859.
5Robert Walsh Liberal 184218431b.1791 d.1873.
6Thomas Gregson Liberal 184318441b.1795 d.1865.
7John Slater Liberal 184418451b.1798 d.1861.
8Stephen Blair Conservative 184518461b.1804 d.1870. Conservative MP for Bolton 1848–52.
9James Scowcroft Conservative 184618471b.1788 d.1865.
10Thomas Ridgeway Bridson Conservative 184718481b.1795 d.1863.
11Thomas Lever Rushton Conservative 184818502b.1811 d.1883.
12 William Gray Conservative 185018522b.1814 d.1895. Conservative MP for Bolton 1857–1874.
13John Stones Conservative 185218531b.c.1804 d.1859.
14Peter Rothwell Arrowsmith Liberal 185318552b.1816 d.1890. Son of James Arrowsmith, Mayor of Bolton 1840–41.
15James Knowles Liberal 185518572b.1813 d.1886.
16William Makant Liberal 185718592b.1807 d.1880.
17John Orton Liberal 185918601b.1804 d.1870.
18John Harwood Liberal 186018611b.1802 d.1875. Brother of Richard Harwood, Mayor of Bolton 1863–64.
19James Rawthorne Wolfenden Liberal 186118632b.1811 d.1886. Brother of Charles Wolfenden, Mayor of Bolton 1875–77.
20Richard Harwood Liberal 186318641b.1802 d.1875. Brother of John Harwood, Mayor of Bolton 186061, and father of George Harwood, Liberal MP for Bolton 1895–1912.
21Richard Stockdale Liberal 186418662b.1809 d.1886.
22Dr Fergus Ferguson Liberal 186618671b.1805 d.1887.
23James Barlow Liberal 186718692b.1821 d.1887.
24 Thomas Walmsley Conservative 186918712b.1812 d.1890.
25William Walter Cannon Conservative 187118732b.1822 d.1903. Brother in law of Richard Stockdale, Mayor of Bolton 1864–66.
26Jeremiah Marsden Conservative 187318752b.1820 d.1877.
27Charles Wolfenden Conservative 187518772b.1826 d.1884. Brother of James Rawthorne Wolfenden, Mayor of Bolton 1861–1863.
28James Greenhalgh Conservative 187718781b.1822 d.1881.
29Peter Crook Marsden Conservative 187818791b.1838 d.1913.
30Henry Marriott Richardson Conservative 187918801b.c.1816 d.1893.
31Joseph Musgrave Conservative 188018811b.1812 d.1891.
32Thomas Glaister Conservative 188118821b.1829 d.1891. Grandfather of Thomas Glaister, Mayor of Bolton 1949–48.
33Ebenezer Green Harwood Conservative 188218842b.1833 d.1902.
34Thomas Fletcher Conservative 188418873b.1832 d.1914.
35Thomas Moscrop Conservative 188718881b.1811 d.1889.
36John Barrett Conservative 188818891b.1842 d.1908.

