Westhoughton 1872-1974 & 1985
The township or civil parish was in Lancashire.
Westhoughton Local Board of Health 1872-94
A Local Board of Health for the township of Westhoughton in the Bolton Poor Law Union was formed in 1872.
Westhoughton Urban District 1894-1974
In 1894 Westhoughton Local Board became an Urban District, the area of which was extended in 1898 by the addition of a large part of Over Hulton.
Bolton Metropolitan Borough 1974
The whole of Westhoughton became part of Bolton Metropolitan Borough in 1974.
Westhoughton Town Council 1985
After a 10 year interval, Westhoughton Town Council came into being in 1985, electing its own Town Mayor each year.
Chairmen of Westhoughton 1872-1974
Mayors of Westhoughton 1985-2023
Chairmen of Westhoughton Local Board
1872 George Green 1873 George Green 1874 George Green 1875 George Green 1876 George Green 1877 Timothy Grisdale 1878 Timothy Grisdale 1879 Peter Ditchfield 1880 Peter Ditchfield 1881 James Stott 1882 Joseph Rothwell 1883 Joseph Rothwell 1884 Joseph Rothwell 1885 Joseph Rothwell 1886 Joseph Rothwell 1887 Joseph Rothwell 1888 Joseph Rothwell 1889 Joseph Rothwell 1890 Joseph Rothwell 1891 Joseph Rothwell 1892 Joseph Rothwell 1893 John Unsworth
Chairmen of Westhoughton Urban District Council
1894 Arthur Henry Leech 1895 Arthur Henry Leech 1896 Arthur Henry Leech 1897 Arthur Henry Leech 1898 Timothy Coop 1899 Arthur Henry Leech 1900 Arthur Henry Leech 1901 Roger Walker 1902 Walter Ernest Tonge 1903 Timothy Coop 1904 Samuel Taylor 1905 George Grundy 1906 George Grundy 1907 George Grundy 1908 Arthur Hamer 1909 George Gleave 1910 Philip Westhead (Died in office) 1911 Thomas Sinkinson 1912 John Henry Taylor 1913 John Cubbin 1914 John Cubbin 1915 Edward Basnett 1916 Isaac Barrow 1917 George Gleave 1918 George Gleave 1919 Thomas Billington 1920 Thomas Billington 1921 Thomas Billington 1922 Peter Scholes 1923 Thomas Sinkinson 1924 Joseph Hilton 1925 Walter Ernest Tonge 1926 James Selby Berry 1927 Peter Westhead 1928 Hugh Greenhalgh 1929 Thomas Billington 1930 Ralph Higham 1931 John Gibbons 1932 Henry Shaw 1933 Thomas Sherrington 1934 Joseph Hilton 1935 Edward Basnett 1936 William Lowe 1937 John Hindley 1938 James Selby Berry 1939 Jonathan Cowburn 1940 Adam Glover 1941 Fred Howarth 1942 James Croston Grundy 1943 Thomas West 1944 William Taylor Sutcliffe 1945 Richard Simkin 1946 William Lowe 1947 William Kelly 1948 Winifred Kettle 1949 Andrew Ormesher 1950 Thomas West 1951 Winifred Kettle 1952 William Kelly 1953 Thomas West 1954 Mary McIntyre 1955 Adam Glover 1956 Reuben Greenhalgh 1957 Winifred Kettle 1958 Albert George Woods 1959 Fred Bolton 1960 Henry Green 1961 Elizabeth Anne Ashworth 1962 Walter Raines 1963 Charles Howarth 1964 Adam Glover 1965 Hugh Booth 1966 Frank Woods 1967 Harold Battersby 1968 James Smith 1969 Peter Aspinall 1970 Robert Hart 1971 Cyril John Thomas 1972 Mary McIntyre 1973 Winifred Kettle
Mayors of Westhoughton
1985 Jack Cowburn 1986 Peter Louis Finch 1987 Jack Cowburn 1988 Brian Joseph Clare 1989 Nicholas Green 1990 Peter Mather 1991 Joan Kirkman 1992 George Twist 1993 Jean Ord Green 1994 David Arthur Wilkinson 1995 Linda Thomas 1996 Brian Joseph Clare 1997 Kathleen Teresa Dawson 1998 Bernard Ramsden 1999 John Robert Ainscough 2000 Janet Lynn Halliwell2001 Brian Joseph Clare 2002 Teresa Josephine Worthington 2003 David Arthur Wilkinson 2004 Ronald Halliwell 2005 Arthur Price 2006 George Henry Lloyd Penny 2007 James Gilfillan2008 David Chadwick2009 Barbara Ramsden2010 Brian Joseph Clare2011 Harry Bowling2012 Ryan Adam Battersby2013 Christopher Peacock2014 Kevan Stanley Jones2015 Lynda Winrow-Baker 2016 Anne Graham2017 Samantha Watkin2018 Arthur Price2019 David Arthur Wilkinson2021 Lisa Reilly2022 Deirdre McGeown
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