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Chairmen of Horwich Local Board

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Chairmen of Horwich Local Board
Name Party Tenure Notes
William Greenhalgh Conservative
1872–1882
His brother was James Greenhalgh who served as Mayor of Bolton, 1877-78.
John Longworth
1882–1884
Thomas Mason Liberal
1884–1888
Joseph Howarth Conservative
1888–1889
John Longworth
1889–1894
Last Chairman of Horwich Local Board
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Chairmen of Horwich Urban District Council

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Chairmen of Horwich Urban District Council
Name Party Tenure Notes
John Longworth
1894–1896
First Chairman of Horwich Urban District Council
Thomas Bancroft Greenhalgh Conservative
1896–1897
Frank Morton Palmer Conservative
1897–1899
James Dougill Liberal
1899–1900
John Fletcher Conservative
1900–1903
John Dickinson Conservative
1903–1905
William Lewtas Longworth Conservative
1905–1906
Edwin Barnes Liberal
1906–1907
William Rostron Pickup Conservative
1907–1908
Francis Thornham Liberal
1908–1909
Farnham Slade
1909–1910
Charles Herbert Field Conservative
1910–1911
Jonas Fearnhead Labour
1911–1912
Charles Edward Harrop Liberal
1912–1914
James Henry Riley Conservative
1914–1915
John German Dickinson Conservative
1915–1916
1st term
Frank Coupe Ashton Liberal
1916–1917
William Wasden Glover Conservative
1917–1918
Richard Crowther
1918–1919
Arthur Walton Ainsworth Conservative
1919–1920
William Job Slater Liberal
1920–1921
Henry Carter Conservative
1921–1922
1st term
Thomas Wright (I) Conservative
1922–1923
Alfred Jones Conservative
1923–1924
William Gittins Fearnhead Labour
1924–1925
1st term
Frank Taylor Labour
1925–1926
James Carr Independent
1926–1927
1st term
William Chipchase Labour
1927–1928
Roscoe Taylor Conservative
1928–1929
Thomas Shorrocks Conservative
1929–1930
William Gittins Fearnhead Labour
1930–1931
2nd term
John German Dickinson Conservative
1931–1932
2nd term
David Thomas Smith Conservative
1932–1933
Henry Carter Conservative
1933–1934
2nd term
John Augustine Kilcoyne Labour
1934–1935
John Henry Shaw Labour
1935–1936
William James Roskelly Liberal
1936–1937
Wilfred Tomkinson Conservative
1937–1938
1st term
Thomas Wright (II) Labour
1938–1939
William Taylor Conservative
1939–1940
William Edwin W. Flockton Labour
1940–1941
1st term
Paul Fairclough Conservative
1941–1942
James Carr Independent
1942–1943
2nd term
Joseph William Slater Independent
1943–1944
Philip Cannell Labour
1944–1945
Henry Johnson Close Labour
1945–1946
Martha Jane Downes Labour
1946–1947
William Edwin W. Flockton Labour
1947–1948
2nd term
Mary Ellen Welch Labour
1948–1949
Henry Almond Labour
1949–1950
1st term
Wilfred Tomkinson Conservative
1950–1951
2nd term
William Lawson Whitehead Liberal
1951
He died in office and his duties for the remainder of the term were undertaken by the previous Chairman, Wilfred Tomkinson.
Leonard Rimmer
1952–1953
Ernest Blackburn Labour
1953–1954
James Hargreaves Labour
1954–1955
John Fairclough Conservative
1955–1956
John Orr Bennett Conservative
1956–1957
1st term
Arthur Sharples Conservative
1957–1958
Edwin Toohey Labour
1958–1959
1st term
Joseph Moran Labour
1959–1960
William Edwin W. Flockton Labour
1960–1961
3rd term
Wilfred Tomkinson Conservative
1961–1962
3rd term
Henry Almond Labour
1962–1963
2nd term
John Leech Labour
1963–1964
John Orr Bennett Conservative
1964–1965
2nd term
Edwin Toohey Labour
1965–1966
2nd term
James McBurnie Labour
1966–1967
Peter Scannell Hewitt Liberal
1967–1968
Frank Robert Yardley Independent
1968–1969
Ellis Dobson Labour
1969–1970
Afterwards, Member of Bolton Council, representing the Horwich North, Central and East ward 19731978.
Leslie George Fearnhead Independent
1970–1971
Eileen Kay Liberal
1971–1972
Alan Oakley Labour
1972–1973
Albert James Ratcliffe Liberal
1973–1865
Last Chairman of Horwich Urban District Council. Was Mayor-elect of Horwich in 1980, but died shortly before he was due to take office.
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Chairmen of Kearsley Local Board

