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]
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Mayors of Bradford
Source:[4]
Year | Name | Notes |
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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 | |
1882–83 | Frederick Priestman | |
1883–85 | Isaac Smith | |
1885–86 | Thomas Hill | |
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 |
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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 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. |
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.