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) 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 [Labour] 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) 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) 2024-25 Allison Chisnall (Labour) 2025-26 Ehthesham Haque (Labour) 2026- Robert Hutchinson (Reform)

References Former Mayors of Sunderland