List of mayors of Bolton
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.
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. | Mayor | Party | Tenure | Terms | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles James Darbishire
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Liberal | 1838–1839 | 1 | b.1797 – d.1874. The first Mayor of the Municipal Borough of Bolton. | |
| 2 | Robert Heywood
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Liberal | 1839–1840 | 1 | b.1786 – d.1868. Father of John Heywood, Mayor of Bolton 1903–05 | |
| 3 | James Arrowsmith
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Liberal | 1840–1841 | 1 | b.1791 – d.1870. Father of Peter Rothwell Arrowsmith, Mayor of Bolton 1853–55. | |
| 4 | Thomas Cullen
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Liberal | 1841–1842 | 1 | b.1782 – d.1859. | |
| 5 | Robert Walsh
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Liberal | 1842–1843 | 1 | b.1791 – d.1873. | |
| 6 | Thomas Gregson
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Liberal | 1843–1844 | 1 | b.1795 – d.1865. | |
| 7 | John Slater
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Liberal | 1844–1845 | 1 | b.1798 – d.1861. | |
| 8 | Stephen Blair
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Conservative | 1845–1846 | 1 | b.1804 – d.1870. Conservative MP for Bolton 1848–52. | |
| 9 | James Scowcroft
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Conservative | 1846–1847 | 1 | b.1788 – d.1865. | |
| 10 | Thomas Ridgeway Bridson
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Conservative | 1847–1848 | 1 | b.1795 – d.1863. | |
| 11 | Thomas Lever Rushton
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Conservative | 1848–1850 | 2 | b.1811 – d.1883. | |
| 12 | William Gray
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Conservative | 1850–1852 | 2 | b.1814 – d.1895. Conservative MP for Bolton 1857–1874. | |
| 13 | John Stones
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Conservative | 1852–1853 | 1 | b.c.1804 – d.1859. | |
| 14 | Peter Rothwell Arrowsmith
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Liberal | 1853–1855 | 2 | b.1816 – d.1890. Son of James Arrowsmith, Mayor of Bolton 1840–41. | |
| 15 | James Knowles
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Liberal | 1855–1857 | 2 | b.1813 – d.1886. | |
| 16 | William Makant
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Liberal | 1857–1859 | 2 | b.1807 – d.1880. | |
| 17 | John Orton
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Liberal | 1859–1860 | 1 | b.1804 – d.1870. | |
| 18 | John Harwood
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Liberal | 1860–1861 | 1 | b.1802 – d.1875. Brother of Richard Harwood, Mayor of Bolton 1863–64. | |
| 19 | James Rawthorne Wolfenden
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Liberal | 1861–1863 | 2 | b.1811 – d.1886. Brother of Charles Wolfenden, Mayor of Bolton 1875–77. | |
| 20 | Richard Harwood
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Liberal | 1863–1864 | 1 | b.1802 – d.1875. Brother of John Harwood, Mayor of Bolton 1860–61, and father of George Harwood, Liberal MP for Bolton 1895–1912. | |
| 21 | Richard Stockdale
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Liberal | 1864–1866 | 2 | b.1809 – d.1886. | |
| 22 | Dr Fergus Ferguson
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Liberal | 1866–1867 | 1 | b.1805 – d.1887. | |
| 23 | James Barlow
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Liberal | 1867–1869 | 2 | b.1821 – d.1887. | |
| 24 | Thomas Walmsley
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Conservative | 1869–1871 | 2 | b.1812 – d.1890. | |
| 25 | William Walter Cannon
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Conservative | 1871–1873 | 2 | b.1822 – d.1903. Brother in law of Richard Stockdale, Mayor of Bolton 1864–66. | |
| 26 | Jeremiah Marsden
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Conservative | 1873–1875 | 2 | b.1820 – d.1877. | |
| 27 | Charles Wolfenden
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Conservative | 1875–1877 | 2 | b.1826 – d.1884. Brother of James Rawthorne Wolfenden, Mayor of Bolton 1861–1863 | |
| 28 | James Greenhalgh
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Conservative | 1877–1878 | 1 | b.1822 – d.1881. | |
| 29 | Peter Crook Marsden
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Conservative | 1878–1879 | 1 | b.1838 – d.1913. | |
| 30 | Henry Marriott Richardson
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Conservative | 1879–1880 | 1 | b.c.1816 – d.1893. | |
| 31 | Joseph Musgrave
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Conservative | 1880–1881 | 1 | b.1812 – d.1891. | |
| 32 | Thomas Glaister
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Conservative | 1881–1882 | 1 | b.1829 – d.1891. Grandfather of Thomas Glaister, Mayor of Bolton 1949–48. | |
| 33 | Ebenezer Green Harwood
