# Mayor of Derry City and Strabane

The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council is an honorary position bestowed upon a Citizen of Derry City & Strabane District in Northern Ireland, who is in practice a member of Derry and Strabane District Council, chosen by their peers on the council to serve a one-year term. The mayor is the chairperson of the council as well as the city's first citizen. The current mayor is Lilian Seenoi-Barr of the SDLP.
The district was created in 2015 by the merger of two existing councils. The previous post of Mayor of Derry, more formally Lord Mayor of Londonderry, has a long history. A provost, Sir Henry Docwra, was appointed in the initial city charter of 1604 by James I. In 1613, this post was replaced with that of governor, or mayor, with John Rowley being the first to serve. The City charter of 1665 which provided:
   And further we will, and by these presents for us our heirs and successors do grant and ordain, that for ever hereafter there be and shall be within the city of Londonderry aforesaid one of the more honest and discreet citizens of the said city, or of the more honest and discreet inhabitants within the liberty of the same, in form hereafter in these presents mentioned, from time to time to be elected, who shall be and called the mayor of the said city.
During much of its history, it has been held by unionists (largely due to the practice of gerrymandering), but in recent years, the majority of mayors have been Irish nationalists, reflecting the majority of the city's population.
From 1921 until 1969, the Lord Mayor was automatically entitled to a seat in the Senate of Northern Ireland.

## List of mayors
### 17th century

| From | To | Name |
| 1615 | | John Vaughan |
| 1617 | | Sir John Vaughan |
| 1618 | | John Wray |
| 1620 | 1621 | Jesse Smith |
| 1625 | | H Vaughan |
| 1629 | | Sir John Vaughan |
| 1631 | | William Gage |
| 1636 | | Thomas Hammond |
| 1639 | | Peter Benson |
| 1641 | | James Vaughan |
| 1643 | | Sir Robert Stewart |
| 1644 | | Colonel Audley Mervyn |
| 1646 | | Sir Charles Coote |
| 1653 | | Henry Finch |
| 1654 | | Ralph King |
| 1655 | 1656 | John Handford |
| 1657 | | John Elwin |
| 1658 | | Samuel Dawson (died in office) |
| 1659 | | John Westgate |
| 1660 | | Luke Ash |
| 1662 | | William Gardner |
| 1664 | | Colonel John Gorges |
| 1670 | | Thomas Skipton |
| 1671 | | Hugh Edwards |
| 1672 | 1674 | Samuel Norman |
| 1675 | 1676 | Gervais Squire |
| 1677 | | Colonel William Cecil |
| 1678 | 1680 | Thomas Moncrieff |
| 1681 | 1682 | John Campsie |
| 1683 | | Alexander Tomkins |
| 1684 | | James Hobson |
| 1685 | 1686 | John Campsie |
| 1687 | | Andrew Coningham (died in office) |
| 1688 | | John Campsie |
| 1690 | | Gervais Squire |
| 1691 | | Alexander Lecky |
| 1692 | | William Squire (died in office) |
| 1693 | | James Lenox |
| 1694 | | Henry Long |
| 1695 | | Alexander Lecky |
| 1696 | | Henry Ash |
| 1697 | | James Lenox |
| 1698 | | Horace Kennedy |
| 1699 | | Gervais Squire |
| 1700 | | Edward Brooks |

