Lord Mayor of Birmingham | |
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Style | Lord Mayor |
Member of | Birmingham City Council |
Residence | Birmingham |
Appointer | Birmingham City Council |
Term length | 1 Year |
Formation | 1838 |
Succession | TBC |
Deputy | Chaman Lal |
Website | Mayor website |
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 raisedββto the dignity of lord mayor when Queen Victoria issued letters patent on 3 June 1896.
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.
Mayors of Birminghamβ»
1838β1895β»
No. | Mayor | Image | Tenure | Terms | Notes |
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1 | William Scholefield | 1838β1839 | 1 | Second son of Joshua Scholefield, one of Birmingham's first MPs when the town was enfranchised in 1832. | |
2 | Philip Henry Muntz | 1839β1840 | 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 | 1849β1850 | 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 | 1856β1858 | 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 | 1866β1867 | 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 | 1873β1876 | 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 | 1879β1880 | 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 | 1884β1886 | 3 | ||
41 | Maurice Pollack | 1887 | 1 | ||
42 | Richard Cadbury Barrow | 1888 | 1 | ||
43 | Francis Corder Clayton | 1889β1890 | 2 | ||
44 | Edward Lawley Parker | 1891β1892 | 2 | ||
45 | George James Johnson | 1893 | 1 | ||
46 | Thomas Stratton Fallows | 1894 | 1 | ||
47 | James Smith | 1895 | 2 |
Lord Mayors of Birminghamβ»
19th centuryβ»
No. | Lord Mayor | Image | Tenure | Terms | Notes |
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1 | Sir James Smith | 1896 | 2 | ||
2 | Charles Gabriel Beale | 1897–1899 | 4 | depicted in the gowns of the Pro-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham | |
3 | Samuel Edwards | 1900 | 1 |
20th centuryβ»
Lord Mayor | Image | Tenure | Terms | Notes |
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John Henry Lloyd | 1901-02 | 1 | ||
Sir Hallewell Rogers | 1902β04 | 2 | Liberal Unionist | |
Rowland Hill Berkeley | 1904-05 | 1 | Died 13 April 1905; a great-grandfather of Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason. | |
Charles Gabriel Beale | 1905 | 4 | ||
Alfred John Reynolds | 1905-06 | 1 | ||
Henry James Sayer | 1906β1908 | 2 | ||
Sir George Hamilton Kenrick | 1908-09 | 1 | ||
William Henry Bowater | 1909β1912 | 4 | Knighted in 1916 | |
Ernest Martineau | 1912β1914 | 2 | ||
William Henry Bowater | 1914β1915 | 4 | Elected on the resignation of Martineau in September 1914 | |
Neville Chamberlain | 1915β1917 | 2 | March 1915 β December 1916 Son of Joseph Chamberlain and future Prime Minister | |
Arthur David Brooks | 1917β1919 | 3 | ||
William Adlington Cadbury | 1919β1921 | 2 | Second son of Richard Cadbury | |
Sir David Davis | 1921β1923 | 2 | ||
Thomas Oswald Williams | 1923β1924 | 1 | ||
Percival Bower | 1924β1926 | 2 | ||
Alfred Henry James | 1926β1928 | 2 | ||
Wilfred Byng Kenrick | 1928β1929 | 1 | ||
Martin Lewis Lancaster | 1929β1930 | 1 | ||
Walter Willis Saunders | 1930β1931 | 1 | ||
Sir John Bedford Burman | 1931β1932 | 1 | ||
Horace Edward Goodby | 1932β1934 | 2 | ||
Samuel John Grey | 1934β1936 | 2 | ||
Harold Roberts | 1936β1937 | 1 | ||
Ernest Robert Canning | 1937β1938 | 1 | ||
James Crump | 1938β1939 | 1 | ||
Theodore Beal Pritchett | 1939β1940 | 1 | ||
Sir Wilfred Martineau | 1940β1941 | 1 | ||
Norman Tiptaft | 1941β1942 | 1 | ||
Walter Samuel Lewis | 1942β1943 | 1 | ||
Lionel George Helmore Alldridge | 1943β1944 | 1 | ||
William Theophilus Wiggins-Davies | 1944β1945 | 1 | ||
Alan Stewart Giles | 1945β1946 | 1 | ||
Albert Frederick Bradbeer | 1946β1947 | 1 | ||
John Charles Burman | 1947β1949 | 2 | Son of Sir John Bedford Burman | |
Hubert Humphreys | 1949β1950 | 1 | ||
Alfred Paddon-Smith | 1950β1951 | 1 | ||
Ralph Cyril Yates | 1951β1952 | 1 | ||
William Tegfryn Bowen | 1952β1953 | 1 | ||
George Henry Wilson Griffith | 1953β1954 | 1 | ||
Joseph Reginald Balmer | 1954β1955 | 1 | ||
Arthur Lummis Gibson | 1955β1956 | 1 | ||
Ernest William Apps | 1956β1957 | 1 | ||