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Conservative | 1882–1884 | 2 | b.1833 – d.1902. | |
| 34 | Thomas Fletcher
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Conservative | 1884–1887 | 3 | b.1832 – d.1914. | |
| 35 | Thomas Moscrop
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Conservative | 1887–1888 | 1 | b.1811 – d.1889. | |
| 36 | John Barrett
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Conservative | 1888–1889 | 1 | b.1842 – d.1908. | |
County Borough Mayors
| No. | Mayor | Party | Tenure | Terms | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Barrett
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Conservative | 1889–1890 | 1 | b.1842 – d.1908. The first Mayor of the County Borough of Bolton. | |
| 2 | Matthew Fielding
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Conservative | 1890–1891 | 1 | b.1848 – d.1915. | |
| 3 | William Nicholson
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Conservative | 1891–1894 | 3 | b.1825 – d.1915. | |
| 4 | Lt Col. Sir Benjamin Alfred Dobson
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Conservative | 1894–1898 | 4 | b.1847 – d.1898. Knighted on the 21 July 1897. Died in office. | |
| 5 | William Nicholson
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Conservative | 1898–1899 | 2 | b.1825 – d.1915. Acted as caretaker mayor in 1898, and re-elected the same year. | |
| 6 | John Edwin Scowcroft
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Conservative | 1899–1901 | 2 | b.1845 – d.1901. Died in office. | |
| 7 | William Nicholson
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Conservative | 1901 | 1 | b.1825 – d.1915. Acted again as caretaker mayor in 1901. | |
| 8 | John Miles
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Conservative | 1901–1903 | 2 | b.1841 – d.1917.[4] | |
| 9 | John Heywood
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Conservative | 1903–1905 | 2 | b.1849 – d.1910. Son of Robert Heywood, Mayor of Bolton 1839–40. | |
| 10 | Colonel George Hesketh
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Conservative | 1905–1906 | 1 | b.1853 – d.1930. Appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1918. | |
| 11 | Thomas Barlow Tong
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Conservative | 1906–1908 | 2 | b.1850 – d.1917. Uncle of Walter Wharton Tong, Mayor of Bolton 1940–41. | |
| 12 | William Henry Brown
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Conservative | 1908–1909 | 1 | b.1850 – d.1931. | |
| 13 | Joseph Tyas Cooper
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Liberal | 1909–1911 | 2 | b.1852 – d.1929. | |
| 14 | James Young
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Conservative | 1911–1913 | 2 | b.1861 – d.1917. | |
| 15 | John Turner Brooks
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Conservative | 1913–1914 | 1 | b.1836 – d.1918. | |
| 16 | James Seddon
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Conservative | 1914–1916 | 2 | b.1856 – d.1923. | |
| 17 | Sir Knowles Edge
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Liberal | 1916–1918 | 2 | b.1854 – d.1931. Knighted on the 12 August 1919. Father of Sir William Edge, Liberal MP for Bolton 1916–23. | |
| 18 | Lord Leverhulme
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Independent | 1918–1919 | 1 | b.1851 – d.1925. Created Baron Leverhulme in 1917, and Viscount Leverhulme in 1922.[5] He is the only mayor who was not a councillor. | |
| 19 | Robert Parkinson
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Conservative | 1919–1921 | 2 | b.1862 – d.1936. | |
| 20 | William Russell
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Conservative | 1921–1922 | 1 | b.1859 – d.1937. Conservative MP for Bolton 1922–23. | |
| 21 | Alfred Potts
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Labour | 1922–1923 | 1 | b.1867 – d.1945. | |
| 22 | Edmund Aspinall
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Conservative | 1923–1924 | 1 | b.1858 – d.1940. | |
| 23 | John Fletcher Steele
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Liberal | 1924–1925 | 1 | b.1867 – d.1941. | |
| 24 | Percy Knott
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Conservative | 1925–1926 | 1 | b.1865 – d.1943. | |
| 25 | Sir Thomas Evans Flitcroft
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Liberal | 1926–1928 | 2 | b.1861 – d.1938. Knighted in the King's Birthday Honours list 1913. | |
| 26 | Frank Cheadle
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Labour | 1928–1929 | 1 | b.1885 – d.1940. | |
| 27 | Robert Edwards Roberts
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Conservative | 1929–1930 | 1 | b.1876 – d.1944. | |
| 28 | Henry Warburton
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Liberal | 1930–1931 | 1 | b.1865 – d.1936. Nephew of Thomas Warburton, founder of Warburtons the bakers. | |
| 29 | George Sykes
