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The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England.It is named after its largest town, Wigan, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Atherton, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Golborne, Hindley, Ince-in-Makerfield, Leigh and Tyldesley.
The town of Wigan was an ancient borough, having been granted a charter in 1246. From around 1350 the borough was led by a mayor.The borough was reformed to become a municipal borough under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, which standardised how most boroughs operated across the country.
In 1835 Wigan became a Municipal borough, using the then current Parliamentary boundaries of the Township. [4] [5] In 1888 Wigan Municipal Borough became the County Borough of Wigan on the same boundaries. [6] [7] In 1904 Pemberton Urban District was dissolved, with the area covered by it becoming part of the County Borough of Wigan. [8]
The County Borough of Wigan was, from 1889 to 1974, a local government district centred on Wigan in the northwest of England. It was alternatively known as Wigan County Borough . The district was created by the Local Government Act 1888 , with its boundaries based upon the earlier Municipal Borough of Wigan .
The Greater Manchester County Council (GMCC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater Manchester from 1974 to 1986. A strategic authority, with responsibilities for roads, public transport, planning, emergency services and waste disposal, it was composed of 106 directly elected members drawn from the ten metropolitan boroughs of Greater Manchester.
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Wigan Rural District was an administrative district in Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974. The rural district comprised an area to the north, but did not include the town of Wigan . The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894 as the successor to the Wigan Rural Sanitary District . [ 1 ]
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is a combined authority for Greater Manchester, England.It was established on 1 April 2011 and consists of 11 members: 10 indirectly elected members, each a directly elected councillor from one of the ten metropolitan boroughs that comprise Greater Manchester, together with the directly elected Mayor of Greater Manchester.