Leicester City Council - Lord Mayor

Lord Mayor

The position of Lord Mayor of Leicester is mainly a ceremonial post, and is combined with that of chair of the council. The position is elected yearly by members of the council and rotates. Here is a history of Leicester's Lord Mayors:

• James Thomas (1927–1928)
• Harry Hand (1928–1929)
• William Hincks (1929–1930)
• Harry Carver (1930–1931)
• Walter Wilford (1931–1932)
• Arthur Hawkes (1932–1933)
• William Billings (1933–1934)
• Ernest Grimsley (1934–1935)
• Richard Hallam (1935–1936)
• Arthur Swain (1936–1937)
• Frank Acton (1937–1938)
• Thomas Gooding (1938–1939)
• George Parbury (1939–1940)
• William Joseph Cort (1940–1941)
• Elizabeth Rowley Frisby (1941–1942)
• Sydney Taylor (1942–1943)
• Charles Edward Gillot (1943–1944)
• John Minto (1944–1945)
• Charles Edward Worthington, C.B.E. (1945–1946)
• William Henry Smith (1946–1947)
• John Newton Frears (1947–1949)
• John William Wale (1949–1950)
• Alderman Frederick Ernest Oliver (1950–1951)
• Aderman Thomas Rowland Hill (1951–1952)
• Alderman Geoffrey Morris Barnett (1952–1953)
• Alderman Charles Robert Keene (1953–1954)
• Alderman Cecil Herbert Harris (1954–1955)
• Alderman Samuel Cooper (1955–1956)
• Alderman Alfred Harkyard (1956–1957)
• Alderman Frederick John Jackson (1957–1958)
• Alderman Sidney Brown (1958–1959)
• Alderman Bertram Powell (1959–1960)
• Alderman Dorothy Russell (1960–1961)
• Alderman May Goodwin (1961–1962)
• Alderman Harold Heard (1962–1963)
• Alderman Constance Elizabeth Jackson (1963–1964)
• Alderman Archibald Henry William Kimberlin (1964–1965)
• Alderman Sidney William Bridges (1965–1966)
• Alderman Mrs Monica Mary Trotter (1966–1967)
• Alderman Sir Mark Henig (1967–1968)
• Alderman Kenneth William Bowder (1968–1969)
• Alderman Edward Marston (1969–1970)
• Alderman George Baldwin (1970–1971)
• Alderman Percy Watts (1971–1972)
• Alderman Herbert Stanley Tomlinson (1972–1973)
• Councillor Clarence Arnold Wakefield (1973–1974)
• Councillor Mrs Anne Irene Pollard (1974–1975)
• Councillor Mrs Lily Roma Marriott J,P. (1975–1976)
• Councillor Bernard Toft (1976–1977)
• Councillor Albert Turner Baker (1977–1978)
• Councillor Albert Sylveter Watson (1978–1979)
• Councillor William Henry Scotton (1979–1980)
• Councillor Herbert Henry Sowden (1980–1981)
• Councillor Archibald Berridge (1981–1982)
• Councillor William Page (1982–1983)
• Councillor George Billington (1983–1984)
• Councillor Michael Cuffllin (1984–1985)
• Councillor Mrs Janet Setchfield (1985–1986)
• Councillor Sydney St.John Phipps (1986–1987)
• Councillor Gordhan Parmar (1987–1988)
• Councillor Guy Collis (1988–1989)
• Councillor David Anthony Taylor (1989–1990)
• Councillor Peter Kimberlin (1990–1991)
• Councillor Colin Grundy (1991–1992)
• Councillor Robert Wigglesworth (1992–1993)
• Councillor Henry Dunphy (1993–1994)
• Councillor Margaret Bell (1994–1995)
• Councillor Michael Johnson (1995–1996)
• Councillor Culdipp Bhatti (1996–1997)
• Councillor Raymond Flint (1997–1998)
• Councillor John Mugglestone (1998–1999)
• Councillor Phil Swift (1999–2000)
• Councillor Mrs Barbara Chambers (2000–2001)
• Councillor John Allen (2001–2002)
• Councillor Maggie Bodell-Stagg (2002–2003)
• Councillor Ramnik Kavia (2003–2004)
• Councillor Piara Singh Clair (2004–2005)
• Councillor Mary Draycott (2005–2006)
• Councillor Paul Westley (2006–2007)
• Councillor Gary G Hunt (2007–2008)
• Councillor Manjula Sood (2008–2009)
• Councillor Roger Blackmore (2009–2010)
• Councillor Colin Hall (2010–2011)
• Councillor Robert Wann (Acting Lord Mayor April/May 2011)
• Councillor Robert Wann (2011–2012)
• Councillor Abdul Osman (Incumbent since 17th May 2012)