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Conservative | 1931–1932 | 1 | b.c.1874 – d.1958. | |
| 30 | Samuel Lomax
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Labour | 1932–1933 | 1 | b.1871 – d.1944. | |
| 31 | Dr Ernest Monks
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Conservative | 1933–1934 | 1 | b.1871 – d.1941. Father of Dr John Richard Monks, Mayor of Bolton 1970–71. | |
| 32 | John Percy Taylor
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Liberal | 1934–1935 | 1 | b.1868 – d.1945. Appointed High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1926. | |
| 33 | Benjamin Kirkman
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Labour | 1935–1936 | 1 | b.c.1864 – d.1953. | |
| 34 | James Alfred Russell
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Conservative | 1936–1937 | 1 | b.1873 – d.1948. | |
| 35 | Thomas Halstead
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Labour | 1937–1938 | 1 | ||
| 36 | James Entwistle
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Conservative | 1938–1939 | 1 | ||
| 37 | Charles Harold Beswick
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Liberal | 1939–1940 | 1 | b.1874 – d.1945. | |
| 38 | Walter Wharton Tong
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Conservative | 1940–1941 | 1 | b.1890 – d.1978. Nephew of Thomas Barlow Tong, Mayor of Bolton 1906–08. Knighted on the 11 February 1955. | |
| 39 | Alfred Booth
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Labour | 1941–1942 | 1 | b.1893 – d.1965. Labour MP for Bolton East 1950–1951. | |
| 40 | James Bleakley
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Conservative | 1942–1943 | 1 | b.1893 – d.1993. | |
| 41 | Fred Bentley
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Liberal | 1943–1944 | 1 | ||
| 42 | Walter Bradley
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Conservative | 1944–1945 | 1 | ||
| 43 | Robert Demaine
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Labour | 1945–1946 | 1 | b.1874 – d.1948. | |
| 44 | Dr Horace Wilfred Taylor
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Conservative | 1946–1947 | 1 | ||
| 45 | John Henry Hampson
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Labour | 1947–1949 | 2 | ||
| 46 | Thomas Glaister
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Conservative | 1949–1950 | 1 | b.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. | |
| 47 | Helen Wright
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Labour | 1950–1951 | 1 | b.1892 – d.1970. The first female Mayor of Bolton. | |
| 48 | Thomas Parry Dunning
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Conservative | 1951–1952 | 1 | b.1893 – d.1973. | |
| 49 | James Vickers
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Labour | 1952–1953 | 1 | b.1895 – d.1972. Awarded an OBE in 1966. | |
| 50 | James Parkes, MBE
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Conservative | 1953–1954 | 1 | b.1893 – d.1980. Awarded an MBE in 1949. | |
| 51 | Peter Flanagan
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Labour | 1954–1955 | 1 | b.1887 – d.1964. | |
| 52 | Stanley Entwistle
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Conservative | 1955–1956 | 1 | died 1978. | |
| 53 | Peter Lowe
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Labour | 1956–1957 | 1 | b.1904 – d.1986. | |
| 54 | Frank Young
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Conservative | 1957–1958 | 1 | b.1904 – d.1977. | |
| 55 | Elizabeth Ann Ashmore
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Labour | 1958–1959 | 1 | b.1895 – d.1972. | |
| 56 | Edwin Taylor
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Conservative | 1959–1960 | 1 | b.1905 – d.1973. Conservative MP for Bolton East 1960–64. | |
| 57 | James Gradwell
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Labour | 1960–1961 | 1 | b.1891 – d.1972. | |
| 58 | William Harold Bateson
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Conservative | 1961–1962 | 1 | b.1897 – d.1967. | |
| 59 | John Arthur Childs
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Labour | 1962–1963 | 1 | b.1899 – d.1965. | |
| 60 | Thomas Connor
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Liberal | 1963–1964 | 1 | ||
| 61 | Harry Wood
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Conservative | 1964–1965 | 1 | ||
| 62 | Charles Henry Lucas
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Labour | 1965–1966 | 1 | Awarded a CBE in 1970. | |
| 63 | Nora Vickers
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Conservative | 1966–1967 | 1 | ||
| 64 | Clarence Leat
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Labour | 1967–1968 | 1 | b.1892 – d.1973. | |
| 65 | Ethel Maisie Ryley
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Conservative | 1968–1969 | 1 | ||
| 66 | Herbert Glynn
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Labour | 1969–1970 | 1 | b.1908 – d.1995.[6] | |
