List of mayors of Bradford
Lord Mayors of Bradford

List of mayors of Bradford

Section Title: Lord Mayors of Bradford
Table Section Text: None

Year	Name	Notes

1906-07	John Arthur Godwin	Merchant, First Lord Mayor, 1907

1907-08	John E. Fawcett

1908-09	James Hill	Woollen Merchant MP for Bradford Central, 1916

1909-10	William Land

1910-11	Jacob Moser	Textile merchant

1911-12	John B. Moorhouse

1912-13	Fred Foster

1913-14	John Arnold

1914-15	George H. Robinson

1915-16	Thomas Howarth

1916-17	Abram Peel

1917-18	John Bland

1918	Herbert Hustler Tetley

1918-19	Joseph Hayhurst

1919	Walter Barber

1919-20	William Wade

1920-21	Anthony Gadie	Estate Agent MP for Bradford Central, 1924

1921-22	Thomas Blythe

1922-23	Thomas Sowden

1923-24	Herbert M. Trotter

1924-25	John Henry Palin	Union official MP for Bradford North, 1918

1925-26	Joseph Stringer

1926-27	Richard Johnson

1927-28	Michael Conway

1928-29	Herbert T. Pullan

1929-30	Angus H. Rhodes

1930-31	Alfred Pickles

1931-32	George Walker

1932-33	John W. Longley

1933-34	Arthur W. Brown

1934-35	Walter Hodgson

1935-36	Jonas Pearson

1936-37	George R. Carter

1937-38	Henry Hudson

1938-39	Tom J. Robinson

1939-40	Meredith Farrer Titterington	MP for Bradford South

1940-41	William Illingworth

1941-42	Louis F.W.S. Smith

1942-43	James Harrison

1943-44	Walter Barraclough

1944-45	Cecil Barnett

1945-46	Kathleen Chambers

1946-47	Thomas I. Clough

1947-49	Frederick J. Cowie

1949-50	George Thomas Meggison

1950-51	Alton Ward

1951-52	Horace Hird	Director, H. Hird (Steeplejack) Ltd.

1952-53	John Shee

1953-54	Angus Crowther

1954-55	Henry James White

1955	Herbert William Semper

1955-56	Richard Cornelius Ruth

1956-57	Horace Robert Walker

1957-58	David Black

1958-59	Norbert William Durrant

1959-60	Ernest England

1960-61	Edgar Robinson	Textile Manufacturer, Liberal

1961-62	Benjamin Wilfrid Berry

1962-63	Harold K. Watson

1963-64	Tom Wood

1964-65	Weber Marshall Hird

1965-66	Jack Wilkinson

1966-67	Louis Cowgill

1967	Thomas Lee

1968	John William Taylor

1968-69	Arthur Walton

1969-70	Edward Newby

1970-71	John E. B. Singleton	Textile Merchant, John Singleton & Son. Manufacturers

1971-72	Herbert Moran

1972-73	Audrey Firth

1973-74	Derek Smith

April 1974	John E. B. Singleton	Textile Merchant, John Singleton & Son. Manufacturers

1974-75	Tom Edward Hall

1975-76	Doris Birdsall

1976-77	Frank Hillam

1977-78	Paul Hockney

1978-79	Arthur F. Trigg

1979-80	John S. Senior

1980-81	Arnold Lightowler

1981-82	Daniel C. Coughlin

1982-83	Joan Lightband

1983-84	Norman Free

1984-85	Olive Messer

1985-86	Mohammed Ajeeb	Housing Director

1986-87	William Arthur Nunn

1987-88	Laurie C. Coughlin

1988-89	Smith Midgley

1989-90	George Hodgson

1990-91	Ernest Saville

1991-92	Sydney John Collard

1992-93	Barry Kenneth Thorne

1993-94	Robert Sowman

1994-95	Danny Mangham

1995-96	Marilyn Beeley

1996-97	Gordon Mitchell

1997-98	James Anthony (Tony) Cairns

1998-99	Tony Miller

1999-2000	Harry Mason

2000-01	John Stanley King

2001-02	Ghazanfer Khaliq

2002-03	Richard E.J. Wightman	Finance Director

2003-04	Allan Irving Hillary

2004-05	Irene Ellison-Wood

2005-06	Valerie Binney

2006-07	Choudhary Rangzeb	Businessman

2007-08	Robin Owens

2008-09	Howard Middleton

2009-10	John D Godward

2010-11	Peter Hill

2011-12	Naveeda Ikram

2012-13	Dale Smith

2013-14	Khadim Hussain	Engineer

2014-15	Mike Gibbons

2015–16	Joanne Dodds

2016–17	Geoff Reid	Methodist minister

2017–18	Abid Hussain

2018–19	Zafar Ali

Sentence(s)

Sir James Hill, Woollen Merchant MP for Bradford Centra, was elected Lord Mayor of Bradford for 1908–09.
James Hill, a wool merchant, was elected Lord Mayor of Bradford for 1908–09.
James Hill was a wool merchant and was elected as Lord Mayor of Bradford from 1908 to 1909.

final_sentence: Sir James Hill, Woollen Merchant MP for Bradford Centra, was elected Lord Mayor of Bradford for 1908–09.
final_sentence: James Hill, a wool merchant, was elected Lord Mayor of Bradford for 1908–09.
final_sentence: James Hill was a wool merchant and was elected as Lord Mayor of Bradford from 1908 to 1909.