# List of mayors of Oxford

The earliest recorded mayor of Oxford in England was Laurence Kepeharm (1205–1207?).
On 23 October 1962 the city was granted the honour of electing a Lord Mayor. Notable figures who have been Lord Mayor of Oxford include J. N. L. Baker (1964–65), Air-Vice-Marshal William Foster MacNeece Foster (1966–67) and Olive Gibbs (1974–75 and 1981–82).

## List of notable mayors

| Year | Name | Notes |
| 1392/1393 | Thomas Somerset | MP for Oxford, 1379, 1388 |
| 1395/1396 | John Shawe | MP for Oxford, 1388 |
| 1400/01 | John Merston | MP for Oxford, 1393, 1404 and 1414 |
| 1401/1402 | Edmund Kenyan | MP for Oxford, 9 times between 1379 and 1394 |
| 1403/1404 | John Merston | |
| 1412 | John Merston | |
| 1420/1423 | William Brampton | MP for Oxford, 1416, 1419, 1421 and 1425 |
| 1424/1425 | William Offord | MP for Oxford, 1420, 1421, 1422 and 1426 |
| 1425/1426 | William Brampton | |
| 1426/1427 | William Offord | |
| 1430/1432 | William Brampton | |
| 1436/1437 | William Brampton | |
| 1438/1439 | William Brampton | |
| 1527/1529 | William Fleming | MP for Oxford, 1529 and ?1536 |
| 1556/1557 | William Tylcock | MP for Oxford, 1554 |
| 1557/1558 | Thomas Williams | MP for Oxford, 1553 |
| 1560/1561 | William Tylcock | |
| 1563/1564 | Roger Taylor | MP for Oxford, 1559 |
| 1565/1566 | Thomas Williams | |
| 1568/1569 | William Tylcock | |
| 1569/1570 | Roger Taylor | |
| 1574/1575 | Roger Taylor | |
| 1575/1576 | William Tylcock | |
| 1576/1577 | Thomas Williams | |
| 1587/1588 | Thomas Rowe | Plague mayor, alderman and coroner |
| 1593/1594 | Thomas Rowe | Plague mayor, alderman and coroner |
| 1636 | John Nixon | MP for Oxford, 1646 |
| 1646/1648 | John Nixon | |
| 1654 | John Nixon | |
| 1698 | John Knibb | Clockmaker |
| 1710 | John Knibb | |
| 1836 (Jan–Oct) | William Henry Butler | Wine merchant |
| 1851/1852 | William Ward | Coal merchant |
| 1859/1860 | Thomas Randall | Magistrate, Hatter of Randall & Nichols |
| 1861/1862 | William Ward | |
| 1865/1866 | John Cavell | Draper of Elliston & Cavell Ltd |
| 1874/1875 | Joseph Round | Coal merchant |
| 1875/1876 | Jason Saunders |
| 1877/1888 | John Cavell | |
| 1879/1880 (part) | John Cavell | |
| 1891/1892 | Frederick William Ansell | Music Seller (shop proprietor) |
| 1900/1901 | George Claridge Druce | Botanist |
| 1901/1902 | Walter Gray | Alderman |
| 1902/1903 | John H. Salter | Alderman, Liberal |
| 1907/1908 | Frederick William Ansell | Music Seller (shop proprietor) & Alderman |
| 1909 | Arthur Salter, 1st Baron Salter | Academic. MP for Oxford University, 1937 and Ormskirk, 1951 |
| 1933/1934 | Lily Sophia Tawney | First woman |
| 1938/1939 | Henry Tregelles Gillett | Doctor and prominent Quaker |
| 1959/1960 | Frederick Mason Brewer | Research chemist at the University of Oxford |

## List of Lord Mayors

By modern convention, Oxford City Council elects the longest-serving councillor (not having served already) as Lord Mayor. The term of the office is for one year and can only be held once.
| Year | Name | Notes |
| 1962/1963 | Evan Owen Roberts | First Lord Mayor |
| 1963/1964 | Alec Percival Parker | |
| 1964/1965 | John Leonard Norman Baker | University Councillor |
| 1965/1966 | Florence Kathleen Lower | First woman Lord Mayor |
| 1966/1967 | William Foster MacNeece Foster | Air Vice-Marshal |
| 1967/1968 | Francis (Frank) Vincent Pickstock | |
| 1968/1969 | Peter Spencer Spokes | |
| 1969/1970 | Percy Dudley Bromley | |
| 1970/1971 | Michael Maclagan | University Councillor |
| 1971/1972 | Thomas James Meadows | |
| 1972/1973 | Arthur Bernard Connors | |
| 1973/1974 | Frederick George Ingram | |
| 1974/1975 | Olive Frances Gibbs | |
| 1975/1976 | William George Robert Fagg | |
| 1976/1977 | Ann Hazel Spokes | Later Ann Spokes Symonds |
| 1977/1978 | Dora Minnie Carr | |
| 1978/1979 | William Eaton Simpson | |
| 1979/1980 | John Arundell Hamilton | |
| 1980/1981 | Gordon Woodward | |
| 1981/1982 | Henry Briskol Nicholson Myers Nimmo died in office December 1981 and replaced by Olive Frances Gibbs | |
| 1982/1983 | Anthony William Williamson | |
| 1983/1984 | Janet Gillespie Todd | |
| 1984/1985 | Frank Arnold Garside | |
| 1985/1986 | Roger Alan Dudman | |
| 1986/1987 | John George William Parker | |
| 1987/1988 | Elizabeth Florence Mary Standingford | In place of her husband Bert who died on 19 May 1987 when Lord Mayor Elect |
| 1988/1989 | Nellie Dorothy Whorley | Later Nellie Comfort |
| 1989/1990 | Patricia Anne Tempest Yardley | |
| 1990/1991 | Queenie Lewingdon Hamilton | |
| 1991/1992 | Alan David Pope | |
| 1992/1993 | Barbara May Gatehouse | |
| 1993/1994 | John Gordon Power | |
| 1994/1995 | William Walker Buckingham | |
| 1995/1996 | Joseph Charles Blewitt | |
| 1996/1997 | Beryl Ivy Keen | |
| 1997/1998 | William John Baker | |
| 1998/1999 | Carol Roberts | |
| 1999/2000 | Valerie Smith | |
| 2000/2001 | Maureen Christian | |
| 2001/2002 | Peter Moss | |
| 2002/2003 | Gillian Ann Sanders | |
| 2003/2004 | Patrick Stannard | |
| 2004/2005 | Bryan Keen | |
| 2005/2006 | Robert John Price | |
| 2006/2007 | Jim Campbell | |
| 2007/2008 | John Tanner | |
| 2008/2009 | Susanna Pressel | |
| 2009/2010 | Mary Clarkson | |
| 2010/2011 | John Goddard | |
| 2011/2012 | Elise Benjamin | |
| 2012/2013 | Alan Armitage resigned 4 March 2012 and replaced 13 March 2013 by Mohammed Abbasi | |
| 2013/2014 | Dee Sinclair | |
| 2014/2015 | Mohammed Abbasi | |
| 2015/2016 | Rae Humberstone | |
| 2016/2017 | Mohammed Altaf-Khan | |
| 2017/2018 | Jean Fooks | |
| 2018/2019 | Colin Cook | |
| 2019/2020 | Craig Simmons | |
| 2020/2022 | Mark Lygo | |
| 2022/2023 | James Fry | |
| 2023/2024 | Lubna Arshad | |
| 2024/2025 | Mike Rowley | First openly gay Lord Mayor. |