History

A list of the former Mayors of Wolverhampton

A list of the former Mayors of Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton's first Mayor, G. B. Thorneycroft was elected in 1848, here is the complete list of former Mayors.

Year

Name

1848-49 G.B. Thorneycroft
1849-50 G. Robinson
1850-51 J.Walker
1851-52 W.Warner
1852-53 J.Wynn
1853-54 J.Neve
1854-55 J.Shipton
1855-56 Edward Perry
1856-57 Edward Perry
1857-58 M.Ironmonger
1858-59 J.Hartley
1859-60 B.Hicklin
1860-61 C.Clarke
1861-62 G.L. Underhill
1862-63 Henry Hartley Fowler (Afterwards
1863-64 J.Hawksford
1864-65 John Ford
1865-66 J. Crowther Smith
1866-67 Sir John Morris, kt.
1867-68 James Langman
1868-69 M.Ironmonger
1869-70 Thomas Bantock
1870-71 James Walker
1871-72 Joseph Ford
1872-73 Isaac Jenks
1873-74 W.H. Jones
1874-75 W.Edwards
1875-76 J.C. Major
1876-77 S.Dickinson
1877-78 D.Kendrick
1878-79 John Jones
1879-80 John Jones
1880-81 John Jones
1881-82 Herbert C. Owen
1882-83 F.D. Gibbons
1883-84 John Brotherton
1884-85 John Annan
1885-86 Joseph G. Wright
1886-87 T. Vincent Jackson
1887-88 Joseph Jones
1888-89 Frederic Ed. Manby
1889-90 John Marston
1890-91 John Marston
1891-92 James Saunders
1892-93 Charles Tertius Mander (Created Baronet in 1911)
1893-94 Charles Tertius Mander
1894-95 Charles Tertius Mander
1895-96 Charles Tertius Mander
1896-97 Stephen Craddock
1897-98 Alexander McBean
1898-99 Price Lewis
1899-00 Samuel Theodore Mander
1900 Price Lewis
1900-01 J. Walton Hamp
1901-02 Charles Paulton Plant
1902-03 George Rennie Thorne
1903-04 Levi Johnson
1904-05 R.E.W Berrington
1905-06 A. Baldwin Bantock

Year

Name

1906-07 A. Baldwin Bantock
1907-08 Fred Evans
1908-09 Edward Lewis Cullwick
1909 Fred Evans
1909-10 John Grout
1910-11 Charles Thomas Richards
1911-12 Thomas William Dickinson
1912-13 Thomas William Dickinson
1913-14 Frederick Howard Skidmore
1914-15 A. Baldwin Bantock
1915-16 Arthur Charles Skidmore
1916-17 Arthur Charles Skidmore
1917-18 John Francis Myatt
1918-19 Alfred George Jeffs
1919-20 Thomas Austin Henn
1920-21 James Thompson
1921-22 James Thompson
1922-23 Thomas Frost
1923-24 Joseph Clark
1924-25 Joseph Clark
1925-26 Frederick Albert Willcock
1926-27 Frederick Albert Willcock
1927-28 Albert Edward Wood
1928-29 Albert Edward Wood
1929-30 Alan Davies
1930-31 Joseph Haddock
1931-32 John Lewis
1932 Joseph Haddock
1932-33 Sir Charles Arthur Mander, Bart.
1933-34 Bertram Kidson
1934-35 Morris Christopher
1935-36 James Whittaker
1936-37  Sir Charles Arthur Mander, Bart.
1937-38 Richard Ernest Probert
1938-39 George Edwin John Luce
1939-40 Harry Austin White
1940-41 Albert Abraham Beach
1941-42 George Bates
1942-43 Anacletus Byrne Quinn
1943-44 Frederick Stephen Thomas
1944-45 Thomas William Phillipson
1945-46 William Lawley
1946-47 Cyril Bernard Vincent Taylor
1947-48 Herbert Edwin Lane
1948-49 Herbert Edwin Lane
1949-50 Henry Bowdler
1950-51 Louis Reginald Guy
1951-52 James Beattie
1952-53 Harold Thomas Fullwood
1953-54 Alice Annie Braybrook
1954-55 Leonard James Woolridge
1955-56 Frank Mansell
1956-57 George Rastall
1957-58 Ruby Florence Ilsley
1958-59 John Clement Homer
1959-60 Norman Frank Bagley
1960-61 Harold Mash
1961-62 Charles Herbert Davies
1962-63 Malcolm Pascal Birch
1963-64 Herbert Preece

Year

Name

1964-65 Harry Bagley
1965-66 Frank Clapham
1966-67 Frank Stanley Smith
1967-68 Edward Yardley Fullwood
1968-69 Robert Campbell
1969-70 Stanley Steventon Tatem
1970-71 Gerald Anthony Guy
1971-72 Francis Victor Law
1972-73 Arthur Storer
1973-74 Dennis Arthur Birch
1974-75 Samuel Herbert Reynolds
1975-76 Edward Mitchell
1976-77 Arthur Ernest Steventon
1977-78 Jessie Emma Beddoes 
1978-79 Violet Amy Fletcher
1979-80 Ian George Claymore
1980-81 Herbert Edwin Lane, OBE
1981-82 Ernest William Bold
1982-83 John Arthur Morey
1983-84 Alfred Christopher Laws
1984-85 Stanley Arthur Ledsam
1985-86 George Fredrick Howells
1986-87 Bishan Dass
1987-88 Doreen Mildred Seiboth
1988-89 Philip Reginald Richards
1989-90 Richard Reynolds
1990 John Geraghty
1990 Richard Reynolds
1991-92 Surjan Singh Duhra
1992-93 Raymond Bert Swatman
1993-94 Richard Fredrick Whitehouse
1994-95 Stanley Arthur Ledsam
1995-96 Margaret Mary Benton
1996-97 George Fredrick Howells, MBE
1997-98 Francis Docherty
1998-99 Gwendoline Mary Stafford Good
1999-00 Peter Alan Bilson
2000-01 Tersaim Singh
2001-02 Joyce Noreen Hill
2002-03 Robert Hart
2003-04 John Jeffery Rowley
2004-05 Alan Hart
2005-06 Philip Thomas Alexander Bateman, MBE
2006-07 John Lamonby Goodfellow Davis
2007-08 Trudy Anna Bowen
2008-09 Christine Valerie Mills
2009-10 Surjan Singh Duhra
2010-11 Malcolm  John Gwinnett
2011-12 Thomas Herbert Turner
2012-13 Christine Valerie Mills
2013-14 Milkinder Singh Jaspal
2014-15 Michael Arnold Heap
2015-16 Ian Brookfield
2016-17 Barry Findlay
2017-18 Elias Masih Mattu
2018-19 Phillip Henry Page
2019-20 Claire Darke
2020-21 Claire Darke
2021-22 Greg Brackenridge
2022-23 Sandra Samuels OBE