List of mayors of Wolverhampton

This is a list of mayors of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands of England, historically part of Staffordshire. Wolverhampton has elected a town council, which in turn has elected a Mayor, since 1848.

Mayors of Wolverhampton

19th century

20th century

No.	Image	Mayor	Tenure	Terms	Notes
46		Price Lewis	1900	1	Master Tailor. JP
47		John Walton Hamp	1900 -1901	1	Surgeon & Chief Magistrate. St John's Ward.
48		Charles Paulton Plant	1901/02	1	Wine merchant & brewer. St Peter's Ward. Chairman Streets Committee.
49		George Rennie Thorne	1902/03	1	Liberal. Solicitor & Lay preacher. St Matthew's Ward.
50		Levi Johnson	1903/04	1	Brewer & Wine merchant. First treasurer of Wolverhampton Wanderers. Elected to Town Council in 1881 St John's Ward. Borough Magistrate in 1899, in 1900, Honorary Freeman of the Borough in 1926. Daughter called Alice Wulfrun Bayley Johnson born during mayoralty. Pioneer of cycle trade and chairman of Star Motor Company. Chairman of Wolverhampton Freeholders Permanent Building Society.
51		Richard Evans Willoughby Berrington	1904/05	1	Civil engineer
52		Albert Baldwin Bantock	1905-1907	2	Coal & Iron agent, High Sheriff of Staffordshire
53		Fred Evans	1907/08	1
54		Edward Lewis Cullwick	1908-1909	1	Harness manufacturer. Died in Office, 1 April 1909
55		Fred Evans	1909	1
56		John Grout	1909 -1910	1	Physician And surgeon
57		Charles Thomas Richards	1910/11	1	Pawnbroker And Jeweller
58		Thomas William Dickinson	1911-1913	2	Fruit merchant & farmer
59		Frederick Howard Skidmore	1913/14	1	Auctioneer & Valuer
60		Albert Baldwin Bantock	1914/15	1	First Mayor to stand for a third term
61		Arthur Charles Skidmore	1915-1917	2	Solicitor, Borough Coroner
62		John Francis Myatt	1917/18	1	Brewer
63		Alfred George Jeffs	1918/19	1	Wholesale grocer
64		Thomas Austin Henn	1919/20	1	, Jeweller. Freeman of Wolverhampton.
65		James Thompson	1920-1922	2	, Chairman of John Thompson Ltd., manufacturers. High Sheriff of Staffordshire, he lived at Ludstone Hall, Claverley. He was injured in a fall from a horse in 1933 and died the following year
66		Thomas Frost	1922/23	1	Founder of Thomas Frost Shopfitting
67		Joseph Clark	1923-1925	2
68		Frederick Albert Willcock	1925-1927	2	Retired chemist
69		Albert Edward Wood	1927-1929	2
70		Alan Davies	1929/30	1
71		Joseph Haddock	1930/31	1	, later manager of the Star and Garter Hotel.
72		John Lewis	1931-1932	1	Died in Office, 25 February 1932
73		Joseph Haddock	1932	1	Elected Mayor for remainder of Municipal year
74		Sir Charles Arthur Mander	1932 -1933	1	Alderman
75		Bertram Kidson	1933/34	1	Chartered Accountant
76		Morris Christopher	1934/35	1
77		James Whittaker	1935/36	1	. Died following a motor car accident near Ascot.
78		Sir Charles Arthur Mander	1936/37	1
79		Richard Ernest Probert	1937/38	1
80		George Edwin John Luce	1938/39	1
81		Harry Austin White	1939/40	1
82		Albert Abraham Beach	1940/41	1
83		George Bates	1941/42	1
84		Anacletus Byrne-Quinn	1942/43	1	Physician & Surgeon, MB BS MRCS Eng. LRCP Lond. The Poplars, Third Ave., Low Hill, Fallings Park.
85		Frederick Stephen Thompson	1943/44	1	Boiler Works Manager
86		Thomas William Phillipson	1944/45	1	Former Wolves footballer and prolific striker.
87		William Lawley	1945/46	1
88		Cyril Bernard Vincent Taylor	1946/47	1
89		Herbert Edwin Lane	10 November 1947-23 May 49	2
90		Henry "Harry" Bowdler	1949/50	1
91		Louis Reginald Guy	1950/51	1
92		James Beattie	1951/52	1	Joint Managing Director of James Beattie Ltd., grandson of the founder.
93		Harold Thomas Fullwood	1952/53	1
94		Alice Annie Braybrook	18 May 1953-1954	1	Wolverhampton's first woman Mayor.
95		Leonard James Woolridge	24 May 1954/55	1
96		Frank Mansell	23 May 1955/56	1
97		George Rastall	28 May 1956/57	1
98		Ruby Florence Ilsley	20 May 1957-1958	1
99		John Clement Horner	1958/59	1
100		Norman Frank Bagley	1959/60	1
101		Harold Marsh	1960/61	1
102		Charles Herbert Davies	1961/62	1
103		Malcolm Pascal Birch	1962/63	1
104		Herbert Preece	1963/64	1
105		Harry Bagley	1964/65	1
106		Frank Clapham	1965/66	1
107		Frank Stanley Smith	1966/67	1
108		Edward Yardley Fullwood	1967/68	1
109		Robert Campbell	1968/69	1
110		Stanley Steventon Tatem	1969/70	1
111		Gerald Anthony Guy	1970/71	1
112		Francis Victor Law	1971/72	1
113		Arthur Storer	1972/73	1
114		Dennis Arthur Birch	1973/74	1
115		Samuel Herbert Reynolds	1974/75	1
116		Edward Mitchell	1975/76	1
117		Arthur Ernest Steventon	1976/77	1
118		Jessie Emma Beddoes	1977/78	1
119		Violet Amy Fletcher	1978/79	1
120		Ian George Claymore	1979/80	1
121		Herbert Edwin Lane	1980/81	1	2nd term as Mayor
122		Ernest William Bold	1981/82	1
123		John Arthur Morey	1982/83	1
124		Alfred Christopher Laws	1983/84	1
125		Stanley Arthur Ledsam	1984/85	1
126		George Fredrick Howells	1985/86	1
127		Bishan Dass	1986/87	1	Labour, Ettingshall Ward, first elected 1 May 1975.
128		Doreen Mildred Seiboth	1987/88	1
129		Philip Reginald Richards	1988/89	1
130		Richard Reynolds	1989/90	1
131		John Geraghty	1990-1990	1
132		Richard Reynolds	1990 -1991	1	2nd term as Mayor
133		Surjan Singh Duhra	1991/92	1	Labour, St Peter's Ward, election history from 4 May 1978 to 5 May 2011.
134		Raymond Bert Swatman	1992/93	1
135		Richard Fredrick Whitehouse	1993/94	1	Liberal Independent, Spring Vale Ward, first elected 3 May 1984.
136		Stanley Arthur Ledsam	1994/95	1	2nd term as Mayor
137		Margaret Mary Benton	1995/96	1	Labour, Bilston North Ward, election history from 2 May 1991 to 1 May 2003.
138		George Fredrick Howells	1996/97	1	2nd term as Mayor
139		Francis Docherty	1997/98	1	Labour, East Park Ward, election history from 2 May 1991 to 5 May 2011.
140		Gwendoline Mary Stafford Good	1998/99	1
141		Peter Alan Bilson	1999/2000	1	Labour, Bushbury South and Low Hill Ward, first elected 6 May 1982.