Mayor of Wirral

Civic Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
Incumbent
Cherry Povall
since 15 May 2024
AppointerWirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Term length1 year
Inaugural holderDoris Sisson
Formation1974
WebsiteMayor of Wirral

The Mayor of Wirral (or Civic Mayor of Wirral) is a ceremonial post elected annually, along with a deputy, by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.[1]

The role of the mayor includes chairing council meetings, representing the Borough at civic functions, supporting local charities and conferring Honorary Freemen and Aldermen.

The incumbent mayor is Cherry Povall.[2]

Controversies

On 2 June 2014, 5 councillors (4 Conservative and 1 Green) voted against former leader of the council Steve Foulkes's nomination for mayor with a further 10 (all Conservative) abstaining.[3] Leader of the Council Phil Davies said afterwards “It leaves a bad taste in the mouth, it was just grandstanding by the Tories.” Green councillor Pat Clearly wrote in his blog “On Monday [2 June], Wirral elects its new Mayor. Normally, a routine vote where a long standing councillor is elected with cross party support…but, this year is different as the Mayor elect is Steve Foulkes who was Council Leader when Wirral became very publicly associated with incompetence, bullying, gagging clauses, resignations and bad financial management”.

List of mayors of Wirral

20th century

No. Year Name Party
1 1974 Doris Sisson Conservative
2 1975 Ken Fox Labour
3 1976 John Evans Liberal
4 1977 Tim Richmond Conservative
5 1978 Jack Redhead Conservative
6 1979 Bill Wells Labour
7 1980 Frank Theaker Conservative
8 1981 Dorothy Goodfellow Conservative
9 1982 Bill Lungley Labour
10 1983 Harry Deverill Conservative
11 1984 Michael Moore Conservative
12 1985 Gordon Lindsay Alliance
13 1986 David Williams Conservative
14 1987 Arthur Smith Labour
15 1988 Reg Cumpstey Conservative
16 1989 Mike Cooke SLD
17 1990 Jim Edwards Independent Labour
18 1991 Gordon Paterson Labour
19 1992 Frank Jones Conservative
20 1993 Peter Corcoran Labour
21 1994 Sid Dunn Conservative
22 1995 Walter Smith Labour
23 1996 Myrra Lea Conservative
24 1997 Barney Gilfoyle Labour
25 1998 Margaret Green Labour
26 1999 Hugh Lloyd Labour

21st century

No. Year Name Party
27 2000 Kate Wood Conservative
28 2001 John Cocker Labour
29 2002 Pat Williams Liberal Democrats
30 2003 Bill Nock Labour
31 2004 Hilary Jones Conservative
Independent
UKIP
32 2005 Chris Meaden Labour
33 2006 Peter Johnson Conservative
34 2007 Phil Gilchrist Liberal Democrats
35 2008 Adrian Jones Labour
36 2009 Andrew Hodson Conservative
37 2010 Alan Jennings Liberal Democrats
38 2011 Moira McLaughlin Labour
39 2012 Gerry Ellis Conservative
40 2013 Dave Mitchell Liberal Democrats
41 2014 Steve Foulkes Labour
42 2015 Les Rowlands Conservative
43 2016 Pat Hackett Labour
44 2017 Ann McLachlan Labour
45 2018 Geoffrey Watt Conservative
46 2019 Tony Smith Labour
47 2021 George Davies Labour
48 2022 Jeff Green Conservative
49 2023 Jerry Williams Labour
50 2024 Cherry Povall Conservative
  • Phil Gilchrist, 34th Mayor of Wirral
    Phil Gilchrist, 34th Mayor of Wirral
  • Steve Foulkes, 41st Mayor of Wirral
    Steve Foulkes, 41st Mayor of Wirral
  • Les Rowlands, 42nd Mayor of Wirral
    Les Rowlands, 42nd Mayor of Wirral
  • Pat Hackett, 43rd Mayor of Wirral
    Pat Hackett, 43rd Mayor of Wirral
  • Geoffrey Watt, 45th Mayor of Wirral
    Geoffrey Watt, 45th Mayor of Wirral

References

  1. ^ "Mayor of Wirral". Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  2. ^ "New Wirral mayor sworn in". Birkenhead News. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  3. ^ Murphy, Liam. "Steve Foulkes appointed Mayor of Wirral in New Brighton ceremony". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 4 October 2018.