List of mayors of Carlisle


The role of Mayor of Carlisle dates from 1231. Originally the mayor was elected by the Freemen of the borough but since 1835 has been chosen by elected councillors.

List of mayors

The following were mayors of Carlisle, Cumbria, England:

Before 20th century

20th century

  • Primary source:
  • 1899–1900 Christopher Ling
  • 1900–1901: John Hurst
  • 1901–02: Benjamin Scott
  • 1902–03: John Maxwell
  • 1903–04: Frederick William Chance
  • 1904–05: Francis Peter Dixon
  • 1905–07: William Irwin Robert Crowder
  • 1907–08: William Nanson Donald
  • 1908–09: William Bell Maxwell
  • 1909–10: William Phillips
  • 1910–11: Sir Benjamin Scott
  • 1911–12: Matthew Johnstone
  • 1912–14: Spencer Charles Ferguson
  • 1914–15: Francis Peter Dixon
  • 1915–16: Walter Phelp Gibbings
  • 1916–17: Joseph Pattinson Buck
  • 1917–19: Bertram Carr
  • 1919–20: Thomas Ridley
  • 1920–21: Henry Kenyon Campbell
  • 1921–22: Archibald Creighton
  • 1922–23: Robert Dalton
  • 1923–24: Hubert Woodville
  • 1924–25: Robert Burns
  • 1925–26: George Edward Edmondson
  • 1926–27: Archibald Creighton
  • 1927–28: Joseph Henderson
  • 1928–29: Thomas Gardhouse Charlton
  • 1929–30: Sir Robert Christopher Chance
  • 1930–31: Frederick William Tassell
  • 1931–32: Matthew Thompson
  • 1932–33: Herbert Atkinson
  • 1933–34: Ebenezer Gray
  • 1934–35: James Cuthbert Studholme
  • 1935–36: John Robert Potts
  • 1936–37: Richard Stanley Harrison
  • 1937–38: John Walker Osborne
  • 1938–39: Tom Dobinson
  • 1939–41: Matthew Thompson
  • 1941–42: Edgar Grierson
  • 1942–44: Alexander C. G. Thomson
  • 1944–45: Wilfred Goody
  • 1945–46: Isa Graham
  • 1946–47: Harold Greenop
  • 1947–49: Elizabeth Welsh
  • 1949–50: Gerald Sheehan
  • 1950–51: Albert Henry Dawson Partridge
  • 1951–52: George Henry Routledge
  • 1952–53: George Bowman
  • 1953–54: Alfred Clement Redvers Punnett
  • 1954–55: Thomas Dawson Lancaster
  • 1955–56: Harold Nelson Sutcliffe
  • 1956–57: Ritson Graham
  • 1957–58: Jessie Martin
  • 1958–59: Irving Burrow
  • 1959–60: William John Hunter
  • 1960–61: Thomas Souness
  • 1961–62: Thomas Logie MacDonald, astronomer
  • 1962–63: Francis Derry
  • 1963–64: David Moffat Hamilton
  • 1964–65: Howard Glaister
  • 1965–66: James Smith
  • 1966–67: Gerard Joseph Coogan
  • 1967–68: Mary Kathleen Sibson
  • 1968–69: Joseph Jackson Bell
  • 1969–70: John Hayhurst
  • 1970–71: Noel Thomas O'Reilly
  • 1971–72: Herbert Fawcett
  • 1972–73: Archibald Caven
  • 1973–74: Hugh Little
  • 1974–75: Thomas Johnson
  • 1975–76: Thomas MacMillan Bisland
  • 1976–77: George Edward Dudson
  • 1977–78: Jim Long
  • 1978–79: Gordon Henry Griffiths
  • 1979–80: David Weedall
  • 1980–81: Walter Sydney Bell
  • 1981–82: Alan Graham
  • 1982–83: Donald Fell
  • 1983–84: Trudy Whalley
  • 1984–85: Ian Stockdale
  • 1985–86: Keith Aitken
  • 1986–87: Harry Gallagher
  • 1987–88: Victor Davis
  • 1988–89: Cyril Weber
  • 1989–90: R. C. Hayhoe
  • 1990–91: John Amos
  • 1991–92: Elsie Coleman
  • 1992–93: Harold Evans
  • 1993–94: Jayne Prewitt
  • 1994–95: Colin Paisley
  • 1995–96: Alfred Brumwell
  • 1996–97: Craig Johnston
  • 1997–98: John Metcalfe
  • 1998–99: Heather Bradley, musician
  • 1999–2000: John Collier

21st century

  • source :
  • 2000–01: Ray Knapton
  • 2001–02: Doreen Parsons
  • 2002–03: Alan Toole
  • 2003–04: Judith Pattinson
  • 2004–05: Ralph Aldersey
  • 2005–06: Sandra Fisher
  • 2006–07: Peter Farmer
  • 2007–08: Elizabeth Mallinson
  • 2008–09: Jacqui Geddes
  • 2009–10: William Graham
  • 2010–11: Mary Styth
  • 2011–12: Barry Ogilvie Earp
  • 2012–13: David Wilson
  • 2013–14: Ray Bloxham
  • 2014–15: Steven Bowditch
  • 2015–16: Steve Layden
  • 2016-17: Colin Stothard
  • 2017-18: Trish Vasey
  • 2018-19: Jessica Riddle
  • 2019-2021: Marilyn Bowman
  • 2021-2022: Pamela Birks
  • 2022-2023: Mike Mitchelson
  • 2023-2024: Abdul Harid
  • 2024-2025: Christopher Southward
  • 2025-present: Jeanette Whalen