List of mayors of Bradford


This is a list of Mayors and the later Lord Mayors of the city of Bradford.
After having elected a mayor since 1847 Bradford was awarded the dignity of a Lord Mayoralty by letters patent dated 16 September 1907. At the time, it was the seventh most populous borough in England and Wales, and the second largest in area, and thus the largest municipality without a Lord Mayor. When Bradford became a metropolitan borough in 1974 the honour was confirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1974.

Mayors of Bradford

Source:
YearNameNotes
1847–48Robert MilliganMP for Bradford, 1851
1848-49Titus SaltMill Owner
MP for Bradford, 1859
1849-50Henry Forbes
1850-51William Rand
1851-54Samuel Smith
1854-56William Murgatroyd
1856-59Henry Brown
1859-62Isaac Wright
1862-63Matthew William ThompsonRailway Company Director
MP for Bradford, 1867
1863-64Joseph Farrar
1864-65Charles SemonTextile Merchant
1865-66John Venimore GodwinPhotographer
1866-67William Brayshaw
1867-68James Law
1868-69Edward West
1869-71Mark Dawson
1871-73Matthew William ThompsonRailway Company Director
MP for Bradford, 1867
1873-74Manoah Rhodes
1874-75Henry MitchellMill Owner
1875-76Wilson SutcliffeManaging Partner of Bowling Dye Works
1876-77George Motley Waud
1877-78Briggs PriestleyMill Owner
MP for Pudsey, 1885
1878-81Angus HoldenTextile company director
MP for Bradford East,1885
1881-82John Hill
1882-83Frederick Priestman
1883-85Isaac Smith
1885-86Thomas Hill
1886-87Angus HoldenTextile company director
MP for Bradford East, 1885
1887-88John Limber Morley
1888-89William Moulson
1889-90Smith Feather
1890-91Ezra Waugh Hammond
1891-92Thomas Priestley
1892-93William Oddy
1893-94Jonas Whitley
1894-96William Willis Wood
1896-98Thomas Speight
1898-99William Edward Aykroyd
1899-1902William C. Lupton
1902-04David WadeAlderman. Liberal
1904-05William Edward Briggs PriestleyMill-owner
MP for Bradford East, 1906
1905-06William A. Whitehead

Lord Mayors of Bradford

YearNameNotes
1906-07John Arthur GodwinMerchant, First Lord Mayor, 1907
1907-08John E. Fawcett
1908-09James HillWoollen Merchant
MP for Bradford Central, 1916
1909-10William Land
1910-11Jacob MoserTextile merchant
1911-12John B. Moorhouse
1912-13Fred Foster
1913-14John Arnold
1914-15George H. Robinson
1915-16Thomas Howarth
1916-17Abram Peel
1917-18John Bland
1918Herbert Hustler Tetley
1918-19Joseph Hayhurst
1919Walter Barber
1919-20William Wade
1920-21Anthony GadieEstate Agent
MP for Bradford Central, 1924
1921-22Thomas Blythe
1922-23Thomas Sowden
1923-24Herbert M. Trotter
1924-25John Henry PalinUnion official
MP for Bradford North, 1918
1925-26Joseph Stringer
1926-27Richard Johnson
1927-28Michael Conway
1928-29Herbert T. Pullan
1929-30Angus H. Rhodes
1930-31Alfred Pickles
1931-32George Walker
1932-33John W. Longley
1933-34Arthur W. Brown
1934-35Walter Hodgson
1935-36Jonas Pearson
1936-37George R. Carter
1937-38Henry Hudson
1938-39Tom J. Robinson
1939-40Meredith Farrer TitteringtonMP for Bradford South
1940-41William Illingworth
1941-42Louis F.W.S. Smith
1942-43James Harrison
1943-44Walter Barraclough
1944-45Cecil Barnett
1945-46Kathleen Chambers
1946-47Thomas I. Clough
1947-49Frederick J. Cowie
1949-50George Thomas Meggison
1950-51Alton Ward
1951-52Horace HirdDirector, H. Hird Ltd.
1952-53John Shee
1953-54Angus Crowther
1954-55Henry James White
1955Herbert William Semper
1955-56Richard Cornelius Ruth
1956-57Horace Robert Walker
1957-58David Black
1958-59Norbert William Durrant
1959-60Ernest England
1960-61Edgar RobinsonTextile Manufacturer, Liberal
1961-62Benjamin Wilfrid Berry
1962-63Harold K. Watson
1963-64Tom Wood
1964-65Weber Marshall Hird
1965-66Jack Wilkinson
1966-67Louis Cowgill
1967Thomas Lee
1968John William Taylor
1968-69Arthur Walton
1969-70Edward Newby
1970-71John E. B. SingletonTextile Merchant, John Singleton & Son. Manufacturers
1971-72Herbert Moran
1972-73Audrey Firth
1973-74Derek Smith
April 1974John E. B. SingletonTextile Merchant, John Singleton & Son. Manufacturers
1974-75Tom Edward Hall
1975-76Doris Birdsall
1976-77Frank Hillam
1977-78Paul Hockney
1978-79Arthur F. Trigg
1979-80John S. Senior
1980-81Arnold Lightowler
1981-82Daniel C. Coughlin
1982-83Joan Lightband
1983-84Norman Free
1984-85Olive Messer
1985-86Mohammed AjeebHousing Director
1986-87William Arthur Nunn
1987-88Laurie C. Coughlin
1988-89Smith Midgley
1989-90George Hodgson
1990-91Ernest Saville
1991-92Sydney John Collard
1992-93Barry Kenneth Thorne
1993-94Robert Sowman
1994-95Danny Mangham
1995-96Marilyn Beeley
1996-97Gordon Mitchell
1997-98James Anthony Cairns
1998-99Tony Miller
1999-2000Harry Mason
2000-01John Stanley King
2001-02Ghazanfer Khaliq
2002-03Richard E.J. WightmanFinance Director
2003-04Allan Irving Hillary
2004-05Irene Ellison-Wood
2005-06Valerie Binney
2006-07Choudhary RangzebBusinessman
2007-08Robin Owens
2008-09Howard Middleton
2009-10John D Godward
2010-11Peter Hill
2011-12Naveeda Ikram
2012-13Dale Smith
2013-14Khadim HussainEngineer
2014-15Mike Gibbons
2015–16Joanne Dodds
2016–17Geoff ReidMethodist minister
2017–18Abid Hussain
2018–19Zafar Ali-
2019–20Doreen Lee-