Editing Bollington (section)

== Governance ==
There are two tiers of local government covering Bollington, at civil parish (town) and [[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authority]] level: Bollington Town Council and [[Cheshire East Council]]. The town council is based at the Town Hall on Wellington Road.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bollington Town Council |url=https://www.bollington-tc.gov.uk/contact/ |website= www.bollington-tc.gov.uk|access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref>

The town falls within the Westminster constituency of [[Macclesfield (UK Parliament constituency)|Macclesfield]], which has represented by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] MP [[Tim Roca]] since 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidrutley.org.uk/|title=Official website |publisher=[[David Rutley|David Rutley MP]] |access-date=7 February 2018}}</ref>

=== Administrative history ===
Bollington was historically a [[Township (England)|township]] in the [[Civil parish#Ancient parishes|ancient parish]] of [[Prestbury, Cheshire|Prestbury]], which formed part of the [[Macclesfield Hundred]] of Cheshire.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bollington Township / Civil Parish |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10200350 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=[[Great Britain Historical GIS]] / [[University of Portsmouth]] |access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref> From the 17th century onwards, parishes were gradually given various civil functions under the [[English Poor Laws|Poor Laws]], in addition to their original ecclesiastical functions. In some cases, including Prestbury, the civil functions were exercised by each township separately rather than the parish as a whole. In 1866, the legal definition of 'parish' was changed to be the areas used for administering the poor laws, and so Bollington became a [[civil parish]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Youngs |first1=Frederic |title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England: Volume II, Northern England |date=1991 |publisher=[[Royal Historical Society]] |location=[[London]] |isbn=0861931270 |page=xv}}</ref>

Bollington was made a [[Local board of health#Local Government Act 1858|local government district]] in 1862, governed by an elected local board. Such districts were reconstituted as [[Urban district (England and Wales)|urban districts]] under the [[Local Government Act 1894]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Kelly's Directory of Cheshire |date=1914 |page=189 |url=https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/235386/rec/3 |publisher= [[Kelly's Directory]] |access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref>

Bollington Urban District was abolished in 1974 under the [[Local Government Act 1972]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bollington Urban District |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10167139#tab02 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bollington Urban District Council |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/c6b4114c-fcdd-4bf2-9b5e-b68f09a35c6e |website=Discovery |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref> A [[successor parish]] called Bollington was established covering the same area as the abolished urban district, with its parish council taking the name Bollington Town Council.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Local Government (Successor Parishes) Order 1973|year=1973|number=1110|access-date=1 November 2024}}</ref> District-level functions passed to [[Macclesfield (borough)|Macclesfield Borough Council]]. In 2009, Cheshire East Council was created, taking over the functions of the borough council and [[Cheshire County Council]], which were both abolished.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=si|si=The Cheshire (Structural Changes) Order 2008|year=2008|number=634|access-date=8 May 2024}}</ref>