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The council styles itself Bolton Council rather than its full formal name of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council. [6] From 1974 until 1986 the council was a lower-tier authority, with upper-tier functions provided by the Greater Manchester County Council. The county council was abolished in 1986 and its functions passed to Greater Manchester's ...
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council elections (40 P) Pages in category "Local government in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
When the metropolitan borough of Bolton was created in 1974 it was transferred to the new metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, with Greater Manchester Council providing county-level services. The Greater Manchester Council was abolished in 1986, after which Bolton became a unitary authority, providing all local government services.
Transport in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton (1 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Metropolitan Borough of Bolton" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The Council Chamber, Bolton Town Hall. The original building on a rectangular plan is designed in the neoclassical style in the form of a temple with a tall baroque -style clocktower. The town hall has a high basement storey and two principal floors above in sandstone ashlar which is rusticated at basement level.
The first tramway replacement by buses was in 1933, and the last Bolton tram ran on 29 March 1947. [43] Bolton Corporation continued as a bus-only operation until it was acquired by the SELNEC PTE on 1 November 1969. One Bolton Corporation Transport bus, a 1956 Leyland PD2, is preserved at the Museum of Transport Manchester. [44]
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 , is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester , England.
Result of the most recent council election in 2023. In December 2022, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England made The Bolton (Electoral Changes) Order 2022, which officially abolished all 20 existing wards and established 20 new wards with new boundaries. All 60 wards were contested at the 2023 elections.