List of mayors of Manchester

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This is a list of the lord mayors of the City of Manchester in the North West of England. [1] [2] Not to be confused with the Directly elected Greater Manchester mayor.

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The current and 125th lord mayor is Yasmine Dar, Labour, who has served Since May 2023, and was elected councillor for the Moston ward in 2014.

The lord mayor position, is selected by a vote of councillors, and is a ceremonial role, with the holder attending civic events, promoting chosen causes and chairing meetings of Manchester City Council, while acting as a city Ambassador. The lord mayor’s term lasts for one year, and a new lord mayor Is elected in a full council meeting, usually in May.

History

Manchester was incorporated in 1838 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 as the Corporation of Manchester or Manchester Corporation. It achieved city status in 1853, only the second such grant since the Reformation. The area included in the city has been increased many times, in 1885 (Bradford, Harpurhey and Rusholme), 1890 (Blackley, Crumpsall, part of Droylsden, Kirkmanshulme, Moston, Newton Heath, Openshaw, and West Gorton), 1903 (Heaton), 1904 (Burnage, Chorlton cum Hardy, Didsbury, and Moss Side), 1909 (Gorton, and Levenshulme), 1931 (Wythenshawe: Baguley, Northenden, and Northen Etchells), and Ringway. A new town hall was opened in 1877 (by Alderman Abel Heywood) and the then-current and future mayors of Manchester were granted the title of Lord Mayor in 1893. [3] Anthony Marshall was the last mayor and the first lord mayor.

In 1984, the city council – at that time controlled by the left-leaning Labour party – voted to reduce the pomp and rate-payer cost associated with the position, changing the title to Chair of the Manchester City Council (often shortened), following the lead of some Greater London boroughs. This change dispensed with the elaborate robes and chain of office (a gilded ornament worn on the shoulders and around the neck), and no longer provided the traditional tax-funded, eight-room apartment for the officeholder to live in (instead opening this fancy traditional residence to the public as a tourist attraction). These changes were unpopular in the area, especially after focused agitation against them by the Manchester Evening News , which labelled them a political move originated by non-local leftist activists. The title Lord Mayor continued to be used frequently, especially outside the city council. The first of the three successive chairs of council was Kenneth Strath in the 1985–1986 term, and the last was Eileen Kelly, 1987–1988, Later officeholders were referred to again as lord mayors consistently, and permitted to use the traditional vestments associated with the office. [4] Today, vestments have returned and the title lord mayor is used.

Mayors of Manchester

1838–1893

No.MayorTenure beganTenure endedTermsNotes
1 Sir Thomas Potter 183818402Father of Sir John Potter, who was mayor 1848–1851
2William Neild184018422
3James Kershaw184218431
4Alexander Kay184318452
5William Benjamin Watkins184518461
6 Sir Elkanah Armitage 184618482
7 Sir John Potter 184818513Son of Sir Thomas Potter, who was mayor 1838–1840
8Robert Barnes185118532
9Benjamin Nicholls185318552
10 Sir James Watts 185518572
11Ivie Mackie185718603
12 Matthew Curtis 1860186111st term
13Thomas Goadsby186118621
14 Abel Heywood 1862186311st term
15John Marsland Bennett186318652
16William Bowker186518661
17Robert Neill186618682
18John Grave186818713
19William Booth187118732
20Alfred Watkin187318741
21John King187418751
22 Matthew Curtis 1875187612nd term
23 Abel Heywood 1876187712nd term
24Charles Sydney Grundy187718792
25Henry Patteson187918801
26 Sir Thomas Baker 188018822
27John Hopkinson188218831
28Philip Goldschmidt1883188411st term
29Sir John James Harwood1884188511st term
30Philip Goldschmidt1885188612nd term
31 Matthew Curtis 1886188713rd term
32Sir John James Harwood1887188822nd term
33 William Batty 188818891
34Sir John Mark188918912First mayor of the County Borough
35Sir Bosdin Thomas Leech189118921
36Anthony Marshall189218932First term

Lord mayors of Manchester

19th century

No.Lord mayorTenure beganTenure endedTerm(s)Notes
1Sir Anthony Marshall189318942Second term; knighted at the opening of the Manchester Ship Canal on 21 May 1894
2Abraham Evans Lloyd189418962
3John Foulkes Roberts189618971
4Robert Gibson189718981
5Sir William Henry Vaudrey189818991
6Thomas Briggs189919012

