List of mayors of Bradford
This is a list of mayors and the later lord mayors of the city of Bradford.
After having elected a mayor since 1847 Bradford was awarded the dignity of a Lord Mayoralty by letters patent dated 16 September 1907.[1] At the time, it was the seventh most populous borough in England and Wales, and the second largest in area, and thus the largest municipality without a Lord Mayor.[2] When Bradford became a metropolitan borough in 1974 the honour was confirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1974.[3]
Mayors of Bradford
Source:[4]
| Year | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1847–48 | Robert Milligan | MP for Bradford, 1851 |
| 1848–49 | Titus Salt | Mill owner MP for Bradford, 1859 |
| 1849–50 | Henry Forbes | |
| 1850–51 | William Rand | |
| 1851–54 | Samuel Smith | |
| 1854–56 | William Murgatroyd | |
| 1856–59 | Henry Brown | |
| 1859–62 | Isaac Wright | |
| 1862–63 | Matthew William Thompson | Railway company director MP for Bradford, 1867 |
| 1863–64 | Joseph Farrar | |
| 1864–65 | Charles Semon | Textile merchant |
| 1865–66 | John Venimore Godwin | Photographer |
| 1866–67 | William Brayshaw | |
| 1867–68 | James Law | |
| 1868-69 | Edward West | |
| 1869–71 | Mark Dawson | |
| 1871–73 | Matthew William Thompson | Railway Company Director MP for Bradford, 1867 |
| 1873–74 | Manoah Rhodes | |
| 1874–75 | Henry Mitchell | Mill owner |
| 1875–76 | Wilson Sutcliffe | Managing partner of Bowling Dye Works |
| 1876–77 | George Motley Waud | |
| 1877–78 | Briggs Priestley | Mill owner MP for Pudsey, 1885 |
| 1878–81 | Angus Holden | Textile company director MP for Bradford East,1885 |
| 1881–82 | John Hill | Mill owner |
| 1882–83 | Frederick Priestman | |
| 1883–85 | Isaac Smith | |
| 1885–86 | Thomas Hill | Business owner |
| 1886–87 | Angus Holden | Textile company director MP for Bradford East, 1885 |
| 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 | |
| 1894–96 | William Willis Wood | |
| 1896–98 | Thomas Speight | |
| 1898–99 | William Edward Aykroyd | |
| 1899–1902 | William C. Lupton | |
| 1902–04 | David Wade[5] | Alderman. Liberal |
| 1904–05 | William Edward Briggs Priestley | Mill owner MP for Bradford East, 1906 |
| 1905–06 | William A. Whitehead |
Lord mayors of Bradford
| Year | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1906–07 | Sir Arthur Godwin | Merchant, First Lord Mayor, 1907 |
| 1907–08 | John E. Fawcett | |
| 1908–09 | James Hill | Woollen merchant MP for Bradford Central, 1916 |
| 1909–10 | William Land | |
| 1910–11 | Jacob Moser | Textile merchant |
| 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 | Estate agent MP for Bradford Central, 1924 |
| 1921–22 | Thomas Blythe | |
| 1922–23 | Thomas Sowden | |
| 1923–24 | Herbert M. Trotter | |
| 1924–25 | John Henry Palin | Union official MP for Bradford North, 1918 |
| 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 | |
| 1934–35 | Walter Hodgson | |
| 1935–36 | Jonas Pearson | |
| 1936–37 | George R. Carter | |
| 1937–38 | Henry Hudson | |
| 1938–39 | Tom J. Robinson | |
| 1939–40 | Meredith Farrer Titterington | MP for Bradford South |
| 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 Thomas Meggison | |
| 1950–51 | Alton Ward | |
| 1951–52 | Horace Hird | Director, H. Hird (Steeplejack) Ltd |
| 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 (Mayor of Bradford) | |
| 1958–59 | Norbert William Durrant | |
| 1959–60 | Ernest England | |
| 1960–61 | Edgar Robinson | Textile manufacturer, Liberal |
| 1961–62 | Benjamin Wilfrid Berry | |
| 1962–63 | Harold K. Watson | |
| 1963–64 | Tom Wood (Mayor of Bradford) | |
| 1964–65 | Weber Marshall Hird | |
| 1965–66 | Jack Wilkinson (Mayor of Bradford) | |
| 1966–67 | Louis Cowgill | |
| 1967 | Thomas Lee (Mayor of Bradord) | |
| 1968 | John William Taylor | |
| 1968–69 | Arthur Walton | |
| 1969–70 | Edward Newby | |
| 1970–71 | John E. B. Singleton | Textile merchant, John Singleton & Son manufacturers |
| 1971–72 | Herbert Moran (Mayor of Bradford) | |
| 1972–73 | Audrey Firth | |
| 1973–74 | Derek Smith (Mayor of Bradford) | |
| April 1974 | John E. B. Singleton | Textile merchant, John Singleton & Son manufacturers |
| 1974–75 | Tom Edward Hall | |
| 1975–76 | Doris Birdsall | |
| 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 | Housing director First Asian (Pakistani) Lord Mayor in the UK |
| 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 | |
| 2000–01 | John Stanley King | |
| 2001–02 | Ghazanfer Khaliq | |
| 2002–03 | Richard E.J. Wightman | Finance director |
| 2003–04 | Allan Irving Hillary | |
| 2004–05 | Irene Ellison-Wood | |
| 2005–06 | Valerie Binney | |
| 2006–07 | Choudhary Rangzeb | Businessman |
| 2007–08 | Robin Owens | |
| 2008–09 | Howard Middleton | |
| 2009–10 | John D Godward | |
| 2010–11 | Peter Hill | |
| 2011–12 | Naveeda Ikram | |
| 2012–13 | Dale Smith | |
| 2013–14 | Khadim Hussain[6] | Engineer |
| 2014–15 | Mike Gibbons[7] | |
| 2015–16 | Joanne Dodds[8] | |
| 2016–17 | Geoff Reid[9] | Methodist minister |
| 2017–18 | Abid Hussain[10] | |
| 2018–19 | Zafar Ali | |
| 2019–21 | Doreen Lee | |
| 2021–22 | Shabir Hussain | |
| 2022–23 | Martin Love | First Green Party Lord Mayor of Bradford |
| 2024-2025 | Bev Mullaney | |
| 2025 | Mohammed Shafiq |
See also
References
- ^ "No. 28065". The London Gazette. 1 October 1907. pp. 6575–6575.
- ^ "A New Lord Mayor", The Times, 7 September 1907, pg. 7
- ^ "No. 46255". The London Gazette. 4 April 1974. p. 4400.
- ^ "MAYORS OF BRADFORD- LIST OF THE MEN AND WOMEN ELECTED TO THE OFFICE OF MAYOR AND LORD MAYOR IN BRADFORD" (PDF). City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.
- ^ "The Lord Mayor-Biographical notes on the Lord Mayor, Councillor Khadim Hussain Civic Year 2013–2014". Bradford Council. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ "The Lord Mayor Lord Mayor 2014–2015". Bradford Council. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ^ "Your Council". Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
- ^ "Lord Mayor 2016–2017: Councillor Geoff Reid". Bradford City Council. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ "Lord Mayor 2017–2018 – Councillor Abid Hussain". City of Bradford. Retrieved 4 June 2017.