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 raised to the dignity of lord mayor when Queen Victoria issued letters patent on 3 June 1896. [1]
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. [2]
No. | Mayor | Image | Tenure | Terms | Notes |
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1 | William Scholefield | 1838–1839 | 1 | Second son of Joshua Scholefield, one of Birmingham's first MPs when the town was enfranchised in 1832. | |
2 | Philip Henry Muntz | 1839–1840 | 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 | 1849–1850 | 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 | 1856–1858 | 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 | 1866–1867 | 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 | 1873–1876 | 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 | 1879–1880 | 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 | 1884–1886 | 3 | ||
41 | Maurice Pollack | 1887 | 1 | ||
42 | Richard Cadbury Barrow | 1888 | 1 | ||
43 | Francis Corder Clayton | 1889–1890 | 2 | ||
44 | Edward Lawley Parker | 1891–1892 | 2 | ||
45 | George James Johnson | 1893 | 1 | ||
46 | Thomas Stratton Fallows | 1894 | 1 | ||
47 | James Smith | 1895 | 2 |
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 |
Lord Mayor | Image | Tenure | Terms | Notes |
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John Henry Lloyd | 1901-02 | 1 | ||
Sir Hallewell Rogers | 1902–04 | 2 | Liberal Unionist [3] | |
Rowland Hill Berkeley | 1904-05 | 1 | Died 13 April 1905; a great-grandfather of Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason. [4] | |
Charles Gabriel Beale | 1905 | 4 | ||
Alfred John Reynolds | 1905-06 | 1 | ||
Henry James Sayer | 1906–1908 | 2 | ||
Sir George Hamilton Kenrick | 1908-09 | 1 | ||
William Henry Bowater | 1909–1912 | 4 | Knighted in 1916 [5] | |
Ernest Martineau | 1912–1914 | 2 | ||
William Henry Bowater | 1914–1915 | 4 | Elected on the resignation of Martineau in September 1914 | |
Neville Chamberlain | 1915–1917 | 2 | March 1915 – December 1916 Son of Joseph Chamberlain and future Prime Minister | |
Arthur David Brooks | 1917–1919 | 3 | ||
William Adlington Cadbury | 1919–1921 | 2 | Second son of Richard Cadbury | |
Sir David Davis | 1921–1923 | 2 | ||
Thomas Oswald Williams | 1923–1924 | 1 | ||
Percival Bower | 1924–1926 | 2 | ||
Alfred Henry James | 1926–1928 | 2 | ||
Wilfred Byng Kenrick | 1928–1929 | 1 | ||
Martin Lewis Lancaster | 1929–1930 | 1 | ||
Walter Willis Saunders | 1930–1931 | 1 | ||
Sir John Bedford Burman | 1931–1932 | 1 | ||
Horace Edward Goodby | 1932–1934 | 2 | ||
Samuel John Grey | 1934–1936 | 2 | ||
Harold Roberts | 1936–1937 | 1 | ||
Ernest Robert Canning | 1937–1938 | 1 | ||
James Crump | 1938–1939 | 1 | ||
Theodore Beal Pritchett | 1939–1940 | 1 | ||
Sir Wilfred Martineau | 1940–1941 | 1 | ||
Norman Tiptaft | 1941–1942 | 1 | ||
Walter Samuel Lewis | 1942–1943 | 1 | ||
Lionel George Helmore Alldridge | 1943–1944 | 1 | ||
William Theophilus Wiggins-Davies | 1944–1945 | 1 | ||
Alan Stewart Giles | 1945–1946 | 1 | ||
Albert Frederick Bradbeer | 1946–1947 | 1 | ||
John Charles Burman | 1947–1949 | 2 | Son of Sir John Bedford Burman | |
Hubert Humphreys | 1949–1950 | 1 | ||
Alfred Paddon-Smith | 1950–1951 | 1 | ||
Ralph Cyril Yates | 1951–1952 | 1 | ||
William Tegfryn Bowen | 1952–1953 | 1 | ||
George Henry Wilson Griffith | 1953–1954 | 1 | ||
Joseph Reginald Balmer | 1954–1955 | 1 | ||
Arthur Lummis Gibson | 1955–1956 | 1 | ||