### 18th century

| From | To | Name |
| 1701 | | Thomas Moncrieff |
| 1702 | | Robert Shannon |
| 1703 | 1704 | Samuel Leeson |
| 1705 | | Henry Ash |
| 1706 | | George Tomkins |
| 1707 | | Charles Norman |
| 1708 | | Thomas Lecky |
| 1709 | | Thomas Ash |
| 1710 | | Samuel Leeson |
| 1711 | | Robert Norman |
| 1712 | | John Wotton |
| 1713 | | Alexander Tomkins |
| 1714 | | John Wotton |
| 1769 | 1770 | Robert Fairly |
| 1771 | | Adam Schoales |
| 1772 | | Hugh Hill |
| 1773 | | William Lecky |
| 1774 | 1775 | Charles M'Manus |
| 1776 | | Thomas Bateson |
| 1777 | | John Coningham |
| 1778 | | John Ferguson |
| 1779 | | George Ash |
| 1780 | 1781 | Thomas Lecky |
| 1782 | | Robert Fairly |
| 1783 | 1784 | John Coningham |
| 1785 | 1786 | Squire Lecky |
| 1787 | 1788 | John Coningham |
| 1789 | | Squire Lecky |
| 1790 | 1791 | Eneas Murray |
| 1792 | 1793 | Stephen Bennett |
| 1794 | 1795 | George Kennedy |
| 1796 | 1797 | Andrew Ferguson |
| 1798 | 1799 | John Darcus |
| 1800 | 1801 | William Walker |

### 19th century

| From | To | Name | Party |
| 1802 | | R. G. Hill |
| 1803 | | John Darcus |
| 1804 | 1805 | R. Murray |
| 1806 | 1807 | William Walker |
| 1808 | 1809 | Thomas Lecky |
| 1810 | 1811 | Thomas Scott |
| 1812 | 1813 | John Curry |
| 1814 | 1815 | Marcus S. Hill |
| 1816 | 1817 | William Alexander |
| 1818 | 1819 | William Scott |
| 1820 | 1821 | Sir John Maginnis |
| 1822 | 1823 | John Dysart |
| 1824 | 1825 | John Rea |
| 1826 | 1827 | Richard Young |
| 1828 | 1829 | Conolly Skipton |
| 1830 | | Sir R.A. Ferguson (resigned), then J. Dysart |
| 1831 | | Richard Young |
| 1832 | 1833 | George Hill |
| 1834 | 1835 | Joshua Gillespie |
| 1836 | 1837 | Thomas P. Kennedy |
| 1838 | 1839 | Sir Robert Bateson, Bt |
| 1840 | 1841 | Joseph E. Miller |
| 1842 | 1843 | Conolly Lecky |
| 1843 | 1845 | William Haslett |
| 1845 | 1846 | John Munn |
| 1846 | 1847 | Daniel Baird |
| 1847 | | Alexander Lindsay |
| 1859 | 1862 | Bartholomew McCorkell JP |
| 1868 | 1869 | Sir Edward Reid | Conservative |
| 1875 | 1877 | Sir William Miller, MD | Conservative |
| | 1883 | Henry Darcus |
| ? | 1887? | (Sir) Thomas Lecky |
| 1888 | 1889 | Sir William Miller | Conservative |
| 1898 | 1899 | Sir John Barr Johnston |
| 1899 | 1900 | Sir William McLearn | Irish Unionist |

