List of mayors of Birmingham

This is a list of the mayors and lord mayors of Birmingham in the West Midlands of England.

Joseph Chamberlain's great social improvements as mayor led to Birmingham being described as "the best-governed city in the world".[1]

Lord Mayor of Birmingham
Incumbent
Mohammed Azim, Lab

since June 2019
StyleLord Mayor
Member ofBirmingham City Council
ResidenceBirmingham
AppointerBirmingham City Council
Term length1 Year
Formation1838
SuccessionTBA 2020
DeputyVacant
WebsiteMayor website

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.[2]

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.[3]

Mayors of Birmingham

1838–1895

No.MayorImageTenureTermsNotes
1William Scholefield18381Second son of Joshua Scholefield, one of Birmingham's first MPs when the town was enfranchised in 1832.
2Philip Henry Muntz1839–18402Councillor, alderman, mayor, justice of the peace and representative of Birmingham in Parliament.
3Samuel Beale18411MP for Derby between 185765.
4James James18421
5Thomas Weston18431Unitarian
6Thomas Phillips18441
7Henry Smith18451
8Robert Martineau18461
9Charles Geach18471Founder of the Birmingham & Midland Bank
10Samuel Thornton18481
11William Lucy1849–18502
12Henry Smith18511
13Henry Hawkes18521
14James Baldwin18531Paper manufacturer, owner of James Baldwin & Sons, est. 1829. Unitarian.
15John Palmer18541
16T P T Hodgson18551
17Sir John Ratcliff1856–18583Also Town Commissioner, Low Baliff, Town Councillor, Alderman
18Thomas Lloyd18591
19Arthur Ryland18601
20Henry Manton18611
21Charles Sturge18621
22William Holliday18631
23Henry Wiggin18641
24Edwin Yates18651
25George Dixon18661Birmingham MP, was a major proponent of education for all children.
26Thomas Avery1866–18671Elected on the resignation of Dixon
27Henry Holland18681
28Thomas Prime18691Silver-plater. Northwood Street. Thomas Prime & Sons.
29G Braithwaite Lloyd18701
30John Sadler18711
31Ambrose Biggs18721
32Joseph Chamberlain1873–18763Unitarian.
33George Baker18761Elected on the resignation of Chamberlain in June 1876
34William Kenrick18771
35Jesse Collings18781
36Richard Chamberlain1879–18802Brother of Joseph Chamberlain
37Thomas Avery18811
38William White18821
39William Cook18831MP for Birmingham East in 1885/1886
40Sir Thomas Martineau1884–18863
41Maurice Pollack18871
42Richard Cadbury Barrow18881
43Francis Corder Clayton1889–18902
44Edward Lawley Parker1891–18922
45George James Johnson18931
46Thomas Stratton Fallows18941
47James Smith18952

Lord Mayors of Birmingham

19th century

No.Lord MayorImageTenureTermsNotes
1Sir James Smith18962
2Charles Gabriel Beale189718994
3Samuel Edwards19001

