Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council, generally known as

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 Borough Council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in ...

, is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of

Bolton Bolton (, locally ) is a large town in Greater Manchester in North West England, formerly a part of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a production centre for textiles since Flemish weavers settled in the area in the 14th ...

Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tam ...

, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2004, 60

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s have been elected from 20 wards. New ward boundaries are being prepared to take effect from the 2023 election.

Political control

From 1889 to 1974

was a

county borough County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control, similar to the unitary authorities created since the 1990s. An equivalent te ...

, independent of any county council. Under the Local Government Act 1972 it had its territory enlarged and became a metropolitan borough, with

Greater Manchester County Council The Greater Manchester County Council (GMCC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater Manchester from 1974 to 1986. A strategic authority, with responsibilities for roads, public transport, planning, emergency services ...

providing county-level services. The first election to the reconstituted borough council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its revised powers on 1 April 1974. Greater Manchester County Council was abolished in 1986 and Bolton became a

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. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties:

Leadership

The first leader of the metropolitan borough council, John Hanscomb, had been the last leader of the old county borough council (or corporation) of Bolton. The leaders of the council since 1974 have been:

Council elections

Between 1973 and 1980, there were 69 councillors; three seats for each of the 23 wards. Following ward boundary changes for the 1980 election, the number of wards was reduced to 20 and all 60 seats were contested. Further boundary changes were made for the 2004 election and again all council seats were contested. * 1973 election * 1975 election * 1976 election * 1978 election * 1979 election * 1980 election * 1982 election * 1983 election * 1984 election * 1986 election * 1987 election * 1988 election * 1990 election * 1991 election * 1992 election * 1994 election * 1995 election * 1996 election * 1998 election * 1999 election * 2000 election * 2002 election * 2003 election * 2004 election * 2006 election * 2007 election * 2008 election * 2010 election * 2011 election *

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By-election results

References

External links

Bolton Council

{{Greater Manchester elections

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Elections in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton Council elections in Greater Manchester Metropolitan borough council elections in England