This is a list of individuals who have held the office of Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington 1900-65 or of the London Borough of Islington since 1965.
Mayors of the Metropolitan Borough[]
- 1900-01 William John Crump
- 1901-02 William John Crump (second term)
- 1902-03 George Samuel Elliott
- 1903-04 Andrew Mitchell Torrance
- 1904-05 Andrew Mitchell Torrance (second term)
- 1905-06 Henry Mills
- 1906-07 George Samuel Elliott (second term)
- 1907-08 George Samuel Elliott (third term)
- 1908-09 George Samuel Elliott (fourth term)
- 1909-10 Henry James Clarke
- 1910-11 George Samuel Elliott (fifth term)
- 1911-12 George Samuel Elliott (sixth term)
- 1912-13 George Samuel Elliott (seventh term)
- 1913-14 George Samuel Elliott (eighth term)
- 1914-15 George Samuel Elliott (ninth term)
- 1915-16 George Samuel Elliott (tenth term)
- 1916-17 George Samuel Elliott (eleventh term)
- 1917-18 Sir George Samuel Elliott (twelfth term)
- 1918-19 Sir George Samuel Elliott (thirteenth term)
- 1919-20 Ernest Henry King [1], [2]. A printer and Chairman of Islington Labour Party.
- 1920-21 Ernest Henry King (second term)
- 1921-22 Henry George Coleman 1867-1928
- 1922-23 Sidney Charles Harper
- 1923-24 Sidney Charles Harper (second term)
- 1924-25 Sidney Charles Harper (third term)
- 1925-26 Louis Lewis [3]
- 1926-27 Thomas Lewis Harrold 1862-1949
- 1927-28 Walter Frederick Nokes 1862-1953
- 1928-29 Sidney Charles Harper (fourth term)
- 1929-30 William Edwin Manchester
- 1930-31 Frank Leyden Sargent
- 1931-32 George Henry Ball 1886-1940
- 1932-33 Leonard McClane [4]
- 1933-34 Bertie Holden
- 1934-35 Henry George Coleman (second term)
- 1935-36 Henry George Coleman (third term)
- 1936-37 George Bryant Naish
- 1937-38 Jessie Leonie Blythe - died 1960 aged 76 [5]. First woman granted the Freedom of the Borough [6], [7]
- 1938-39 Duncan McArthur Jackson
- 1939-40 Duncan McArthur Jackson (second term)
- 1940-41 Herbert James Lowton Lygoe
- 1941-42 Alderman Percy Olive
- 1942-43 Alderman Percy Olive (second term)
- 1943-44 Alfred William Wynn[1]
- 1944-45 George Bennett
- 1945-46 George William Riley [8]
- 1946-47 David Gwyn Jones
- 1947-49 Albert Edward Smith[2]
- 1949-50 Herbert James Lowton Lygoe
- 1950-51 Thomas William Isaacs 1897-1955
- 1951-52 Albert Baker - Baker House, Baird Street named after him [9]
- 1952-53 Albert John Rogers
- 1953-54 Charles F Rogers [10]
- 1954-55 Mrs Jessie Maude Barnes died 1960 aged 56 [11]
- 1955-56: Herbert William Herrington
- 1956-57: Herbert Charles Littlewood
- 1957-58: David John Lewis
- 1958-59: William Bunyan Gough 7 November 1905-1976
- 1959-60: John Charles Barnes: Barnes Court named after him [12]
- 1960-61: Agnes Seeley [13]
- 1961-62: Lawrence Ollie Webster died 1963 aged 79
- 1962-63: Stanley Cecil Bowerman 3 May 1902-1972
- 1963-64: George Albert Barnard 4 February 1900-1974 [14]
