This is a list of the Mayors

Mayors in the United Kingdom

In England, the office of mayor or lord mayor had long been ceremonial posts, with few or no duties attached to it. A mayor's term of office denotes the municipal year. The most famous example is that of the Lord Mayor of the City of London....

 and Lord Mayor

Lord Mayor

The Lord Mayor is the title of the Mayor of a major city, with special recognition.-Commonwealth of Nations:* In Australia it is a political position. Australian cities with Lord Mayors: Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Parramatta, Perth, Sydney, and Wollongong...

s of Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

in the West Midlands

West Midlands (county)

The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...

 of England.
Birmingham has had a Mayor (and elected council) since 1838. The office was raised to the dignity of Lord Mayor when Queen Victoria issued Letters Patent

Letters patent

Letters patent are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch or president, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, title, or status to a person or corporation...

 on 3rd June 1896.

By modern convention, the Lord Mayor stands for a year, and is installed into office at the Annual Meeting of the City Council. Lord Mayors are non-political and non-executive during their term of office and act as Chair of the Council. As the First Citizen of Birmingham, the Lord Mayor represents not only the City but also the people of Birmingham. The honour of being Lord Mayor is now usually alternated between the Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

, Labour

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

 and Liberal Democrat

Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...

 Groups. In normal circumstances the Lord Mayor becomes Deputy Lord Mayor for the following year.

