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Bolton Art Gallery, Library & Museum is a public museum, art gallery, library and aquarium in the town of Bolton, England, owned by Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council. [2] The museum, Bolton Museum , is housed within the grade II listed Le Mans Crescent near Bolton Town Hall and shares its main entrance with the library, Bolton Central Library ...
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 ...
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.
Bolton Festival Hall (dating from the rebuilding after the 1981 fire). The building served as the headquarters of the County Borough of Bolton for much of the 20th century and remained the local seat of government when the enlarged Bolton Council was formed in 1974. [8] In 1978 Fred Dibnah made repairs to the clock tower and its 16 stone ...
The Bolton News – formerly the Bolton Evening News – is a daily newspaper and news website covering the towns of Bolton and Bury in north-western England. Published each morning from Monday to Saturday and online every day, it is part of the Newsquest media group, a subsidiary of the U.S media giant Gannett Inc.
Three years later the Council returned to two-party politics. [17] There was little change over the next decade, although individual Labour and Home Rule candidates were returned. [18] [19] From the beginning of the twentieth century a Labour grouping began to emerge. By the 1920s Labour had become the second largest party on the council.
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.
The 2021 Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council election to elect members of Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council took place on 6 May 2021, on the same day as other local elections. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] 21 seats were contested, including a by election in Astley Bridge Ward, following the death of Cllr Paul Wild.