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Chairmen of Kearsley Local Board
Name Party Tenure Notes
Harrison Blair
1865–1868
His brother was Stephen Blair who served as Mayor of Bolton (1845–46) and Member of Parliament for Bolton (1848–52).
James Fletcher Snr Conservative
1868–1869
1st term. His son was James Fletcher Jnr who served as Chairman of Kearsley Urban District Council (1895–99).
Samuel Gee Liberal
1869–1870
Edward Pilkington
1870–1871
1st term
Joseph Grimshaw
1871–1872
John Lever
1872–1877
James Fletcher Snr Conservative
1877–1881
2nd term
Edward Pilkington
1881–1882
2nd term
John William Watkinson
1882–1895
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Chairmen of Kearsley Urban District Council

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Chairmen of Kearsley Urban District Council
Name Party Tenure Notes
James Fletcher Jnr Conservative
1895–1900
Joseph Openshaw Conservative
1900–1905
Francis Shippobottom
1905–1913
Stanley Pickering Conservative
1913–1915
Robert Lucas Conservative
1915–1917
James Howard Conservative
1917–1919
Edward Gittins Liberal
1919–1921
James Barrett Labour
1921–1922
Charles Frederick Howard Conservative
1922–1926
Nathan Wardle Conservative
1926–1928
John Shepherd Conservative
1928–1930
Tom Young Martin Conservative
1930–1931
Samuel Street
1931–1932
1st term
Arthur Munroe Holden Conservative
1932–1933
Walter Holehouse Labour
1933–1934
1st term
Randolph Churchill Smith Conservative
1934–1935
Annie M. Hogg Conservative
1935–1936
2nd term
Albert Plant
1936–1937
Richard Matthews Labour
1937–1938
1st term
James Ernest Robey
1938–1939
John Cranshaw Conservative
1939–1940
Joseph Harold Brooks Liberal
1940–1941
Sydney John Morgan Conservative
1941–1942
John Martin Labour
1942–1943
1st term
Samuel Street
1943–1944
2nd term
Raymond Tyldsley Independent
1944–1945
Horace Barratt Labour
1945–1946
Ernest Howard Labour
1946–1947
1st term
Walter Holehouse Labour
1947–1948
2nd term
Richard Matthews Labour
1948–1949
2nd term
Annie M Hogg Conservative
1949–1950
1st term
William Taylor Labour
1950–1951
1st term
John Martin Labour
1951–1952
2nd term
James Eckersley Labour
1952–1953
Ernest Howard Labour
1953–1954
2nd term
Ronald Crowther Labour
1954–1955
Walter Holehouse Labour
1955–1956
3rd term
Tom Fielding Conservative
1956–1957
Joe Hollinshead Labour
1957–1958
Betsy Ellen Taylor Labour
1958–1959
William Taylor Labour
1959–1960
2nd term
Samuel Alfred Chaloner Labour
1960–1961
Alexander Ward Labour
1961–1962
John Martin Labour
1962–1963
Joseph Walker Labour
1963–1964
2nd term
Thomas Ainsworth Pilkington Labour
1964–1965
Noel Alfred Tatlock Labour
1965–1966
Thomas Cooper Labour
1966–1967
John Rothwell Liberal
1967–1968
Alan Thomas Nowell Liberal
1968–1969
William Arthur Robinson Labour
1969–1970
Ernest George Bell Liberal
1970–1971
Margaret Patricia Rothwell Liberal
1971–1972
Raymond Cornthwaite Labour
1972–1973
Joseph Walker Labour
1973–1974
1st term
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Chairmen of Little Lever Local Board

