List of mayors of Sheffield

The Lord Mayor of Sheffield is a ceremonial post held by a member of Sheffield City Council. They are elected annually by the council. The post originated in 1843, with the appointment of William Jeffcock as the first Mayor of Sheffield. Early mayors had significant powers and chaired both council meetings and the bench of magistrates.

In 1855, the mayor was refused a good seat at the opening of the Paris Exhibition, as he did not have a chain of office. As a result, one was purchased the following year, and this has remained in use.

In 1897, in the same year as the opening of Sheffield Town Hall, the mayor was given the right to style himself the "Lord Mayor". To mark this, the first Lord Mayor, Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, gave the Sheffield Mace to the city to mark the royal authority invested in the post.

The Lord Mayor has the use of the Lord Mayor's Parlour in Sheffield Town Hall, has an official badge, and holds the honorary presidency of several organisations. The Lord Mayor's Awards and the Lord Mayor's Charity Fund are local institutions organised in the name of the Lord Mayor.

Ann Eliza Longden was the first female Lord Mayor (1936–7).www.picturesheffield.com Mrs. Ann Eliza Longden, First woman Lord Mayor 1936 (picture)

Notable former mayors include George Bassett, founder of a confectionery firm, and the steelmaker Mark Firth.

List of mayors of Sheffield

YearNameParty1843William Jeffcock -1844Thomas Dunn 1845Samuel Butcher -1846Henry Wilkinson -1847Edward Vickers -1848T. R. Barker -1849Thomas Birks -1850Thomas Burdett Turton -1851John Carr -1852W. A. Matthews -1853Francis Hoole -1854William Fisher -1855William Fawcett -1856John William Pye-Smith 1857R. Jackson -1858Charles Atkinson -1859Henry E. Hoole -1860Henry Vickers -1861–62Sir John Brown 1863–64Thomas Jessop -1865W. E. Laycock -1866–67John Webster 1868–71Thomas Moore 1872John Fairburn -1873Joseph Hallam -1874Mark Firth 1875John Tasker -1876George Bassett 1877Sir Frederick Mappin 1878David Ward -1879Edward Tozer -1880Abram Brooksbank -1881–82Michael Hunter, Jnr. -1883–84William Henry Brittain -1885John W. Pye Smith 1886Sir Henry Stephenson 1887–88William Johnson Clegg 1889J. B. Jackson -1890Samuel Osborn -1891William Johnson Clegg 1891Joseph Gamble -1892J. Batty Langley 1893E. S. Foster 1894Sir Charles. T. Skelton 1895–96Henry Fitzalan-Howard -

List of lord mayors of Sheffield

YearName Party1897Henry Fitzalan-Howard 1897George Franklin -1898William Edwin Clegg 1899Samuel Roberts 1900John Eaton -1901George Senior 1902John Wycliffe Wilson 1903John Rutland Wheatley -1904Joseph Jonas -1905Herbert Hughes -1906Robert Styring 1907Harry P. Marsh -1908Henry Kenyon Stephenson 1909Earl Fitzwilliam 1910Henry Kenyon Stephenson 1911Albert John Hobson -1912Samuel Osborn 1913George Ernest Branson -1914Oliver Charles Wilson 1915Frederick Arthur Warlow 1916Walter Appleyard 1917Alfred Cattell 1918William Irons 1919Samuel Roberts 1920William Farewell Wardle Citizen's1921Charles Simpson Citizen's1922William Carter Fenton Citizen's1923Arthur James Blanchard Citizen's1924Alfred James Bailey Citizen's1925Joseph Benson Citizen's1926John George Graves Citizen's1927 Moses Humberstone 1928Harry Bolton -1929Charles William Beardsley 1930Harold Warters Jackson Municipal Progressive1931Thomas Henry Watkins -1932Ernest Wilson -1933Fred Marshall 1934Percival J. M. Turner -1935Frank Thraves 1936Ann Eliza Longden 1937Ernest George Rowlinson 1938William Joseph Hunter -1939John Arthur Longden -1940Luther Frederick Milner -1941Charles Josiah Mitchell 1942Harry England Bridgwater -1943Samuel Hartley Marshall 1944George Ernest Marlow -1945Charles William Gascoigne 1946Ernest Storm Graham -1947William Ernest Yorke 1949Grace Tebbutt 1950Herbert Keeble Hawson -1951Thomas William Bridgland 1952Peter Buchanan 1953Oliver Spencer Holmes -1954John Henry Bingham 1955Joseph Curtis 1956Robert Neill 1957Albert Ballard 1958John William Holland 1959Alfred Vernon Wolstenholme -1960Harold Slack 1961James Wilfred Sterland 1962Percival Cyril John Taylor Kirkman -1963Isidore Lewis 1964Albert Smith 1965John Stenton Worrall 1966Lionel Stephen Edward Farris 1967Harold Lambert 1968Patience Sheard 1969Daniel Joseph O'Neill 1970John Basil Peile 1970Sidney Irwin Dyson 1971Harold Hebblethwaite 1972Martha Strafford 1973Stanley Kenneth Arnold 1974Leonard Cope 1975Albert Edward Richardson 1976Reginald Edward Munn 1977Winifred Mary Golding 1978Peter Harold Jackson 1979George Armitage 1980William Owen 1981Enid Anne Hattersley 1982Gordon Wragg 1983Peter Morgan Newton Jones 1984George Roy Munn 1985Dorothy Walton 1986Frank Prince 1987Peter Horton 1988Phyllis May Smith 1989Anthony Damms 1990James Moore 1991Doris Askham 1992William Jordan 1993Qurban Hussain 1994Ian Saunders 1995David Heslop 1996Peter Price 1997Antony Arber 1998Frank White 1999Trevor Bagshaw 2000Patricia Midgley 2001David Baker 2002Marjorie Barker 2003Diane Leek 2004Mike Pye 2005Roger Davison 2006Jackie Drayton 2007Arthur Dunworth 2008Jane Bird 2009Graham Oxley 2010Alan Law 2011Sylvia Dunkley 2012John Campbell 2013Vickie Priestley 2014Peter Rippon 2015Talib Hussain 2016Denise Fox 2017Anne Murphy 2018Magid Magid 2019Tony Downing 2020Tony Downing 2021Gail Smith 2022Sioned-Mair Richards 2023Colin Ross 2024Jayne Dunn 2025Safiya Saeed

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