Metropolitan Borough of Bolton
Geography
Status:	Metropolitan borough
Region:	North West England
Admin. County:	Greater Manchester
Area:   Total:	Ranked 217th 139.80 km²
Admin. HQ:	Bolton
ONS code:	00BL
Demographics
Population:   Total (2006 est.):   Density:	Ranked 32nd 262,400 1877 / km²
Ethnicity:	88.0% White 9.3% S.Asian 1.2% Mixed 1.0% Black 0.6% Chinese or Other[1]
Politics
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.bolton.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour (council NOC)
MPs:	David Crausby (L) Brian Iddon (L) Ruth Kelly (L)

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Creation

The metropolitan borough was formed on April 1, 1974, by the merger of the county borough of Bolton and the following districts from the administrative county of Lancashire: is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... County borough was a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom to refer to a borough or a city independent of county administration. ... For the larger local government district, see Metropolitan Borough of Bolton. ... The division into counties is one of the larger divisions of England. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ...

• the municipal borough of Farnworth
• the urban district of Horwich
• the urban district of Westhoughton
• the urban district of Blackrod
• the urban district of Kearsley
• the urban district of Little Lever

• the southern part of the urban district of Turton, specifically the villages of Bradshaw, Bromley Cross, Dunscar, Egerton and Harwood. This area is now known as South Turton.

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Parishes

Horwich, Westhoughton and Blackrod are now constituted as civil parishes. The parishes of Horwich and Westhoughton have the status of town councils. The rest of the metropolitan borough, Bolton, Farnworth, Kearsley, Little Lever, and South Turton, have remained unparished areas since 1974. Horwich (pronounced Horrich) is a town and civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. ... , Westhoughton is a town and civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... In the United Kingdom, town councils are civil parish councils, where the civil parish is a town. ... For the larger local government district, see Metropolitan Borough of Bolton. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... , Kearsley (previously spelt as Kersley)[1] is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. ... , Little Lever is a large village within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. ... South Turton is an unparished area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. ... In England a civil parish (usually just parish) is the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ...

Demographics

The following table outlines the total population of the whole Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, which includes the unparished areas of Bolton (the former county borough), Farnworth, Kearsley, Little Lever and South Turton, plus the civil parishes of Blackrod, Horwich and Westhoughton. In England a civil parish (usually just parish) is the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... , Kearsley (previously spelt as Kersley)[1] is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. ... , Little Lever is a large village within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. ... South Turton is an unparished area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. ... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Horwich (pronounced Horrich) is a town and civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. ... , Westhoughton is a town and civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in Greater Manchester, England. ...

According to the 2005 estimates,^[3] of the 262,600 people living in Bolton Metropolitan Borough, the following ethnicities have been recorded:

• 88.0% White
  • 85.9% White British
  • 1.2% Other White
  • 0.8% White Irish

• 9.3% South Asian
  • 5.9% Indian
  • 2.7% Pakistani
  • 0.5% Other South Asian
  • 0.2% Bangladeshi

• 1.2% Mixed Race
  • 0.5% White and Asian
  • 0.4% White and Black Caribbean
  • 0.2% White and Black African
  • 0.2% Other Mixed

• 1.0% Black
  • 0.6% Black African
  • 0.4% Black Caribbean
  • 0.1% Other Black

• 0.6% Other
  • 0.3% Chinese
  • 0.3% Other

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Education

See also: List of schools in Greater Manchester

In 2007, Bolton was ranked 69th out of the 149 Local Education Authorities — and sixth out of ten in Greater Manchester — for its National Curriculum assessment performance.^[4] Measured on the percentage of pupils attaining at least 5 A*–C grades at GCSE including maths and English, the Bolton LEA was 111th out of 149: 40.1% of pupils achieved this objective, against a national average of 46.7%.^[5] Unauthorised absence from Bolton's secondary schools in the 2006/2007 academic year was 1.4%, in line with the national average, and authorised absence was 6.0% against the national average of 6.4%.^[6] At GCSE level, Bolton School (Girls' Division) was the most successful of Bolton's 21 secondary schools, with 99% of pupils achieving at least 5 A*–C grades at including maths and English.^[7] The following is a partial list of active schools in Greater Manchester, England. ... A Local Education Authority (LEA) is the part of a council in England or Wales that is responsible for education within that councils jurisdiction. ... National Curriculum assessments are a series of educational assessments carried out on children attending schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland that follow the National Curriculum. ... GCSE is an acronym that can refer to: General Certificate of Secondary Education global common subexpression elimination - an optimisation technique used by some compilers This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Bolton School is a public school (independent school) situated in the town of Bolton, Greater Manchester in the North-West of England. ...

The University of Bolton is one of Greater Manchester's four universities. In 2007, the Times Good University Guide ranked it 91st of 113 institutions in Britain.^[8] There are 4,440 students (83% undergraduate, 17% postgraduate); 2.6% come from outside Britain. In 2007 there were 8.8 applications for every place, and student satisfaction was recorded as 74.4%. It is one of Britain's newest universities, having been given this status in 2005.^[9] The University of Bolton (formerly Bolton Institute of Higher Education) is a university in Bolton in the United Kingdom. ... In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelors degree. ... Quaternary education or postgraduate education is the fourth-stage educational level which follows the completion of an undergraduate degree at a college or university. ...

GCSE Examination Performance 2007

• The table on the left shows the percentage of students gaining five A* to C grades, including English and Maths, for secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton.
• The table on the right shows the Average Total Point Score per Student for secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton.
• Schools highlighted in yellow are above the LEA average; those highlighted in orange are below the average.
• Another secondary school, Bolton Muslim Girls' School, has opened since January 2007; no results are available.
• Source: Department for Children, Schools and Families — http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/

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Mayors of Bolton

This list is only for the Mayors of Bolton since the creation of the Metropolitan Borough.^[10][11][12]

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Neighbouring districts

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