The Mayor of Worcester is the civic head of Worcester City Council.
Every May one of the city Councillors is elected to serve as Mayor for a year. Another is elected as Deputy Mayor. The Mayor chairs meetings of the Full Council, represents the city at ceremonial occasions, welcomes international visitors and attends events organised by local people.
List of mayors of Worcester Notable previous mayors 1623: John Haselock 1631: Thomas Chettle 1633: John Nash 1635: George Street 1646: Edward Elvines 1656: Edmund Pitt 1667: Thomas Street 1709: Richard Lane 1720: Joseph Weston (wine merchant) 1819: Elias Isaac (banker) 1826: John Dent (Sheriff of Worcestershire, 1849) 1834: John Wheeley Lea (of Lea & Perrins) 1836-37 Christopher Henry Hebb 1837-38 George Allies 1838-39 Richard Evans 1839-40 Thomas Chalk 1840-41 C. Augustus Helm 1841-42 Edward Evans 1842-43 John Lilly 1843-44 William Lewis 1845-46 Edward Lloyd (died) 1846 W. Lewis (elected) 1846-47 Fredk. Thos. Elgie 1847-48 Edward Webb 1848-49 Richard Padmore Worcester's first non-conformist mayor, later a Liberal Party MP. 1849-50 John Wheeley Lea 1850-51 W. S. P. Hughes 1851-52 Thomas Lucy 1852-53 Richard Padmore 1853-54 Charles Bedford 1854-55-6 John Goodwin 1856-57 James Weaver 1857-58 Josiah Stallard 1858-59 Thomas Rowley Hill later Liberal MP for Worcestershire. 1859-60 William Haigh 1860-61 Joseph Wood 1861-62 Joseph Firkins 1862-63-4 Alexander Clunes Sheriff Chairman of Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. and later Liberal MP for Worcester. 1864-65 James Dyson Perrins 1865-66 Thomas Southall 1866-67 John Stallard 1867-68 William Webb 1868-69 Francis Woodward 1869-70 Richard E. Barnett 1870-71-2 Henry Willis 1872-73 Edward Wall (also Sheriff of Worcester) 1873-74 H. G. Goldingham 1874-75 John Longmore 1875-76 Francis Woodward 1876-77 Moses Jones 1877-78 Francis Dingle 1878-79 Walter Holland 1879-80 John Noake 1880-81 T. S. Townshend 1881-82 Lieut.-Col. Wm. Stallard 1882-83 Frederick Corbett 1883-84 W. B. Williamson 1884-85 Joseph S. Wood 1885-86 Ambrose Wm. Knott 1886-87 Walter Holland 1887-88 Herbert Caldicott 1888-89 Ernest Augustus Day, architect and surveyor. 1889-90 R. Smith-Carrington 1890-91 W. R. Higgs 1891-92 Walter Holland 1892-93 Alfred Percy Allsopp, M.P. 1893-94 Geo. H. Williamson 1894-95 Alfred Percy Allsopp, M.P. 1895-96 William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, later Governor of New South Wales 1896-97 Charles William Dyson Perrins (of Lea and Perrins) 1897-98 Albert Buck 1898-99 John Alfred Steward 1899-1900 John Millington 1900-1 John Alfred steward 1901-2 Walter Holland 1902-3 C. J. Whitehead (Conservative) 1903-4 John Samuel Cook 1904-5 Hubert A. Leicester 1909–10: Alfred Percy Allsopp (third term) 1916–19: Arthur Carlton 1922–23: Arthur Carlton 1941–42: Richard Robert Fairbairn (died in office, October 1941) 1958–59: Harold Alfred Richards 1985–86: Frank Poole
Recent mayors Source 1999–2000: Josephine Hodges 2000–01: Mary Drinkwater 2001–02: David Clark 2002–03: Robert Rowden 2003–04: Gareth Jones 2004–05: Allah Ditta 2005–06: Aubrey Tarbuck 2006–07: Ian Imray 2007–08: Stephen Inman 2008–09: Lucy Hodgson 2009–10: Andy Roberts 2010–11: Mike Layland 2011–12: Dr David Tibbutt 2012–13: Roger Berry 2013–14: Pat Agar 2014–15: Alan Amos 2015–16: Roger Knight 2016–17: Paul Denham 2017–18: Steve Mackay 2018–19: Jabba Riaz 2019–20: Allah Ditta 2020–21: Josephine Hodges 2021–22: Stephen Hodgson 2022–23: Adrian Gregson 2023–24: Louis Stephen 2024–25: Melanie Alcott 2025-26: Dr Matt Lamb 2026–27: Tor Pingree
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External links List of Mayors 1621–1651 and 1750–1775 List of Mayors 1790–1817