Bradford Mayors and Lord Mayors

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Bradford

Beginning in 1847, with the Incorporation of the Borough (Bradford became a County Borough in 1889, and a City in 1897).

1847 Robert Milligan
1847-48 Robert Milligan
1848-49 Titus Salt
1849-50 Henry Forbes
1850-51 William Rand
1851-52 Samuel Smith
1852-53 Samuel Smith
1853-54 Samuel Smith
1854-55 William Murgatroyd
1855-56 William Murgatroyd
1856-57 Henry Brown
1857-58 Henry Brown
1858-59 Henry Brown
1859-60 Isaac Wright
1861-62 Isaac Wright
1862-63 Matthew William Thompson
1863-64 Joseph Farrar
1864-65 Charles Semon
1865-66 John Venimore Godwin
1866-67 William Brayshaw
1867-68 James Law
1868-69 Edward West
1869-70 Mark Dawson
1870-71 Mark Dawson
1871-72 Matthew William Thompson
1872-73 Matthew William Thompson
1873-74 Manoah Rhodes
1874-75 Henry Mitchell
1875-76 Wilson Sutcliffe
1876-77 George Motley Waud
1877-78 Briggs Priestley
1878-79 Angus Holden
1879-80 Angus Holden
1880-81 Angus Holden
1881-82 John Hill
1882-83 Frederick Priestman
1883-84 Isaac Smith
1884-85 Isaac Smith
1885-86 Thomas Hill
1886-87 Angus Holden
1887-88 John Limber Morley
1888-89 William Moulson
1889-90 Smith Feather
1890-91 Ezra Waugh Hammond
1891-92 Thomas Priestley
1892-93 William Oddy
1893-94 Jonas Whitley
1894-95 William Willis Wood
1895-96 William Willis Wood
1896-97 Thomas Speight
1897-98 Thomas Speight
1898-99 William E. Aykroyd
1899-1902 William C. Lupton
1902-04 David Wade
1904-05 William E.B. Priestley
1905-06 William A. Whitehead
1906-07 John A. Godwin, First Lord Mayor, 1907
1907-08 John E. Fawcett
1908-09 James Hill
1909-10 William Land
1910-11 Jacob Moser
1911-12 John B. Moorhouse
1912-13 Fred Foster
1913-14 John Arnold
1914-15 George H. Robinson
1915-16 Thomas Howarth
1916-17 Abram Peel
1917-18 John Bland
1918 Herbert Hustler Tetley
1918-19 Joseph Hayhurst
1919 Walter Barber
1919-20 William Wade
1920-21 Anthony Gadie
1921-22 Thomas Blythe
1922-23 Thomas Sowden
1923-24 Herbert M. Trotter
1924-25 John H. Palin, MP
1925-26 Joseph Stringer
1926-27 Richard Johnson
1927-28 Michael Conway
1928-29 Herbert T. Pullan
1929-30 Angus H. Rhodes
1930-31 Alfred Pickles
1931-32 George Walker
1932-33 John W. Longley
1933-34 Arthur W. Brown, MBE
1934-35 Walter Hodgson
1935-36 Jonas Pearson
1936-37 George R. Carter
1937-38 Henry Hudson
1938-39 Tom J. Robinson
1939-40 M.F. Titterington
1940-41 William Illingworth
1941-42 Louis F.W.S. Smith
1942-43 James Harrison
1943-44 Walter Barraclough
1944-45 Cecil Barnett
1945-46 Kathleen Chambers
1946-47 Thomas I. Clough
1947-49 Frederick J. Cowie
1949-50 George T. Meggison
1950-51 Alton Ward
1951-52 Horace Hird
1952-53 John Shee
1953-54 Angus Crowther
1954-55 Henry James White
1955 Herbert William Semper
1955-56 Richard Cornelius Ruth
1956-57 Horace Robert Walker
1957-58 David Black
1958-59 Norbert William Durrant
1959-60 Ernest England
1960-61 Edgar Robinson
1961-62 Benjamin Wilfrid Berry
1962-63 Harold K. Watson
1963-64 Tom Wood
1964-65 Weber Marshall Hird
1965-66 Jack Wilkinson
1966-67 Louis Cowgill
1967 Thomas Lee
1968 John William Taylor
1968-69 Arthur Walton
1969-70 Edward Newby, OBE
1970-71 John E. B. Singleton
1971-72 Herbert Moran
1972-73 Audrey Firth
1973-74 Derek Smith
April 1974 John E. B. Singleton
1974-75 Tom Edward Hall
1975-76 Doris Birdsall, CBE, MA (Hon), LHD
1976-77 Frank Hillam
1977-78 Paul Hockney
1978-79 Arthur F. Trigg
1979-80 John S. Senior
1980-81 Arnold Lightowler
1981-82 Daniel C. Coughlin
1982-83 Joan Lightband
1983-84 Norman Free
1984-85 Olive Messer
1985-86 Mohammed Ajeeb
1986-87 William Arthur Nunn
1987-88 Laurie C. Coughlin
1988-89 Smith Midgley
1989-90 George Hodgson
1990-91 Ernest Saville
1991-92 Sydney John Collard
1992-93 Barry Kenneth Thorne
1993-94 Robert Sowman
1994-95 Danny Mangham
1995-96 Marilyn Beeley
1996-97 Gordon Mitchell
1997-98 James Anthony (Tony) Cairns
1998-99 Tony Miller
1999-2000 Harry Mason
2000-2001 John Stanley King
2001-2002 Ghazanfer Khaliq
2002-2003 Richard E. J. Wightman
2003-2004 Allan Irving Hillary
2004-2005 Irene Ellison-Wood
2005-2006 Valerie Binney
2006-2007 Choudhary Rangzeb
2007-2008 Robin Owens
2008-2009 Howard Middleton
2009-2010 John D Godward
2010-2011 Peter Hill
2011-2012 Naveeda Ikram
2012-2013 Dale Smith
2013-2014 Khadim Hussain
2014-2015 Mike Gibbons
2015-2016 Joanne Dodds
2016-2017 Geoff Reid
2017-2018 Abid Hussain
2018-2019 Zafar Ali
2019-2021 Doreen Lee
2021-2022 Shabir Hussain
2022-23 Martin Love
2023-24 Gerry Barker
2024-25 Beverley Mullaney

