List of mayors of Manchester
This is a list of the mayors and lord mayors of Manchester in the North West of England.[1][2]
Manchester was incorporated in 1838 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 as the Corporation of Manchester or Manchester Corporation. It achieved city status in 1853, only the second such grant since the Reformation. The area included in the city has been increased many times, in 1885 (Bradford, Harpurhey and Rusholme), 1890 (Blackley, Crumpsall, part of Droylsden, Kirkmanshulme, Moston, Newton Heath, Openshaw, and West Gorton), 1903 (Heaton), 1904 (Burnage, Chorlton cum Hardy, Didsbury, and Moss Side), 1909 (Gorton, and Levenshulme), 1931 (Wythenshawe: Baguley, Northenden, and Northen Etchells), and Ringway. A new town hall was opened in 1877 (by Alderman Abel Heywood) and the then-current and future mayors of Manchester were granted the title of Lord Mayor in 1893.[3] Anthony Marshall was the last mayor and the first lord mayor.
In 1984, the city council – at that time controlled by the left-leaning Labour party – voted to reduce the pomp and rate-payer cost associated with the position, changing the title to Chair of the Manchester City Council (often shortened), following the lead of some Greater London boroughs. This change dispensed with the elaborate robes and chain of office (a gilded ornament worn on the shoulders and around the neck), and no longer provided the traditional tax-funded, eight-room apartment for the officeholder to live in (instead opening this fancy traditional residence to the public as a tourist attraction). These changes were unpopular in the area, especially after focused agitation against them by the Manchester Evening News, which labelled them a political move originated by non-local leftist activists. The title Lord Mayor continued to be used frequently, especially outside the city council. The first of the three successive chairs of council was Kenneth Strath in the 1985–1986 term, and the last was Eileen Kelly, 1987–1988, Later officeholders were referred to again as lord mayors consistently, and permitted to use the traditional vestments associated with the office.[4]
Mayors of Manchester
1838–1893
| No. | Mayor | Tenure began | Tenure ended | Terms | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Thomas Potter | 1838 | 1840 | 2 | Father of Sir John Potter, who was mayor 1848–1851[5][6] |
| 2 | William Neild | 1840 | 1842 | 2 | |
| 3 | James Kershaw | 1842 | 1843 | 1 | |
| 4 | Alexander Kay | 1843 | 1845 | 2 | |
| 5 | William Benjamin Watkins | 1845 | 1846 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sir Elkanah Armitage | 1846 | 1848 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sir John Potter | 1848 | 1851 | 3 | Son of Sir Thomas Potter, who was mayor 1838–1840[5][6] |
| 8 | Robert Barnes | 1851 | 1853 | 2 | |
| 9 | Benjamin Nicholls | 1853 | 1855 | 2 | |
| 10 | Sir James Watts | 1855 | 1857 | 2 | |
| 11 | Ivie Mackie | 1857 | 1860 | 3 | |
| 12 | Matthew Curtis | 1860 | 1861 | 1 | 1st term |
| 13 | Thomas Goadsby | 1861 | 1862 | 1 | |
| 14 | Abel Heywood | 1862 | 1863 | 1 | 1st term |
| 15 | John Marsland Bennett | 1863 | 1865 | 2 | |
| 16 | William Bowker | 1865 | 1866 | 1 | |
| 17 | Robert Neill | 1866 | 1868 | 2 | |
| 18 | John Grave | 1868 | 1871 | 3 | |
| 19 | William Booth | 1871 | 1873 | 2 | |
| 20 | Alfred Watkin | 1873 | 1874 | 1 | |
| 21 | John King | 1874 | 1875 | 1 | |
| 22 | Matthew Curtis | 1875 | 1876 | 1 | 2nd term |
| 23 | Abel Heywood | 1876 | 1877 | 1 | 2nd term |
| 24 | Charles Sydney Grundy | 1877 | 1879 | 2 | |
