The Mayor of Wirral (or Civic Mayor of Wirral) is a ceremonial post elected annually, along with a deputy, by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
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 Brian Kenny.
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. 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.Name Party11974Doris Sisson 21975Ken Fox 31976John Evans 41977Tim Richmond 51978Jack Redhead 61979Bill Wells 71980Frank Theaker 81981Dorothy Goodfellow 91982Bill Lungley 101983Harry Deverill 111984Michael Moore 121985Gordon Lindsay 131986David Williams 141987Arthur Smith 151988Reg Cumpstey 161989Mike Cooke 171990Jim Edwards 181991Gordon Paterson 191992Frank Jones 201993Peter Corcoran 211994Sid Dunn 221995Walter Smith 231996Myrra Lea 241997Barney Gilfoyle 251998Margaret Green 261999Hugh Lloyd
21st century No.Name Party272000Kate Wood 282001John Cocker 292002Pat Williams 302003Bill Nock 312004Hilary Jones 322005Chris Meaden 332006Peter Johnson 342007Phil Gilchrist 352008Adrian Jones 362009Andrew Hodson 372010Alan Jennings 382011Moira McLaughlin 392012Gerry Ellis 402013Dave Mitchell 412014Steve Foulkes 422015Les Rowlands 432016Pat Hackett 442017Ann McLachlan 452018Geoffrey Watt 462019Tony Smith 472021George Davies 482022Jeff Green 492023Jerry Williams 502024Cherry Povall 512025Brian Kenny 522026Mary Jordan
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