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Chairmen of Little Lever Local Board
Name Party Tenure Notes
Thomas Fletcher
1872–1879
Richard Hayward (I) Conservative
1879–1881
James Slade
1881–1893
Died in office
Matthew Fletcher
1893–1895
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Chairmen of Little Lever Urban District Council

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Chairmen of Little Lever Urban District Council
Name Party Tenure Notes
Matthew Fletcher
1895–1896
Richard Hayward (I) Conservative
1896–1903
Thomas Henry Chatton
1903–1906
1st term
John Heywood Conservative
1906–1909
William Nuttall
1909–1912
John Hayward Conservative
1912–1914
James Yates
1914–1917
William Pollitt
1917–1919
Died in office
Thomas Henry Chatton
1919–1920
2nd term
John Robertson Conservative
1920–1922
1st term
Thomas Henry Chatton
1922–1923
3rd term
John Robertson Conservative
1923–1924
2nd term
Thomas Henry Chatton
1924–1926
4th term
John Robertson Conservative
1926–1927
3rd term
John Pickering
1927–1928
John Thomas Allen Labour
1928–1929
James Stevenson Independent
1929–1930
1st term
James Fogg Conservative
1930–1931
William Tatlock (II)
1931–1932
1st term
William Hubbard Labour
1932–1934
John Groves
1934–1935
James Stevenson Independent
1935–1936
2nd term
William Tatlock (II)
1936–1937
2nd term
Richard Hayward (II) Conservative
1937–1938
1st term
Victor Seddon Conservative
1938–1939
Harry Greenhalgh Orr Independent
1939–1940
1st term
Albert Sunderland Conservative
1940–1941
1st term
William Tatlock (II)
1941–1942
3rd term. Died in office
Albert Sunderland Conservative
1942–1943
2nd term
John Mobey
1943–1944
1st term
John William Berry
1944–1945
James Stevenson Independent
1945–1946
3rd term
Richard Hayward (II)
1946–1947
2nd term
Fred Jackson Labour
1947–1948
Harry Greenhalgh Orr Independent
1948–1949
2nd term
Albert Sunderland Conservative
1949–1950
3rd term
Joseph Gale Labour
1950–1951
Harry Barnes Conservative
1951–1952
1st term
John Mobey Labour
1952–1953
2nd term
Thomas Nuttall Pendlebury Conservative
1953–1954
Harry Lockton Labour
1954–1955
Clifford Settle
1955–1956
1st term
Joseph Alexander Strickland Conservative
1956–1957
Harry Barnes Conservative
1957–1958
2nd term
John Mobey Labour
1958–1959
3rd term
Clifford Settle
1959–1960
2nd term
William Tatlock (III) Conservative
1960–1961
Edna Mobey Labour
1961–1962
Joseph Beckett Clayton Conservative
1962–1963
1st term
John Lawton Conservative
1963–1964
Isaac Hurst Labour
1964–1965
James Taylor Marsh Labour
1965–1966
Joseph Beckett Clayton Conservative
1966–1967
2nd term
George E. Sheard Independent
1967–1968
James Lees Conservative
1968–1969
1st term
Duncan Davies Conservative
1969–1970
Ronald Anderton Conservative
1970–1971
John Hill Conservative
1971–1972
James Lees Conservative
1972–1973
2nd term
Wilfred C. Worthington Labour
1973–1974
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Chairmen of Westhoughton Local Board

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Chairmen of Westhoughton Local Board
Name Party Tenure Notes
George Green Liberal
1872–1877
Timothy Grisdale Conservative
1877–1879
Peter Ditchfield Conservative
1879–1881
James Stott Conservative
1881–1882
Joseph Rothwell Conservative
1882–1893
John Unsworth Liberal
1893–1894
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Chairmen of Westhoughton Urban District Council