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Baildon Urban District Council

Chairmen of the Council since its constitution.

1895-96 Thomas Michael Holmes
1896-97 Oliver Firth
1897-98 William Holmes
1898-99 George Edward Robinson
1899-1901 George Camille Waud
1901-09 George Edward Robinson
1909-11 William Holmes
1911-12 Shaw Robinson
1912-13 Frederick Holmes
1913-14 Thomas Denbigh
1914-15 Riley Green
1915-16 William Henry Williams
1916-17 William Edward Rhodes
1917-18 Frederick William Whittaker
1918-19 Willie Jowett
1919-20 Frederick Holmes
1920-21 Percy Louis Carroll
1921-22 Joseph Bailey Jennings
1922-23 William Edward Rhodes
1923-25 Percy Louis Carroll
1925-28 Arthur Greenwood
1928-29 Harry Robinson
1929-30 Amos Copley
1930-31 Percy Louis Carroll
1931-32 Joseph Denby
1932-34 Henry Edgar Sucksmith
1934-36 William Hill
1936-37 Clifford Dewhirst
1937-38 Joseph Denby
1938-39 Harry Baker Robinson
1939-41 William Milner
1941-42 George Henry Copley
1942-43 Arthur Blewitt
1943-44 Charles Knipe
1944-45 William Booth
1945-46 David Vincent Scholes
1946-48 William James Robinson
1948-49 Clifford Dewhirst
1949-50 David Vincent Scholes
1950-51 William Booth
1951-52 Ambrose Theophilus Middleton Schofield
1952-53 Herbert Moore
1953-54 Percy Oates
1954-55 James Arthur Schofield
1955-56 Harold Oliver Griffiths
1956-57 Newton Clough
1957-58 Robert Hill
1958-59 L.P. Warne
1959-60 N. Woodhead
1960-61 J.B. Franks
1961-62 H. Chapman
1962-63 C. Dewhirst
1963-64 R.W. Bolton
1964-65 J.G. Hansen
1965-66 J. Hicks
1966-67 F. Sanderson
1967-68 C. Pilkington
1968-69 F. Atkinson
1969-70 L. Robinson
1970-71 F. Clough
1971-72 C. Mountain
1972-73 A. Lightowler
1973-74 A.W. Booth

