The High Sheriff of West Yorkshire is a current High Sheriff title which has existed since 1974, the holder is changed annually every March. For around 1,000 years the entire area of

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other Eng ...

was covered by a single

Sheriff of Yorkshire The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere o ...

. After the

Local Government Act 1972 The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. It was one of the most significant Acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Gov ...

the office of Sheriff was changed to High Sheriff and was split to cover several newly created counties, including

West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...

. Below is a list of the high sheriffs for West Yorkshire.

List of High Sheriffs

* 1974-1975 Sir William Peter Bulmer * 1975-1976 George Francis Lane Fox * 1976-1977 Michael Edmund Lyon * 1977-1978 David Gaunt * 1978-1979 John Malcoln Barr * 1979-1980 Stephen Gerald Beaumont * 1980-1981 Robert German Owthwaite * 1981-1982 Charles Miller Fenton * 1982-1983 David Fearnley * 1983-1984 Elizabeth Mary Whitaker * 1984-1985 Stuart Alan Barr * 1985-1986 John Lyles * 1986-1987 Yvonne Brenda Jackson * 1987-1988 George Cooke Armitage * 1988-1989 John Richard Marshall Roscoe * 1989-1990 Victor Hugo Watson * 1990-1991 Peter John Dixon Marshall * 1991-1992 Israel Arnold Ziff * 1992-1993 David Humphrey Boyle * 1993-1994 Geoffrey Flockton Armitage * 1994-1995 Charles Wilfred David Sutcliffe * 1995-1996 Edward Neil Pullan * 1996-1997 John Stephen Behrens * 1997-1998 Frederick Thomas Benson Jowitt * 1998-1999 John James Edward Brennan * 1999-2000 Peter Arthur Hillard Hartley * 2000-2001 Frank Ramsey Fenton * 2001-2002 John Stoddart-Scott * 2002-2003 John D Jackson * 2003-2004 Patrick Dent * 2004-2005 James Barker * 2005-2006 Tim Hare * 2006-2007 Roger Frank Dixon Marshall * 2007-2008 Gay Hartley * 2008-2009 Roger G Bowers * 2009-2010 Jeremy John Burton * 2010-2011 Richard Robert Clough * 2011-2012 Anthony E Grant * 2012–2013 Stephen R Davidson ''Includes list of previous High Sheriffs'' * 2013–2014 Virginia A Lloyd * 2014–2015 Anne Elizabeth Dent * 2015–2016 Edmund John Seward Anderson of

Thorner Thorner is a rural village and civil parish in the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England, located between Seacroft and Wetherby. It had a population of 1,646 at the 2011 Census. Etymology The name of Thorner is first attested in the 1086 Do ...

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...

. * 2016–2017 Christopher John Brown of Sutton-in-Craven,

Keighley Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford. Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of Bi ...

. * 2017–2018 Dr Terence George Bramall. * 2018–2019 Charles Richard Jackson, of

Ferrensby Ferrensby is a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 187. It is about north-east of Knaresborough and near the A1(M) motorway. Nearby attractio ...

Knaresborough Knaresborough ( ) is a market and spa town and civil parish in the Borough of Harrogate, in North Yorkshire, England, on the River Nidd. It is east of Harrogate. History Knaresborough is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Chenares ...

. * 2019–2020 Paul David Lawrence of

Harrogate Harrogate ( ) is a spa town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town is a tourist destination and its visitor at ...

. * 2020–2021 Jonathan Henry Thornton of

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...

. * 2021–2022 Clive Lloyd * 2022–2023 Susan Kitty Baker * 2023–2024 Zulfiqar Ali Karim

References

External links

HighSheriffs.com
{{High Shrievalties Local government in West Yorkshire

High Sheriffs