Ernest William Apps | 1956–1957 | 1 | ||
John Joseph Grogan | 1957–1958 | 1 | ||
Donald Johnstone | 1958–1959 | 1 | ||
John Henry Lewis | 1959–1960 | 1 | ||
Garnet Benjamin Boughton | 1960–1961 | 1 | ||
Eric Edward Mole | 1961–1962 | 1 | ||
Ernest Walter Horton | 1962–1963 | 1 | ||
Louis Glass | 1963–1964 | 1 | ||
Frank Leslie Price | 1964–1965 | 1 | ||
George Corbyn Barrow | 1965–1966 | 1 | ||
Harold Edward Tyler | 1966–1967 | 1 | ||
James Stephen Meadows | 1967–1968 | 1 | ||
Charles Valentine George Simpson | 1968–1969 | 1 | ||
Neville Bosworth | 1969–1970 | 1 | Leader of Birmingham City Council from 1976 to 1980 and 1982 to 1984 | |
Stanley Bleyer | 1970–1971 | 1 | ||
Victor Ernest Turton | 1971–1972 | 1 | ||
Frederick Thomas Duncan Hall | 1972–1973 | 1 | ||
Marjorie Alice Brown | 1973–1974 | 1 | The first woman to be Lord Mayor. | |
Eric James Eames | 1974–1975 | 1 | ||
Albert Leslie Samuel Jackson | 1975–1976 | 1 | ||
Harold Powell | 1976–1977 | 1 | ||
Freda Mary Cocks | 1977–1978 | 1 | ||
Edward Frederick Hanson | 1978–1979 | 1 | ||
George Canning | 1979–1980 | 1 | ||
Joseph Morris Bailey | 1980–1981 | 1 | ||
Kenneth Benjamin Barton | 1981–1982 | 1 | ||
Peter Hollingworth | 1982–1983 | 1 | ||
William John Hele Sowton | 1983–1984 | 1 | ||
Reginald John Hales | 1984–1985 | 1 | ||
Frank William Carter | 1985–1986 | 1 | ||
Alan Denis Martineau | 1986–1987 | 1 | ||
Frederick James Grattidge | 1987–1988 | 1 | ||
Harold Charles Blumenthal | 1988–1989 | 1 | ||
Frederick John Chapman | 1989–1990 | 1 | ||
Sir Bernard Philip Zissman [6] | 1990–1991 | 1 | ||
William Henry Turner | 1991–1992 | 1 | ||
Peter James Philip Barwell | 1992–1993 | 1 | ||
Paul Tilsley | 1993–1994 | 1 | ||
Sir Richard Knowles | 1994-1995 | 1 | Leader of Birmingham City Council from 1984 to 1993. | |
David Roy | 1995–1996 | 1 | ||
Marion Arnott-Job | 1996–1997 | 1 | ||
Sybil Spence | 1997–1998 | 1 | The first Black Lord Mayor. | |
Susan Anderson | 1998–1999 | 1 | ||
Ian McArdle | 1999–2000 | 1 | ||
Theresa Stewart | 2000–2001 | 1 | Leader of Birmingham City Council from 1993 to 1999. |
No. | Lord Mayor | Image | Tenure | Terms | Notes |
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92 | Jim Whorwood | 2001–2002 | 1 | ||
93 | Mahmood Hussain | 2002–2003 | 1 | ||
94 | John Alden | 2003–2004 | 1 | ||
95 | Mike Nangle | 2004–2005 | 1 | ||
96 | John Hood | 2005–2006 | 1 | ||
97 | Mike Sharpe | 2006–2007 | 1 | ||
98 | Randal Brew | 2007–2008 | 1 | ||
99 | Chauhdry Abdul Rashid | 2008–2009 | 1 | ||
100 | Michael Wilkes | 2009–2010 | 1 | ||
101 | Len Gregory | 2010–2011 | 1 | ||
102 | Anita Ward | 2011–2012 | 1 | ||
103 | John Lines | 2012–2013 | 1 | ||
104 | Mike Leddy | 2013–2014 | 1 | ||
105 | Shafique Shah | 2014–2015 | 1 | ||
106 | Ray Hassall | 2015–2016 | 1 | ||
107 | Carl Rice | 2016–2017 | 1 | ||
108 | Anne Underwood | 2017–2018 | 1 | ||
109 | Yvonne Mosquito | 2018–2019 | 1 | ||
110 | Mohammed Azim | 2019–2021 | 2 | Served an extra year due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |
111 | Muhammad Afzal | 2021–2022 | 1 | Sworn in 25 May 2021. [7] He was chosen in 2020, but delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic [8] | |
112 | Maureen Cornish | 2022–2023 | 1 | Mayor making 24 May 2022. [9] | |
113 | Chaman Lal | 2023–2024 | 1 | The first Indian and Sikh descent mayor. Term started 23 May 2023 [10] | |
114 | Ken Wood | 2024–2025 | 1 | Sworn in on the 21st May 2024. [11] |
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