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Bingley Urban District Council

Chairmen of the Council since the amalgamation of Bingley, Bingley Outer and Wilsden in 1898.

1898-99 James Gatecliff
1899-1900 Alfred Hartley
1900-01 W.R. Atkinson
1901-02 J.T. Wildon
1902-03 John Barron
1903-04 Win. Suthers
1904-05 Geo. Towler
1905-06 Geo. W. Foster
1906-07 Wm. Hartley
1907-08 Samuel Rushforth
1908-09 W.R. Atkinson
1909-10 W.R. Nunns
1910-11 H.M. Dawson
1911-12 H.M. Dawson
1912-13 H.M. Dawson
1913-14 Jubal Barrett
1914-15 Thomas Turner
1915-16 Harry Laycock
1916-17 J.H. Whitwam
1917-18 B. Garnett
1918-19 T.W. Smales
1919-20 T.W. Smales
1920-21 J.R. Leach
1921-22 T. Snowden, J.P.
1922-23 W. Rushton
1923-24 Major S. Moore, J.P.
1924-25 J. Metcalfe, J.P.
1925-26 C.A. Smith, J.P.
1926-27 J.W. Walker
1927-28 J.H. Whitley
1928-29 J. Whittingham
1929-30 W.M. Whitwam
1930-31 R. Mitchell
1931-32 F. Atkinson
1932-33 R.W. Addison
1933-34 A.R. Bentley
1934-35 W. Woodcock
1935-36 James Earnshaw
1936-37 David W. Suley
1937-38 Angus Jowett
1938-39 E. Ridsdale Park
1939-40 John Newhill
1940-41 J.W. Minnikin
1941-42 J.P. Keegan
1942-43 W.V. Eustace
1943-44 F. Ellison
1944-45 P. Stirk, J.P.
1945-46 B. Garnett
1946-47 N. Clarkson
1947-48 L. Grunwell
1948-49 F. Shaw
1949-50 J. Wild
1950-51 A.R. Bentley
1951-52 H. Whitehead
1952-53 J.A. Brearley
1953-54 J.A. Flanagan
1954-55 Mrs M.P. Rycroft
1955-56 H. Pratt
1956-57 JR. Escritt, M.Sc.
1957-58 L. Hanson
1958-59 A.G. Moorhouse
1959-60 W.H. Penn
1960-61 L.O. Taylor
1961-62 M. Calvert
1962-63 L.H. Kershaw
1963-64 E.K. Eckersley
1964-65 J. Craven
1965-66 S.H. Cross
1966-67 P.R. Bootham
1967-68 K. Marshall
1968-69 E.T. Fox
1969-70 Mrs F.M. Davy
1970-71 L. Archer
1971-72 AG. Raistrick
1972-73 T.F. Shaw
1973-74 Mrs E. Hall

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Ilkley Urban District Council

