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List of mayors of Birmingham .
This is a list of the mayors and lord mayors of Birmingham in the West Midlands of England.
Birmingham has had a mayor (and elected council) since 1838. The office was raised to the dignity of lord mayor when Queen Victoria issued letters patent on 3 June 1896.[ 1]
By modern convention, the Lord Mayor stands for a year, and is installed into office at the Annual Meeting of the City Council. Lord Mayors are non-political and non-executive during their term of office and act as chair of the council. As the First Citizen of Birmingham, the Lord Mayor represents not only the city but also the people of Birmingham. The honour of being Lord Mayor is now usually alternated between the Conservative , Labour and Liberal Democrat Groups. In normal circumstances the Lord Mayor becomes Deputy Lord Mayor for the following year.[ 2]
Mayors of Birmingham [ edit ]
No.
Mayor
Image
Tenure
Terms
Notes
1
William Scholefield
1838–1839
1
Second son of Joshua Scholefield , one of Birmingham's first MPs when the town was enfranchised in 1832.
2
Philip Henry Muntz
1839–1840
2
Councillor, alderman, mayor, justice of the peace and representative of Birmingham in Parliament.
3
Samuel Beale
1841
1
MP for Derby between 1857–65. Unitarian.
4
James James
1842
1
5
Thomas Weston
1843
1
Unitarian
6
Thomas Phillips
1844
1
7
Henry Smith
1845
1
8
Robert Martineau
1846
1
9
Charles Geach
1847
1
Founder of the Birmingham & Midland Bank
10
Samuel Thornton
1848
1
11
William Lucy
1849–1850
2
12
Henry Smith
1851
1
13
Henry Hawkes
1852
1
14
James Baldwin
1853
1
Paper manufacturer, owner of James Baldwin & Sons, est. 1829. Unitarian.
15
John Palmer
1854
1
Unitarian
16
T P T Hodgson
1855
1
17
Sir John Ratcliff
1856–1858
3
Also Town Commissioner, Low Baliff, Town Councillor, Alderman
18
Thomas Lloyd
1859
1
19
Arthur Ryland
1860
1
20
Henry Manton
1861
1
21
Charles Sturge
1862
1
Corn merchant, brother of Joseph Sturge
22
William Holliday
1863
1
23
Henry Wiggin
1864
1
24
Edwin Yates
1865
1
25
George Dixon
1866
1
Birmingham MP, was a major proponent of education for all children.
26
Thomas Avery
1866–1867
1
Elected on the resignation of Dixon
27
Henry Holland
1868
1
28
Thomas Prime
1869
1
Silver-plater. Northwood Street. Thomas Prime & Sons.
29
G Braithwaite Lloyd
1870
1
30
John Sadler
1871
1
31
Ambrose Biggs
1872
1
Tobacco product manufacturer and retailer. Declared bankrupt in 1883. Unitarian.
32
Joseph Chamberlain
1873–1876
3
Unitarian.
33
George Baker
1876
1
Elected on the resignation of Chamberlain in June 1876. Second master of Guild of St George .
34
William Kenrick
1877
1
35
Jesse Collings
1878
1
36
Richard Chamberlain
1879–1880
2
Brother of Joseph Chamberlain
37
Thomas Avery
1881
1
38
William White
1882
1
39
William Cook
1883
1
MP for Birmingham East in 1885/1886
40
Sir Thomas Martineau
1884–1886
3
41
Maurice Pollack
1887
1
42
Richard Cadbury Barrow
1888
1
43
Francis Corder Clayton
1889–1890
2
44
Edward Lawley Parker
1891–1892
2
45
George James Johnson
1893
1
46
Thomas Stratton Fallows
1894
1
47
James Smith
1895
2
Lord Mayors of Birmingham [ edit ]
Lord Mayor
Image
Tenure
Terms
Notes
John Henry Lloyd
1901-02
1
Sir Hallewell Rogers
1902–04
2
Liberal Unionist[ 3]
Rowland Hill Berkeley
1904-05
1
Died 13 April 1905; a great-grandfather of Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason .[ 4]
Charles Gabriel Beale
1905
4
Alfred John Reynolds
1905-06
1
Henry James Sayer
1906–1908
2
Sir George Hamilton Kenrick
1908-09
1
William Henry Bowater
1909–1912
4
Knighted in 1916[ 5]
Ernest Martineau
1912–1914
2
William Henry Bowater
1914–1915
4
Elected on the resignation of Martineau in September 1914
Neville Chamberlain
1915–1917
2
March 1915 – December 1916 Son of Joseph Chamberlain and future Prime Minister