County borough mayors

No.MayorPartyTenureTermsNotes
1John Barrett Conservative 188918901b.1842 d.1908. The first Mayor of the County Borough of Bolton.
2Matthew Fielding Conservative 189018911b.1848 d.1915.
3William Nicholson Conservative 189118943b.1825 d.1915.
4 Lt Col. Sir Benjamin Alfred Dobson Conservative 189418984b.1847 d.1898. Knighted on the 21 July 1897. Died in office.
5William Nicholson Conservative 189818992b.1825 d.1915. Acted as caretaker Mayor in 1898, and re-elected the same year.
6John Edwin Scowcroft Conservative 189919012b.1845 d.1901. Died in office.
7William Nicholson Conservative 19011b.1825 d.1915. Acted again as caretaker Mayor in 1901.
8John Miles Conservative 190119032b.1841 d.1917. [4] [5]
9John Heywood Conservative 190319052b.1849 d.1910. Son of Robert Heywood, Mayor of Bolton 1839–40.
10 Colonel George Hesketh Conservative 190519061b.1853 d.1930. Appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1918.
11Thomas Barlow Tong Conservative 190619082b.1850 d.1917. Uncle of Walter Wharton Tong, Mayor of Bolton 1940–41.
12William Henry Brown Conservative 190819091b.1850 d.1931.
13Joseph Tyas Cooper Liberal 190919112b.1852 d.1929.
14James Young Conservative 191119132b.1861 d.1917.
15John Turner Brooks Conservative 191319141b.1836 d.1918.
16James Seddon Conservative 191419162b.1856 d.1923.
17Sir Knowles Edge Liberal 191619182b.1854 d.1931. Knighted on the 12 August 1919. Father of Sir William Edge, Liberal MP for Bolton 1916–23.
18 Lord Leverhulme Independent 191819191b.1851 d.1925. Created Baron Leverhulme in 1917, and Viscount Leverhulme in 1922. [6] He is the only Mayor who was not a Councillor.
19Robert Parkinson Conservative 191919212b.1862 d.1936.
20 William Russell Conservative 192119221b.1859 d.1937. Conservative MP for Bolton 1922–23.
21Alfred Potts Labour 192219231b.1867 d.1945.
22Edmund Aspinall Conservative 192319241b.1858 d.1940.
23John Fletcher Steele Liberal 192419251b.1867 d.1941.
24Percy Knott Conservative 192519261b.1865 d.1943.
25Sir Thomas Evans Flitcroft Liberal 192619282b.1861 d.1938. Knighted in the King's Birthday Honours list 1913.
26Frank Cheadle Labour 192819291b.1885 d.1940.
27Robert Edwards Roberts Conservative 192919301b.1876 d.1944.
28Henry Warburton Liberal 193019311b.1865 d.1936. Nephew of Thomas Warburton, founder of Warburtons the bakers.
29George Sykes Conservative 193119321b.c.1874 d.1958.
30 Samuel Lomax Labour 193219331b.1871 d.1944.
31Dr Ernest Monks Conservative 193319341b.1871 d.1941. Father of Dr John Richard Monks, Mayor of Bolton 1970–71.
32John Percy Taylor Liberal 193419351b.1868 d.1945. Appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1926.
33Benjamin Kirkman Labour 193519361b.c.1864 d.1953.
34James Alfred Russell Conservative 193619371b.1873 d.1948.
35Thomas Halstead Labour 193719381
36James Entwistle Conservative 193819391
37Charles Harold Beswick Liberal 193919401b.1874 d.1945.
38Walter Wharton Tong Conservative 194019411b.1890 d.1978. Nephew of Thomas Barlow Tong, Mayor of Bolton 1906–08. Knighted on the 11 February 1955.
39 Alfred Booth Labour 194119421b.1893 d.1965. Labour MP for Bolton East 1950–1951.
40James Bleakley Conservative 194219431b.1893 d.1993.
41Fred Bentley Liberal 194319441
42Walter Bradley Conservative 194419451
43Robert Demaine Labour 194519461b.1874 d.1948.
44Dr Horace Wilfred Taylor Conservative 194619471
45John Henry Hampson Labour 194719492
46Thomas Glaister Conservative 194919501b.1886 d.1974. Grandson of Thomas Glaister, Mayor of Bolton 1881–82, and brother-in-law of William Wharton Tong, Mayor of Bolton 1940–41.
47Helen Wright Labour 195019511b.1892 d.1970. The first female Mayor of Bolton.
48Thomas Parry Dunning Conservative 195119521b.1893 d.1973.
49James Vickers Labour 195219531b.1895 d.1972.
50James Parkes, Conservative 195319541b.1893 d.1980.
51Peter Flanagan Labour 195419551b.1887 d.1964.
52Stanley Entwistle Conservative 195519561died 1978.
53Peter Lowe Labour 195619571b.1904 d.1986.
54Frank Young Conservative 195719581b.1904 d.1977.
55Elizabeth Ann Ashmore Labour 195819591b.1895 d.1972.
56 Edwin Taylor Conservative 195919601b.1905 d.1973. Conservative MP for Bolton East 1960–64.
57James Gradwell Labour 196019611b.1891 d.1972.
58William Harold Bateson Conservative 196119621b.1897 d.1967.
59John Arthur Childs Labour 196219631b.1899 d.1965.
60Thomas Connor Liberal 196319641
61Harry Wood Conservative 196419651
62Charles Henry Lucas Labour 196519661Awarded a CBE in 1970.
63Nora Vickers Conservative 196619671
64Clarence Leat Labour 196719681b.1892 d.1973.
65Ethel Maisie Ryley Conservative 196819691
66Herbert Glynn Labour 196919701b.1908 d.1995. [7]
67Dr John Richard Monks Conservative 197019711b.1911 d.1985. Son of Dr Ernest Monks, Mayor of Bolton 1933–34.
68Arnold Townend Labour 197119721
69Alan Ellis Clarke Labour 197219731b.1931. Triplet brother of Donald Stewart Clarke, Mayor of Bolton 1977–78.
70Henry Devenish Labour 197319741

Transitional mayor

No.MayorPartyTenureTermsNotes
1 John Collins Hanscomb Conservative 197319741Councillor for Deane cum Heaton Ward. Chairman (1973–1974) and Transitional Mayor (1974) during the dissolution of the County Borough and the foundation of the Metropolitan Borough. [3]

