Just what does the role of Mayor involve?
The Mayor of Wolverhampton is the First Citizen in the City.
The Office of Mayor is the highest honour the local authority can give to a Councillor as, he or she is recognised as being second only to Royalty and Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant.
The role of the Mayor involves:
- acting as an ambassador for the city
- encouraging a sense of civic pride amongst local young people
- promoting the city regionally and internationally
- fostering good working relationships with local industry and business
- supporting local charities and community groups
- attending religious and cultural events of all faiths and denominations
- chairing council meetings
- receiving local, regional, national and international visitors
- representing the city at civic functions and engagements
The Historic Role of the Mayor's Office
Wolverhampton's first Mayor, G. B. Thorneycroft, was elected in 1848. This was more than six centuries after the first English Mayor was appointed back in 1189 when The Mayor of London, was appointed by Richard I.
Here is the complete list of former Mayors.
| 1848-49 | G.B. Thorneycroft |
| 1849-50 | G. Robinson |
| 1850-51 | J.Walker |
| 1851-52 | W.Warner |
| 1852-53 | J.Wynn |
| 1853-54 | J.Neve |
| 1854-55 | J.Shipton |
| 1855-56 | Edward Perry |
| 1856-57 | Edward Perry |
| 1857-58 | M.Ironmonger |
| 1858-59 | J.Hartley |
| 1859-60 | B.Hicklin |
| 1860-61 | C.Clarke |
| 1861-62 | G.L. Underhill |
| 1862-63 | Henry Hartley Fowler |
| 1863-64 | J.Hawksford |
| 1864-65 | John Ford |
| 1865-66 | J. Crowther Smith |
| 1866-67 | Sir John Morris, kt. |
| 1867-68 | James Langman |
| 1868-69 | M.Ironmonger |
| 1869-70 | Thomas Bantock |
| 1870-71 | James Walker |
| 1871-72 | Joseph Ford |
| 1872-73 | Isaac Jenks |
| 1873-74 | W.H. Jones |
| 1874-75 | W.Edwards |
| 1875-76 | J.C. Major |
| 1876-77 | S.Dickinson |
| 1877-78 | D.Kendrick |
| 1878-79 | John Jones |
| 1879-80 | John Jones |
| 1880-81 | John Jones |
| 1881-82 | Herbert C. Owen |
| 1882-83 | F.D. Gibbons |
| 1883-84 | John Brotherton |
| 1884-85 | John Annan |
| 1885-86 | Joseph G. Wright |
| 1886-87 | T. Vincent Jackson |
| 1887-88 | Joseph Jones |
| 1888-89 | Frederic Ed. Manby |
| 1889-90 | John Marston |
| 1890-91 | John Marston |
| 1891-92 | James Saunders |
| 1892-93 | Charles Tertius Mander |
| 1893-94 | Charles Tertius Mander |
| 1894-95 | Charles Tertius Mander |
| 1895-96 | Charles Tertius Mander |
| 1896-97 | Stephen Craddock |
| 1897-98 | Alexander McBean |
| 1898-99 | Price Lewis |
| 1899-00 | Samuel Theodore Mander |
| 1900 | Price Lewis |
| 1900-01 | J. Walton Hamp |
| 1901-02 | Charles Paulton Plant |
| 1902-03 | George Rennie Thorne |
| 1903-04 | Levi Johnson |
| 1904-05 | R.E.W Berrington |
| 1905-06 | A. Baldwin Bantock |
| 1906-07 | A. Baldwin Bantock |
| 1907-08 | Fred Evans |
| 1908-09 | Edward Lewis Cullwick |
| 1909 | Fred Evans |
| 1909-10 | John Grout |
| 1910-11 | Charles Thomas Richards |
| 1911-12 | Thomas William Dickinson |
| 1912-13 | Thomas William Dickinson |
| 1913-14 | Frederick Howard Skidmore |
| 1914-15 | A. Baldwin Bantock |
| 1915-16 | Arthur Charles Skidmore |
| 1916-17 | Arthur Charles Skidmore |
| 1917-18 | John Francis Myatt |
| 1918-19 | Alfred George Jeffs |
| 1919-20 | Thomas Austin Henn |
| 1920-21 | James Thompson |
| 1921-22 | James Thompson |
| 1922-23 | Thomas Frost |
| 1923-24 | Joseph Clark |
| 1924-25 | Joseph Clark |