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Chairmen of Westhoughton Urban District Council
Name Party Tenure Notes
Arthur Henry Leech
1894–1898
1st term
Timothy Coop Liberal
1898–1899
1st term
Arthur Henry Leech
1899–1901
2nd term
Roger Walker Conservative
1901–1902
Walter Ernest Tonge Liberal
1902–1903
1st term
Timothy Coop Liberal
1903–1904
2nd term
Samuel Taylor Liberal
1904–1905
George Grundy Conservative
1905–1908
Arthur Hamer Conservative
1908–1909
George Gleave Conservative
1909–1910
1st term
Philip Westhead Liberal
1910–1911
2nd term. Died in office
Thomas Sinkinson Conservative
1911–1912
1st term
John Henry Taylor Liberal
1912–1913
John Cubbin Conservative
1913–1915
Edward Basnett Labour
1915–1916
1st term
Isaac Barrow Liberal
1916–1917
George Gleave Conservative
1917–1919
2nd term
Thomas Billington Labour
1919–1922
1st term
Peter Scholes Liberal
1922–1923
Thomas Sinkinson Conservative
1923–1924
2nd term
Joseph Hilton Labour
1924–1925
Walter Ernest Tonge Liberal
1925–1926
2nd term
James Selby Berry Conservative
1926–1927
1st term
Peter Westhead Independent
1927–1928
1st term
Hugh Greenhalgh Labour
1928–1929
Thomas Billington Labour
1929–1930
2nd term
Ralph Higham Conservative
1930–1931
John Gibbons Liberal
1931–1932
Henry Shaw Conservative
1932–1933
Thomas Sherrington Labour
1933–1934
Joseph Hilton Labour
1934–1935
Edward Basnett Labour
1935–1936
2nd term
William Lowe Conservative
1936–1937
1st term
John Hindley Conservative
1937–1938
James Selby Berry Conservative
1938–1939
2nd term
Jonathan Cowburn Independent
1939–1940
Adam Glover Conservative
1940–1941
1st term
Fred Howarth Conservative
1941–1942
James Croston Grundy Conservative
1942–1943
Thomas West Labour
1943–1944
1st term
William Thomas Sutcliffe Conservative
1944–1945
Richard Simkin
1945–1946
William Lowe Conservative
1946–1947
2nd term
William Kelly Labour
1947–1948
1st term
Winifred Kettle Labour
1948–1949
1st term
Andrew Ormesher Labour
1949–1950
Thomas West Labour
1950–1951
2nd term
Winifred Kettle Labour
1951–1952
2nd term
William Kelly Labour
1952–1953
2nd term
Thomas West Labour
1953–1954
3rd term
Mary McIntyre Labour
1954–1955
1st term
Adam Glover Conservative
1955–1956
2nd term
Reuben Greenhalgh Labour
1956–1957
Winifred Kettle Labour
1957–1958
3rd term
Albert George Woods Labour
1958–1959
Fred Bolton Labour
1959–1960
Henry Green Labour
1960–1961
Elizabeth Anne Ashworth Labour
1961–1962
Walter Raines Labour
1962–1963
Charles Howarth Conservative
1963–1964
Adam Glover Conservative
1964–1965
Hugh Booth Conservative
1965–1966
Frank Woods Independent
1966–1967
Harold Battersby Conservative
1967–1968
James Smith Conservative
1968–1969
Peter Aspinall Independent
1969–1970
Robert Hart Conservative
1970–1971
Cyril John Thomas Labour
1971–1972
Mary McIntyre Labour
1972–1973
2nd term
Winifred Kettle Labour
1973–1974
4th term
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References

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  1. ^ a b Links in a Chain Project. "Horwich 1872–Present". Links in a Chain. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b Links in a Chain Project. "Kearsley 1865–1974". Links in a Chain. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  3. ^ a b Links in a Chain Project. "Little Lever 1872-1974". Links in a Chain. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  4. ^ a b Links in a Chain Project. "Westhoughton 1872–1974 & 1985–Present". Links in a Chain. Retrieved 24 July 2016.