The Mayor of Worcester is the civic head of Worcester City Council.

Every May one of the city Councillors is elected to serve as Mayor for a year. Another is elected as Deputy Mayor. The Mayor chairs meetings of the Full Council, represents the city at ceremonial occasions, welcomes international visitors and attends events organised by local people.[1]

List of mayors of Worcester

Notable previous mayors
  • 1623: John Haselock
  • 1631: Thomas Chettle
  • 1633: John Nash
  • 1635: George Street
  • 1646: Edward Elvines
  • 1667: Thomas Street
  • 1709: Richard Lane
  • 1720: Joseph Weston (wine merchant) [2]
  • 1819: Elias Isaac (banker) [2]
  • 1826: John Dent (Sheriff of Worcestershire, 1849)[3]
  • 1834: John Wheeley Lea (of Lea and Perrins)
  • 1836-37 Christopher Henry Hebb
  • 1837-38 George Allies
  • 1838-39 Richard Evans
  • 1839-40 Thomas Chalk
  • 1840-41 C. Augustus Helm
  • 1841-42 Edward Evans
  • 1842-43 John Lilly
  • 1843-44 William Lewis
  • 1845-46 Edward Lloyd (died)
  • 1846 W. Lewis (elected)
  • 1846-47 Fredk. Thos. Elgie
  • 1847-48 Edward Webb
  • 1848-49 Richard Padmore Worcester's first non-conformist mayor, later a Liberal Party MP.
  • 1849-50 John Wheeley Lea
  • 1850-51 W. S. P. Hughes
  • 1851-52 Thomas Lucy
  • 1852-53 Richard Padmore
  • 1853-54 Charles Bedford
  • 1854-55-6 John Goodwin
  • 1856-57 James Weaver
  • 1857-58 Josiah Stallard
  • 1858-59 Thomas Rowley Hill later Liberal MP for Worcestershire.
  • 1859-60 William Haigh
  • 1860-61 Joseph Wood [4]
  • 1861-62 Joseph Firkins
  • 1862-63-4 Alexander Clunes Sheriff Chairman of Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. and later Liberal MP for Worcester.
  • 1864-65 James Dyson Perrins
  • 1865-66 Thomas Southall
  • 1866-67 John Stallard
  • 1867-68 William Webb
  • 1868-69 Francis Woodward
  • 1869-70 Richard E. Barnett
  • 1870-71-2 Henry Willis
  • 1872-73 Edward Wall (also Sheriff of Worcester)
  • 1873-74 H. G. Goldingham
  • 1874-75 John Longmore
  • 1875-76 Francis Woodward
  • 1876-77 Moses Jones
  • 1877-78 Francis Dingle
  • 1878-79 Walter Holland
  • 1879-80 John Noake
  • 1880-81 T. S. Townshend
  • 1881-82 Lieut.-Col. Wm. Stallard
  • 1882-83 Frederick Corbett
  • 1883-84 W. B. Williamson
  • 1884-85 Joseph S. Wood
  • 1885-86 Ambrose Wm. Knott
  • 1886-87 Walter Holland
  • 1887-88 Herbert Caldicott [5]
  • 1888-89 Ernest Augustus Day, architect and surveyor.
  • 1889-90 R. Smith-Carrington
  • 1890-91 W. R. Higgs
  • 1891-92 Walter Holland
  • 1892-93 Hon. Alfred Percy Allsopp, M.P.
  • 1893-94 Geo. H. Williamson
  • 1894-95 Hon. Alfred Percy Allsopp, M.P.
  • 1895-96 Rt. Hon. William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, later Governor of New South Wales
  • 1896-97 Charles William Dyson Perrins (of Lea and Perrins)
  • 1897-98 Albert Buck
  • 1898-99 John Alfred Steward
  • 1899-1900 John Millington
  • 1900-1 John Alfred steward
  • 1901-2 Walter Holland
  • 1902-3 Mr. C. J. Whitehead (Conservative)[6]
  • 1903-4 John Samuel Cook
  • 1904-5 Hubert A. Leicester
  • 1909–10: Alfred Percy Allsopp (third term)
  • 1916–19: Arthur Carlton [7]
  • 1922–23: Arthur Carlton [7]
  • 1941–42: Richard Robert Fairbairn (died in office, October 1941)
  • 1958–59: Harold Alfred Richards [8]
Recent mayors

Source[1]

  • 1999–2000: Josephine Hodges
  • 2000–01: Mary Drinkwater
  • 2001–02: David Clark
  • 2002–03: Robert Rowden
  • 2003–04: Gareth Jones
  • 2004–05: Allah Ditta
  • 2005–06: Aubrey Tarbuck
  • 2006–07: Ian Imray
  • 2007–08: Stephen Inman
  • 2008–09: Lucy Hodgson
  • 2009–10: Andy Roberts
  • 2010–11: Mike Layland
  • 2011–12: Dr David Tibbutt
  • 2012–13: Roger Berry
  • 2013–14: Pat Agar
  • 2014–15: Alan Amos
  • 2015–16: Roger Knight
  • 2016–17: Paul Denham
  • 2017–18: Steve Mackay
  • 2018–19: Jabba Riaz
  • 2019–20: Allah Ditta
  • 2020–21: Josephine Hodges
  • 2021–22: Stephen Hodgson
  • 2022–23: Adrian Gregson
  • 2023–24: Louis Stephen

References

  1. 1 2 "About the Mayor". Worcester City Council. 24 May 2011. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Our Heritage | Worcester Golf and Country Club". www.worcestergcc.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "John Dent (1777–1855), Mayor of Worcester (1826), and High Sheriff of the County (1849) | Art UK".
  4. ↑ "Alderman Joseph Wood (d.1887), Mayor of Worcester (1860) | Art UK". artuk.org.
  5. ↑ "Herbert Caldicott – 1843 – 1898 – Mayor of Worcester". 17 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.
  7. 1 2 "No. 32906". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 February 1924. pp. 1262–1263.
  8. ↑ "Harold Alfred Richards, Mayor of Worcester (1958) | Art UK". artuk.org.
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