Past Mayors of Oldham

Mayors of the County Borough of Oldham

Mayors from 1849 to 1861

JONES William 1849-50
COLLINGE James 1850-51-52
LEES James 1852-53-54
PLATT John 1854-55-56 1861-2
RADCLIFFE Josiah 1856-57-58 1864-65
BARLOW George 1858-59

Mayors from 1861 to 1880

LEACH Abraham 1859-60-61
PLATT John 1861-62 (See 1854)
RILEY John 1862-63-64
KNOTT William 1865-66
TAYLOR John 1866-67
ROBINSON John 1867-68
RYE William 1868-69
HARTLEY Edmund 1869-70
MAYALL Edward 1870-71
CROMPTON Abraham 1871-72
WRIGLEY William 1872-73
WHITTAKER Emanuel 1873-74
MELLOWDEW James 1874-75
WAINWRIGHT George 1875-76
WILD John 1876-77
BODDEN William 1877-78
HAMILTON George 1878-79
CHADWICK William 1879-80

Mayors from 1881 to 1900

YATES James 1880-81-82 1904-05
OGDEN Samuel 1882-83
BUCKLEY Samuel 1883-84 1889-90-91
RADCLIFFE Joshua Walmsley 1884-85-86-87
PLATT Samuel Radcliffe 1887-88-89
BUCKLEY Samuel 1889-90-91 (See 1883-4)
EMMOTT Alfred 1891-92
NOTON William 1892-93
SMITH Joseph 1893-94
WHITTAKER Robert 1894-95-96-97
WADDINGTON Alfred 1897-98
BRIERLEY Jackson 1898-99
HOOD John 1899-1900-01

Mayors from 1901 to 1920

ECKERSLEY James 1901-02
HANSON George 1902-03
CHADWICK Horatio 1903-04
YATES James 1904-05 (See 1880)
CARSON Thomas John 1905-06
GOURLEY Robert 1906-07-08
BOLTON Thomas 1908-09
SCHOFIELD William 1909-10
LEES Sarah Anne 1910-11
ISHERWOOD Fred Graham 1911-12
ASHWORTH Joseph 1912-13
WILDE Herbert 1913-14
LEES William 1914-15
GREAVES James 1915-16
MIDDLETON James 1916-17
BUCKLEY William 1917-18
BERRY John 1918-19
HARDMAN Charles 1919-20

Mayors from 1921 to 1940

LEES William 1920-21
HOUGHTON Frederick 1921-22
FREEMAN William Edwin 1922-23
CHEETHAM James Kershaw 1923-24
BROADBENT Fred 1924-25
POLLARD Frank 1925-26
FRITH Samuel 1926-27
SHORROCKS Edwin Heyes 1927-28
TUPMAN Herbert Wild 1928-29
CRABTREE Isaac 1929-30
WATERHOUSE John Fletcher 1930-31
HAGUE Joseph 1931-32
BARDSLEY Elisha 1932-33
SHANNON James 1933-34
WRIGLEY Thomas 1934-35
BAINBRIDGE Robert William 1935-36
TWEEDALE Frank 1936-37
HOWCROFT Alfred James 1937-38
BANNON James 1938-39
BUCKLEY John Robert 1939-40

Mayors from 1941 to 1960

TAYLOR William Heaton 1940-41
CHAMBERLAIN Harry Ernest 1941-42
DRIVER Thomas 1942-43
ROBERTS Richard 1943-44
HALLWOOD Alfred 1944-45
MARRON Stirling Thomas 1945-46
BERRY Joseph 1946-47
THORNTON Stott 1947-48-49
MARSHALL Alfred 1949-50
KERSHAW Ernest 1950-51
LORD Frank O.B.E. 1951-52
WHITTAKER Henry Bradbury 1952-53
KENYON Frank 1953-54
WEBSTER Herbert Henry 1954-55
HOLT Herbert M.B.E. 1955-56
LYSON Thomas 1956-57
TWEEDALE Arnold 1957-58
BRADLEY James 1958-59
HILTON Joseph Tennyson 1959-60

Mayors from 1961 to 1980

HOLDEN George Frederick 1960-61
KENYON Alice Amelia 1961-62
SHYNE John 1962-63
BROADBENT James Herbert 1963-64
KENNEY Edward 1964-65
CLOVER Wilfred O.B.E. 1965-66
KENNY Henry 1966-67
BALSON Frank Bashforth 1967-68
BAILEY Robert 1968-69
WARRENER Jack 1969-70
ROTHWELL Ethel 1970-71
BAXTER Fred 1971-72
JACKSON David 1972-73
BAMFORD Malcolm Forsyth 1973-74

Mayors of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council

BRIERLEY Ellen 1974-75
ARMITAGE Jack 1975-76
McCALL Christopher 1976-77
WEBB Geoffrey 1977-78
LORD Edward 1978-79
SHANLEY Harold 1979-80

Mayors from 1981 to 2000

CAMPBELL Colin 1980-81
CROWTHER John Raymond 1981-82
CLARKE Alfred 1982-83
CURRAN John Joseph 1983-84
LEYDEN James Kevin 1984-85
McCONNELL Alwyn Bywater 1985-86
JOWETT Albert Banks 1986-87
TWEEDALE Arnold O.B.E. 1987-88
SLACK Harry 1988-89
SHAW Elsie 1989-90
JACOBS Sidney 1990-91
SEMPLE Ralph 1991-92
BENNETT Norman 1992-93
MATHER Brian 1993-94
HEAP Frank 1994-95
FARQUAR Joseph 1995-96
GRIFFITHS Alan 1996-97
DEAN Peter 1997-98
RILEY Margaret 1998-99
BATTYE John 1999-2000

Mayors from 2001 to present

DILLON John 2000-01
WHEELER Christine 2001-02
AHMAD Riaz 2002-03
SEDGEWICK Val 2003-04
JABBAR Abdul 2005-05
KNOX Kay 2005-06
JUDGE Bernard 2006-07
WINGATE Ann 2007-08

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