List of mayors of Worcester

The Mayor of Worcester is the civic head of Worcester City Council.

Every May one of the city Councillors is elected to serve as Mayor for a year. Another is elected as Deputy Mayor. The Mayor chairs meetings of the Full Council, represents the city at ceremonial occasions, welcomes international visitors and attends events organised by local people.^[1]

List of mayors of Worcester

Notable previous mayors

• 1623: John Haselock
• 1631: Thomas Chettle
• 1633: John Nash
• 1635: George Street
• 1646: Edward Elvines
• 1656: Edmund Pitt
• 1667: Thomas Street
• 1709: Richard Lane
• 1720: Joseph Weston (wine merchant) ^[2]
• 1819: Elias Isaac (banker) ^[2]
• 1826: John Dent (Sheriff of Worcestershire, 1849)^[3]
• 1834: John Wheeley Lea (of Lea & Perrins)
• 1836-37 Christopher Henry Hebb
• 1837-38 George Allies
• 1838-39 Richard Evans
• 1839-40 Thomas Chalk
• 1840-41 C. Augustus Helm
• 1841-42 Edward Evans
• 1842-43 John Lilly
• 1843-44 William Lewis
• 1845-46 Edward Lloyd (died)
• 1846 W. Lewis (elected)
• 1846-47 Fredk. Thos. Elgie
• 1847-48 Edward Webb
• 1848-49 Richard Padmore Worcester's first non-conformist mayor, later a Liberal Party MP.
• 1849-50 John Wheeley Lea
• 1850-51 W. S. P. Hughes
• 1851-52 Thomas Lucy
• 1852-53 Richard Padmore
• 1853-54 Charles Bedford
• 1854-55-6 John Goodwin
• 1856-57 James Weaver
• 1857-58 Josiah Stallard
• 1858-59 Thomas Rowley Hill later Liberal MP for Worcestershire.
• 1859-60 William Haigh
• 1860-61 Joseph Wood ^[4]
• 1861-62 Joseph Firkins
• 1862-63-4 Alexander Clunes Sheriff Chairman of Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. and later Liberal MP for Worcester.
• 1864-65 James Dyson Perrins
• 1865-66 Thomas Southall
• 1866-67 John Stallard
• 1867-68 William Webb
• 1868-69 Francis Woodward
• 1869-70 Richard E. Barnett
• 1870-71-2 Henry Willis
• 1872-73 Edward Wall (also Sheriff of Worcester)
• 1873-74 H. G. Goldingham
• 1874-75 John Longmore
• 1875-76 Francis Woodward
• 1876-77 Moses Jones
• 1877-78 Francis Dingle
• 1878-79 Walter Holland
• 1879-80 John Noake
• 1880-81 T. S. Townshend
• 1881-82 Lieut.-Col. Wm. Stallard
• 1882-83 Frederick Corbett
• 1883-84 W. B. Williamson
• 1884-85 Joseph S. Wood
• 1885-86 Ambrose Wm. Knott
• 1886-87 Walter Holland
• 1887-88 Herbert Caldicott ^[5]
• 1888-89 Ernest Augustus Day, architect and surveyor.
• 1889-90 R. Smith-Carrington
• 1890-91 W. R. Higgs
• 1891-92 Walter Holland
• 1892-93 Alfred Percy Allsopp, M.P.
• 1893-94 Geo. H. Williamson
• 1894-95 Alfred Percy Allsopp, M.P.
• 1895-96 William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, later Governor of New South Wales
• 1896-97 Charles William Dyson Perrins (of Lea and Perrins)
• 1897-98 Albert Buck
• 1898-99 John Alfred Steward
• 1899-1900 John Millington
• 1900-1 John Alfred steward
• 1901-2 Walter Holland
• 1902-3 Mr. C. J. Whitehead (Conservative)^[6]
• 1903-4 John Samuel Cook
• 1904-5 Hubert A. Leicester
• 1909–10: Alfred Percy Allsopp (third term)
• 1916–19: Arthur Carlton ^[7]
• 1922–23: Arthur Carlton ^[7]
• 1941–42: Richard Robert Fairbairn (died in office, October 1941)
• 1958–59: Harold Alfred Richards ^[8]

Recent mayors

Source^[1]

• 1999–2000: Josephine Hodges
• 2000–01: Mary Drinkwater
• 2001–02: David Clark
• 2002–03: Robert Rowden
• 2003–04: Gareth Jones
• 2004–05: Allah Ditta
• 2005–06: Aubrey Tarbuck
• 2006–07: Ian Imray
• 2007–08: Stephen Inman
• 2008–09: Lucy Hodgson
• 2009–10: Andy Roberts
• 2010–11: Mike Layland
• 2011–12: Dr David Tibbutt
• 2012–13: Roger Berry
• 2013–14: Pat Agar
• 2014–15: Alan Amos
• 2015–16: Roger Knight
• 2016–17: Paul Denham
• 2017–18: Steve Mackay
• 2018–19: Jabba Riaz
• 2019–20: Allah Ditta
• 2020–21: Josephine Hodges
• 2021–22: Stephen Hodgson
• 2022–23: Adrian Gregson
• 2023–24: Louis Stephen
• 2024-25: Melanie Alcott