| 1925-26 | Frederick Albert Willcock |
| 1926-27 | Frederick Albert Willcock |
| 1927-28 | Albert Edward Wood |
| 1928-29 | Albert Edward Wood |
| 1929-30 | Alan Davies |
| 1930-31 | Joseph Haddock |
| 1931-32 | John Lewis |
| 1932 | Joseph Haddock |
| 1932-33 | Sir Charles Arthur Mander, Bart. |
| 1933-34 | Bertram Kidson |
| 1934-35 | Morris Christopher |
| 1935-36 | James Whittaker |
| 1936-37 | Sir Charles Arthur Mander, Bart. |
| 1937-38 | Richard Ernest Probert |
| 1938-39 | George Edwin John Luce |
| 1939-40 | Harry Austin White |
| 1940-41 | Albert Abraham Beach |
| 1941-42 | George Bates |
| 1942-43 | Anacletus Byrne Quinn |
| 1943-44 | Frederick Stephen Thomas |
| 1944-45 | Thomas William Phillipson |
| 1945-46 | William Lawley |
| 1946-47 | Cyril Bernard Vincent Taylor |
| 1947-48 | Herbert Edwin Lane |
| 1948-49 | Herbert Edwin Lane |
| 1949-50 | Henry Bowdler |
| 1950-51 | Louis Reginald Guy |
| 1951-52 | James Beattie |
| 1952-53 | Harold Thomas Fullwood |
| 1953-54 | Alice Annie Braybrook |
| 1954-55 | Leonard James Woolridge |
| 1955-56 | Frank Mansell |
| 1956-57 | George Rastall |
| 1957-58 | Ruby Florence Ilsley |
| 1958-59 | John Clement Homer |
| 1959-60 | Norman Frank Bagley |
| 1960-61 | Harold Mash |
| 1961-62 | Charles Herbert Davies |
| 1962-63 | Malcolm Pascal Birch |
| 1963-64 | Herbert Preece |
| 1964-65 | Harry Bagley |
| 1965-66 | Frank Clapham |
| 1966-67 | Frank Stanley Smith |
| 1967-68 | Edward Yardley Fullwood |
| 1968-69 | Robert Campbell |
| 1969-70 | Stanley Steventon Tatem |
| 1970-71 | Gerald Anthony Guy |
| 1971-72 | Francis Victor Law |
| 1972-73 | Arthur Storer |
| 1973-74 | Dennis Arthur Birch |
| 1974-75 | Samuel Herbert Reynolds |
| 1975-76 | Edward Mitchell |
| 1976-77 | Arthur Ernest Steventon |
| 1977-78 | Jessie Emma Beddoes |
| 1978-79 | Violet Amy Fletcher |
| 1979-80 | Ian George Claymore |
| 1980-81 | Herbert Edwin Lane, OBE |
| 1981-82 | Ernest William Bold |
| 1982-83 | John Arthur Morey |
| 1983-84 | Alfred Christopher Laws |
| 1984-85 | Stanley Arthur Ledsam |
| 1985-86 | George Fredrick Howells |
| 1986-87 | Bishan Dass |
| 1987-88 | Doreen Mildred Seiboth |
| 1988-89 | Philip Reginald Richards |
| 1989-90 | Richard Reynolds |
| 1990 | John Geraghty |
| 1990 | Richard Reynolds |
| 1991-92 | Surjan Singh Duhra |
| 1992-93 | Raymond Bert Swatman |
| 1993-94 | Richard Fredrick Whitehouse |
| 1994-95 | Stanley Arthur Ledsam |
| 1995-96 | Margaret Mary Benton |
| 1996-97 | George Fredrick Howells, MBE |
| 1997-98 | Francis Docherty |
| 1998-99 | Gwendoline Mary Stafford Good |
| 1999-00 | Peter Alan Bilson |
| 2000-01 | Tersaim Singh |
| 2001-02 | Joyce Noreen Hill |
| 2002-03 | Robert Hart |
| 2003-04 | John Jeffery Rowley |
| 2004-05 | Alan Hart |
| 2005-06 | Philip Thomas Alexander Bateman, MBE |
| 2006-07 | John Lamonby Goodfellow Davis |
| 2007-08 | Trudy Anna Bowen |
| 2008-09 | Christine Valerie Mills |
| 2009-10 | Surjan Singh Duhra |
| 2010-11 | Malcolm John Gwinnett |
| 2011-12 | Thomas Herbert Turner |
| 2012-13 | Christine Valerie Mills |
| 2013-14 | Milkinder Singh Jaspal |
| 2014-15 | Michael Arnold Heap |
| 2015-16 | Ian Brookfield |
| 2016-17 | Barry Findlay |
| 2017-18 | Elias Masih Mattu |
| 2018-19 | Phillip Henry Page |
| 2019-20 | Claire Darke |
| 2020-21 | Claire Darke |
| 2021-22 | Greg Brackenridge |
| 2022-23 | Sandra Samuels OBE |
| 2023-24 | Dr Michael Hardacre |
| 2024-25 | Linda Leach |
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