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 1838–18391b.1797 – d.1874. The first Mayor of the Municipal Borough of Bolton.
2Robert Heywood Liberal 1839–18401b.1786 – d.1868. Father of John Heywood, Mayor of Bolton 1903–05.
3James Arrowsmith Liberal 1840–18411b.1791 – d.1870. Father of Peter Rothwell Arrowsmith, Mayor of Bolton 1853–55.
4Thomas Cullen Liberal 1841–18421b.1782 – d.1859.
5Robert Walsh Liberal 1842–18431b.1791 – d.1873.
6Thomas Gregson Liberal 1843–18441b.1795 – d.1865.
7John Slater Liberal 1844–18451b.1798 – d.1861.
8Stephen Blair Conservative 1845–18461b.1804 – d.1870. Conservative MP for Bolton 1848–52.
9James Scowcroft Conservative 1846–18471b.1788 – d.1865.
10Thomas Ridgeway Bridson Conservative 1847–18481b.1795 – d.1863.
11Thomas Lever Rushton Conservative 1848–18502b.1811 – d.1883.
12 William Gray Conservative 1850–18522b.1814 – d.1895. Conservative MP for Bolton 1857–1874.
13John Stones Conservative 1852–18531b.c.1804 – d.1859.
14Peter Rothwell Arrowsmith Liberal 1853–18552b.1816 – d.1890. Son of James Arrowsmith, Mayor of Bolton 1840–41.
15James Knowles Liberal 1855–18572b.1813 – d.1886.
16William Makant Liberal 1857–18592b.1807 – d.1880.
17John Orton Liberal 1859–18601b.1804 – d.1870.
18John Harwood Liberal 1860–18611b.1802 – d.1875. Brother of Richard Harwood, Mayor of Bolton 1863–64.
19James Rawthorne Wolfenden Liberal 1861–18632b.1811 – d.1886. Brother of Charles Wolfenden, Mayor of Bolton 1875–77.
20Richard Harwood Liberal 1863–18641b.1802 – d.1875. Brother of John Harwood, Mayor of Bolton 1860–61, and father of George Harwood, Liberal MP for Bolton 1895–1912.
21Richard Stockdale Liberal 1864–18662b.1809 – d.1886.
22Dr Fergus Ferguson Liberal 1866–18671b.1805 – d.1887.
23James Barlow Liberal 1867–18692b.1821 – d.1887.
24 Thomas Walmsley Conservative 1869–18712b.1812 – d.1890.
25William Walter Cannon Conservative 1871–18732b.1822 – d.1903. Brother in law of Richard Stockdale, Mayor of Bolton 1864–66.
26Jeremiah Marsden Conservative 1873–18752b.1820 – d.1877.
27Charles Wolfenden Conservative 1875–18772b.1826 – d.1884. Brother of James Rawthorne Wolfenden, Mayor of Bolton 1861–1863.
28James Greenhalgh Conservative 1877–18781b.1822 – d.1881.
29Peter Crook Marsden Conservative 1878–18791b.1838 – d.1913.
30Henry Marriott Richardson Conservative 1879–18801b.c.1816 – d.1893.
31Joseph Musgrave Conservative 1880–18811b.1812 – d.1891.
32Thomas Glaister Conservative 1881–18821b.1829 – d.1891. Grandfather of Thomas Glaister, Mayor of Bolton 1949–48.
33Ebenezer Green Harwood Conservative 1882–18842b.1833 – d.1902.
34Thomas Fletcher Conservative 1884–18873b.1832 – d.1914.
35Thomas Moscrop Conservative 1887–18881b.1811 – d.1889.
36John Barrett Conservative 1888–18891b.1842 – d.1908.

