Mayor of Bournemouth

Last updated February 16, 2024

The following were mayors of Bournemouth, Dorset, England, Before 1974, Bournemouth was in the county of Hampshire:^[1]

Year	Name	Notes
1890	Thomas James Hankinson	First mayor of Bournemouth
1891	Edward Wise Rebbeck
1892	Henry Newlyn
1893	George Merriman Hirons
1894	Merton Russell-Cotes
1895	Henry Newlyn
1896	James Atkinson Hosker
1897	William Mattocks
1898	William Hoare
1899	John Clark Webber
1900	George Joseph Lawson
1901	George Frost
1902	John Elmes Beale
1903
1904
1905	John Aldridge Parsons
1906	John Aldridge Parsons
1907	George Edward Bridge
1908
1909
1910	Charles Hunt
1911	Henry Symour McCalmont Hill
1912
1913
1914	James Druitt
1915	Henry Robson
1916	Henry Robson
1917	Edward Ernest Bishop
1918	Edward Ernest Bishop
1919	Charles Henry Cartwright
1920
1921
1922
1923	Thomas Bodley Scott	Served part of the year, before dying whilst in office
1923	Frederick Skinner Mate	Took over partway through the year, following his predecessor's death
1924	Frederick Skinner Mate
1925	Harry John Thwaites
1926
1927
1928	Sir Charles Henry Cartwright	Fourth term in office
1929	Percy May Bright
1930
1931
1932	John Robert Edgecombe
1933
1934
1935	Henry George Harris
1936	Thomas Victor Rebbeck
1937	John Bennett Cole Beale
1938	Isaac William Dickinson
1939	Percy Wilfred Tom Hayward
1940	Alfred Herbert Little
1941	John James Empson
1942	Frank Bassett Summerbee
1943	Jabez Richards
1944	Harry Charles Brown
1945	Robert Charles Henry Old
1946	John William Moore
1947
1948
1949
1949	James Hugh Turner
1950	Sydney Arthur Thomson
1951	Frank James McInnes
1952	Harold Alfred Benwell
1953	Harry Percival Evelyn Mears
1954	George Smith
1955	Donald Nelson Willoughby
1956	Philip George Templeman
1957	William James Whitelock
1958	Henry Brown
1959	Louis Victor Barney
1960	Bessie Bicknell	Bournemouth's first female mayor
1961	Deric Sidney Scott
1962	Alban Ernest James Adams
1963	Harry Percival Evelyn Mears
1964	Harold Alfred Benwell	Both served part of the year
1964	Harry Percival Evelyn Mears	Both served part of the year
1965	Reginald Sylvester Morris
1966	Philip Gordon Whitelegg
1967	Frank Alfred William Purdy
1968	Michael William Green
1969	Basil Ewart David Beckett
1970	Edwin Alfred Lane
1971	Richard Ayton Judd
1972	Leslie Mary Swetenham
1973	Major Bertram George Dillon	Served until 30 March 1974
1973
1974
	William Frederick Forman	Served between 1 April to 24 May 1974
	William Thomas Roy Turner
1975	George Henry Masters
1976	Arthur William Patton
1977	Dr Gabriel Vivian Jaffé
1978	Frank Holmes Beale
1979	Patrick Walter Kelleway
1980	Ernest Norman Day
1981	Gordon Roy Anstee
1982	Sheila Elizabeth McQueen
1983	Jeanne Hilda Curtis
1984	Michael Harold Filer
1985	Robert Frederick Wotton
1986	Dan Crone
1987	Barbara R. Siberry
1988	Jacqueline Craven Harris
1989	Harry Bostock
1990	Wycliffe H Coe
1991	Lionel F Bennett
1992	Margaret Hogarth
1993	Ronald Whittaker
1994	Dr John Millward
1995	Pamela I Harris
1996	Jean Moore
1997	N/A	Unitary Authority
1997	Peter Brushett
1998	Keith Rawlings
1999	Hampton James Courtney
2000	Ben Grower
2001	Douglas Eyre
2002	David Baldwin
2003	Anne Ray
2004	Emily Morrell-Cross
2005	Ted Taylor
2006	Bob Chapman
2007	Anne Filer
2008	Stephen Chappell
2009	Beryl Baxter
2010	Barry Goldbart	First Reform Jewish Mayor^[2]
2011	Chris Rochester
2012	Phil Stanley-Watts	Bournemouth’s 100th Mayor
2013	Dr Rodney Cooper
2014	Chris Mayne
2015	John Adams
2016	Eddie Coope
2017	Lawrence Williams
2018	Derek Borthwick
2019	Susan Phillips	Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the mayoral term was given a year’s extension
2020	Susan Phillips
2021	David Kelsey
2022	Robert (Bob) Lawton
2023	Anne Filer
2024	Anne Filer

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References

↑ Lives and Times of the Mayors of Bournemouth 1890–2000
↑ "First Reform Mayor in Bournemouth | Press Releases- The Movement for Reform Judaism". 3 October 2010. Archived from the original on 3 October 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2021.

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[1] Lives and Times of the Mayors of Bournemouth 1890–2000

[2] "First Reform Mayor in Bournemouth | Press Releases- The Movement for Reform Judaism". 3 October 2010. Archived from the original on 3 October 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2021.

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