Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent

The position of Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent is largely ceremonial. The role of Lord Mayor is decided upon by a vote amongst the elected councillors of Stoke-on-Trent City Council; the candidates are also selected from the councillors. The current Lord Mayor is Councillor Majid Khan.^[1]

History

Between 1910 and 1928 the Borough, and later, City of Stoke-on-Trent had a Mayor rather than a Lord Mayor. The first Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent was Cecil Wedgwood of the Wedgwood pottery dynasty.^[2] The title of Lord Mayor was first conferred on the City of Stoke-on-Trent by King George V on 10 July 1928.

List of Former Lord Mayors

• 1927-28 Thomas Wild (Independent)
• 1928-29 William Leason (Independent)
• 1929-30 George Barber (Labour)
• 1930-31 Herbert Colclough (Independent)
• 1931-32 Florence Farmer (Independent)
• 1932-33 Thomas Mitchell (Independent)
• 1933-34 Arthur Hollins (Labour) , MP for Stoke-on Trent
• 1934-35 Alfred Harvey (Independent)
• 1935-36 John H. Dale (Labour)
• 1936-37 John A. Dale (Independent)
• 1937-38 George Timmis (Labour)
• 1938-39 John Barker (Independent)
• 1939-40 William Holdcroft (Labour)
• 1940-41 Arthur Hewitt (Independent)
• 1941-42 Henry McBrine (Labour)
• 1942-43 Charles Brook (Independent)
• 1943-44 Arthur Austin (Labour)
• 1944-45 William Herbert Kemp (Independent)
• 1945-46 Percy Williams (Labour)
• 1946-47 Harry Leason (Independent)
• 1947-49 Henry Beresford (Labour) (two years)
• 1949-50 Arthur Spark (Independent)
• 1950-51 Henry Hopwood (Labour)
• 1951-52 Horace Barks (Labour)
• 1952-53 George Barber (Labour)
• 1953-54 Albert Bennett (Labour)
• 1954-55 Annie Barker (Labour)
• 1955-56 Harold Naylor (Labour)
• 1956-57 William Bailey (Labour)
• 1957-58 Arthur Perry (Labour)
• 1958-59 Samuel Capewell (Labour)
• 1959-60 Harold Clowes (Labour)
• 1960-61 Gordon Dale (Labour)
• 1961-62 William Hancock (Conservative)
• 1962-63 Thomas Beddow (Labour)
• 1963-64 James Westwood (Labour)
• 1964-65 Joseph Hulme (Labour)
• 1965-66 James Boon (Labour)
• 1966-67 James Evans (Labour)
• 1967-68 Edwin Holloway (Independent)
• 1968-69 Doris Robinson (Labour)
• 1969-70 Arthur Moran (Labour)
• 1970-71 Mary Bourne (Labour)
• 1971-72 Arthur Cholerton (Labour)
• 1972-73 Bill Austin (Labour) (1st Term)
• 1973-74 Arthur Cotton (Labour)
• 1974-75 Harry Smallwood (Labour)
• 1975-76 Dennis Shotton (Labour)
• 1976-77 William Screen (Labour)
• 1977-78 Ron Southern (Labour)
• 1978-79 William Wass (Conservative)
• 1979-80 Mary Stringer (Labour)
• 1980-81 John Wallis (Labour)
• 1981-82 Leslie Sillitoe (Labour)
• 1982-83 Thomas Brennan (Labour)
• 1983-84 Doug Brown (Labour) (1st Term)
• 1984-85 Jack Dimmock (Labour)
• 1985-86 John Birkin (Labour) (1st Term)
• 1986-87 Harry Oakes (Labour)
• 1987-88 Gordon Tuck (Labour)
• 1988-89 Alan Edwards (Labour)
• 1989-90 Stan Bate (Labour)
• 1990-91 Sybil Halfpenny (Labour)
• 1991-92 Lily Wall (Labour)
• 1992-93 Alan Jones (Labour)
• 1993-94 Marian Beckett (Labour)
• 1994-95 Richard Leigh (Labour)
• 1995-96 James Dunn (Labour)
• 1996-97 John Birkin (Labour) (2nd Term)
• 1997-98 Doug Brown (Labour) (2nd Term)
• 1998-99 Kath Banks (Labour)
• 1999-2000 Reg Booth (Labour)

21st century

• 2000-01 Barbara Dunn (Labour)
• 2001-02 Bill Austin (Labour) (2nd Term)
• 2002-03 Ellis Bevan (Liberal Democrat)
• 2003-04 Clive Brian (Conservative)
• 2004-05 Karamat Ali (Labour)
• 2005-06 Maurice Lewis (Labour)
• 2006-07 Jean Edwards (Labour)
• 2007-08 Bagh Ali (Labour)
• 2008-09 Derek Capey (City Independent)
• 2009-10 Jean Bowers (Liberal Democrat)
• 2010-11 Denver Tolley (Labour)
• 2011-12 Terry Follows (City Independent)
• 2012-13 Terry Crowe (Labour)
• 2013-14 Sheila Pitt (Labour)
• 2014-15 Majid Khan (Labour)
• 2015–16 Jean Bowers (City Independent)

References

1. "Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent – Terry Crowe". Stoke-on-Trent Council. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
2. Warrillow, Ernest J. D. (1960). A sociological history of the city of Stoke-on-Trent. Etruscan Publication. p. 224.