1838–1895

o.	William Scholefield William Scholefield William Scholefield was a British businessman and Liberal politician. He was a leading figure in the politics of the rapidly-growing industrial town of Birmingham in the mid-nineteenth century.-Early life and family:...	1838	1	Second son of Joshua Scholefield Joshua Scholefield Joshua Scholefield was a British businessman and Radical politician. He was elected as one of Birmingham's two members of parliament when the town was enfranchised in 1832.... , one of Birmingham's first MPs when the town was enfranchised in 1832.
2	Philip Henry Muntz Philip Henry Muntz Philip Henry Muntz was a British businessman and Liberal politician. He was a leading figure in the politics of the rapidly-growing industrial town of Birmingham in the mid-nineteenth century.-Early life and family:...	1839–1840	2	Councillor, alderman, mayor, justice of the peace and representative of Birmingham in Parliament.
3	Samuel Beale	1841	1	MP Member of Parliament A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...  for Derby Derby Derby , is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407...  between 1857-1865.
4	James James James James James James was a harpist and musician from Pontypridd, Wales. He composed the tune of the Welsh national anthem Hen Wlad fy Nhadau ....	1842	1
5	Thomas Weston Thomas Weston Thomas Weston may refer to:* Thomas Weston - Australian horticulturalist* Thomas Weston - British actor* Thomas Weston, 4th Earl of Portland * Thomas Crowley Weston - Cook Islands justice...	1843	1
6	Thomas Phillips Thomas Phillips Thomas Phillips was a leading English portrait and subject painter. He painted many of the great men of the day including scientists, artists, writers, poets and explorers.-Life and work:...	1844	1
7	Henry Smith Henry Smith Henry Smith may refer to:*Henry Smith , English Puritan preacher*Henry Smith , English politician and jurist*Henry Smith , Governor of Rhode Island...	1845	1
8	Robert Martineau Martineau family The Martineau Family was a political dynasty from Birmingham, England. Several of them were prominent Unitarians, to the extent that a room in Essex Hall, the headquarters building of the British Unitarians, was named after them.-Mayors of Birmingham:...	1846	1
9	Charles Geach	1847	1	Founder of the Birmingham & Midland Bank Midland Bank Midland Bank Plc was one of the Big Four banking groups in the United Kingdom for most of the 20th century. It is now part of HSBC. The bank was founded as the Birmingham and Midland Bank in Union Street, Birmingham, England in August 1836...
10	Samuel Thornton	1848	1
11	William Lucy William Lucy William Lucy was an English clergyman. He was bishop of St David's after the English Restoration of 1660.-Opponent of Hobbes:He published in 1657 an attack on the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes, and in particular on Leviathan , using the pseudonym William Pyke, Christophilus, and circulated by...	1849-50	2
12	Henry Smith Henry Smith Henry Smith may refer to:*Henry Smith , English Puritan preacher*Henry Smith , English politician and jurist*Henry Smith , Governor of Rhode Island...	1851	1
13	Henry Hawkes Henry Hawkes Henry Hawkes B.A., FLS. was an English unitarian clergyman and author. He is best known for his memoir of the ragged schools originator John Pounds , to whom he was introduced in 1833, soon after arriving in Portsmouth to serve as a minister. His published works include sermons and The...	1852	1
14	James Baldwin James Baldwin James Baldwin was an American novelist, essayist and civil rights activist.James Baldwin may also refer to:-Writers:*James Baldwin , American educator, writer and administrator...	1853	1
15	John Palmer John Palmer -People:*John Palmer , U.S. Congressman from New York*John Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne , British peer and businessman*John Palmer , English actor*John Palmer , British architect...	1854	1
16	T P T Hodgson	1855	1
17	Sir John Ratcliffe	1856-58	3	Also Town Commissioner, Low Baliff, Town Councillor, Alderman
18	Thomas Lloyd Thomas Lloyd Thomas Lloyd may refer to:* Sir Thomas Lloyd, 1st Baronet, Welsh politician* Thomas Lloyd , Welsh cleric and lexicographer* Thomas Lloyd , Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, 1684–1688...	1859	1
19	Arthur Ryland	1860	1
