Below is a list of mayors of
Sunderland
Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...
in the
United Kingdom
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(borough from 1836, metropolitan borough from 1974 to 1992 and
City of Sunderland from 1992 to present)
Mayors of Sunderland
* 1836-37 Andrew White (
Whig)
* 1837-38 Richard Spoor
* 1838-39 Joseph Simpson
* 1839-40 Joseph Brown
* 1840-41 Richard White
* 1841-42
Sir Hedworth Williamson, 7th Baronet
* 1842-43 Andrew White
* 1843-44 Robert Burdon Cay
* 1844-45 James Allison
* 1845-47 Robert Brown
* 1847 Sir Hedworth Williamson, 7th Baronet
* 1847-48 John Scott
* 1848-49 Joseph Simpson
* 1849-50 William Ord
* 1850-51 William Mordey
* 1851-53
James Hartley
* 1853-54 Samuel Alcock
* 1854-56 Anthony John Moore
* 1856-58 George Smith Ranson
* 1858-59
John Candlish
John Candlish (baptism, bapt. 28 April 1816 – 17 March 1874) was a British glass bottle manufacturer and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician.
Early life
Candlish was born in Tarset, Northumberland, the eldest son of farmer John Candli ...
(
Liberal Party)
* 1859-61 Samuel Alcock
* 1861-62 John Candlish
* 1862-63 James Hartley
* 1863-64 James Allison
* 1864-66
Edward Temperley Gourley
Sir Edward Temperley Gourley (8 June 1826 – 15 April 1902) was a coal fitter, shipowner and politician born in Sunderland, England. He was knighted for his political work.
Early life
Edward Temperley Gourley - known as E.T. Gourley - was ...
* 1866-67 John James Kayll
* 1867-68 Edward Temperley Gourley
* 1868-69 John Crossley
* 1869-70 William Thompson
* 1870-72 William Nicholson
* 1872-74 Alexander George McKenzie
* 1874-75 John Potts
* 1875-76 John Nicholson
* 1876-78
Samuel Storey
Samuel Storey (1841–1925) was a British politician born in County Durham. He became a Member of Parliament for Sunderland and the main founder of the ''Sunderland Echo'' newspaper.
Early life
Samuel Storey was born in Sherburn, near Durh ...
* 1878-79 Samuel Sinclair Robson
* 1879-80
Thomas Scott Turnbull
* 1880 Samuel Storey
* 1880-82 William Wilson
* 1882-84 John Wright Wayman
* 1884-86 Robert Preston
* 1886-88 Edwin Richardson
* 1888-89 George Barnes
* 1889-91 Robert Shadforth
* 1891-93 Stansfield Richardson
* 1893-95 John Sanderson
* 1895-97 William Burns
* 1897-99 William Bruce
* 1899-1900 Edwin Robert Dix
* 1900-02 John George Kirtley
* 1902-04 Henry John Turnbull (Liberal)
* 1904-06 Frederick Foster
* 1906-07 Stephen Moriarty Swan
* 1907-08 William Walker
* 1908-10 Arthur F. Young
* 1910-11 William Sanderson
* 1911-12 Edward Hazard Brown
* 1912-17 Stansfield Richardson
* 1917-19 William Frederick Vint
* 1919-20 Arthur Ritson
* 1920 William Frederick Vint
* 1920-22 Walter Raine
* 1922-24 George Stephenson Lawson
* 1924-26 John Spours Nicholson
* 1926-28 David Cairns
* 1928-30 Isaac Gibson Modlin
* 1930-33 Edward Hazard Brown
* 1933-35 Edward William Ditchburn
* 1935-37 Thomas Summerbell
* 1937-38 James Turner
* 1938 George Ford
* 1938-43 Myers Wayman
* 1943-44 Wilton Legender Milburn
* 1944-45 John Young
* 1945-46
Joshua Ritson
Joshua Ritson CBE (16 June 1874 in Farlam – 5 February 1955 in Sunderland) was a British Labour politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of Durham. He was elected in 1922, unseated in 1931, and re-elected in 1935 and re ...
* 1946-47 Miles Walton
* 1947-49 Eden Johnston
* 1949-50
Jacob "Jack" Cohen
* 1950-51 George Henry Morgan
* 1951-52 William Harvey
* 1952-53 Arthur Humphrey Suddick
* 1953-54 McGregor Ernest English
* 1954-55 Jane Huggins
* 1955-56 Edith Evelyn Blacklock
* 1956-57 Thomas Henry Cavanagh
* 1957-58 Joseph Hoy
* 1958-59 Edwin Ernest Wales
* 1959-60 Nicholas Lister Allison
* 1960-61 Joseph Tweddle
* 1961-62 Kitty Cohen
* 1962-63 Richard Thomas Weston
* 1963-64 Jane Ellen Hedley
* 1964-65 Robert Wilkinson
* 1965-66 Albert Watson
* 1966-67 Fred Young
* 1967-68 Norman Waters
* 1968-69 John William Purvis Wilkinson
* 1969-70 Mary Elizabeth Miller
* 1970-71 William Ord Stephenson
* 1971-72 William Sinclair Martin
* 1972-73 Leslie Watson
* 1973-74 George Conforth Park
* 1974-75 Tony Burgham, Anthony "Tony" Burgham
* 1975-76 Mary Elizabeth Porter
* 1976-77 Charles Henry Slater
* 1977-78 Thomas Bridges
* 1978-79 Arthur Lumley
* 1979 E Weir
* 1979-81 Leonard Harper
* 1981-82 Thomas Megan Finnigan
* 1982-83 Joseph Hall
* 1983-84 Annie Pratt
* 1984-85 George Elliott
* 1985-86 Ralph Carroll Baxter
* 1986-87 Thomas Scott
* 1987-88 John Mawston
* 1988-89 Leslie Mann
* 1989-90 Robert Kirby
* 1990-91 Andrew Watson Myers
* 1991-92 David Francis Thompson
* 1992-93 William Craddock
* 1993-94 Bryan Charlton
* 1994-95 Denis Gerard Whalen
* 1995-96 Eric Bramfitt
* 1996-97 Ian Galbraith
* 1997-98 Gowan James Scott
* 1998-99 Walter Scott
* 1999-2000 David Ross Wares
* 2000-01 Brian Dodds
* 2001-02 Ken Murray
* 2002-03 Peter Gibson (
Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
)
* 2003-04 Juliana Heron (
Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
)
* 2004-05 James B Scott (
Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
)
* 2005-06 Bill Stephenson(
Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
)
* 2006-07 Thomas Foster (
Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
)
* 2007-08 Leslie Scott (
Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
)
* 2008-09 Mary Smith (
Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
)
* 2009-10 Dennis Richardson (
Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
)
* 2010-11 Thomas Martin (
Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
)
* 2011-12 Norma Wright (
Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
)
* 2012-13 Iain Kay (
Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
)
* 2013-14 Robert Heron (
Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
)
* 2014-15 Stuart Porthouse (
Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
until 2019)
* 2015-16 Barry Curran (
Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
)
* 2016-17 Alan Emerson (
Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
)
* 2017-18 Doris MacKnight (
Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
)
* 2018–19 Lynda Scanlan (
Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
)
*2019-21 David Snowdon (
Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
)
* 2021-22 Harry Trueman (
Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
)
* 2022–23 Alison Smith (
Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
)
* 2023-24 Dorothy Trueman (
Labour
Labour or labor may refer to:
* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
)
References
''Former Mayors of Sunderland''
{{Lists of mayors in the United Kingdom
Sunderland
Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...
City of Sunderland