| 25 | Henry Patteson | 1879 | 1880 | 1 | |
| 26 | Sir Thomas Baker | 1880 | 1882 | 2 | |
| 27 | John Hopkinson | 1882 | 1883 | 1 | |
| 28 | Philip Goldschmidt | 1883 | 1884 | 1 | 1st term |
| 29 | Sir John James Harwood | 1884 | 1885 | 1 | 1st term |
| 30 | Philip Goldschmidt | 1885 | 1886 | 1 | 2nd term |
| 31 | Matthew Curtis | 1886 | 1887 | 1 | 3rd term |
| 32 | Sir John James Harwood | 1887 | 1888 | 2 | 2nd term |
| 33 | William Batty | 1888 | 1889 | 1 | |
| 34 | Sir John Mark | 1889 | 1891 | 2 | First mayor of the County Borough |
| 35 | Sir Bosdin Thomas Leech | 1891 | 1892 | 1 | |
| 36 | Anthony Marshall | 1892 | 1893 | 2 | First term |
Lord mayors of Manchester
19th century
| No. | Lord mayor | Tenure began | Tenure ended | Term(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Anthony Marshall | 1893 | 1894 | 2 | Second term; knighted at the opening of the Manchester Ship Canal on 21 May 1894 |
| 2 | Abraham Evans Lloyd | 1894 | 1896 | 2 | |
| 3 | John Foulkes Roberts | 1896 | 1897 | 1 | |
| 4 | Robert Gibson | 1897 | 1898 | 1 | |
| 5 | Sir William Henry Vaudrey | 1898 | 1899 | 1 | |
| 6 | Thomas Briggs | 1899 | 1901 | 2 |
20th century
| No. | Lord Mayor | Tenure Begin | Tenure End | Terms | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Sir James Hoy | 1901 | 1902 | 1 | |
| 8 | John Royle | 1902 | 1903 | 1 | |
| 9 | Sir Thomas Thornhill Shann | 1903 | 1905 | 2 | |
| 10 | James Herbert Thewlis | 1905 | 1906 | 1 | |
| 11 | John Harrop | 1906 | 1907 | 1 | |
| 12 | Sir Edward Holt, Bart. | 1907 | 1909 | 2 | |
| 13 | Sir Charles Behrens | 1909 | 1911 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sir Samuel Walter Royse | 1911 | 1913 | 2 | |
| 15 | Sir Daniel McCabe, DL | 1913 | 1915 | 2 | |
| 16 | Arthur George Copeland | 1915 | 1916 | 1 | |
| 17 | Sir Thomas Smethhurst | 1916 | 1917 | 1 | |
| 18 | Sir Alexander Porter | 1917 | 1918 | 1 | |
| 19 | John Makeague | 1918 | 1919 | 1 | |
| 20 | Sir William Kay, Kt. | 1919 | 1919 | 1 | 1st term |
| 21 | Tom Fox, OBE | 1919 | 1920 | 1 | |
| 22 | Sir William Kay, Kt. | 1920 | 1921 | 1 | 2nd term |
| 23 | Ernest Emil Darwin Simon | 1921 | 1922 | 1 | Knighted in 1932, created Baron Simon of Wythenshawe in 1947[7] |
| 24 | Sir William Cundiff | 1922 | 1923 | 1 | |
| 25 | William Turner Jackson | 1923 | 1924 | 1 | |
| 26 | Sir Frederick Joseph West, GBE, Kt | 1924 | 1925 | 1 | |
| 27 | Sir Miles Ewart Mitchell, Kt, CBE | 1925 | 1926 | 1 | |
| 28 | James Henry Swales | 1926 | 1927 | 1 | |
| 29 | Sir William Davy, Kt | 1927 | 1928 | 1 | |
| 30 | Lt-Col George Westcott, OBE | 1928 | 1929 | 1 | |
| 31 | Sir Robert Noton Barclay, Kt | 1929 | 1930 | 1 | |
| 32 | George Frank Titt | 1930 | 1931 | 1 | |
| 33 | Ellis Green | 1931 | 1932 | 1 | |
| 34 | Sir William Walker, Kt | 1932 | 1933 | 1 | |
| 35 | Joseph Binns, MBE | 1933 | 1934 | 1 | |
| 36 | Samuel Woollam | 1934 | 1935 | 1 | |
| 37 | Thomas Stone Williams | 1935 | 1936 | 1 | |
| 38 | Joseph Toole | 1936 | 1937 | 1 | |
| 39 | Joseph Crookes Grimes, OBE | 1937 | 1938 | 1 | |
| 40 | Sir William Kay, Kt. | 1938 | 1938 | 1 | 3rd term |
| 41 | Elijah John Hart | 1938 | 1939 | 1 | |
| 42 | George Harold White | 1939 | 1940 | 1 | |
| 43 | Robert Griffith Edwards | 1940 | 1941 | 1 | |
| 44 | Wright Robinson | 1941 | 1942 | 1 | |
| 45 | John Septimus Hill | 1942 | 1943 | 1 | |
| 46 | Leonard Bramwell Cox | 1943 | 1944 | 1 | |
| 47 | William Philip Jackson | 1944 | 1945 | 1 | |
| 48 | Hugh Lee | 1945 | 1946 | 1 | Father of Hugh Lee, who was lord mayor 1981–1982 |
| 49 | Thomas Henry Adams | 1946 | 1947 | 1 | |