- 1964-65: Mrs Florence Hilda Cantwell (last mayor of Metropolitan Borough) 6 June 1899-1978
Mayors of the London Borough[]
- 1965 Catherine Griffiths
- 1966-67: (Arthur James) Jim Coman 6 August 1902-1975 [15]
- 1967-68: Arthur Edward White [16]
- 1968-69 Richard Ernest Trott [17]
- 1969-70 Donald William Bromfield
- 1970-71 Robin Goodman
- 1971-72 Ernest Gough
- 1972-73 Mrs Patricia A Bradbury - wife of Richard Greening, 2015-16 mayor [18]
- 1973-74 Harry Reid [19] and [20]
- 1974-75: Jack Walker [21]
- 1975-76 David J Davies
- 1976-77 Mrs Skip Gordon died 2004 [22]
- 1977-78 (HJ) Bert Stanfield
- 1978-79 Mrs Doris Rogers died 2004 [23]
- 1979-80 Arthur Bell [24]
- 1980-81: James Evans
- 1981-82: Edna Browning
- 1982-83: Ted Doveton [25] and [26]
- 1983-84: Patrick Haynes [27] and [28]
- 1984-85: Rosie Dale [29]
- 1985-86: Marjorie A Ogilvy-Webb [30]
- 1986-87: Bob Crossman - 1947-1996 archives [31]; biographical details here
- 1987-88: Terry Herbert
- 1988-89: Valda James [32]
- 1989-90: Candy Atherton
- 1990-91: Maureen Leigh
- 1991-92: Joan Herbert
- 1992-93: Edna Griffiths [33]
- 1993-94: Anne Gilman [34] and [35]
- 1994-95: Michael Boye-Anawomah [36], [37] and [38]
- 1995-96: John Burke - Hackney near namesake Jon Burke, and Porirua New Zealand namesake [39].
- 1996-97: Sandy Marks [40]
- 1997-98: Rupert Perry
- 1998-99: Meg Hillier [41]
- 1999-2000: Jenny Sands [42]
- 2000-01: Mary Powell [43] and [44]
- 2001-02: Joe Trotter - [45] Son of 1959-1960 Mayor of Finsbury
- 2002-03: Margot Dunn [46], [47] and [48]
- 2003-04: Doreen Scott [49] ahd [50]
- 2004-05: Joan Coupland [51], [52], [53], and [54]
- 2005-06: Jonathan Dearth [55]
- 2006-07: Jyoti Vaja
- 2007-08: Barbara Smith [56], [57]
- 2008-09: Stefan Kasprzyk [58], [59], [60], [61], and [62]
- 2009-10: Anna Berent [63], [64], [65], and [66]
- 2010-11: Mouna Hamitouche [67] and [68]
- 2011-12: Phil Kelly
- 2012-13: Jilani Chowdhury
- 2013-14 Barry Edwards [69], [70] and [71]
- 2014-15 Theresa Debono [72]
- 2015-16 Richard Greening Husband of 1972-73 Mrs Patricia A Bradbury mayor [73] and [74] [3]
- 2016-17 Kat Fletcher
- 2017-18 Una O'Halloran[4]
- 2018-19 Dave Poyser [75]
- 2019-20 Rakhia Ismail
- 2020-21 Janet Burgess
- 2021-22 Troy Gallagher[5]
- 2022-23 Marian Spall
- 2023-24 Gary Heather [6]
References[]
- ↑ Obituaries, Transport & General Workers' Record, Vol. 42, 1962, p.
- ↑ The Representation of the People Act 1948 changed the date of mayoral elections from November to May. Mayors elected in November 1947 remained in office until May 1949.
- ↑ Mayor. London Borough of Islington. Retrieved on 7 June 2015.
- ↑ Una O'Halloran is Islington's new Mayor. London Borough of Islington (12 May 2017).
- ↑ Emma Bartholomew (21 May 2021). 'A new tomorrow': Troy Gallagher takes over as Islington’s mayor. Islington Gazette.
- ↑ New Islington mayor pledges to be people’s mayor. Islington Gazette (15 May 2023).