### 20th century

| From | To | Name | | Party |
| 1901 | 1902 | Sir Francis Henry Miller | | Irish Unionist |
| 1908 | 1911 | John McFarland | | Irish Unionist |
| 1911 | 1912 | Matthew Anderson Ballantine | | Irish Unionist |
| 1912 | 1913 | John McFarland | | Irish Unionist |
| 1913 | 1915 | William McLearn | | Irish Unionist |
| 1915 | 1920 | Robert Newton Anderson | | Irish Unionist |
| 1920 | 1923 | Hugh O'Doherty | | Nationalist |
| 1923 | 1925 | Maxwell Scott Moore | | UUP |
| 1925 | 1927 | John Gilbert Magee | | UUP |
| 1927 | 1929 | James Hamilton | | UUP |
| 1929 | 1935 | Dudley McCorkell | | UUP |
| 1935 | 1939 | James McElmunn Wilton | | UUP |
| 1939 | 1940 | Basil McFarland | | UUP |
| 1940 | 1945 | Frederick James Simmons | | UUP |
| 1945 | 1950 | Basil McFarland | | UUP |
| 1950 | 1952 | Gerald Stanley Glover | | UUP |
| 1952 | 1954 | Samuel Orr | | UUP |
| 1954 | 1957 | Samuel Sydney Dowds | | UUP |
| 1957 | 1961 | John Gordon Colhoun | | UUP |
| 1961 | 1963 | Gerald Stanley Glover | | UUP |
| 1963 | 1968 | Albert Anderson | | UUP |
| 1968 | 1969 | William Beatty | | UUP |
| 1969 | 1973 | Post vacant - council replaced by interim development commission | Post vacant - council replaced by interim development commission | Post vacant - council replaced by interim development commission |
| 1973 | 1974 | Raymond McClean | | SDLP |
| 1974 | 1975 | Jack Allen | | UUP |
| 1975 | 1976 | Ivor Canavan | | Alliance |
| 1976 | 1977 | James Hegarty | | Nationalist |
| 1977 | 1978 | Hugh Doherty | | SDLP |
| 1978 | 1979 | Thomas M. Craig | | UUP |
| 1979 | 1980 | Pat Devine | | SDLP |
| 1980 | 1981 | Marleen Jefferson | | UUP |
| 1981 | 1982 | Joe Fegan | | SDLP |
| 1982 | 1983 | William O'Connell | | SDLP |
| 1983 | 1984 | Len Green | | SDLP |
| 1984 | 1985 | John Tierney | | SDLP |
| 1985 | 1986 | John McNickle | | SDLP |
| 1986 | 1987 | Noel McKenna | | SDLP |
| 1987 | 1988 | James Guy | | Ind. Unionist |
| 1988 | 1989 | Annie Gallagher | | SDLP |
| 1989 | 1990 | Tony Carlin | | SDLP |
| 1990 | 1991 | David Davis | | Ind. Unionist |
| 1991 | 1992 | Mary Bradley | | SDLP |
| 1992 | 1993 | William Hay | | DUP |
| 1993 | 1994 | Annie Courtney | | SDLP |
| 1994 | 1995 | James Guy | | Ind. Unionist |
| 1995 | 1996 | John Kerr | | SDLP |
| 1996 | 1997 | Richard Dallas | | UUP |
| 1997 | 1998 | Martin Bradley | | SDLP |
| 1998 | 1999 | Joe Millar | | DUP |
| 1999 | 2000 | Pat Ramsey | | SDLP |

### 21st century

| From | To | Name | Party |
| 2000 | 2001 | Cathal Crumley | Sinn Féin |
| 2001 | 2002 | Mildred Garfield | DUP |
| 2002 | 2003 | Kathleen McCloskey | SDLP |
| 2003 | 2004 | Shaun Gallagher | SDLP |
| 2004 | 2005 | Gearóid Ó hEára | Sinn Féin |
| 2005 | 2006 | Lynn Fleming | Sinn Féin |
| 2006 | 2007 | Helen Quigley | SDLP |
| 2007 | 2008 | Drew Thompson | DUP |
| 2008 | 2009 | Gerard Diver | SDLP |
| 2009 | 2010 | Paul Fleming | Sinn Féin |
| 2010 | 2011 | Colum Eastwood | SDLP |
| 2011 | 2012 | Maurice Devenney | DUP |
| 2012 | 2013 | Kevin Campbell | Sinn Féin |
| 2013 | 2014 | Martin Reilly | SDLP |
| 2014 | 2015 | Brenda Stevenson | SDLP |
| 2015 | 2016 | Elisha McCallion | Sinn Féin |
| 2016 | 2017 | Hilary McClintock | DUP |
| 2017 | 2018 | Maolíosa McHugh | Sinn Féin |
| 2018 | 2019 | John Boyle | SDLP |
| 2019 | 2020 | Michaela Boyle | Sinn Féin |
| 2020 | 2021 | Brian Tierney | SDLP |
| 2021 | 2022 | Graham Warke | DUP |
| 2022 | 2023 | Sandra Duffy | Sinn Féin |
| 2023 | 2024 | Patricia Logue | Sinn Féin |
| 2024 | - | Lilian Seenoi-Barr | SDLP |