John Joseph Grogan | 1957β1958 | 1 | ||
Donald Johnstone | 1958β1959 | 1 | ||
John Henry Lewis | 1959β1960 | 1 | ||
Garnet Benjamin Boughton | 1960β1961 | 1 | ||
Eric Edward Mole | 1961β1962 | 1 | ||
Ernest Walter Horton | 1962β1963 | 1 | ||
Louis Glass | 1963β1964 | 1 | ||
Frank Leslie Price | 1964β1965 | 1 | ||
George Corbyn Barrow | 1965β1966 | 1 | ||
Harold Edward Tyler | 1966β1967 | 1 | ||
James Stephen Meadows | 1967β1968 | 1 | ||
Charles Valentine George Simpson | 1968β1969 | 1 | ||
Neville Bosworth | 1969β1970 | 1 | Leader of Birmingham City Council from 1976ββto 1980 and 1982 to 1984 | |
Stanley Bleyer | 1970β1971 | 1 | ||
Victor Ernest Turton | 1971β1972 | 1 | ||
Frederick Thomas Duncan Hall | 1972β1973 | 1 | ||
Marjorie Alice Brown | 1973β1974 | 1 | The first woman to be, Lord Mayor. | |
Eric James Eames | 1974β1975 | 1 | ||
Albert Leslie Samuel Jackson | 1975β1976 | 1 | ||
Harold Powell | 1976β1977 | 1 | ||
Freda Mary Cocks | 1977β1978 | 1 | ||
Edward Frederick Hanson | 1978β1979 | 1 | ||
George Canning | 1979β1980 | 1 | ||
Joseph Morris Bailey | 1980β1981 | 1 | ||
Kenneth Benjamin Barton | 1981β1982 | 1 | ||
Peter Hollingworth | 1982β1983 | 1 | ||
William John Hele Sowton | 1983β1984 | 1 | ||
Reginald John Hales | 1984β1985 | 1 | ||
Frank William Carter | 1985β1986 | 1 | ||
Alan Denis Martineau | 1986β1987 | 1 | ||
Frederick James Grattidge | 1987β1988 | 1 | ||
Harold Charles Blumenthal | 1988β1989 | 1 | ||
Frederick John Chapman | 1989β1990 | 1 | ||
Sir Bernard Philip Zissman | 1990β1991 | 1 | ||
William Henry Turner | 1991β1992 | 1 | ||
Peter James Philip Barwell | 1992β1993 | 1 | ||
Paul Tilsley | 1993β1994 | 1 | ||
Sir Richard Knowles | 1994-1995 | 1 | Leader of Birmingham City Council from 1984 to 1993. | |
David Roy | 1995β1996 | 1 | ||
Marion Arnott-Job | 1996β1997 | 1 | ||
Sybil Spence | 1997β1998 | 1 | The first Black Lord Mayor. | |
Susan Anderson | 1998β1999 | 1 | ||
Ian McArdle | 1999β2000 | 1 | ||
Theresa Stewart | 2000β2001 | 1 | Leader of Birmingham City Council from 1993 to 1999. |
21st centuryβ»
No. | Lord Mayor | Image | Tenure | Terms | Notes |
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92 | Jim Whorwood | 2001β2002 | 1 | ||
93 | Mahmood Hussain | 2002β2003 | 1 | ||
94 | John Alden | 2003β2004 | 1 | ||
95 | Mike Nangle | 2004β2005 | 1 | ||
96 | John Hood | 2005β2006 | 1 | ||
97 | Mike Sharpe | 2006β2007 | 1 | ||
98 | Randal Brew | 2007β2008 | 1 | ||
99 | Chauhdry Abdul Rashid | 2008β2009 | 1 | ||
100 | Michael Wilkes | 2009β2010 | 1 | ||
101 | Len Gregory | 2010β2011 | 1 | ||
102 | Anita Ward | 2011β2012 | 1 | ||
103 | John Lines | 2012β2013 | 1 | ||
104 | Mike Leddy | 2013β2014 | 1 | ||
105 | Shafique Shah | 2014β2015 | 1 | ||
106 | Ray Hassall | 2015β2016 | 1 | ||
107 | Carl Rice | 2016β2017 | 1 | ||
108 | Anne Underwood | 2017β2018 | 1 | ||
109 | Yvonne Mosquito | 2018β2019 | 1 | ||
110 | Mohammed Azim | 2019β2021 | 2 | Served an extra year due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |
111 | Muhammad Afzal | 2021β2022 | 1 | Sworn in 25 May 2021. He was chosen in 2020. But delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |
112 | Maureen Cornish | 2022β2023 | 1 | Mayor making 24 May 2022. | |
113 | Chaman Lal | 2023β2024 | 1 | The first Indian and Sikh descent mayor. Term started 23 May 2023 | |
114 | Ken Wood | 2024β2025 | 1 | Sworn in on the 21st May 2024. |
Referencesβ»
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- ^ "No. 29483". The London Gazette. 22 February 1916. pp. 1946β1947.
- ^ Zissman, Bernard. "Sir Bernard Zissman". Retrieved 4 May 2011.
- ^ "British-Pakistani Muhammad Afzal becomes Birmingham's new Lord Mayor". Geo News. 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Next Birmingham Lord Mayor named - four years after huge controversy that scuppered his bid". Birmingham Mail. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
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- ^ Alexander Brock (21 May 2024). "Birmingham's new Lord Mayor takes up office amid hope for city's future". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 21 May 2024.