| 67 | Dr John Richard Monks, GM
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Conservative | 1970–1971 | 1 | b.1911 – d.1985. Son of Dr Ernest Monks, Mayor of Bolton 1933–34. | |
| 68 | Arnold Townend
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Labour | 1971–1972 | 1 | ||
| 69 | Alan Ellis Clarke
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Labour | 1972–1973 | 1 | b.1931. Triplet brother of Donald Stewart Clarke, Mayor of Bolton 1977–78. | |
| 70 | Henry Devenish
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Labour | 1973–1974 | 1 | ||
Transitional Mayor
| No. | Mayor | Party | Tenure | Terms | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Collins Hanscomb
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Conservative | 1973–1974 | 1 | 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. | Mayor | Party | Tenure | Terms | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doris Berry
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Conservative | 1974–1975 | 1 | b.1912 – d.1992. The first Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton. | |
| 2 | John Arthur Foster
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Labour | 1975–1976 | 1 | b.1927 – d.2010. | |
| 3 | James Rigby
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Conservative | 1976–1977 | 1 | b.1918 – d.1998. | |
| 4 | Donald Stewart Clarke
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Labour | 1977–1978 | 1 | b.1931 – d.2005. Triplet brother of Alan Ellis Clarke, Mayor of Bolton 1972–73.[7] | |
| 5 | Adam Hibbert
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Conservative | 1978–1979 | 1 | b.1910 – d.1992. | |
| 6 | Elizabeth Olwen Hamer
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Labour | 1979–1980 | 1 | b.1928 – d.1995. | |
| 7 | James Smith
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Conservative | 1980–1981 | 1 | b.1912 – d.1994. | |
| 8 | Joseph Wild
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Labour | 1981–1982 | 1 | b.1916 – d.1994. | |
| 9 | John Collins Hanscomb, CBE
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Conservative | 1982–1983 | 1 | b.1924. Previously Chairman / Transitional Mayor 1973–74. appointed a CBE in December 1980. | |
| 10 | Alan Samuel Brigg
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Labour | 1983–1984 | 1 | b.1911 – d.1988. | |
| 11 | Barbara Annette Hurst
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Conservative | 1984–1985 | 1 | b.1919 – d.2001. Awarded an MBE in 1993.[8] | |
| 12 | William Hardman
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Labour | 1985–1986 | 1 | b.1939 – d.1999.[9] | |
| 13 | Arthur Poulsom
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Conservative | 1986–1987 | 1 | b.1913 – d.1988. | |
| 14 | William Arthur Robinson
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Labour | 1987–1988 | 1 | b.1923 – d.1990 | |
| 15 | Brian Melvyn Allanson
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Conservative | 1988–1989 | 1 | b.1927. | |
| 16 | Kenneth MacIvor
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Labour | 1989–1990 | 1 | b.1925 – d.2004. | |
| 17 | Geoffrey Smith
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Conservative | 1990–1991 | 1 | b.1945. | |
| 18 | Gerald Riley
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Labour | 1991–1992 | 1 | b.1929 | |
| 19 | Ernest Crook
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Conservative | 1992–1993 | 1 | b.1927. | |
| 20 | Campbell Jocelyn H Benjamin, OBE
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Labour | 1993–1994 | 1 | b.1914 – d.2004. The first black Mayor of Bolton. Appointed an OBE in 1996.[10] | |
| 21 | Thomas Anderton
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour | 1994–1995 | 1 | b.1924. | |
| 22 | Frank Alan Rushton
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)" | |
Conservative | 1995–1996 | 1 | b.1934. | |
| 23 | Eric Johnson
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Labour | 1996–1997 | 1 | b.1923. Also was Mayor of Blackrod 1988–89 and 1993–94. | |
| 24 | Peter Gareth Birch
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour | 1997–1998 | 1 | b.1948 – d.2001.[11] | |
| 25 | Peter Louis Finch
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Labour | 1998–1999 | 1 | b.1937. Also was Mayor of Westhoughton 1986–87. | |
| 26 | John Monaghan
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Labour | 1999–2000 | 1 | b.1936 – d.2008.[12] Also was Mayor of Blackrod 1992–93 and 1997–98. | |
| 27 | Alan Wilkinson
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Conservative | 2000–2001 | 1 | b.1948. | |
| 28 | Kevan James Helsby, MBE
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Labour | 2001–2002 | 1 | b.1950. Received an MBE in the Millennium honours list. Also was Mayor of Horwich 1987–88 and 2004–05.[13] | |
| 29 | John Walsh, OBE
