List of mayors of Sheffield

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William Jeffcock, first Mayor of Sheffield, portrait in Sheffield Town Hall WilliamJeffcock.jpg
William Jeffcock, first Mayor of Sheffield, portrait in Sheffield Town Hall

The Lord Mayor of Sheffield is a ceremonial post held by a member of Sheffield City Council. They are elected annually by the council. The post originated in 1843, with the appointment of William Jeffcock as the first Mayor of Sheffield. Early mayors had significant powers and chaired both council meetings and the bench of magistrates. [1]

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In 1855, the then-mayor was refused a good seat at the opening of the Paris Exhibition, as he did not have a chain of office. As a result, one was purchased the following year, and this has remained in use. [2]

In 1897, in the same year as the opening of Sheffield Town Hall, the mayor was given the right to style himself the "Lord Mayor". To mark this, the first Lord Mayor, Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, gave the Sheffield Mace to the city to mark the royal authority invested in the post. [3]

The Lord Mayor has the use of the Lord Mayor's Parlour in Sheffield Town Hall, an official badge and the honorary presidency of several organisations. The Lord Mayor's Awards and the Lord Mayor's Charity Fund are local institutions organised in the name of the Lord Mayor.

Ann Eliza Longden was the first female Lord Mayor (19367). [4]

Notable former mayors include George Bassett, founder of a confectionery firm, and the steelmaker Mark Firth.

List of mayors of Sheffield

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Sir John Brown with the Chain of office, portrait in Sheffield Town Hall Sir John Brown 1862.jpg
Sir John Brown with the Chain of office, portrait in Sheffield Town Hall
Statue of Henry Fitzalan Howard, the last Mayor and first Lord Mayor of Sheffield, in the lobby of Sheffield Town Hall Henry Fitzalan Howard 01.JPG
Statue of Henry Fitzalan Howard, the last Mayor and first Lord Mayor of Sheffield, in the lobby of Sheffield Town Hall
The Lord Mayor's Parlour Sheffield Mayors Parlour.JPG
The Lord Mayor's Parlour
Edward Tozer Mayor of Sheffield 1879 Edward Tozer Mayor of Sheffield 1879.jpg
Edward Tozer Mayor of Sheffield 1879
YearNameParty
1843 William Jeffcock -
1844Thomas Dunn Whig
1845Samuel Butcher-
1846Henry Wilkinson-
1847 Edward Vickers -
1848T. R. Barker-
1849Thomas Birks-
1850Thomas Burdett Turton-
1851John Carr-
1852W. A. Matthews-
1853Francis Hoole-
1854William Fisher-
1855William Fawcett-
1856John William Pye-Smith Liberal
1857R. Jackson-
1858Charles Atkinson-
1859Henry E. Hoole-
1860 Henry Vickers -
1861–62 Sir John Brown Conservative
1863–64 Thomas Jessop -
1865W. E. Laycock-
1866–67John Webster Conservative
1868–71Thomas Moore Conservative
1872John Fairburn-
1873Joseph Hallam-
1874 Mark Firth Liberal
1875John Tasker-
1876 George Bassett Conservative
1877Sir Frederick Mappin Liberal
1878David Ward-
1879Edward Tozer-
1880Abram Brooksbank-
1881–82Michael Hunter, Jnr.-
1883–84William Henry Brittain-
1885John W. Pye Smith Liberal
1886 Sir Henry Stephenson Liberal Unionist
1887–88William Johnson Clegg Liberal
1889J. B. Jackson-
1890Samuel Osborn [lower-alpha 1] -
1891William Johnson Clegg Liberal
1891Joseph Gamble-
1892 J. Batty Langley Liberal
1893E. S. Foster Liberal
1894Sir Charles. T. Skelton Liberal
1895–96 Henry Fitzalan-Howard -

