Bolton Council | |
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Type | |
Type | |
History | |
Founded | 1 April 1974 |
Leadership | |
Chief Executive | Sue Johnson since 26 September 2022 [2] |
Structure | |
Seats | 60 |
Political groups |
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Joint committees | Greater Manchester Combined Authority Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel |
Length of term | 4 years |
Elections | |
Last election | 2023 (all 60 seats) |
Next election | 2024 (one third) |
Meeting place | |
Bolton Town Hall | |
Website | |
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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 Borough 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 Metropolitan Borough.
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 was created as a metropolitan district with borough, entitling it to be known as Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council.
Since the 2019 election, Bolton has been under no overall control. Since the 2023 election, the Labour Party had led a minority administration. The leader of the council since May 2023 has been Nick Peel. [3]
There are 20 wards, each represented by three councillors. [4]
Ward | Councillor | Party | Date first elected | Term of office | |
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Astley Bridge | |||||
Hilary Fairclough [lower-alpha 1] | Conservative | 4 May 2000 | 2023–27 | ||
John Walsh | Conservative | 7 May 1998 | 2023–26 | ||
Kate Taylor | Labour | 4 May 2023 | 2023–24 | ||
Bradshaw | |||||
James Moller | Conservative | 4 May 2023 | 2023–27 | ||
Les Webb | Conservative | 4 May 2023 | 2023–26 | ||
Mudasir Dean | Conservative | 3 May 2012 | 2023–24 | ||
Breightmet | |||||
Sean Fielding | Labour Co-op | 4 May 2023 | 2023–27 | ||
Adele Warren | Conservative | 3 May 2018 | 2023–26 | ||
Robert Morrisey | Labour Co-op | 4 May 2023 | 2023–24 | ||
Bromley Cross | |||||
Samantha Jayne Connor | Conservative | 2 May 2019 | 2023–27 | ||
Amy Marie Cowen | Conservative | 28 Oct 2021 | 2023–26 | ||
Nadim Muslim | Conservative | 3 May 2018 | 2023–24 | ||
Farnworth North | |||||
Hamid Kurram | Labour | 3 May 2018 | 2023–27 | ||
Nadeem Ayub | Labour | 5 May 2022 | 2023–26 | ||
Susan Haworth | Labour | 16 October 2014 | 2023–24 | ||
Farnworth South | |||||
Maureen Flitcroft | Farnworth and Kearsley First | 4 May 2023 | 2023–27 | ||
Paul Sanders | Farnworth and Kearsley First | 9 March 2018 | 2023–26 | ||
Champak Mistry | Labour | 1 May 2008 | 2023–24 | ||
Great Lever | |||||
Mohammed Ayub | Labour | 4 May 2006 | 2023–27 | ||
Mohammed Iqbal | Labour | 1 May 2008 | 2023–26 | ||
Karen Hon | Labour | 4 May 2023 | 2023–24 | ||
Halliwell | |||||
Rabiya Jiva | Labour | 6 May 2021 | 2023–27 | ||
Safwaan Patel | Labour | 4 May 2023 | 2023–26 | ||
Kevin Morris | Labour | 4 May 2023 | 2023–24 | ||
Heaton, Lostock and Chew Moor | |||||
Martyn Cox [lower-alpha 2] | Conservative | 6 May 2010 | 2023–27 | ||
Anne Galloway | Conservative | 3 May 2018 | 2023–26 | ||
Andrew Morgan | Conservative | 7 May 2015 | 2023–24 | ||
Horwich North | |||||
Ryan Bamforth | Horwich and Blackrod First | 4 May 2023 | 2023–27 | ||
Craig Rotheram | Horwich and Blackrod First | 4 May 2023 | 2023–26 | ||
Victoria Rigby | Horwich and Blackrod First | 4 May 2023 | 2023–24 | ||
Horwich South and Blackrod | |||||
David Grant | Horwich and Blackrod First | 6 May 2021 | 2023–27 | ||
Peter Wright | Horwich and Blackrod First | 2 May 2019 | 2023–26 | ||
Samantha Williamson | Horwich and Blackrod First | 3 May 2018 | 2023–24 | ||
Hulton | |||||
Aalaina Khan | Labour | 4 May 2023 | 2023–27 | ||
Shafaqat Shaikh | Labour | 4 May 2023 | 2023–26 | ||
Derek John Bullock | Independent | 2 May 2019 | 2023–24 | ||
Kearsley | |||||
Debbie Newall | Labour [lower-alpha 3] | 5 May 2022 | 2023–27 | ||
Tracey Wilkinson [lower-alpha 4] | Farnworth and Kearsley First | 16 November 2023 [lower-alpha 5] . [5] | 2023–26 | ||
Melanie Livesey | Labour [lower-alpha 6] | 4 May 2023 | 2023–24 | ||
Little Lever and Darcy Lever | |||||
Andrea Taylor-Burke | Conservative | 6 May 2021 | 2023–27 | ||
David Meehan | Conservative | 5 May 2022 | 2023–26 | ||
Liam Barnard | Labour | 4 May 2023 | 2023–24 | ||
Queens Park and Central | |||||
Akhtar Zaman | Labour | 2 May 2002 | 2023–27 | ||
Richard Silvester | Labour Co-op | 5 May 2011 | 2023–26 | ||
Linda Thomas [lower-alpha 7] | Labour | 5 October 1995 | 2023–24 | ||
Rumworth | |||||
Abdul Atcha | Labour | 5 May 2022 | 2023–27 | ||
Sajid Ali | Labour | 4 May 2023 | 2023–24 | ||
Amjid Khan | Labour | 4 May 2023 | 2023–24 | ||
Smithills | |||||
Roger Hayes [lower-alpha 8] | Liberal Democrats | 7 May 1998 | 2023–27 | ||
Susan Priest | Liberal Democrats | 5 May 2022 | 2023–26 | ||
Garry Veevers | Liberal Democrats | 2 May 2019 | 2023–24 | ||
Tonge with The Haulgh | |||||
Martin Donaghy | Labour Co-op | 3 May 2012 | 2023–27 | ||
Nicholas Peel [lower-alpha 9] | Labour Co-op | 4 May 2000 | 2023–26 | ||
Emily Mort | Labour Co-op | 5 May 2022 | 2023–24 | ||
Westhoughton North and Hunger Hill | |||||
Arthur Price | Liberal Democrats | 4 May 2023 | 2023–27 | ||
Martin Tighe | Conservative | 4 May 2023 | 2023–26 | ||
Deirdre McGeown | Liberal Democrats | 16 November 2023 [lower-alpha 10] | 2023–24 | ||
Westhoughton South | |||||
David Chadwick | Labour | 4 May 2023 | 2023–27 | ||
David Wilkinson | Liberal Democrats | 3 May 2018 | 2023–26 | ||
Neil Maher | Liberal Democrats | 4 May 2023 | 2023–24 |
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