Metropolitan borough mayors

No.MayorPartyTenureTermsNotes
1Doris Berry Conservative 197419751b.1912 d.1992. The first Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton.
2John Arthur Foster Labour 197519761b.1927 d.2010.
3James Rigby Conservative 197619771b.1918 d.1998.
4Donald Stewart Clarke Labour 197719781b.1931 d.2005. Triplet brother of Alan Ellis Clarke, Mayor of Bolton 1972–73. [8]
5Adam Hibbert Conservative 197819791b.1910 d.1992.
6Elizabeth Olwen Hamer Labour 197919801b.1928 d.1995.
7James Smith Conservative 198019811b.1912 d.1994.
8Joseph Wild Labour 198119821b.1916 d.1994.
9 John Collins Hanscomb Conservative 198219831Councillor for Deane cum Heaton Ward b.1924 d.2019. Previously Chairman / Transitional Mayor 1973–74. Appointed a CBE in December 1980.
10Alan Samuel Brigg Labour 198319841b.1911 d.1988.
11Barbara Annette Hurst Conservative 198419851b.1919 d.2001. Awarded an MBE in 1993. [9]
12William Hardman Labour 198519861b.1939 d.1999. [10]
13Arthur Poulsom Conservative 198619871b.1913 d.1988.
14William Arthur Robinson Labour 198719881b.1923 d.1990.
15Brian Melvyn Allanson Conservative 198819891b.1927.
16Kenneth MacIvor Labour 198919901b.1925 d.2004.
17Geoffrey Smith Conservative 199019911b.1945.
18Gerald Riley Labour 199119921b.1929.
19Ernest Crook Conservative 199219931b.1927.
20Campbell Jocelyn H Benjamin Labour 199319941b.1914 d.2004. The first black Mayor of Bolton. Appointed an OBE in 1996. [11]
21Thomas Anderton Labour 199419951Councillor for Daubhill Ward b.1924.
22Frank Alan Rushton Conservative 199519961Councillor for Deane cum Heaton Ward and later for Heaton and Lostock Ward b.1934.
23Eric Johnson Labour 199619971b.1923. Also was Mayor of Blackrod 1988–89 and 1993–94.
24Peter Gareth Birch Labour 199719981b.1948 d.2001. [12]
25Peter Louis Finch Labour 199819991Councillor for Westhoughton Ward b.1937. Also was Mayor of Westhoughton 1986–87.
26John Monaghan Labour 199920001Councillor for Blackrod Ward b.1936 d.2008. [13] Also was Mayor of Blackrod 1992–93 and 1997–98.
27Alan Wilkinson Conservative 200020011Councillor for Bromley Cross Ward b.1948.
28Kevan James Helsby Labour 200120021Councillor for Horwich Ward b.1950. Received an MBE in the Millennium honours list. Also was Mayor of Horwich 1987–88 and 2004–05. [14]
29John Walsh Conservative 200220031Councillor for Astley Bridge Ward b.1952. Appointed an OBE in 1994.
30 Clifford Morris Labour 200320041Councillor for Halliwell Ward.
31Prentice Howarth Labour 200420051Councillor for Great Lever Ward b.1936.
32 Frank Richard White Labour 200520061Councillor for Tonge with the Haulgh Ward b.1940. Labour MP for Bury and Radcliffe 1979–1983.
33Walter Hall Conservative 200620071Councillor for Bradshaw Ward b.1935.
34 Barbara Olwyn Ronson Liberal Democrats 200720081Councillor for Horwich North East Ward b.1942. Also was Mayor of Horwich 1996–97. [15]
35Anthony Connell Labour 200820091Councillor for Little Lever and Darcy Lever Ward b.1941. [16]
36Norman Critchley Conservative 200920101Councillor for Bromley Cross Ward b.1938. [17]
37John Byrne Labour 201020111Councillor for Breightmet Ward. [18]
38Anthony Noel Spencer Labour 201120121Councillor for Farnworth Ward.
39Guy Harkin Labour 201220131Councillor for Crompton Ward. [19] [20]
40Colin Shaw Conservative 201320141Councillor for Heaton and Lostock Ward. [21]
41Martin Donaghy Labour 201420151Councillor for Tonge with the Haulgh Ward. [22]
42Carole Swarbrick Liberal Democrats 201520161Councillor for Smithills Ward. [23]
43Lynda Byrne Labour 201620171Councillor for Breightmet Ward.
44Roger Hayes Liberal Democrats 201720181Councillor for Smithills Ward. [24]
45Elaine Sherrington Labour 201820191Councillor for Tonge with the Haulgh Ward.
46Hilary Fairclough Conservative 201920201Councillor for Astley Bridge Ward. [25]
47Linda Thomas Labour 202020222Councillor for Halliwell Ward. Served a two-year term of office due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Also was Mayor of Westhoughton 1995–96.
48Akhtar Zaman Labour 202220231Councillor for Halliwell Ward. The first Asian and Muslim mayor of Bolton.
49Mohammed Ayub Labour 202320241Councillor for Great Lever Ward.

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