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Wikipedia / List of mayors of Sheffield

The Lord Mayor of Sheffield is a ceremonial post held by a member of Sheffield City Council. They are elected annually by the council. The post originated in 1843, with the appointment of William Jeffcock as the first Mayor of Sheffield. Early mayors had significant powers and chaired both council meetings and the bench of magistrates.

In 1855, the mayor was refused a good seat at the opening of the Paris Exhibition, as he did not have a chain of office. As a result, one was purchased the following year, and this has remained in use.

In 1897, in the same year as the opening of Sheffield Town Hall, the mayor was given the right to style himself the "Lord Mayor". To mark this, the first Lord Mayor, Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, gave the Sheffield Mace to the city to mark the royal authority invested in the post.

The Lord Mayor has the use of the Lord Mayor's Parlour in Sheffield Town Hall, has an official badge, and holds the honorary presidency of several organisations. The Lord Mayor's Awards and the Lord Mayor's Charity Fund are local institutions organised in the name of the Lord Mayor.

Ann Eliza Longden was the first female Lord Mayor (19367).

Notable former mayors include George Bassett, founder of a confectionery firm, and the steelmaker Mark Firth.

List of mayors of Sheffield

Year

Name

Party

1843

William Jeffcock

-

1844

Thomas Dunn

1845

Samuel Butcher

-

1846

Henry Wilkinson

-

1847

Edward Vickers

-

1848

T. R. Barker

-

1849

Thomas Birks

-

1850

Thomas Burdett Turton

-

1851

John Carr

-

1852

W. A. Matthews

-

1853

Francis Hoole

-

1854

William Fisher

-

1855

William Fawcett

-

1856

John William Pye-Smith

1857

R. Jackson

-

1858

Charles Atkinson

-

1859

Henry E. Hoole

-

1860

Henry Vickers

-

1861–62

Sir John Brown

1863–64

Thomas Jessop

-

1865

W. E. Laycock

-

1866–67

John Webster

1868–71

Thomas Moore

1872

John Fairburn

-

1873

Joseph Hallam

-

1874

Mark Firth

1875

John Tasker

-

1876

George Bassett

1877

Sir Frederick Mappin

1878

David Ward

-

1879

Edward Tozer

-

1880

Abram Brooksbank

-

1881–82

Michael Hunter, Jnr.

-

1883–84

William Henry Brittain

-

1885

John W. Pye Smith

1886

Sir Henry Stephenson

1887–88

William Johnson Clegg

1889

J. B. Jackson

-

1890

Samuel Osborn

-

1891

William Johnson Clegg

1891

Joseph Gamble

-

1892

J. Batty Langley

1893

E. S. Foster

1894

Sir Charles. T. Skelton

1895–96

Henry Fitzalan-Howard

-

List of lord mayors of Sheffield

Year

Name

Party

1897

Henry Fitzalan-Howard

1897

George Franklin

-

1898

William Edwin Clegg

1899

Samuel Roberts

1900

John Eaton

-

1901

George Senior

1902

John Wycliffe Wilson

1903

John Rutland Wheatley

-

1904

Joseph Jonas

-

1905

Herbert Hughes

-

1906

Robert Styring

1907

Harry P. Marsh

-

1908

Henry Kenyon Stephenson

1909

Earl Fitzwilliam

1910

Henry Kenyon Stephenson

1911

Albert John Hobson

-

1912

Samuel Osborn

1913

George Ernest Branson

-

1914

Oliver Charles Wilson

1915

Frederick Arthur Warlow

1916

Walter Appleyard

1917

Alfred Cattell

1918

William Irons

1919

Samuel Roberts

1920

William Farewell Wardle

Citizen's

1921

Charles Simpson

Citizen's

1922

William Carter Fenton

Citizen's

1923

Arthur James Blanchard

Citizen's

1924

Alfred James Bailey

Citizen's

1925

Joseph Benson

Citizen's

1926

John George Graves

Citizen's

1927

Moses Humberstone

1928

Harry Bolton

-

1929

Charles William Beardsley

1930

Harold Warters Jackson

Municipal Progressive

1931

Thomas Henry Watkins

-

1932

Ernest Wilson

-

1933

Fred Marshall

1934

Percival J. M. Turner

-

1935

Frank Thraves

1936

Ann Eliza Longden

1937

Ernest George Rowlinson

1938

William Joseph Hunter

-

1939

John Arthur Longden

-

1940

Luther Frederick Milner

-

1941

Charles Josiah Mitchell

1942

Harry England Bridgwater

-

1943

Samuel Hartley Marshall

1944

George Ernest Marlow

-

1945

Charles William Gascoigne

1946

Ernest Storm Graham

-

1947

William Ernest Yorke

1949

Grace Tebbutt

1950

Herbert Keeble Hawson

-

1951

Thomas William Bridgland

1952

Peter Buchanan

1953

Oliver Spencer Holmes

-

1954

John Henry Bingham

1955

Joseph Curtis

1956

Robert Neill

1957

Albert Ballard

1958

John William Holland

1959

Alfred Vernon Wolstenholme

-

1960

Harold Slack

1961

James Wilfred Sterland

1962

Percival Cyril John Taylor Kirkman

-

1963

Isidore Lewis

1964

Albert Smith

1965

John Stenton Worrall

1966

Lionel Stephen Edward Farris

1967

Harold Lambert

1968

Patience Sheard

1969

Daniel Joseph O'Neill

1970

John Basil Peile

1970

Sidney Irwin Dyson

1971

Harold Hebblethwaite

1972

Martha Strafford

1973

Stanley Kenneth Arnold

1974

Leonard Cope

1975

Albert Edward Richardson

1976

Reginald Edward Munn

1977

Winifred Mary Golding

1978

Peter Harold Jackson

1979

George Armitage

1980

William Owen

1981

Enid Anne Hattersley

1982

Gordon Wragg

1983

Peter Morgan Newton Jones

1984

George Roy Munn

1985

Dorothy Walton

1986

Frank Prince

1987

Peter Horton

1988

Phyllis May Smith

1989

Anthony Damms

1990

James Moore

1991

Doris Askham

1992

William Jordan

1993

Qurban Hussain

1994

Ian Saunders

1995

David Heslop

1996

Peter Price

1997

Antony Arber

1998

Frank White

1999

Trevor Bagshaw

2000

Patricia Midgley

2001

David Baker

2002

Marjorie Barker

2003

Diane Leek

2004

Mike Pye

2005

Roger Davison

2006

Jackie Drayton

2007

Arthur Dunworth

2008

Jane Bird

2009

Graham Oxley

2010

Alan Law

2011

Sylvia Dunkley

2012

John Campbell

2013

Vickie Priestley

2014

Peter Rippon

2015

Talib Hussain

2016

Denise Fox

2017

Anne Murphy

2018

Magid Magid

2019

Tony Downing

2020

Tony Downing

2021

Gail Smith

2022

Sioned-Mair Richards

2023

Colin Ross

2024

Jayne Dunn

2025

Safiya Saeed

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