Mayor of Wirral

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Civic Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
Incumbent
Brian Kenny
since 15 May 2025
Appointer Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Term length 1 year
Inaugural holderDoris Sisson
Formation1974
Website Mayor of Wirral

The Mayor of Wirral (or Civic Mayor of Wirral) is a ceremonial post elected annually, along with a deputy, by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. [1]

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The role of the mayor includes chairing council meetings, representing the Borough at civic functions, supporting local charities and conferring Honorary Freemen and Aldermen.

The incumbent mayor is Brian Kenny. [2]

Controversies

On 2 June 2014, 5 councillors (4 Conservative and 1 Green) voted against former leader of the council Steve Foulkes's nomination for mayor with a further 10 (all Conservative) abstaining. [3] Leader of the Council Phil Davies said afterwards “It leaves a bad taste in the mouth, it was just grandstanding by the Tories.” Green councillor Pat Clearly wrote in his blog “On Monday [2 June], Wirral elects its new Mayor. Normally, a routine vote where a long standing councillor is elected with cross party support…but, this year is different as the Mayor elect is Steve Foulkes who was Council Leader when Wirral became very publicly associated with incompetence, bullying, gagging clauses, resignations and bad financial management”.

List of mayors of Wirral

20th century

No.YearNameParty
11974Doris Sisson Conservative
21975Ken Fox Labour
31976John Evans Liberal
41977Tim Richmond Conservative
51978Jack Redhead Conservative
61979Bill Wells Labour
71980Frank Theaker Conservative
81981Dorothy Goodfellow Conservative
91982Bill Lungley Labour
101983Harry Deverill Conservative
111984Michael Moore Conservative
121985Gordon Lindsay Alliance
131986David Williams Conservative
141987Arthur Smith Labour
151988Reg Cumpstey Conservative
161989Mike Cooke SLD
171990Jim Edwards Independent Labour
181991Gordon Paterson Labour
191992Frank Jones Conservative
201993Peter Corcoran Labour
211994Sid Dunn Conservative
221995Walter Smith Labour
231996Myrra Lea Conservative
241997Barney Gilfoyle Labour
251998Margaret Green Labour
261999Hugh Lloyd Labour

21st century

No.YearNameParty
272000Kate Wood Conservative
282001John Cocker Labour
292002Pat Williams Liberal Democrats
302003Bill Nock Labour
312004Hilary Jones Conservative
Independent
UKIP
322005Chris Meaden Labour
332006Peter Johnson Conservative
342007Phil Gilchrist Liberal Democrats
352008Adrian Jones Labour
362009Andrew Hodson Conservative
372010Alan Jennings Liberal Democrats
382011Moira McLaughlin Labour
392012Gerry Ellis Conservative
402013Dave Mitchell Liberal Democrats
412014Steve Foulkes Labour
422015Les Rowlands Conservative
432016 Pat Hackett Labour
442017Ann McLachlan Labour
452018Geoffrey Watt Conservative
462019Tony Smith Labour
472021George Davies Labour
482022 Jeff Green Conservative
492023Jerry Williams Labour
502024Cherry Povall Conservative
512025Brian Kenny Labour

References

  1. ↑ "Mayor of Wirral". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council . Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Plans for new Wirral attraction revealed as new Mayor elected". Birkenhead News. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  3. ↑ Murphy, Liam. "Steve Foulkes appointed Mayor of Wirral in New Brighton ceremony". Liverpool Echo . Retrieved 4 October 2018.
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