List of mayors of Havering

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The Mayor of Havering was a position first established in 1965 with the creation of the London Borough of Havering. It replaced the mayor of Romford.

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The mayor is a member [lower-alpha 1] elected by Havering Council at a mayor-making ceremony in May to serve for a year, during which time they act as the borough's civic and ceremonial head.

List of mayors

The title holders of Mayor of Havering are as follows:

Term(s)MayorDeputy
1965–1966Sidney Legg [1]
1966–1967Thomas Dix [2]
1967–1969Bill Sibley [lower-alpha 2] [3]
1969–1970Bill Smith [4]
1970–1971Albert James
1971–1972Frank Coffin
1972–1973Bill Cole
1973–1974Stanley Heath-Coleman
1974–1975Reta Coffin
1975Dennis Peters [lower-alpha 3]
1975–1976Dave Davis
1976–1977Mick Turner
1977–1978Jack Moultrie
1978–1979Jean Frost
1979–1980Angie Smith
1980–1981Peter Marsden
1981–1982Leslie Reilly
1982–1983Norman Symonds
1983–1984Winifred Whitlingham
1984–1985Bill Todd
1985–1986Eric Munday
1986–1987Roy Knell
1987–1988Robin Adaire
1988–1989Louise Sinclair
1989–1990Tom Orrin
1990–1991Ron Latchford
1991–1992Dennis O'Flynn
1992–1993Len Long
1993–1994Mary Edwards
1994–1996Jack Hoepleman
1996–1997Ivor Cameron
1997–1998Del Smith
1998–1999Harry Webb
1999–2000Maisie Whitelock
2000–2001Brian Eagling
2001–2002Dennis O'Flynn
2002–2003Peter Gardner
2003–2004Edward Cahill
2004–2005Louise Sinclair
2005–2006John Mylod
2006–2007Wendy Brice-Thompson
2007–2008Georgina Galpin
2008–2009John Clark
2009–2010Roger Ramsey
2010–2011Pam Light
2011–2012Melvin Wallace
2012–2013Lynden ThorpeEric Munday
2013–2014Eric MundayLinda Trew
2014–2015Linda TrewBarbara Matthews
2015–2016Brian Eagling [5] Philippa Crowder
2016-2017Philippa CrowderLinda Van den Hende
2017-2018Linda Van den HendeDilip Patel
2018-2019Dilip PatelMichael Deon Burton
2019-2020Michael Deon BurtonJohn Mylod
2020-2022John Mylod [lower-alpha 4] [6] [7] Christine Vickery [lower-alpha 5]
2022-2023Trevor McKeever [8] Stephanie Nunn
2023-2024Stephanie Nunn [9] [10] Patricia Brown
2024-2025Gerry O'Sullivan [11] Sue Ospreay

Notes

  1. ↑ Councillor or alderman before 1978; councillor after 1978.
  2. ↑ Served for two terms.
  3. ↑ Dennis Peters died in office.
  4. ↑ Served for two terms.
  5. ↑ Served for two terms.

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