20th century

No.Lord MayorTenure BeginTenure EndTermsNotes
7Sir James Hoy190119021
8John Royle190219031Liberal party [5]
9Sir Thomas Thornhill Shann190319052
10James Herbert Thewlis190519061
11John Harrop190619071
12Sir Edward Holt190719092
13Sir Charles Behrens190919112
14Sir Samuel Walter Royse191119132
15Sir Daniel McCabe191319152
16Arthur George Copeland191519161
17Sir Thomas Smethhurst191619171
18Sir Alexander Porter191719181
19John Makeague191819191
20Sir William Kay1919191911st term
21 Tom Fox 191919201
22Sir William Kay1920192112nd term
23 Ernest Emil Darwin Simon 192119221Knighted in 1932, created Baron Simon of Wythenshawe in 1947 [6]
24Sir William Cundiff192219231
25William Turner Jackson192319241
26Sir Frederick Joseph West 192419251
27Sir Miles Ewart Mitchell 192519261
28James Henry Swales192619271
29Sir William Davy192719281
30Lt-Col George Westcott192819291
31Sir Robert Noton Barclay 192919301
32George Frank Titt193019311
33Ellis Green193119321
34Sir William Walker193219331
35Joseph Binns193319341
36Samuel Woollam193419351
37Thomas Stone Williams193519361
38 Joseph Toole 193619371
39Joseph Crookes Grimes193719381
40Sir William Kay1938193813rd term
41Elijah John Hart193819391
42George Harold White193919401
43Robert Griffith Edwards194019411
44 Wright Robinson 194119421
45John Septimus Hill194219431
46Leonard Bramwell Cox194319441
47William Philip Jackson194419451
48Hugh Lee194519461Father of Hugh Lee, who was Lord Mayor 1981–1982
49Thomas Henry Adams194619471
50Dame Mary Latchford Kingsmill Jones 194719492First woman to hold the office
51Robert Moss,194919501
52Colonel Samuel Percy Dawson195019511
53William Collingson195119521
54Douglas Gosling195219531
55 Abraham Moss 195319541
56Sir Richard Harper 195419551
57Tom Regan195519561
58Harry Sharp195619571
59 Sir Leslie Lever MP 195719581Created Baron Lever in 1975.
60James Edward Fitzsimons195819591
61Harold Quinney195919601
62Arthur Donovan196019611
63Sir Lionel Biggs 196119621
64Sir Robert Thomas196219631
65Robert Carr Rogers196319641
66Dr William Chadwick196419651
67Bernard Sydney Langton196519661
68 Nellie Beer 196619671Conservative.
69Dame Elizabeth Yarwood 196719681
70Harold Stockdale196819691
71Neil Gowanloch Westbrook196919701
72William Atkinson Downward197019711
73Douglas John Edwards197119721
74Edward Grant197219731
75 Kenneth Collis 197319741Opened T1 Manchester Airport and also given an OBE in 1992
76 Frederick Balcombe 197419751First lord mayor of the Metropolitan Borough
77Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw 197519761
78Kenneth Franklin197619771
79Robert Crawford197719781
80Trevor Thomas197819791
81G.W.G. Fitzsimons197919801
82Winnie Smith198019811
83Hugh Lee198119821Son of Hugh Lee, (who was Lord Mayor 1945–1946)
84Clifford Tomlinson198219831
85Dr M. J. Taylor198319841Son of Joe Taylor, founder and first chairman of the Greater Manchester Council
86 Harold Tucker 198419851The last Conservative to date to serve as Lord Mayor of Manchester.
87Kenneth Strath198519861First chair of the council [4]
88Kathleen Robinson198619871
89Eileen Kelly198719881Last chair of the council [4]
90Patricia Conquest198819891
91Yomi Mambu198919901
92John Gilmore199019911
93George Chadwick199119921
94 Bill Egerton 199219931
95William T Risby199319941
96Sheila Smith199419951
97Joyce Keller199519961
98Derek Shaw199619971
99Gerry Carroll199719981
100Gordon Conquest199819991
101Tony Burns199920001

21st century

No.Lord mayorTenure beganTenure endedNotesRefs
102Hugh Barrett20002001
103John Smith20012002
104Roy Walters20022003
105Audrey Jones20032004
106Tom O'Callaghan20042005
107 Mohammed Afzal Khan 200517 May 2006 [7]
108 James Ashley 17 May 200612 August 2006Liberal Democrat, Died in office. [7] [8] [9]
109David Sandiford11 October 200616 May 2007 [10] [11]
110 Glynn Evans 16 May 200714 May 2008 [11] [12]
111 Mavis Smitheman 14 May 200813 May 2009 [12] [13] [14]
112Alison Firth13 May 200919 May 2010 [15]
113Mark Hackett19 May 201018 May 2011
114Harry Lyons18 May 201119 May 2012
115Elaine Boyes19 May 201219 May 2013
116Naeem ul Hassan19 May 201317 May 2014
117Susan Cooley17 May 201418 May 2015 [16]
118Paul Murphy17 May 201517 May 2016 [17]
119 Carl Austin-Behan 13 May 201617 May 2017 [18]
120 Eddy Newman 17 May 201716 May 2018
121June Hitchen16 May 201815 May 2019
122Abid Latif Chohan15 May 201927 October 2020
123Tommy Judge27 October 202018 May 2022
124Donna Ludford18 May 202217 May 2023 [19]
125Yasmine Dar17 May 202315 May 22024First Asian woman to hold the mayoralty [20]
126Paul Andrews15 May 2024incumbent [21]

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