20	Henry Nanton	1861	1
21	Charles Sturge	1862	1
22	William Holliday William Holliday William Holliday was a wealthy London businessman and chairman of the East India Company.He was apparently born in Gloucestershire...	1863	1
23	Henry Wiggin	1864	1
24	Edwin Yates Edwin Yates George Edwin Yates was an Australian Labor Party representative for the South Australian Division of Adelaide in the Australian House of Representatives. He was first elected at the 1914 Adelaide by-election, and was defeated at the 1919 election. He regained office at the 1922 election until he...	1865	1
25	George Dixon George Dixon (MP) George Dixon was English Liberal politician who was active in local government in Birmingham and sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1867 and 1898. He was a major proponent of education for all children.-Life:...	1866	1	Birmingham MP, was a major proponent of education for all children.
26	Thomas Avery	1866-67	1
27	Henry Holland Henry Holland Henry Holland may refer to:* Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter , Lancastrian leader during the Wars of the Roses* Henry Holland , English writer on witchcraft...	1868	1
28	Thomas Prime Thomas Prime Thomas Edmund Howard Prime is an English cricketer. Prime is a right-handed batsman. He was born in Kendal, Cumbria.Prime made his debut for Cumberland in the 2000 Minor Counties Championship against Norfolk. He played one further Championship match the following season against Cambridgeshire...	1869	1
29	G Braithwaite Lloyd	1870	1
30	John Sadler John Sadler John Leonard Sadler is an English first-class cricketer, representing Derbyshire. He has previously played for several major teams in the English league including Leicestershire, Yorkshire Cricket Board and Yorkshire.Sadler missed most of the 2005 season through injury, after a Brett Lee bouncer...	1871	1
31	Ambrose Biggs	1872	1
32	Joseph Chamberlain Joseph Chamberlain Joseph Chamberlain was an influential British politician and statesman. Unlike most major politicians of the time, he was a self-made businessman and had not attended Oxford or Cambridge University....	1873-76	3
33	George Baker George Baker George Baker may refer to:*George Baker , English surgeon*Sir George Baker, 1st Baronet , British physician*George Baker...	1876	1	Elected on the resignation of Chamberlain in June 1876
34	William Kenrick	1877	1
35	Jesse Collings Jesse Collings Jesse Collings was Mayor of Birmingham, England, a Liberal member of Parliament, but was best known nationally in the UK as an advocate of educational reform and land reform.-Background:...	1878	1
36	Richard Chamberlain Richard Chamberlain (politician) Richard Chamberlain was a Liberal and later Liberal Unionist politician in the United Kingdom.The younger brother of Joseph Chamberlain, he was Mayor of Birmingham from 1879 to 1880, and later Member of Parliament for Islington West from 1885 to 1892.- References:...	1879-80	2	Brother of Joseph Chamberlain
37	Thomas Avery	1881	1
38	William White William White -Politics:*William White , MP for Clitheroe in 1660*William White , North Carolina Secretary of State, 1798–1811*William White , elected member of the 1st Council of the Northwest Territories, 1883–1885...	1882	1
39	William Cook William Cook William Cook, Will Cook, Bill Cook or Billy Cook may refer to:* William Cook , founder of the Cook Group, medical equipment manufacturer...	1883	1
40	Sir Thomas Martineau Martineau family The Martineau Family was a political dynasty from Birmingham, England. Several of them were prominent Unitarians, to the extent that a room in Essex Hall, the headquarters building of the British Unitarians, was named after them.-Mayors of Birmingham:...	1884-86	3
41	Maurice Pollack Maurice Pollack Maurice Pollack was a Canadian merchant and philanthropist.Born in Kanele, Kiev, in Ukraine, he arrived in Canada in 1902, and settled in Quebec City, where he opened a department store at the age of 20 years, in the Saint-Roch district of Québec City. M. Pollack Ltd...	1887	1
42	Richard Cadbury Barrow	1888	1
43	Francis Corder Clayton	1889-90	2
44	Edward Lawley Parker	1891-92	2
45	George James Johnson	1893	1
46	Thomas Stratton Fallows	1894	1
47	James Smith James Smith -Sports figures:*James Smith *James Smith , American boxer, nicknamed "Bonecrusher"*James Smith , footballer...	1895	2

