# Mayor of Wirral

The Mayor of Wirral (or Civic Mayor of Wirral) is a ceremonial post elected annually, along with a deputy, by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.
The role of the mayor includes chairing council meetings, representing the Borough at civic functions, supporting local charities and conferring Honorary Freemen and Aldermen.
The incumbent mayor is Cherry Povall.

## Controversies

On 2 June 2014, 5 councillors (4 Conservative and 1 Green) voted against former leader of the council Steve Foulkes's nomination for mayor with a further 10 (all Conservative) abstaining. Leader of the Council Phil Davies said afterwards “It leaves a bad taste in the mouth, it was just grandstanding by the Tories.” Green councillor Pat Clearly wrote in his blog “On Monday [2 June], Wirral elects its new Mayor. Normally, a routine vote where a long standing councillor is elected with cross party support…but, this year is different as the Mayor elect is Steve Foulkes who was Council Leader when Wirral became very publicly associated with incompetence, bullying, gagging clauses, resignations and bad financial management”.

## List of mayors of Wirral
### 20th century

| No. | Year | Name | Party |
| 1 | 1974 | Doris Sisson | Conservative |
| 2 | 1975 | Ken Fox | Labour |
| 3 | 1976 | John Evans | Liberal |
| 4 | 1977 | Tim Richmond | Conservative |
| 5 | 1978 | Jack Redhead | Conservative |
| 6 | 1979 | Bill Wells | Labour |
| 7 | 1980 | Frank Theaker | Conservative |
| 8 | 1981 | Dorothy Goodfellow | Conservative |
| 9 | 1982 | Bill Lungley | Labour |
| 10 | 1983 | Harry Deverill | Conservative |
| 11 | 1984 | Michael Moore | Conservative |
| 12 | 1985 | Gordon Lindsay | Alliance |
| 13 | 1986 | David Williams | Conservative |
| 14 | 1987 | Arthur Smith | Labour |
| 15 | 1988 | Reg Cumpstey | Conservative |
| 16 | 1989 | Mike Cooke | SLD |
| 17 | 1990 | Jim Edwards | Independent Labour |
| 18 | 1991 | Gordon Paterson | Labour |
| 19 | 1992 | Frank Jones | Conservative |
| 20 | 1993 | Peter Corcoran | Labour |
| 21 | 1994 | Sid Dunn | Conservative |
| 22 | 1995 | Walter Smith | Labour |
| 23 | 1996 | Myrra Lea | Conservative |
| 24 | 1997 | Barney Gilfoyle | Labour |
| 25 | 1998 | Margaret Green | Labour |
| 26 | 1999 | Hugh Lloyd | Labour |

### 21st century

| No. | Year | Name | Party |
| 27 | 2000 | Kate Wood | Conservative |
| 28 | 2001 | John Cocker | Labour |
| 29 | 2002 | Pat Williams | Liberal Democrats |
| 30 | 2003 | Bill Nock | Labour |
| 31 | 2004 | Hilary Jones | Conservative |
| 31 | 2004 | Hilary Jones | Independent |
| 31 | 2004 | Hilary Jones | UKIP |
| 32 | 2005 | Chris Meaden | Labour |
| 33 | 2006 | Peter Johnson | Conservative |
| 34 | 2007 | Phil Gilchrist | Liberal Democrats |
| 35 | 2008 | Adrian Jones | Labour |
| 36 | 2009 | Andrew Hodson | Conservative |
| 37 | 2010 | Alan Jennings | Liberal Democrats |
| 38 | 2011 | Moira McLaughlin | Labour |
| 39 | 2012 | Gerry Ellis | Conservative |
| 40 | 2013 | Dave Mitchell | Liberal Democrats |
| 41 | 2014 | Steve Foulkes | Labour |
| 42 | 2015 | Les Rowlands | Conservative |
| 43 | 2016 | Pat Hackett | Labour |
| 44 | 2017 | Ann McLachlan | Labour |
| 45 | 2018 | Geoffrey Watt | Conservative |
| 46 | 2019 | Tony Smith | Labour |
| 47 | 2021 | George Davies | Labour |
| 48 | 2022 | Jeff Green | Conservative |
| 49 | 2023 | Jerry Williams | Labour |
| 50 | 2024 | Cherry Povall | Conservative |
* Phil Gilchrist, 34th Mayor of Wirral
* Steve Foulkes, 41st Mayor of Wirral
* Les Rowlands, 42nd Mayor of Wirral
* Pat Hackett, 43rd Mayor of Wirral
* Geoffrey Watt, 45th Mayor of Wirral