List of Mayors

The list of previous Mayors are as follows:

• 1857 George Yeates Hunter
• 1858 George Yeates Hunter
• 1859 James Standring
• 1860 James Standring
• 1861 John Berry Flint
• 1862 John Berry Flint
• 1863 James Turner
• 1864 Thomas Harman Keble
• 1865 George Yeates Hunter
• 1866 Edward Rapson
• 1867 Edward Rapson
• 1868 John Berry Flint
• 1869 John Berry Flint
• 1870 Frederick Chambers
• 1871 Frederick Chambers
• 1872 Frederick Chambers
• 1873 Thomas Dalby Reeve
• 1874 Thomas Dalby Reeve
• 1875 William Druce Pickering
• 1876 William Druce Pickering
• 1877 Robert Wood
• 1878 Robert Wood
• 1879 Samuel Pointon
• 1880 Samuel Pointon
• 1881 John Bayly
• 1882 John Bayly
• 1883 Walter Green
• 1884 Samuel Pointon
• 1885 Henry Francis Hermitage
• 1886 Henry Francis Hermitage
• 1887 George Frederick Head
• 1888 William Leach Lewis
• 1889 William Leach Lewis
• 1890 Henry Francis Hermitage
• 1891 Henry Francis Hermitage
• 1892 William Leetham
• 1893 Edward Staple Wootton
• 1894 Edward Staple Wootton
• 1895 Joseph Coleman
• 1896 Edward Maltby
• 1897 George Frederick Brown
• 1898 George Moray Macfarlane
• 1899 George Moray Macfarlane
• 1900 William Henry Hughes
• 1901 James Hosking
• 1902 John James Hermitage
• 1903 John James Hermitage
• 1904 William Thomas Charters Weale
• 1905 William Leach Lewis
• 1907 Daniel Thomas Evans
• 1908 William Henry White
• 1910 William Henry White
• 1910 William Booth Reeve
• 1911 Edward Coleman
• 1912 Albert Leon Adutt
• 1913 William Booth Reeve
• 1914 William Booth Reeve
• 1915 William Booth Reeve
• 1916 William Booth Reeve
• 1917 William Booth Reeve
• 1918 William Booth Reeve
• 1919 Charles Edward Doughty
• 1920 Alonzo Bilham Pilcher
• 1921 Harry Belham Smith
• 1922 William Leach Lewis
• 1923 Percy Harry Richard Venner
• 1924 Thomas Daniel Wood
• 1925 Thomas Daniel Wood
• 1926 Maud Harriet Sinclair Hatfeild
• 1927 Edward Tofts Fasham
• 1928 Edward Coleman
• 1929 Albert Edward Grant
• 1930 Percy Bosworth Osborne
• 1931 Percy Bosworth Osborne
• 1932 Frederick Lewis Pettman
• 1933 Frederick Lewis Pettman
• 1934 Frederick Lewis Pettman
• 1935 Edward Sidney Linington
• 1936 William Robert Noble
• 1937 George Broome Farrar
• 1938 George Broome Farrar
• 1939 George Broome Farrar
• 1940 George Phillip Hoare
• 1941 George Phillip Hoare
• 1942 Frederick James Cornford
• 1943 Frederick James Cornford
• 1944 Frederick James Cornford
• 1945 Frederick James Cornford
• 1946 Frederick James Cornford
• 1947 Walter James Perkins
• 1948 Walter James Perkins
• 1949 William Charles Redman CBE
• 1950 Claude Boucher Hosking
• 1951 Claude Boucher Hosking
• 1952 Beatrice Mary Giles
• 1953 Harry Vivian Ward
• 1954 Harry Vivian Ward
• 1955 Charles Sidney Forster Witts
• 1956 Charles Sidney Forster Witts
• 1956 John Gardiner Read
• 1957 John Gardiner Read
• 1958 Gordon Aubrey Kirby
• 1959 Gordon Aubrey Kirby
• 1960 Ernest Edward Woodward
• 1961 Harry Vivian Ward
• 1962 Reginald Llewellyn Freebairn-Smith
• 1963 Reginald Llewellyn Freebairn-Smith
• 1964 Ernest Stanley John Leadbeater
• 1964 John Woolman Walsh
• 1965 John Woolman Walsh
• 1966 Alfred William Adams
• 1967 Alfred William Adams
• 1968 George Sturdy
• 1969 William Charles Goodrich
• 1970 William Charles Goodrich
• 1971 Harry Anish
• 1972 Harry Anish
• 1973 Ernest Charles Sheen
• 1974 John Gwynne Jones
• 1975 John Gwynne Jones
• 1976 Dennis Masters
• 1977 Daniel James Reilly
• 1978 Frank Matthews
• 1979 Marjorie Ivy Peterkin
• 1980 William Henry Dawson
• 1981 Albert Walter Wanstall
• 1982 Neville Hudson
• 1983 Gordon Burley
• 1984 Alec Twyman
• 1985 Nora Hooper
• 1986 Ernest Latter
• 1987 Roy Ovenden
• 1988 John Brench
• 1989 Dennis Payne
• 1990 Danny Swan
• 1991 Paul Brownlee
• 1992 Tony Regan
• 1993 Charles Young
• 1994 Ron Garrety
• 1995 Charles Young
• 1996 Charles Young
• 1997 Roy Wayling Ford
• 1998 Roy Wayling Ford
• 1999 Shaun Carl Connell
• 2000 Shaun Carl Connell
• 2001 Anne Isobel Chater
• 2002 Dorothea West
• 2003 Brian Sullivan
• 2004 Dennis Payne
• 2005 Michael Tomlinson
• 2006 Douglas Clark J.P.
• 2007 Brian Sullivan
• 2008 Brian Sullivan
• 2009 Edwin Watt-Ruffell
• 2010 Michael Tomlinson
• 2011 Iris Johnston
• 2012 Will Scobie
• 2013 John Edwards
• 2014 John Edwards
• 2015 Robin Edwards
• 2016 Robin Edwards
• 2017 Rosamund Dixon
• 2018 Julie Dellar
• 2019 Mick Tomlinson
• 2020 Mick Tomlinson
• 2021 Mick Tomlinson
• 2022 Heather Keen
• 2023 Cllr Rob Yates