Chairmen
1894-95 John Beanlands
1895-96 John Beanlands
1896-97 William Hartley
1897-98 Thomas Horsman
1898-99 Jabez Dobson
1899-1900 Henry Ellis
1900-01 James C. Naylor
1901-02 Edward Fletcher
1902-03 John Thomas Jackson
1903-04 John William Benson
1904-05 John William Benson
1905-06 John William Dixon
1906-07 John Alfred Middlebrook
1907-08 James Crossley Barker
1908-09 James Crossley Barker
1909-10 Isaac Dean
1910-11 Joseph Dinsdale
1911-12 lsaac Dean
1912-13 Frederick Sagar Jackson
1913-14 Frederick Sagar Jackson
1914-15 William Dobson
1915-16 William Richard Bates
1916-17 William Prest
1917-18 William Prest
1918-19 James Blackader Bray
1919-20 Frederick Sagar Jackson
1920-21 John William Dixon
1921-22 John William Lund
1922-23 John William Dixon
1923-24 William Prest
1924-25 Henry Schofield
1925-26 William Rhodes
1926-27 Alfred Colbert
1927-28 Thomas Hubert Frith
1928-29 Thomas Hubert Frith
1929-30 George Mott
1930-31 Fred Sugden
1931-32 William Dobson
1932-33 Charles Frederick Pyett
1933-34 James Brown Whitfield
1934-35 Maurice Rowland Dobson
1935-36 Maurice Rowland Dobson
1936-37 Geoffrey Veale
1937-38 Ernest Waddilove
1938-39 Arthur Christian Voigt
1939-40 George Mennell
1940-41 James Edward Dykes
1941-42 Walter Harold Illingworth
1942-43 Henry Hargrave
1943-44 William Milnes
1944-45 William Milnes
1945-46 William Milnes
1946-47 James Ronald Phillips
1947-48 Florence Sarah Hampshire
1948-49 George William Dough
1949-50 John William Rhodes
1950-51 Maurice Edric Midgley
1951-52 Basil Aykroyd Smith
1952-53 Eric Wolfe
1953-54 John Hardy
1954-55 Fred Atkinson
1955-56 William Hill
1956-57 James Hulme Bowes
1957-58 Hylda Hawkins
1958-59 Leonard James Sarjeant
1959-60 Janet Lucille Ellicott
1960-61 Eddie Binns
1961-62 John Richard Armistead
1962-63 Eric Smith
1963-64 Owen Benjamin Moss
1964-65 Fred Atkinson
1965-66 James Melvin Shelton
1966-67 Hylda Hawkins
1967-68 Cohn Briggs Outtersides
1968-69 David Basil Marshall
1969-70 Raymond Phillip Bushell
1970-71 Arthur Francis James Marshall
1971-72 James Melvin Shelton
1972-73 Dale Smith
1973-74 Jack Spencer

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Keighley Borough Council

The Mayoralty. Persons who have filled the office of Mayor since the Incorporation of the Borough.

1882-83 Benjamin S. Brigg
1883-84 Richard L. Hattersley
1884-85 William Clough
1885-86 Edward D.A. Marriner
1886-87 Robert Holmes
1887-90 William Weatherhead
1890-93 Ira Ickringill
1893-94 Shem Paget
1894-95 John Dickinson
1895-96 Richard Edmondson
1896-98 R.N. Smith
1898-99 C.H. Foulds
1899-1902 Henry C. Longsdon
1902-03 Joseph Waterhouse
1903-04 William Clough
1904-05 John Smith
1905-07 John W. Smith
1907-08 Robert Clough
1908-09 James Wharton
1909-10 Richard Edmondson
1910-12 Samuel Clough
1912-16 William A. Brigg
1916-18 Frederick W.L. Butterfield
1918-20 Ferdinand N. Binns
1920-21 John W. Midgley
1921-22 James Longton
1922-23 Newman King
1923-25 Robert Calverley
1925-26 Arthur Smith
1926-27 Albert Smith
1927-28 William Bland
1928-29 Eli Murton
1929-30 James Berry
1930-31 Frederick Dickinson
1931-32 Michael P. Cryer
1932-33 David Rhodes
1933-34 Ernest Whalley
1934-35 Tom Broster
1935-36 John Henderson
1936-37 Thomas Wardle
1937-38 Wilfred Southwell
1938-39 Thomas Duerden
1939-40 John W. Wardle
1940-41 Joseph Denby
1941-42 William Waterhouse
1942-43 Tom Snowden
1943-44 Edgar Middleton
1944-45 J. Spencer Binns
1945-46 William Smith
1946-47 George H. Norton, Arthur W. Tack
1947-49 J. Harold Wright
1949-50 George S. Mason
1950-51 Ernest Hutchinson
1951-52 David C. Hudson
1952-53 Robert W. Waterhouse
1953-54 James Procter
1954-55 Noel Johns
1955-56 Percy Taylor
1956-57 John A. Taylor
1957-58 William E. Walton
1958-59 John Binns
1959-60 Harry Hammond
1960-61 John S. Bell
1961 -62 James N. Welch
1962-63 Thomas Gallagher
1963-64 George W. Dale
1964-65 Joseph Nolan
1965-66 Frank Jeffrey
1966-67 Elsie M. Foulds
1967-68 Alan Greenwood
1968-69 James H. Waterworth
1969-70 John E. Brownbridge
1970-71 Jim Greenwood
1971-72 Sydney Bancroft
1972-73 William A. Proom
1973-74 G.B. Welham

