List of mayors of Devizes

The following persons have been mayors of the town of Devizes, Wiltshire, England.

Medieval

• 1302 John Cray (the first Mayor of Devizes)
• 1376–77 Richard Cardmaker ^[1]
• 1379–81 Richard Cardmaker
• 1377–79 William Spicer. ^[2]
• 1381–82 William Spicer
• 1388–89 William Coventre I ^[3]
• 1391–92 Richard Cardmaker
• 1410 Simon Skinner ^[4]

16th and 17th centuries

• 1547-51 Richard Batt
• 1554–55 Thomas Hull ^[5]
• 1568 Henry Grube ^[6]
• 1573 Henry Grube
• 1595 John Batt (Also known as John Whittock)
• 1602–03 John Kent
• 1642 Richard Pierce
• 1694–96 John Child ^[7]

20th century

• 1902–03 William Rose (Conservative) ^[8]
• 1907–08 Edward Simpson
• 1988-89 Arthur John Perrett
• 1991–92 Ludmilia Barnett
• 1993–94 Margaret Taylor ^[9]
• 1994–95 Charles Winchcombe
• 1995–96 I Hopkins ^[10]
• 1997–98 Ray Taylor ^[9]
• 1998–99 Jim Thorpe
• 1999–2000 Noel Woolrych ^[11]

21st century

• 2000–01 Timothy Price ^[12]
• 2001-02 Ray Parsons
• 2002–03 Catherine Brown
• 2003–04 Paula Winchcombe
• 2004–05 Margaret Taylor ^[9]
• 2005–06 Peter Evans ^[10]
• 2006–07 Donald Jones
• 2007–08 Julian Beinhorn
• 2008–09 Jane Burton ^[9]
• 2009–10 John Leighton
• 2010–11 Peter Smith ^[10]
• 2011–12 Sue Evans ^[10]
• 2012–13 Kelvin Nash ^[10]
• 2013–14 Peter Smith ^[10]
• 2014–15 Sarah Bridewell
• 2015–16 Roger Giraud-Saunders ^[13]
• 2016–17 Jane Burton
• 2017–18 Nigel Carter
• 2019–20 Judy Rose ^[14]
• 2020–21 Andy Johnson (died in office, May 2020); ^[15] subsequently Christine Gay as acting mayor ^[16]
• 2021–22 Christine (Chris) Gay ^[16]

References

1. "CARDMAKER, Richard, of Devizes, Wilts. – History of Parliament Online" . Retrieved 6 August 2016.
2. "SPICER, William, of Devizes, Wilts. – History of Parliament Online" . Retrieved 6 August 2016.
3. "COVENTRE, William I, of Devizes, Wilts. – History of Parliament Online" . Retrieved 6 August 2016.
4. "SKINNER, Simon (d.1417), of Chew Magna, Som. and Devizes, Wilts. – History of Parliament Online" . Retrieved 6 August 2016.
5. "HULL, Thomas (by 1528-75/76), of Devizes, Wilts. – History of Parliament Online" . Retrieved 6 August 2016.
6. "GRUBE, Henry (d.1582), of Devizes, Wilts. – History of Parliament Online" . Retrieved 6 August 2016.
7. "Devizes – History of Parliament Online" . Retrieved 6 August 2016.
8. "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.
9. "Past Mayors of Devizes Town". Devizes Town Council. Archived from the original on 18 November 2014.
10. "Contact a Devizes Town Councillor". Devizes Town Council. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
11. "Mayor's efforts aid town groups". The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald. 17 May 2000. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
12. Riddle, Joe (22 January 2015). "GUILTY: Disgraced former mayor dying of cancer convicted of historic child sex crimes". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
13. Moore, Joanne (19 May 2015). "New Devizes mayor picks his chosen charities". Gazette and Herald. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
14. Garg, Isaac (18 December 2019). "Devizes woman hits 100 years of age". Wiltshire Times. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
15. Moore, Joanne (26 May 2020). "Shock as newly elected Devizes Mayor dies". Wiltshire Times. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
16. Robertson, Kirsten (21 May 2021). "Mayor elected in Devizes - as in-person meetings return". The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald. Retrieved 23 May 2021.