Mayors of Wakefield

A list of all former Mayors of Wakefield

Year	Month	Name
Charter of incorporation granted 15 Mar 1848
1848	May	Harrison G.W.
1848	Nov	Harrison G.W.
1849		Holdsworth J.
1850		Micklethwaite J.
1851		Walker B.
1852		Gregory J.
1853		Brown H.
1854		Clayton T.
1855		Gregory J.
1856		Brown H.
1857		Carter T.M.
1858		Westerman G.H.
1859		Brown H.
1860		Haigh T.
1861		Shaw W.
1862		Holdsworth S.
1863		Holdsworth S.
1864		Lee W.H.
1865		Rhodes J.
1866		Shaw W.
1867		Lee W.H.
1868		Holdsworth S.
1869		Whitham S.
1870		Lee H.
1871		Tomlinson W.H.B.
1872		Haigh T.W.
1873		Haigh T.W.
1874		Stewart W.H.
1875		Gill W.H.
1876		Gill W.H.
1877		Stewart W.H.
1878		Taylor T.
1879		Lee W.H.
1880		Lee W.H.
1881		Milthorp F.
1882		Mander G.
1883		Lee W.H.
1884		Moorhouse G.
1885		Reynolds R.
1886		Lee H.
1887		Lee H.
1888		Lee W.H.
1889		Watson B.
1890		Haslegrave J.
1891		Nicholson W.
1892		Booth J.S.
1893		Wade W.
1894		Nicholson J.
1895		Milnes W.H.
1896		Smith H.
1897		Stanfield A.W.
1898		Roberts G.H. (Links to obit & Will)
1899		Kilner B.
1900		Simpson F.
1901		Childe H.S.
1902		Brotherton E.A.
1903		Rhodes W.
1904	Jun	Stonehouse E.
1904		Childe H.S.
1905		Childe H.S.
1906		Kingswell W.H.
1907		Kingswell W.H.
1908		Hudson A.
Took over Sandal Magna in 1909
1909		Hudson A.
1910		Hudson A.
1911		White H.
1912		Hirst L.H.
1913		Saville J.W.
1914		Stonehouse E.
Made a County Borough in 1915
1915		Stonehouse E.
1916		Stonehouse E.
1917		Blakey G.
1918		Blakey G.
1919		Blakey G.
1920		Foster G.
1921		Blakey G.
1922		Foster G.
1922		Holdsworth H.H.
1923		Tennant J.
1924		Smith J.W.
1925		Mellor C
1926		Sherwood G.H.
1927		Hillman G.B.
1928		Richards J.H.
1929		Johnson B.
1930		Pickles S.
1931		Butterworth S.
1932		Emmett W.
1933		Brewer T.
1934		Mills F.W.T.
1935		Charlesworth A.
1936		Hemingway G.
1937		Crowe T.
1938		White R.
1939		Jolly J.M.
1940		Stott F.W. (Mrs.)
1941		Whittaker C.
1942		Milner J.W.
1943		Hopkinson C.
1944		Slater E.
1945		Crowe E.H. (Mrs.)
1946		Watson H.
1947		Luford W.H.
1949	May	Firth R.
1950		Blakeley L.S.
1951		Borthwood E.E.
1952		Wheater R.
1953		West F.
1954		Carr A.
1955		Carr A.
1956		Webster A.G.
1957		Fitzpatrick M.
1958		Longshaw D.
1959		Moore L.
1960		Boston L.
1961		Prince W.
1962	May	Hutchins D.
1962	May	Hutchinson N.
1963		Grainger H.S.
1964		Marsh J.
1965		Ellis F.
1966		Sutcliffe C.
1967		Stead G.H.
1968		Hutchins D.
1968	Oct	Hall H.
1969		Taylor J.H.
1970		Clark H.
1971		Lofthouse A.E.
1972		Pilmer G.
1973		Deen J
Made into Wakefield Metropolitan District Council 1973
1973		Lofthouse G. (Chaiman)
1974		Cranswick J.W. (Chairman)
1975		Astbury H.
1976		Kenningham D. (Mrs.)
1977		Clafton H.
1978		Noble A.
1979		Thompson D.
1980		McLoughlin W. (Mrs.)
1981		Howarth J.
1982		Croxall C.
1983		Firth J.
1984		Beech J. (Mrs.)
1985		Harrison L.
1986		Greenwood J.
1987		Inman W.
1988		Parkinson G.H.
1989		Ward F.
1990		Clarke G.
1991		Andrews G.
1992		Hodgson F.
1993		Clark H.
1994		Lind D.
1995		Hartshorne N.
1996		Bolland K.
1997		Oldroyd.C.
1998		Barlow A BEM
1999		Bullock B.
2000		Hazell N.J MBE
2001		Hitchen D.
2002		Mitchell R.
2003		Atkinson D
2004		Holmes J (Mrs)
2005		Hopkins D
2006		Travis D
2007		Garbutt A
2008		Jacqui Williams

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