20th century

No.Lord MayorImageTenureTermsNotes
4John Henry Lloyd1901-021
5Sir Hallewell Rogers1902–042Liberal Unionist[4]
6Rowland Hill Berkeley1904-051Died 13 April 1905; an ancestor of Nick Mason.
7Charles Gabriel Beale19054
8Alfred John Reynolds1905-061
9Henry James Sayer1906–19082
10Sir George Hamilton Kenrick1908-091
11William Henry Bowater1909–19124Knighted in 1916[5]
12Ernest Martineau1912–19142
13William Henry Bowater1914–19154Elected on the resignation of Martineau in September 1914
14Neville Chamberlain1915–19172Son of Joseph Chamberlain and future Prime Minister
15Arthur David Brooks1917–19182
16Sir David Brooks1918–19191
17William Adlington Cadbury1919–19212Second son of Richard Cadbury
18Sir David Davis1921–19232
19Thomas Oswald Williams1923–19241
20Percival Bower1924–19262
21Alfred Henry James1926–19282
22Wilfred Byng Kenrick1928–19291
23Martin Lewis Lancaster1929–19301
24Walter Willis Saunders1930–19311
25John Bedford Burman1931–19321
26Horace Edward Goodby1932–19342
27Samuel John Grey1934–19362
28Harold Roberts1936–19371
29Ernest Robert Canning1937–19381
30James Crump1938–19391
31Theodore Beal Pritchett1939–19401
32Sir Wilfred Martineau1940–19411
33Norman Tiptaft1941–19421
34Walter Samuel Lewis1942–19431
35Lionel George Helmore Alldridge1943–19441
36William Theophilus Wiggins-Davies1944–19451
37Alan Stewart Giles1945–19461
38Albert Frederick Bradbeer1946–19471
39John Charles Burman1947–19492
40Hubert Humphreys1949–19501
41Alfred Paddon-Smith1950–19511
42Ralph Cyril Yates1951–19521
43William Tegfryn Bowen1952–19531
44George Henry Wilson Griffith1953–19541
45Joseph Reginald Balmer1954–19551
46Arthur Lummis Gibson1955–19561
47Ernest William Apps1956–19571
48John Joseph Grogan1957–19581
49Donald Johnstone1958–19591
50John Henry Lewis1959–19601
51Garnet Benjamin Boughton1960–19611
52Eric Edward Mole1961–19621
53Ernest Walter Horton1962–19631
54Louis Glass1963–19641
55Frank Leslie Price1964–19651
56George Corbyn Barrow1965–19661
57Harold Edward Tyler1966–19671
58James Stephen Meadows1967–19681
59Charles Valentine George Simpson1968–19691
60Neville Bosworth1969–19701Leader of Birmingham City Council from 1976 to 1980 and 1982 to 1984
61Stanley Bleyer1970–19711
62Victor Ernest Turton1971–19721
63Frederick Thomas Duncan Hall1972–19731
64Marjorie Alice Brown1973–19741
65Eric James Eames J.P.1974–19751
66Albert Leslie Samuel Jackson J.P.1975–19761
67Harold Powell1976–19771
68Freda Mary Cocks, OBE1977–19781
69Edward Frederick Hanson J.P.1978–19791
70George Canning, OBE1979–19801
71Joseph Morris Bailey, J.P.1980–19811
72Kenneth Benjamin Barton1981–19821
73Peter Hollingworth1982–19831
74William John Hele Sowton1983–19841
75Reginald John Hales J.P.1984–19851
76Frank William Carter1985–19861
77Alan Denis Martineau1986–19871
78Frederick James Grattidge1987–19881
79Harold Charles Blumenthal1988–19891
80Frederick John Chapman1989–19901
81Sir Bernard Philip Zissman [6]1990–19911
82William Henry Turner1991–19921
83Peter James Philip Barwell MBE, Hon. CSM 1992–19931
84Paul Tilsley1993–19941
85Sir Richard Knowles1994-19951Leader of Birmingham City Council from 1984 to 1993.
86David Roy1995–19961
87Marion Arnott-Job1996–19971
88Sybil Spence1997–19981
89Susan Anderson1998–19991
90Ian McArdle1999–20001
91Theresa Stewart2000–20011

21st century

No.Lord MayorImageTenureTermsNotes
92Jim Whorwood2001–20021
93Mahmood Hussain2002–20031
94John Alden2003–20041
95Mike Nangle2004–20051
96John Hood2005–20061
97Mike Sharpe2006–20071
98Randal Brew2007–20081
99Chauhdry Abdul Rashid2008–20091
100Michael Wilkes2009–20101
101Len Gregory2010–20111
102Anita Ward2011–20121
103John Lines2012–20131
104Mike Leddy2013–20141
105Shafique Shah2014–20151
106Ray Hassall2015–20161
107Carl Rice2016-20171
108Anne Underwood2017-20181
109Yvonne Mosquito2018-20191
110 Mohammed Azim 2019-2020 1

References

  1. Ralph, Julian (June 1890). "The best-governed city in the world". Harper's New Monthly Magazine. pp. 99–110.
  2. "No. 26746". The London Gazette. 4 June 1896. p. 3314.
  3. "Lord Mayor's Parlour". Birmingham City Council. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  4. "Election of Mayors". The Times (36922). London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.
  5. "No. 29483". The London Gazette. 22 February 1916. pp. 1946–1947.
  6. Zissman, Bernard. "Sir Bernard Zissman". Retrieved 4 May 2011.
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