List of mayors of Sunderland

Below is a list of mayors of Sunderland in the United Kingdom (borough from 1836, metropolitan borough from 1974 to 1992 and City of Sunderland from 1992 to present)

Mayors of Sunderland

  • 1836-37 Andrew White (Whig)
  • 1837-38 Richard Spoor
  • 1838-39 Joseph Simpson
  • 1839-40 Joseph Brown
  • 1840-41 Richard White
  • 1841-42 Sir Hedworth Williamson, 7th Baronet
  • 1842-43 Andrew White
  • 1843-44 Robert Burdon Cay
  • 1844-45 James Allison
  • 1845-47 Robert Brown
  • 1847 Sir Hedworth Williamson, 7th Baronet
  • 1847-48 John Scott
  • 1848-49 Joseph Simpson
  • 1849-50 William Ord
  • 1850-51 William Mordey
  • 1851-53 James Hartley
  • 1853-54 Samuel Alcock
  • 1854-56 Anthony John Moore
  • 1856-58 George Smith Ranson
  • 1858-59 John Candlish (Liberal Party)
  • 1859-61 Samuel Alcock
  • 1861-62 John Candlish
  • 1862-63 James Hartley
  • 1863-64 James Allison
  • 1864-66 Edward Temperley Gourley
  • 1866-67 John James Kayll
  • 1867-68 Edward Temperley Gourley
  • 1868-69 John Crossley
  • 1869-70 William Thompson
  • 1870-72 William Nicholson
  • 1872-74 Alexander George McKenzie
  • 1874-75 John Potts
  • 1875-76 John Nicholson
  • 1876-78 Samuel Storey
  • 1878-79 Samuel Sinclair Robson
  • 1879-80 Thomas Scott Turnbull
  • 1880 Samuel Storey
  • 1880-82 William Wilson
  • 1882-84 John Wright Wayman
  • 1884-86 Robert Preston
  • 1886-88 Edwin Richardson
  • 1888-89 George Barnes
  • 1889-91 Robert Shadforth
  • 1891-93 Stansfield Richardson
  • 1893-95 John Sanderson
  • 1895-97 William Burns
  • 1897-99 William Bruce
  • 1899-1900 Edwin Robert Dix
  • 1900-02 John George Kirtley
  • 1902-04 Henry John Turnbull (Liberal)[1]
  • 1904-06 Frederick Foster
  • 1906-07 Stephen Moriarty Swan
  • 1907-08 William Walker
  • 1908-10 Arthur F. Young
  • 1910-11 William Sanderson
  • 1911-12 Edward Hazard Brown
  • 1912-17 Stansfield Richardson
  • 1917-19 William Frederick Vint
  • 1919-20 Arthur Ritson
  • 1920 William Frederick Vint
  • 1920-22 Walter Raine
  • 1922-24 George Stephenson Lawson
  • 1924-26 John Spours Nicholson
  • 1926-28 David Cairns
  • 1928-30 Isaac Gibson Modlin
  • 1930-33 Edward Hazard Brown
  • 1933-35 Edward William Ditchburn
  • 1935-37 Thomas Summerbell
  • 1937-38 James Turner
  • 1938 George Ford
  • 1938-43 Myers Wayman
  • 1943-44 Wilton Legender Milburn
  • 1944-45 John Young
  • 1945-46 Joshua Ritson
  • 1946-47 Miles Walton
  • 1947-49 Eden Johnston
  • 1949-50 Jacob "Jack" Cohen
  • 1950-51 George Henry Morgan
  • 1951-52 William Harvey
  • 1952-53 Arthur Humphrey Suddick
  • 1953-54 McGregor Ernest English
  • 1954-55 Jane Huggins
  • 1955-56 Edith Evelyn Blacklock
  • 1956-57 Thomas Henry Cavanagh
  • 1957-58 Joseph Hoy
  • 1958-59 Edwin Ernest Wales
  • 1959-60 Nicholas Lister Allison
  • 1960-61 Joseph Tweddle
  • 1961-62 Kitty Cohen
  • 1962-63 Richard Thomas Weston
  • 1963-64 Jane Ellen Hedley
  • 1964-65 Robert Wilkinson
  • 1965-66 Albert Watson
  • 1966-67 Fred Young
  • 1967-68 Norman Waters
  • 1968-69 John William Purvis Wilkinson
  • 1969-70 Mary Elizabeth Miller
  • 1970-71 William Ord Stephenson
  • 1971-72 William Sinclair Martin
  • 1972-73 Leslie Watson
  • 1973-74 George Conforth Park
  • 1974-75 Tony Burgham|Anthony "Tony" Burgham
  • 1975-76 Mary Elizabeth Porter
  • 1976-77 Charles Henry Slater
  • 1977-78 Thomas Bridges
  • 1978-79 Arthur Lumley
  • 1979 E Weir
  • 1979-81 Leonard Harper
  • 1981-82 Thomas Megan Finnigan
  • 1982-83 Joseph Hall
  • 1983-84 Annie Pratt
  • 1984-85 George Elliott
  • 1985-86 Ralph Carroll Baxter
  • 1986-87 Thomas Scott
  • 1987-88 John Mawston
  • 1988-89 Leslie Mann
  • 1989-90 Robert Kirby
  • 1990-91 Andrew Watson Myers
  • 1991-92 David Francis Thompson
  • 1992-93 William Craddock
  • 1993-94 Bryan Charlton
  • 1994-95 Denis Gerard Whalen
  • 1995-96 Eric Bramfitt
  • 1996-97 Ian Galbraith
  • 1997-98 Gowan James Scott
  • 1998-99 Walter Scott
  • 1999-2000 David Ross Wares
  • 2000-01 Brian Dodds
  • 2001-02 Ken Murray
  • 2002-03 Peter Gibson (Labour)
  • 2003-04 Juliana Heron (Labour)
  • 2004-05 James B Scott (Labour)
  • 2005-06 Bill Stephenson(Labour)
  • 2006-07 Thomas Foster (Labour)
  • 2007-08 Leslie Scott (Labour)
  • 2008-09 Mary Smith (Labour)
  • 2009-10 Dennis Richardson (Labour)
  • 2010-11 Thomas Martin (Labour)
  • 2011-12 Norma Wright (Labour)
  • 2012-13 Iain Kay (Labour)
  • 2013-14 Robert Heron (Labour)
  • 2014-15 Stuart Porthouse (Labour until 2019)[2]
  • 2015-16 Barry Curran (Labour)
  • 2016-17 Alan Emerson (Labour)
  • 2017-18 Doris MacKnight (Labour)
  • 2018–19 Lynda Scanlan (Labour)
  • 2019-21 David Snowdon (Labour)
  • 2021-22 Harry Trueman (Labour)
  • 2022–23 Alison Smith (Labour)
  • 2023-24 Dorothy Trueman (Labour)

References

  1. ^ "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.
  2. ^ "Former Mayor of Sunderland suspended from Labour Party over sharing Facebook post". Sunderland Echo. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2023.