List of mayors of Oxford

The earliest recorded mayor of Oxford in England was Laurence Kepeharm (1205–1207?).^[1]

Royal proclamation granting Lord Mayoralty to Oxford

On 23 October 1962 the city was granted the honour of electing a Lord Mayor.^[2] Notable figures who have been Lord Mayor of Oxford include J. N. L. Baker (1964–65), Air-Vice-Marshal William Foster MacNeece Foster (1966–67) and Olive Gibbs (1974–75 and 1981–82).^[2]

List of notable mayors

Year	Name	Notes
1392/1393	Thomas Somerset[3]	MP for Oxford, 1379, 1388
1395/1396	John Shawe[4]	MP for Oxford, 1388
1400/01	John Merston[5]	MP for Oxford, 1393, 1404 and 1414
1401/1402	Edmund Kenyan[6]	MP for Oxford, 9 times between 1379 and 1394
1403/1404	John Merston
1412	John Merston
1420/1423	William Brampton[7]	MP for Oxford, 1416, 1419, 1421 and 1425
1424/1425	William Offord[8]	MP for Oxford, 1420, 1421, 1422 and 1426
1425/1426	William Brampton[7]
1426/1427	William Offord[8]
1430/1432	William Brampton[7]
1436/1437	William Brampton[7]
1438/1439	William Brampton[7]
1527/1529	William Fleming[9]	MP for Oxford, 1529 and ?1536
1556/1557	William Tylcock[10]	MP for Oxford, 1554
1557/1558	Thomas Williams[11]	MP for Oxford, 1553
1560/1561	William Tylcock[10]
1563/1564	Roger Taylor[12]	MP for Oxford, 1559
1565/1566	Thomas Williams[11]
1568/1569	William Tylcock[10]
1569/1570	Roger Taylor[12]
1574/1575	Roger Taylor[12]
1575/1576	William Tylcock[10]
1576/1577	Thomas Williams[11]
1587/1588	Thomas Rowe	Plague mayor, alderman and coroner
1593/1594	Thomas Rowe	Plague mayor, alderman and coroner
1636	John Nixon	MP for Oxford, 1646
1646/1648	John Nixon
1654	John Nixon
1698	John Knibb	Clockmaker
1710	John Knibb
1813	Joseph Lock (1760-1844) [13]	Banker and goldsmith
1829	Joseph Lock, Kt. (1760-1844) [13]	Banker and goldsmith
1836 (Jan–Oct)	William Henry Butler	Wine merchant
1851/1852	William Ward	Coal merchant
1859/1860	Thomas Randall	Magistrate, Hatter of Randall & Nichols[14]
1861/1862	William Ward
1865/1866	John Cavell	Draper of Elliston & Cavell Ltd
1874/1875	Joseph Round	Coal merchant
1875/1876	Jason Saunders[15]
1877/1888	John Cavell
1879/1880 (part)	John Cavell
1891/1892	Frederick William Ansell	Music Seller (shop proprietor)
1900/1901	George Claridge Druce	Botanist
1901/1902	Walter Gray	Alderman
1902/1903	John H. Salter[16]	Alderman, Liberal
1907/1908	Frederick William Ansell	Music Seller (shop proprietor) & Alderman
1909	Arthur Salter, 1st Baron Salter	Academic. MP for Oxford University, 1937 and Ormskirk, 1951
1933/1934	Lily Sophia Tawney	First woman
1938/1939	Henry Tregelles Gillett[17]	Doctor and prominent Quaker
1959/1960	Frederick Mason Brewer	Research chemist at the University of Oxford

List of Lord Mayors

By modern convention, Oxford City Council elects the longest-serving councillor (not having served already) as Lord Mayor. The term of the office is for one year and can only be held once.^[18]

Year	Name	Notes
1962/1963	Evan Owen Roberts	First Lord Mayor
1963/1964	Alec Percival Parker
1964/1965	John Leonard Norman Baker	University Councillor
1965/1966	Florence Kathleen Lower	First woman Lord Mayor
1966/1967	William Foster MacNeece Foster	Air Vice-Marshal
1967/1968	Francis (Frank) Vincent Pickstock
1968/1969	Peter Spencer Spokes
1969/1970	Percy Dudley Bromley
1970/1971	Michael Maclagan	University Councillor
1971/1972	Thomas James Meadows
1972/1973	Arthur Bernard Connors
1973/1974	Frederick George Ingram
1974/1975	Olive Frances Gibbs
1975/1976	William George Robert Fagg
1976/1977	Ann Hazel Spokes	Later Ann Spokes Symonds
1977/1978	Dora Minnie Carr
1978/1979	William Eaton Simpson
1979/1980	John Arundell Hamilton
1980/1981	Gordon Woodward
1981/1982	Henry Briskol Nicholson Myers Nimmo died in office December 1981 and replaced by Olive Frances Gibbs
1982/1983	Anthony William Williamson
1983/1984	Janet Gillespie Todd
1984/1985	Frank Arnold Garside
1985/1986	Roger Alan Dudman
1986/1987	John George William Parker
1987/1988	Elizabeth Florence Mary Standingford	In place of her husband Bert who died on 19 May 1987 when Lord Mayor Elect
1988/1989	Nellie Dorothy Whorley	Later Nellie Comfort
1989/1990	Patricia Anne Tempest Yardley
1990/1991	Queenie Lewingdon Hamilton
1991/1992	Alan David Pope
1992/1993	Barbara May Gatehouse
1993/1994	John Gordon Power
1994/1995	William Walker Buckingham
1995/1996	Joseph Charles Blewitt
1996/1997	Beryl Ivy Keen
1997/1998	William John Baker
1998/1999	Carol Roberts
1999/2000	Valerie Smith
2000/2001	Maureen Christian
2001/2002	Peter Moss
2002/2003	Gillian Ann Sanders
2003/2004	Patrick Stannard
2004/2005	Bryan Keen
2005/2006	Robert John Price
2006/2007	Jim Campbell
2007/2008	John Tanner
2008/2009	Susanna Pressel
2009/2010	Mary Clarkson
2010/2011	John Goddard
2011/2012	Elise Benjamin
2012/2013	Alan Armitage resigned 4 March 2012 and replaced 13 March 2013 by Mohammed Abbasi
2013/2014	Dee Sinclair
2014/2015	Mohammed Abbasi[19]
2015/2016	Rae Humberstone[20]
2016/2017	Mohammed Altaf-Khan[21]
2017/2018	Jean Fooks[22]
2018/2019	Colin Cook[23]
2019/2020	Craig Simmons
2020/2022	Mark Lygo
2022/2023	James Fry
2023/2024	Lubna Arshad[24]
2024/2025	Mike Rowley[25]	First openly gay Lord Mayor.[26]