| 50 | Dame Mary Latchford Kingsmill Jones, JP | 1947 | 1949 | 2 | First woman to hold the office |
| 51 | Robert Moss, | 1949 | 1950 | 1 | |
| 52 | Colonel Samuel Percy Dawson, CBE, MM, TD, DL | 1950 | 1951 | 1 | |
| 53 | William Collingson, OBE | 1951 | 1952 | 1 | |
| 54 | Douglas Gosling | 1952 | 1953 | 1 | |
| 55 | Abraham Moss | 1953 | 1954 | 1 | |
| 56 | Sir Richard Harper, Kt | 1954 | 1955 | 1 | |
| 57 | Tom Regan | 1955 | 1956 | 1 | |
| 58 | Harry Sharp | 1956 | 1957 | 1 | |
| 59 | Sir Leslie Lever MP | 1957 | 1958 | 1 | Created Baron Lever in 1975.[8] |
| 60 | James Edward Fitzsimons | 1958 | 1959 | 1 | |
| 61 | Harold Quinney, DL | 1959 | 1960 | 1 | |
| 62 | Arthur Donovan | 1960 | 1961 | 1 | |
| 63 | Sir Lionel Biggs, Kt | 1961 | 1962 | 1 | |
| 64 | Sir Robert Thomas, Kt, DL | 1962 | 1963 | 1 | |
| 65 | Robert Carr Rogers, CBE | 1963 | 1964 | 1 | |
| 66 | Dr William Chadwick | 1964 | 1965 | 1 | |
| 67 | Bernard Sydney Langton, CBE | 1965 | 1966 | 1 | |
| 68 | Nellie Beer, OBE, DL | 1966 | 1967 | 1 | |
| 69 | Dame Elizabeth Yarwood, DBE, DL | 1967 | 1968 | 1 | |
| 70 | Harold Stockdale | 1968 | 1969 | 1 | |
| 71 | Neil Gowanloch Westbrook | 1969 | 1970 | 1 | |
| 72 | William Atkinson Downward, DL | 1970 | 1971 | 1 | |
| 73 | Douglas John Edwards | 1971 | 1972 | 1 | |
| 74 | Edward Grant | 1972 | 1973 | 1 | |
| 75 | Kenneth Collis | 1973 | 1974 | 1 | Opened T1 Manchester Airport and also given an OBE in 1992 |
| 76 | Frederick Balcombe, JP | 1974 | 1975 | 1 | First lord mayor of the Metropolitan Borough |
| 77 | Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw | 1975 | 1976 | 1 | |
| 78 | Kenneth Franklin | 1976 | 1977 | 1 | |
| 79 | Robert Crawford | 1977 | 1978 | 1 | |
| 80 | Trevor Thomas | 1978 | 1979 | 1 | |
| 81 | G.W.G. Fitzsimons | 1979 | 1980 | 1 | |
| 82 | Winnie Smith | 1980 | 1981 | 1 | |
| 83 | Hugh Lee | 1981 | 1982 | 1 | Son of Hugh Lee, who was lord mayor 1945–1946) |
| 84 | Clifford Tomlinson | 1982 | 1983 | 1 | |
| 85 | Dr M. J. Taylor | 1983 | 1984 | 1 | Son of Joe Taylor, founder and first chairman of the Greater Manchester Council |
| 86 | Harold Tucker | 1984 | 1985 | 1 | |
| 87 | Kenneth Strath | 1985 | 1986 | 1 | First chair of the council[4] |
| 88 | Kathleen Robinson | 1986 | 1987 | 1 | |
| 89 | Eileen Kelly | 1987 | 1988 | 1 | Last chair of the council[4] |
| 90 | Patricia Conquest | 1988 | 1989 | 1 | |
| 91 | Yomi Mambu | 1989 | 1990 | 1 | |
| 92 | John Gilmore | 1990 | 1991 | 1 | |
| 93 | George Chadwick | 1991 | 1992 | 1 | |
| 94 | William Egerton | 1992 | 1993 | 1 | |
| 95 | William T Risby | 1993 | 1994 | 1 | |
| 96 | Sheila Smith | 1994 | 1995 | 1 | |
| 97 | Joyce Keller | 1995 | 1996 | 1 | |
| 98 | Derek Shaw | 1996 | 1997 | 1 | |
| 99 | Gerry Carroll | 1997 | 1998 | 1 | |
| 100 | Gordon Conquest | 1998 | 1999 | 1 | |
| 101 | Tony Burns | 1999 | 2000 | 1 |
21st century
| No. | Lord mayor | Tenure began | Tenure ended | Notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 102 | Hugh Barrett | 2000 | 2001 | ||
| 103 | John Smith | 2001 | 2002 | ||
| 104 | Roy Walters, BEM, JP | 2002 | 2003 | ||
| 105 | Audrey Jones, JP | 2003 | 2004 | ||
| 106 | Tom O'Callaghan | 2004 | 2005 | ||
| 107 | Mohammed Afzal Khan | 2005 | 17 May 2006 | [9] | |
| 108 | James Ashley | 17 May 2006 | 12 August 2006 | Died in office. | [9][10][11] |
| 109 | David Sandiford | 11 October 2006 | 16 May 2007 | [12][13] | |
| 110 | Glynn Evans | 16 May 2007 | 14 May 2008 | [13][14] | |
| 111 | Mavis Smitheman | 14 May 2008 | 13 May 2009 | [14][15][16] | |
| 112 | Alison Firth | 13 May 2009 | 19 May 2010 | [17] | |