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Conservative | 2002–2003 | 1 | b.1952. appointed an OBE in 1994. | |
| 30 | Clifford Morris
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour | 2003–2004 | 1 | ||
| 31 | Prentice Howarth
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)" | |
Labour | 2004–2005 | 1 | b.1936. | |
| 32 | Frank Richard White
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Labour | 2005–2006 | 1 | b.1940. Labour MP for Bury and Radcliffe 1979–1983. | |
| 33 | Walter Hall
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Conservative | 2006–2007 | 1 | b.1935. | |
| 34 | Barbara Olwyn Ronson
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Liberal Democrats | 2007–2008 | 1 | b.1942. Also was Mayor of Horwich 1996–97.[14] | |
| 35 | Anthony Connell
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Labour | 2008–2009 | 1 | b.1941.[15] | |
| 36 | Norman Critchley
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Conservative | 2009–2010 | 1 | b.1938.[16] | |
| 37 | John Byrne
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Labour | 2010–2011 | 1 | Councillor for the Breightmet ward.[17] | |
| 38 | Anthony Noel Spencer
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Labour | 2011–2012 | 1 | ||
| 39 | Guy Harkin
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Labour | 2012–2013 | 1 | Councillor for the Crompton ward.[18][19] | |
| 40 | Colin Shaw
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Conservative | 2013–2014 | 1 | Councillor for Heaton and Lostock Ward[20] | |
| 41 | Martin Donaghy
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Labour | 2014–2015 | 1 | Councillor for Tonge with the Haulgh Ward[21] | |
| 42 | Carole Swarbrick
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Liberal Democrats | 2015–2016 | 1 | Councillor for Smithills Ward[22] | |
| 43 | Lynda Byrne
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Labour | 2016–2017 | 1 | Councillor for Breightmet Ward | |
| 44 | Roger Hayes
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Liberal Democrats | 2017–2018 | 1 | Councillor for Smithills Ward[23] | |
| 45 | Elaine Sherrington
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Labour | 2018–2019 | 1 | Councillor for Tonge with the Haulgh Ward | |
References
- ^ Links in a Chain - Bolton 1838–2008. URL accessed 11 May 2008.
- ^ Famous Boltonians. URL accessed 11 May 2008.
- ^ a b Links in a Chain - John Collins Hanscomb. URL accessed 11 May 2008.
- ^ "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36609. London. 11 November 1901. p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source] [better source needed]. URL accessed 15 May 2008.
- ^ "Former Mayor dies, 87". The Bolton News. Newsquest Media Group. 29 November 1995.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "'He lived life to the full'". The Bolton News. Newsquest Media Group. 17 March 2005.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "'First Citizen' dies". The Bolton News. Newsquest Media Group. 13 September 2001.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Former mayor dies". The Bolton News. Newsquest Media Group. 2 March 1999.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Award 'a major boost to ethnic minorities'". The Bolton News. Newsquest Media Group. 30 December 1995.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Ex-mayor dies after heart attack". The Bolton News. Newsquest Media Group. 4 December 2001.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Tributes to former Mayor of Bolton". The Bolton News. Newsquest Media Group. 4 May 2008.
- ^ Former mayor retires from politics[permanent dead link]. The Bolton News, first published 12 April 2007. [dead link]
- ^ "History as Lib-Dem takes over as Mayor". The Bolton News. Newsquest Media Group. 17 May 2007.
- ^ Bolton's new Mayor all set for a Marathon year. The Bolton News, first published 15 May 2008.
- ^ "New Mayor pays tribute to the people of Bolton". The Bolton News. Newsquest Media Group. 13 May 2009.
- ^ "It's hello Mr Mayor". The Bolton News. Newsquest Media Group. 20 May 2010.
- ^ Member's Details - Councillor Guy Harkin. Bolton Council. Retrieved on 17 May 2012.
- ^ "I'm proud to be mayor of 'Britain's friendliest town'". The Bolton News. Newsquest Media Group. 17 May 2012.
- ^ "Links in a Chain - the Mayors of Bolton". Bolton Council. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ "Meet the new Mayor of Bolton - Martin Donaghy". Bolton News. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ "Smithills councillor Carole Swarbrick inaugurated as the new Mayor of Bolton". Bolton News. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ "The Mayor". Bolton Council. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
External links
- Mayor - general information. Bolton Council.
- Links in a Chain. Covering the mayors of Bolton, along with the chairmen and mayors of Farnworth, Kearsley, Little Lever, Horwich, Westhoughton, Turton, and Blackrod.