County Borough Mayors

No.MayorPartyTenureTermsNotes
1John Barrett Conservative 1889–18901b.1842 – d.1908. The first Mayor of the County Borough of Bolton.
2Matthew Fielding Conservative 1890–18911b.1848 – d.1915.
3William Nicholson Conservative 1891–18943b.1825 – d.1915.
4 Lt Col. Sir Benjamin Alfred Dobson Conservative 1894–18984b.1847 – d.1898. Knighted on the 21 July 1897. Died in office.
5William Nicholson Conservative 1898–18992b.1825 – d.1915. Acted as caretaker Mayor in 1898, and re-elected the same year.
6John Edwin Scowcroft Conservative 1899–19012b.1845 – d.1901. Died in office.
7William Nicholson Conservative 19011b.1825 – d.1915. Acted again as caretaker Mayor in 1901.
8John Miles Conservative 1901–19032b.1841 – d.1917. [4] [5]
9John Heywood Conservative 1903–19052b.1849 – d.1910. Son of Robert Heywood, Mayor of Bolton 1839–40.
10 Colonel George Hesketh Conservative 1905–19061b.1853 – d.1930. Appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1918.
11Thomas Barlow Tong Conservative 1906–19082b.1850 – d.1917. Uncle of Walter Wharton Tong, Mayor of Bolton 1940–41.
12William Henry Brown Conservative 1908–19091b.1850 – d.1931.
13Joseph Tyas Cooper Liberal 1909–19112b.1852 – d.1929.
14James Young Conservative 1911–19132b.1861 – d.1917.
15John Turner Brooks Conservative 1913–19141b.1836 – d.1918.
16James Seddon Conservative 1914–19162b.1856 – d.1923.
17Sir Knowles Edge Liberal 1916–19182b.1854 – d.1931. Knighted on the 12 August 1919. Father of Sir William Edge, Liberal MP for Bolton 1916–23.
18 Lord Leverhulme Independent 1918–19191b.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 1919–19212b.1862 – d.1936.
20 William Russell Conservative 1921–19221b.1859 – d.1937. Conservative MP for Bolton 1922–23.
21Alfred Potts Labour 1922–19231b.1867 – d.1945.
22Edmund Aspinall Conservative 1923–19241b.1858 – d.1940.
23John Fletcher Steele Liberal 1924–19251b.1867 – d.1941.
24Percy Knott Conservative 1925–19261b.1865 – d.1943.
25Sir Thomas Evans Flitcroft Liberal 1926–19282b.1861 – d.1938. Knighted in the King's Birthday Honours list 1913.
26Frank Cheadle Labour 1928–19291b.1885 – d.1940.
27Robert Edwards Roberts Conservative 1929–19301b.1876 – d.1944.
28Henry Warburton Liberal 1930–19311b.1865 – d.1936. Nephew of Thomas Warburton, founder of Warburtons the bakers.
29George Sykes Conservative 1931–19321b.c.1874 – d.1958.
30 Samuel Lomax Labour 1932–19331b.1871 – d.1944.
31Dr Ernest Monks Conservative 1933–19341b.1871 – d.1941. Father of Dr John Richard Monks, Mayor of Bolton 1970–71.
32John Percy Taylor Liberal 1934–19351b.1868 – d.1945. Appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1926.
33Benjamin Kirkman Labour 1935–19361b.c.1864 – d.1953.
34James Alfred Russell Conservative 1936–19371b.1873 – d.1948.
35Thomas Halstead Labour 1937–19381
36James Entwistle Conservative 1938–19391
37Charles Harold Beswick Liberal 1939–19401b.1874 – d.1945.
38Walter Wharton Tong Conservative 1940–19411b.1890 – d.1978. Nephew of Thomas Barlow Tong, Mayor of Bolton 1906–08. Knighted on the 11 February 1955.
39 Alfred Booth Labour 1941–19421b.1893 – d.1965. Labour MP for Bolton East 1950–1951.
40James Bleakley Conservative 1942–19431b.1893 – d.1993.
41Fred Bentley Liberal 1943–19441
42Walter Bradley Conservative 1944–19451
43Robert Demaine Labour 1945–19461b.1874 – d.1948.
44Dr Horace Wilfred Taylor Conservative 1946–19471
45John Henry Hampson Labour 1947–19492
46Thomas Glaister Conservative 1949–19501b.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 1950–19511b.1892 – d.1970. The first female Mayor of Bolton.
48Thomas Parry Dunning Conservative 1951–19521b.1893 – d.1973.
49James Vickers Labour 1952–19531b.1895 – d.1972.
50James Parkes, Conservative 1953–19541b.1893 – d.1980.
51Peter Flanagan Labour 1954–19551b.1887 – d.1964.
52Stanley Entwistle Conservative 1955–19561died 1978.
53Peter Lowe Labour 1956–19571b.1904 – d.1986.
54Frank Young Conservative 1957–19581b.1904 – d.1977.
55Elizabeth Ann Ashmore Labour 1958–19591b.1895 – d.1972.
56 Edwin Taylor Conservative 1959–19601b.1905 – d.1973. Conservative MP for Bolton East 1960–64.
57James Gradwell Labour 1960–19611b.1891 – d.1972.
58William Harold Bateson Conservative 1961–19621b.1897 – d.1967.
59John Arthur Childs Labour 1962–19631b.1899 – d.1965.
60Thomas Connor Liberal 1963–19641
61Harry Wood Conservative 1964–19651
62Charles Henry Lucas Labour 1965–19661Awarded a CBE in 1970.
63Nora Vickers Conservative 1966–19671
64Clarence Leat Labour 1967–19681b.1892 – d.1973.
65Ethel Maisie Ryley Conservative 1968–19691
66Herbert Glynn Labour 1969–19701b.1908 – d.1995. [7]
67Dr John Richard Monks Conservative 1970–19711b.1911 – d.1985. Son of Dr Ernest Monks, Mayor of Bolton 1933–34.
68Arnold Townend Labour 1971–19721
69Alan Ellis Clarke Labour 1972–19731b.1931. Triplet brother of Donald Stewart Clarke, Mayor of Bolton 1977–78.
70Henry Devenish Labour 1973–19741b.1926 – d.2010.