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Queensbury Urban District Council

Chairmen

1894 John Sherwin
1895-96 James Ackroyd
1896-97 Joseph Stocks
1897-98 Arthur Hainsworth
1898-99 Isaac Whiteley
1899-1900 Arthur Bairstow
1900-01 Herbert A. Foster
1901-02 Herbert A. Foster
1902-03 Herbert A. Foster
1903-04 Herbert A. Foster
1904-05 Herbert A. Foster
1905-06 Herbert A. Foster
1906-07 Herbert A. Foster
1907-08 Herbert A. Foster
1908-09 Dennis Carter
1909-10 Briggs Hainsworth
1910-11 John W. Briggs
1911-12 R.A. Drake
1912-13 Edwin Waugh
1913-14 Samuel Balmforth
1914-15 James Chatburn
1915-16 William H. Midgley
1916-17 Walter Riley
1917-18 John Hartley
1918-19 Arthur Bairstow
1919-20 Robert L. Foster
1920-21 Walter Riley
1921-22 Harry Gledhill
1922-23 Harry Gledhill
1923-24 James H. Smith
1924-25 James Balmforth
1925-26 Arthur R. Burniston
1926-27 Harry Gledhill
1927-28 James Balmforth
1928-29 Joseph Grey
1929-30 Percy Carling
1930-31 Ralph Lightowler
1931 -32 Ralph Lightowler
1932-33 Ralph Lightowler
1933-34 Ralph Lightowler
1934-35 Ralph Lightowler
1935-36 Ralph Lightowler
1936-37 Ralph Lightowler

March 1937: Queensbury Urban District Council amalgamated with Shelf Urban District Council to form Queensbury and Shelf Urban District Council

1937-38 Ralph Lightowler
1938-39 W. Farrar
1939-40 W. Farrar
1940-41 A. Harrison
1941-42 J.H. Moore
1942-43 H. Petty
1943-44 H. Pickles
1944-45 Mrs M.A. Barraclough, M.B.E.
1945-46 Walter R. Bairstow
1946-47 J.H. Moore
1947-48 J.H. Moore
1948-49 W. Farrar
1949-50 J. Smith
1950-51 J. Smith
1951-52 Mrs M.E. McCreath
1952-53 W.S. Smith
1953-54 L. Ashworth
1954-55 H.E. Nichols
1955-56 J.H. Moore
1956-57 J.H. Chatburn
1957-58 E. Sutcliffe
1958-59 H.E. Nichols
1959-60 A. Ashworth
1960-61 F.W. Pohlmann
1961 -62 R. Harling
1962-63 R. Goodwin
1963-64 L. Woodhead
1964-65 F.W. Pohlmann
1965-66 J.T. Roberts
1966-67 R. Goodwin
1967-68 E. Sutcliffe
1968-69 J.H. Chatburn
1969-70 M. Cookland
1970-71 Mrs I. Craven
1971-72 H. Crowther
1972-73 J. Bradley
1973-74 Harold S. Bolton

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Shipley Urban District Council