Arthur David Brooks
1917–1919
3
William Adlington Cadbury
1919–1921
2
Second son of Richard Cadbury
Sir David Davis
1921–1923
2
Thomas Oswald Williams
1923–1924
1
Percival Bower
1924–1926
2
Alfred Henry James
1926–1928
2
Wilfred Byng Kenrick
1928–1929
1
Martin Lewis Lancaster
1929–1930
1
Walter Willis Saunders
1930–1931
1
Sir John Bedford Burman
1931–1932
1
Horace Edward Goodby
1932–1934
2
Samuel John Grey
1934–1936
2
Harold Roberts
1936–1937
1
Ernest Robert Canning
1937–1938
1
James Crump
1938–1939
1
Theodore Beal Pritchett
1939–1940
1
Sir Wilfred Martineau
1940–1941
1
Norman Tiptaft
1941–1942
1
Walter Samuel Lewis
1942–1943
1
Lionel George Helmore Alldridge
1943–1944
1
William Theophilus Wiggins-Davies
1944–1945
1
Alan Stewart Giles
1945–1946
1
Albert Frederick Bradbeer
1946–1947
1
John Charles Burman
1947–1949
2
Son of Sir John Bedford Burman
Hubert Humphreys
1949–1950
1
Alfred Paddon-Smith
1950–1951
1
Ralph Cyril Yates
1951–1952
1
William Tegfryn Bowen
1952–1953
1
George Henry Wilson Griffith
1953–1954
1
Joseph Reginald Balmer
1954–1955
1
Arthur Lummis Gibson
1955–1956
1
Ernest William Apps
1956–1957
1
John Joseph Grogan
1957–1958
1
Donald Johnstone
1958–1959
1
John Henry Lewis
1959–1960
1
Garnet Benjamin Boughton
1960–1961
1
Eric Edward Mole
1961–1962
1
Ernest Walter Horton
1962–1963
1
Louis Glass
1963–1964
1
Frank Leslie Price
1964–1965
1
George Corbyn Barrow
1965–1966
1
Harold Edward Tyler
1966–1967
1
James Stephen Meadows
1967–1968
1
Charles Valentine George Simpson
1968–1969
1
Neville Bosworth
1969–1970
1
Leader of Birmingham City Council from 1976 to 1980 and 1982 to 1984
Stanley Bleyer
1970–1971
1
Victor Ernest Turton
1971–1972
1
Frederick Thomas Duncan Hall
1972–1973
1
Marjorie Alice Brown
1973–1974
1
The first woman to be Lord Mayor.
Eric James Eames
1974–1975
1
Albert Leslie Samuel Jackson
1975–1976
1
Harold Powell
1976–1977
1
Freda Mary Cocks
1977–1978
1
Edward Frederick Hanson
1978–1979
1
George Canning
1979–1980
1
Joseph Morris Bailey
1980–1981
1
Kenneth Benjamin Barton
1981–1982
1
Peter Hollingworth
1982–1983
1
William John Hele Sowton
1983–1984
1
Reginald John Hales
1984–1985
1
Frank William Carter
1985–1986
1
Alan Denis Martineau
1986–1987
1
Frederick James Grattidge
1987–1988
1
Harold Charles Blumenthal
1988–1989
1
Frederick John Chapman
1989–1990
1
Sir Bernard Philip Zissman [ 6]
1990–1991
1
William Henry Turner
1991–1992
1
Peter James Philip Barwell
1992–1993
1
Paul Tilsley
1993–1994
1
Sir Richard Knowles
1994-1995
1
Leader of Birmingham City Council from 1984 to 1993.
David Roy
1995–1996
1
Marion Arnott-Job
1996–1997
1
Sybil Spence
1997–1998
1
The first Black Lord Mayor.
Susan Anderson
1998–1999
1
Ian McArdle
1999–2000
1
Theresa Stewart
2000–2001
1
Leader of Birmingham City Council from 1993 to 1999.
No.
Lord Mayor
Image
Tenure
Terms
Notes
92
Jim Whorwood
2001–2002
1
93
Mahmood Hussain
2002–2003
1
94
John Alden
2003–2004
1
95
Mike Nangle
2004–2005
1
96
John Hood
2005–2006
1
97
Mike Sharpe
2006–2007
1
98
Randal Brew
2007–2008
1
99
Chauhdry Abdul Rashid
2008–2009
1
100
Michael Wilkes
2009–2010
1
101
Len Gregory
2010–2011
1
102
Anita Ward
2011–2012
1
103
John Lines
2012–2013
1
104
Mike Leddy
2013–2014
1
105
Shafique Shah
2014–2015
1
106
Ray Hassall
2015–2016
1
107
Carl Rice
2016–2017
1
108
Anne Underwood
2017–2018
1
109
Yvonne Mosquito
2018–2019
1
110
Mohammed Azim
2019–2021
2
Served an extra year due to the COVID-19 pandemic
111
Muhammad Afzal
2021–2022
1
Sworn in 25 May 2021.[ 7] He was chosen in 2020, but delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic[ 8]
112
Maureen Cornish
2022–2023
1
Mayor making 24 May 2022.[ 9]
113
Chaman Lal
2023–2024
1
The first Indian and Sikh descent mayor. Term started 23 May 2023[ 10]
114
Ken Wood
2024–2025
1
Sworn in on the 21st May 2024.[ 11]
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