Transitional Mayor

No.MayorPartyTenureTermsNotes
1 John Collins Hanscomb Conservative 1973–19741Councillor 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 1974–19751b.1912 – d.1992. The first Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton.
2John Arthur Foster Labour 1975–19761b.1927 – d.2010.
3James Rigby Conservative 1976–19771b.1918 – d.1998.
4Donald Stewart Clarke Labour 1977–19781b.1931 – d.2005. Triplet brother of Alan Ellis Clarke, Mayor of Bolton 1972–73. [8]
5Adam Hibbert Conservative 1978–19791b.1910 – d.1992.
6Elizabeth Olwen Hamer Labour 1979–19801b.1928 – d.1995.
7James Smith Conservative 1980–19811b.1912 – d.1994.
8Joseph Wild Labour 1981–19821b.1916 – d.1994.
9 John Collins Hanscomb Conservative 1982–19831Councillor 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 1983–19841b.1911 – d.1988.
11Barbara Annette Hurst Conservative 1984–19851b.1919 – d.2001. Awarded an MBE in 1993. [9]
12William Hardman Labour 1985–19861b.1939 – d.1999. [10]
13Arthur Poulsom Conservative 1986–19871b.1913 – d.1988.
14William Arthur Robinson Labour 1987–19881b.1923 – d.1990.
15Brian Melvyn Allanson Conservative 1988–19891b.1927.
16Kenneth MacIvor Labour 1989–19901b.1925 – d.2004.
17Geoffrey Smith Conservative 1990–19911b.1945.
18Gerald Riley Labour 1991–19921b.1929.
19Ernest Crook Conservative 1992–19931b.1927.
20Campbell Jocelyn H Benjamin Labour 1993–19941b.1914 – d.2004. The first black Mayor of Bolton. Appointed an OBE in 1996. [11]
21Thomas Anderton Labour 1994–19951Councillor for Daubhill Ward b.1924.
22Frank Alan Rushton Conservative 1995–19961Councillor for Deane cum Heaton Ward and later for Heaton and Lostock Ward b.1934.
23Eric Johnson Labour 1996–19971b.1923. Also was Mayor of Blackrod 1988–89 and 1993–94.
24Peter Gareth Birch Labour 1997–19981b.1948 – d.2001. [12]
25Peter Louis Finch Labour 1998–19991Councillor for Westhoughton Ward b.1937. Also was Mayor of Westhoughton 1986–87.
26John Monaghan Labour 1999–20001Councillor for Blackrod Ward b.1936 – d.2008. [13] Also was Mayor of Blackrod 1992–93 and 1997–98.
27Alan Wilkinson Conservative 2000–20011Councillor for Bromley Cross Ward b.1948.
28Kevan James Helsby Labour 2001–20021Councillor 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 2002–20031Councillor for Astley Bridge Ward b.1952. Appointed an OBE in 1994.
30 Clifford Morris Labour 2003–20041Councillor for Halliwell Ward.
31Prentice Howarth Labour 2004–20051Councillor for Great Lever Ward b.1936.
32 Frank Richard White Labour 2005–20061Councillor for Tonge with the Haulgh Ward b.1940. Labour MP for Bury and Radcliffe 1979–1983.
33Walter Hall Conservative 2006–20071Councillor for Bradshaw Ward b.1935.
34 Barbara Olwyn Ronson Liberal Democrats 2007–20081Councillor for Horwich North East Ward b.1942. Also was Mayor of Horwich 1996–97. [15]
35Anthony Connell Labour 2008–20091Councillor for Little Lever and Darcy Lever Ward b.1941. [16]
36Norman Critchley Conservative 2009–20101Councillor for Bromley Cross Ward b.1938. [17]
37John Byrne Labour 2010–20111Councillor for Breightmet Ward. [18]
38Anthony Noel Spencer Labour 2011–20121Councillor for Farnworth Ward.
39Guy Harkin Labour 2012–20131Councillor for Crompton Ward. [19] [20]
40Colin Shaw Conservative 2013–20141Councillor for Heaton and Lostock Ward. [21]
41Martin Donaghy Labour 2014–20151Councillor for Tonge with the Haulgh Ward. [22]
42Carole Swarbrick Liberal Democrats 2015–20161Councillor for Smithills Ward. [23]
43Lynda Byrne Labour 2016–20171Councillor for Breightmet Ward.
44Roger Hayes Liberal Democrats 2017–20181Councillor for Smithills Ward. [24]
45Elaine Sherrington Labour 2018–20191Councillor for Tonge with the Haulgh Ward.
46Hilary Fairclough Conservative 2019–20201Councillor for Astley Bridge Ward. [25]
47Linda Thomas Labour 2020–20222Councillor 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 2022–20231Councillor for Halliwell Ward. The first Asian and Muslim Mayor of Bolton.
49Mohammed Ayub Labour 2023–20241Councillor for Great Lever Ward.
50Andrew Morgan Conservative 2024–20251Councillor for Heaton, Lostock & Chew Moor Ward.

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