# List of mayors of Bradford

This is a list of mayors and the later lord mayors of the city of Bradford.
After having elected a mayor since 1847 Bradford was awarded the dignity of a Lord Mayoralty by letters patent dated 16 September 1907. At the time, it was the seventh most populous borough in England and Wales, and the second largest in area, and thus the largest municipality without a Lord Mayor. When Bradford became a metropolitan borough in 1974 the honour was confirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1974.

## Mayors of Bradford

Source:
| Year | Name | Notes |
| 1847–48 | Robert Milligan | MP for Bradford, 1851 |
| 1848–49 | Titus Salt | Mill owner MP for Bradford, 1859 |
| 1849–50 | Henry Forbes | |
| 1850–51 | William Rand | |
| 1851–54 | Samuel Smith | |
| 1854–56 | William Murgatroyd | |
| 1856–59 | Henry Brown | |
| 1859–62 | Isaac Wright | |
| 1862–63 | Matthew William Thompson | Railway company director MP for Bradford, 1867 |
| 1863–64 | Joseph Farrar | |
| 1864–65 | Charles Semon | Textile merchant |
| 1865–66 | John Venimore Godwin | Photographer |
| 1866–67 | William Brayshaw | |
| 1867–68 | James Law | |
| 1868-69 | Edward West | |
| 1869–71 | Mark Dawson | |
| 1871–73 | Matthew William Thompson | Railway Company Director MP for Bradford, 1867 |
| 1873–74 | Manoah Rhodes | |
| 1874–75 | Henry Mitchell | Mill owner |
| 1875–76 | Wilson Sutcliffe | Managing partner of Bowling Dye Works |
| 1876–77 | George Motley Waud | |
| 1877–78 | Briggs Priestley | Mill owner MP for Pudsey, 1885 |
| 1878–81 | Angus Holden | Textile company director MP for Bradford East,1885 |
| 1881–82 | John Hill | Mill owner |
| 1882–83 | Frederick Priestman | |
| 1883–85 | Isaac Smith | |
| 1885–86 | Thomas Hill | Business owner |
| 1886–87 | Angus Holden | Textile company director MP for Bradford East, 1885 |
| 1887–88 | John Limber Morley | |
| 1888–89 | William Moulson | |
| 1889–90 | Smith Feather | |
| 1890–91 | Ezra Waugh Hammond | |
| 1891–92 | Thomas Priestley | |
| 1892–93 | William Oddy | |
| 1893–94 | Jonas Whitley | |
| 1894–96 | William Willis Wood | |
| 1896–98 | Thomas Speight | |
| 1898–99 | William Edward Aykroyd | |
| 1899–1902 | William C. Lupton | |
| 1902–04 | David Wade | Alderman. Liberal |
| 1904–05 | William Edward Briggs Priestley | Mill owner MP for Bradford East, 1906 |
| 1905–06 | William A. Whitehead | |

## Lord mayors of Bradford

| Year | Name | Notes |
| 1906–07 | Sir 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 (Mayor of Bradford) | |
| 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 (Mayor of Bradford) | |
| 1964–65 | Weber Marshall Hird | |
| 1965–66 | Jack Wilkinson (Mayor of Bradford) | |
| 1966–67 | Louis Cowgill | |
| 1967 | Thomas Lee (Mayor of Bradord) | |
| 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 (Mayor of Bradford) | |
| 1972–73 | Audrey Firth | |
| 1973–74 | Derek Smith (Mayor of Bradford) | |
| 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 First Asian (Pakistani) Lord Mayor in the UK |
| 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 | |
| 2019–21 | Doreen Lee | |
| 2021–22 | Shabir Hussain |
| 2022–23 | Martin Love | First Green Party Lord Mayor of Bradford |