Mayor of Wirral

Civic Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
Incumbent
Geoffrey Watt
since 14 May 2018
Appointer Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Term length 1 year
Formation 1974
Deputy Tony Smith
Website Mayor of Wirral

The Mayor of Wirral (or Civic Lord Mayor of Wirral) is a ceremonial post elected annually, along with a deputy, by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.[1]

The role of the mayor includes chairing council meetings, representing the Borough at civic functions, supporting local charities and conferring Honorary Freemen and Aldermen.

The incumbent mayor and deputy mayor are Geoffrey Watt and Tony Smith.[2]

Controversies

On 2 June 2014, 5 councillors (4 Conservative and 1 Green) voted against former leader of the council Steve Foulkes's nomination for mayor with a further 10 (all Conservative) abstaining.[3] Leader of the Council Phil Davies said afterwards “It leaves a bad taste in the mouth, it was just grandstanding by the Tories.” Green councillor Pat Clearly wrote in his blog “On Monday [2 June], Wirral elects its new Mayor. Normally, a routine vote where a long standing councillor is elected with cross party support…but, this year is different as the Mayor elect is Steve Foulkes who was council leader when Wirral became very publicly associated with incompetence, bullying, gagging clauses, resignations and bad financial management”.

List of Mayor's of Wirral

20th Century

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№ Year Name Party
1 1974 ? ?
2 1975 ? ?
3 1976 ? ?
4 1977 ? ?
5 1978 ? ?
6 1979 Bill Wells Labour
7 1980 Frank Theaker Conservative
8 1981 ? ?
9 1982 ? ?
10 1983 Harry Deverill Conservative
11 1984 ? ?
12 1985 Gordon Lindsay Liberal
13 1986 ? ?
14 1987 Arthur Smith Labour
15 1988 ? ?
16 1989 ? ?
17 1990 Jim Edwards Labour
18 1991 ? ?
19 1992 ? ?
20 1993 ? ?
21 1994 ? ?
22 1995 Walter Smith Labour
23 1996 ? ?
24 1997 Barney Gilfoyle Labour
25 1998 Margaret Green Labour
26 1999 Hugh Lloyd Labour

21st Century

№ Year Image Name Party
27 2000 Kate Wood Conservative
28 2001 John Cocker Labour
29 2002 Pat Williams Liberal Democrat
30 2003 Bill Nock Labour
31 2004 Hilary Jones Conservative
Independent
UKIP
32 2005
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 Chris Meaden Labour
33 2006
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 Peter Johnson Conservative
34 2007
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 Phil Gilchrist Liberal Democrat
35 2008
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 Adrian Jones Labour
36 2009
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 Andrew Hodson Conservative
37 2010
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 Alan Jennings Liberal Democrat
38 2011
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 Moira McLaughlin Labour
39 2012
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 Gerry Ellis Conservative
40 2013
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 Dave Mitchell Liberal Democrat
41 2014
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 Steve Foulkes Labour
42 2015
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 Les Rowlands Conservative
43 2016
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 Pat Hackett Labour
44 2017
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 Ann McLachlan Labour
45 2018
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 Geoffrey Watt Conservative

References

  1. ↑ "Mayor of Wirral". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  2. ↑ Brace, John. "Cllr Geoffrey Watt elected Mayor of Wirral for 2018-19". Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Murphy, Liam. "Steve Foulkes appointed Mayor of Wirral in New Brighton ceremony". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
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