List of lord mayors of Sheffield

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YearNameParty
1897 Henry Fitzalan-Howard [lower-alpha 2] Conservative
1897George Franklin-
1898 William Edwin Clegg Liberal
1899 Samuel Roberts Conservative
1900John Eaton-
1901George Senior [7] Conservative
1902John Wycliffe Wilson [8] Liberal
1903John Rutland Wheatley-
1904 Joseph Jonas -
1905Herbert Hughes-
1906Robert Styring Liberal
1907Harry P. Marsh-
1908 Henry Kenyon Stephenson Liberal
1909 Earl Fitzwilliam Conservative
1910 Henry Kenyon Stephenson Liberal
1911Albert John Hobson-
1912Samuel Osborn Liberal
1913George Ernest Branson-
1914Oliver Charles Wilson Liberal
1915Frederick Arthur Warlow Liberal
1916Walter Appleyard Liberal
1917 Alfred Cattell Conservative
1918William Irons Liberal
1919 Samuel Roberts Conservative
1920William Farewell WardleCitizen's
1921Charles SimpsonCitizen's
1922William Carter FentonCitizen's
1923Arthur James BlanchardCitizen's
1924 Alfred James Bailey Citizen's
1925Joseph BensonCitizen's
1926 John George Graves Citizen's
1927Moses Humberstone Labour
1928Harry Bolton-
1929Charles William Beardsley Labour
1930 Harold Warters Jackson Municipal Progressive
1931Thomas Henry Watkins-
1932Ernest Wilson-
1933 Fred Marshall Labour
1934Percival J. M. Turner-
1935Frank Thraves Labour
1936 Ann Eliza Longden Conservative
1937 Ernest George Rowlinson Labour
1938William Joseph Hunter-
1939John Arthur Longden-
1940Luther Frederick Milner-
1941Charles Josiah Mitchell Labour
1942Harry England Bridgwater-
1943Samuel Hartley Marshall Labour
1944George Ernest Marlow-
1945Charles William Gascoigne Labour
1946Ernest Storm Graham-
1947William Ernest Yorke [lower-alpha 3] Labour
1949 Grace Tebbutt Labour
1950Herbert Keeble Hawson-
1951Thomas William Bridgland Labour
1952Peter Buchanan Labour
1953Oliver Spencer Holmes-
1954John Henry Bingham Labour
1955Joseph Curtis Labour
1956Robert Neill National Liberal
1957 Albert Ballard Labour Co-op
1958John William Holland Labour
1959Alfred Vernon Wolstenholme-
1960Harold Slack Labour
1961James Wilfred Sterland Labour
1962Percival Cyril John Taylor Kirkman-
1963Isidore Lewis Labour
1964Albert Smith Labour
1965John Stenton Worrall Labour
1966Lionel Stephen Edward Farris Conservative
1967Harold Lambert Labour
1968Patience Sheard Labour
1969Daniel Joseph O'Neill Conservative
1970John Basil Peile [lower-alpha 4] Conservative
1970Sidney Irwin Dyson Labour
1971Harold Hebblethwaite Conservative
1972Martha Strafford Labour
1973Stanley Kenneth Arnold Conservative
1974Leonard Cope Labour
1975Albert Edward Richardson Labour
1976Reginald Edward Munn Labour
1977Winifred Mary Golding Labour
1978Peter Harold Jackson Conservative
1979George Armitage Labour
1980William Owen Labour
1981Enid Anne Hattersley Labour
1982Gordon Wragg Conservative
1983Peter Morgan Newton Jones Labour
1984George Roy Munn Labour
1985Dorothy Walton Labour
1986Frank Prince Labour
1987Peter Horton Labour
1988Phyllis May Smith Labour
1989Anthony Damms Labour
1990James Moore Labour
1991Doris Askham Labour
1992William Jordan Labour
1993Qurban Hussain Labour
1994Ian Saunders Labour
1995David Heslop Conservative
1996Peter Price Labour
1997Antony Arber Labour
1998Frank White Labour
1999Trevor Bagshaw Liberal Democrats
2000Patricia Midgley Labour
2001David Baker Liberal Democrats
2002Marjorie Barker Labour
2003Diane Leek [lower-alpha 5] Liberal Democrats
2004Mike Pye Labour
2005Roger Davison Liberal Democrats
2006Jackie Drayton Labour
2007Arthur Dunworth Liberal Democrats
2008Jane Bird Labour
2009Graham Oxley Liberal Democrats
2010Alan Law Labour
2011Sylvia Dunkley Liberal Democrats
2012John Campbell Labour
2013Vickie Priestley Liberal Democrats
2014Peter Rippon Labour
2015Talib Hussain Labour
2016Denise Fox Labour
2017Anne Murphy Labour
2018 Magid Magid Green
2019 &

2020

Tony Downing Labour
2021Gail Smith Liberal Democrats
2022Sioned-Mair Richards Labour
2023Colin Ross Liberal Democrats
2024Jayne Dunn Labour

Notes

  1. Elected in place of the late Mayor.
  2. Lord Mayor from July to November 1897
  3. November 1947 to May 1949 due to change in election dates
  4. Elected in place of the late Lord Mayor
  5. May 2003 to June 2004 due to change in election date

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