Chairmen of the Council, from January, 1895

1895-1904 Charles Brook Shaw
1904-07 Sir James Roberts, Bt., J.P.
1907-11 John Pitts
1911-12 Exelby Reynolds
1912-19 Thomas Hill, J.P., O.B.E.
1919-20 Henry Hirst
1920-23 Fred Fearnley Rhodes, J.P.
1923-24 George Birbeck
1924-25 Fred Fearnley Rhodes, J.P.
1925-27 Edwin Cowgill
1927-29 Victor Waddilove
1929-30 Albert Ernest Horne, J.P.
1930-31 Thomas John Gray, J.P.
1931-32 Clifford Cawthorne
1932-34 Gordon Waddilove
1934-35 Arthur William Robson
1935-36 William Smith Tinsley
1936-37 Victor Waddilove
1937-38 George Birbeck
1938-39 John Chippindale, J.P.
1939-42 Albert Ernest Horne, J.P.
1942-43 Thomas John Gray, J.P.
1943-45 Charles Malcolm Smith, J.P.
1945-46 Samuel Derbyshire, J.P.
1946-47 John Lancaster, J.P.
1947-48 Albert Edward Roberts, J.P.
1948-49 Benjamin Cromack, D.S.M.
1949-50 William Henry Bannister
1950-51 Arthur Butterfield
1951-52 Clarence Albert Richardson
1952-53 Mrs Alice Woodcock
1953-54 Gordon Waddilove
1954 -August 1955 Oliver Brook Raistrick
September 1955-1957 Frank Thornton, J.P.
1957-58 Alfred Stanley Geo. Rodway
1958-59 Harry Easy
1959-60 Joseph Clifford Padgett
1960-61 Albert Swift
1961-62 Thomas William Warburton, O.B.E., J.P.
1962-63 Thomas Ellison Hainsworth
1963-64 Thomas Martin Duggan
1964-65 Arthur Butterfield
1965-66 George Arthur Shaw
1966-67 Jack King
1967-68 Raymond Clapham
1968-69 Robert Martin
1969-70 Thomas Martin Duggan
1970-71 Frank Thornton, M.B.E., J.P.
1971-72 Mrs Joanna Bowron Evans
1972-73 Eric Alfred Armitage
1973-74 Eric Wade Pearson

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Silsden Urban District Council

Chairmen

1895-1905 Charles Weatherhead
1905-1914 Tom Fletcher
1914-1918 Frank Driver
1918-1922 William Easnett
1922-1925 Joseph Tunnicliffe
1925-1932 Albert Wilson
1932-1935 Fergus Green
1935-1937 Herbert Wilkinson
1937-1940 C.T. Fletcher
1940-1943 Horace Fortune
1943-1946 Henry Wellock
1946-1949 G. William Smith
1949-1952 Horace Fortune
1952-1955 Arthur Watson
1955-1958 Mrs Nellie Fortune
1958-1959 Alfred B. Green
1959-1962 John J. Barker
1962-1963 James E. Marsh
1963-1966 Miss Catherine Herbert
1966-1967 Bertram S. Mole
1967-1968 Harold Kellett
1968-1969 Bernard Emmott
1969-1970 Thomas Hayes
1970-1971 William F. Cathey
1971-1972 John J. Barker
1972-1 973 Mrs D. Robinson
1973-1974 E.H.V. Robinson

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Skipton Rural District Council

Chairmen of the Council since formation.

1894-1941 John Arthur Slingsby, J.P.
1941-1944 George Sugden Green, J.P.
1944-1947 Harry Riddiough, J.P.
1947-1950 Wright Snowden, J.P.
1950-1953 Joe Watson, J.P.
1953-1956 Harfield Henry Edmonds
1956-1959 Charlie Nuttall
1959-1961 Denis Ewart Riddiough, T.D., J.P.
1961-1962 Annie Taylor, J.P.
1962-1963 Robert Hagley
1963-1964 Robert Thackray Swales
1964-1965 Ernest Cumberland
1965-1966 Maurice Cleaver
1966-1967 William Dawson
1967-1968 Thomas Carter
1968-1969 Evelyn Elizabeth Markham
1969-1970 William Stockdale
1970-1971 John Keith Lockyer, B.Ch.D., L.D.S.
1971-1972 Richard Arthur Stockdale, B.Sc., (Agr.)
1972-1973 William Henry Spinks
1973-1974 Robert Leslie Fryers