| 113 | Mark Hackett | 19 May 2010 | 18 May 2011 | ||
| 114 | Harry Lyons | 18 May 2011 | 19 May 2012 | ||
| 115 | Elaine Boyes | 19 May 2012 | 19 May 2013 | ||
| 116 | Naeem ul Hassan, JP | 19 May 2013 | 17 May 2014 | ||
| 117 | Susan Cooley | 17 May 2014 | 18 May 2015 | [18] | |
| 118 | Paul Murphy, OBE | 17 May 2015 | 17 May 2016 | [19] | |
| 119 | Carl Austin-Behan | 13 May 2016 | 17 May 2017 | ||
| 120 | Edward Newman | 17 May 2017 | 16 May 2018 | ||
| 121 | June Hitchen | 16 May 2018 |
See also
References
- ↑ "The Lord Mayor's Office: Former Mayors of Manchester (1838–1892)". Manchester City Council. p. 5. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
- ↑ "The Lord Mayor's Office: Former Lord Mayors of Manchester (1892–present)". Manchester City Council. p. 4. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
- ↑ Frangopulo, N. J. (ed.) (1962) Rich Inheritance. Manchester Education Committee; pp. 59–72
- 1 2 3 Fry, Kath (2016) [2011]. "Abolishing the Lord Mayor". In Fry, Kath; Cropper, Karen; Platt, Steve; Dale, Tony. Manchester's 1984 Revolution. The full form of the alternative title is Chair of the Manchester City Council, sometimes shortened to Chair of the Council or Chair of Council.
- 1 2 Lundy, Darryl. "Sir Thomas Potter profile at". ThePeerage.com.
- 1 2 Lundy, Darryl. "Sir John Potter profile at". ThePeerage.com.
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page: Severn to Sligo (including Simon of Wythenshawe); accessed 14 December 2007.
- ↑ Lundy, Darryl. "Sir Leslie Maurice Lever, Baron Lever profile at". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- 1 2 "Minutes of a meeting of the Council held on 17 May 2006" (PDF). Manchester City Council. 17 May 2006. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ↑ "Lord Mayor of Manchester has passed away". Manchester City Council. 13 August 2006. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
- ↑ Rooth, Ben (14 August 2006). "Lord Mayor of Manchester dies". Manchester Evening News. M.E.N. Media.
- ↑ "Minutes of a meeting of the Council held on 11 October 2006" (PDF). Manchester City Council. 11 October 2006. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- 1 2 "Minutes of a meeting of the Council held on 16 May 2007" (PDF). Manchester City Council. 16 May 2007. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- 1 2 "Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Council held on 14 May 2008" (PDF). Manchester City Council. 14 May 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ↑ Keegan, Mike (16 May 2008). "All go for purple-hair Mayor". Manchester Evening News. M.E.N. Media. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ↑ "Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Council held on 13th May 2009" (PDF). Manchester City Council. 13 May 2009. p. 1. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
- ↑ "New Lord Mayor unites nations". Manchester City Council. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
- ↑ "Manchester's Lord Mayor". Manchester City Council. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ↑ Fitzgerald, Todd (20 May 2015). "Manchester's new Lord Mayor and his newly-elected daughter who helped to complete Labour's clean sweep". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ↑ Williams, Jennifer (16 May 2016). "Manchester to swear in its first ever openly gay Lord Mayor". Manchestereveningnews.co.uk. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
External links
- The Lord Mayor's Office (official website)
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