19th century

o.	Samuel Edwards Samuel Edwards Samuel "Faith" Edwards was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Samuel Edwards was born in Chester Township, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1806 and commenced practice in Chester...	1900	1

20th century

o.	Hallewell Rogers Hallewell Rogers Sir Hallewell Rogers was a British Conservative politician.Rogers was Lord Mayor of Birmingham in 1904. He was appointed Honourary Colonel of the 3rd South Midland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, in 1913....	1902-03	2
6	Rowland Hill Berkeley	1904	1	Died 13 April 1905; an ancestor of Nick Mason Nick Mason Nicholas Berkeley "Nick" Mason is an English drummer and songwriter, best known for his work with Pink Floyd. He was the only constant member of the band since its formation in 1965... .
7	Charles Gabriel Beale	1905	4
8	Alfred John Reynolds	1905	1
9	Henry James Sayer	1906-07	2
10	Sir George Hamilton Kenrick George Hamilton Kenrick Sir George Hamilton Kenrick was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera especially those of New Guinea, and a councillor in Birmingham....	1908	1
11	William Henry Bowater	1909–1912	4
12	Ernest Martineau Martineau family The Martineau Family was a political dynasty from Birmingham, England. Several of them were prominent Unitarians, to the extent that a room in Essex Hall, the headquarters building of the British Unitarians, was named after them.-Mayors of Birmingham:...	1912-14	2
13	William Henry Bowater	1914-15	4
14	Neville Chamberlain Neville Chamberlain Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the...	1915-17	2
15	Arthur David Brooks	1917-18	2
16	Sir David Brooks David Brooks David Brooks may refer to:* David Brooks , American actor and stage director and producer* David Brooks , Australian author of short stories and co-editor for Southerly...	1918-1919	1
17	William Adlington Cadbury	1919–1921	2	Second son of Richard Cadbury Richard Cadbury Richard Cadbury was the second son of the Quaker John Cadbury, founder of Cadbury's cocoa and chocolate company....
18	Sir David Davis	1921–1923	2
19	Thomas Oswald Williams	1923–1924	1
20	Percival Bower	1924-26	2
21	Alfred Henry James	1926–1928	2
22	Wilfred Byng Henrick	1928–1929	1
23	Martin Lewis Lancaster	1929-30	1
24	Walter Willis Saunders	1930–1931	1
25	John Bedford Burman	1931–1932	1
26	Horace Edward Goodby	1932-34	2
27	Samuel John Grey	1934–1936	2
28	Harold Roberts Harold Roberts (politician) Harold Roberts was a British solicitor and Unionist politician. After a long career in local government in Birmingham, he represented the city in the House of Commons for the last five years of his life....	1936–1937	1
29	Ernest Robert Canning	1937–1938	1
30	James Crump	1938–1939	1
31	Theodore Beal Pritchett	1939–1940	1
32	Wilfred Martineau Martineau family The Martineau Family was a political dynasty from Birmingham, England. Several of them were prominent Unitarians, to the extent that a room in Essex Hall, the headquarters building of the British Unitarians, was named after them.-Mayors of Birmingham:...	1940–1941	1
33	Norman Tiptaft	1941–1942	1
34	Walter Samuel Lewis	1942–1943	1
35	Lionel George Helmore Alldridge	1943–1944	1
36	William Theophilus Wiggins-Davies	1944–1945	1
37	Alan Stewart Giles	1945–1946	1
38	Albert Frederick Bradbeer	1946–1947	1
39	John Charles Burman	1947–1949	2
40	Hubert Humphreys	1949-50	1
41	Alfred Paddon-Smith	1950–1951	1
42	Ralph Cyril Yates	1951–1952	1
43	William Tegfryn Bowen	1952–1953	1
44	George Henry Wilson Griffith	1953–1954	1
45	Joseph Reginald Balmer	1954–1955	1
46	Arthur Lummis Gibson	1955–1956	1
47	Ernest William Apps	1956–1957	1
48	John Joseph Grogan	1957–1958	1
49	Donald Johnstone	1958–1959	1
50	John Henry Lewis	1959–1960	1
51	Garnet Benjamin Boughton	1960-61	1
52	Eric Edward Mole	1961–1962	1
53	Ernest Walter Horton	1962–1963	1
54	Louis Glass	1963–1964	1
55	Frank Leslie Price	1964–1965	1
56	George Corbyn Barrow	1965–1966	1
57	Harold Edward Tyler	1966–1967	1
58	James Stephen Meadows	1967–1968	1
59	Charles Valentine George Simpson	1968–1969	1
60	Neville Bruce Alfred Bosworth	1969–1970	1
61	Stanley Bleyer	1970-71	1
62	Victor Ernest Turton	1971–1972	1
63	Frederick Thomas Duncan Hall	1972–1973	1
64	Marjorie Alice Brown	1973–1974	1	First female Lord Mayor
65	Eric James Eames J.P.	1974–1975	1
66	Albert Leslie Samuel Jackson J.P.	1975–1976	1
67	Harold Powell	1976–1977	1
68	Freda Mary Cocks, OBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...	1977–1978	1
69	Edward Frederick Hanson J.P.	1978–1979	1
70	George Canning, OBE Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...	1979–1980	1
71	Joseph Morris Bailey, J.P.	1980–1981	1
72	Kenneth Benjamin Barton	1981–1982	1
73	Peter Hollingworth	1982–1983	1
74	William John Hele Sowton	1983–1984	1
75	Reginald John Hales J.P.	1984–1985	1
76	Frank William Carter	1985–1986	1
77	Alan Denis Martineau Martineau family The Martineau Family was a political dynasty from Birmingham, England. Several of them were prominent Unitarians, to the extent that a room in Essex Hall, the headquarters building of the British Unitarians, was named after them.-Mayors of Birmingham:...	1986–1987	1
78	Frederick James Grattidge	1987–1988	1
79	Harold Charles Blumenthal	1988–1989	1
80	Frederick John Chapman	1989–1990	1
81	Sir Bernard Philip Zissman	1990–1991	1
82	William Henry Turner	1991–1992	1
83	Peter James Philip Barwell	1992–1993	1
84	Paul Tilsley Paul Tilsley Councillor Paul Tilsley MBE is deputy leader of Birmingham City Council and the senior Liberal Democrat in the council's ruling Liberal Democrat-Conservative coalition. He was previously Lord Mayor of Birmingham, in 1993-4....	1993–1994	1
85	Sir Richard Knowles Dick Knowles Sir Richard Marchant Knowles , known as Dick Knowles, was a British politician known for his work in local government in Birmingham. He led the Labour Party administration on Birmingham City Council from 1984 to 1993....	1994-95	1	Leader of Birmingham City Council Birmingham City Council The Birmingham City Council is the body responsible for the governance of the City of Birmingham in England, which has been a metropolitan district since 1974. It is the most populated local authority in the United Kingdom with, following a reorganisation of boundaries in June 2004, 120 Birmingham...  from 1984 to 1993.
86	David Roy	1995–1996	1
87	Marion Arnott-Job	1996–1997	1
88	Sybil Spence	1997–1998	1
89	Susan Anderson	1998–1999	1
90	Ian McArdle	1999–2000	1
91	Theresa Stuart	2000–2001	1

21st century

o.	Chauhdry Abdul Rashid Chauhdry Abdul Rashid Chauhdry Abdul Rashid JP is a former Lord Mayor of Birmingham. He is one of three councillors representing the Nechells ward in the heart of the city.-Background:...	2008-2009	1
100	Michael Wilkes	2009-2010	1
101	Len Gregory	2010-2011	1