Mayors of Wigan through the Centuries

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Mayors have played an active part in Wigan since 1283, their roles have considerably changed in that time.

* denotes deceased

Mayors have played an active part in Wigan since 1283, their roles have considerably changed in that time. The current Mayor (2024) is Debbie Parkison who also represents Standish with Langtree.

Below is a list of recent Mayors dated from 1973 to date. With thanks to Archives Wigan and Leigh.

* denotes deceased

2024 Debbie Parkinson
2023/24 Kevin Anderson
2022/23 Marie Morgan
2021/22 Yvonne Klieve
2020/21 Stephen Dawber
2019/20 Stephen Dawber
2018/19 Sue Greensmith
2017/18 Bill Clarke
2016/17 Ron Conway
2015/16 Susan Loudon
2014/15 Phyll Cullen
2013/14 Billy Rotherham
2012/13 Myra Whiteside
2011/12 Joy Birch
2010/11 Michael Winstanley
2009/10 Mark Aldred
2008/09 Rona Winkworth*
2007/08 John O’Brien
2006/07 Eunice Smethurst
2005/06 Brian Jarvis
2004/05 John Hilton
2003/04 Wilfred Brogan*
2002/03 Geoffrey Roberts*
2001/02 John E. Hilton*
2000/01 Joan Hurst*
1999/2000 (part) Evelyne Smith
1999/2000 (part) William Smith*
1998/99 Samuel Little*
1997/98 Kenneth Pye*
1996/97 Anthony Bernard Coyle*
1995/96 Norman Bernard Holt*
1994/95 William Stanley Simmons*
1993/94 Joseph Clarke*
1992/93 Arthur Wright*
1991/92 John Horrocks*
1990/91 Ronald McAllister*
1989/90 Audrey Bennett
1988/89 David Norris Caley*
1987/88 James Jones*
1986/87 Jack Sumner*
1985/86 George Alfred Lockett*
1984/85 Peter Hull*
1983/84 Thomas Isherwood*
1982/83 Thomas Jones*
1981/82 James Bridge*
1980/81 William Charles Priest France*
1979/80 Harry Milligan*
1978/79 Leonard Sumner*
1977/78 Thomas Gerard Morgan*
1976/77 Joseph Albert Eckersley*
1975/76 George Macdonald*
1974/75 Robert Matthew Lyons*
List of previous Mayors of Wigan dating from 1282 and 1973
1282 Adam de Pemberton
1292 Mathew de Modburley
1361 John Banastre
1369 Robert le Baxter
1370
1371 -3 Thomas de Haywood
1378 Adam de Byrkeheued
1379 Hugh del Crosse
1380-4 Adam de Byrkeheued
1384-7 Hugh del Crosse
1387-92 Adam de Byrkeheued
1392-5 Thomas de Dokesbury
1395-8 Adam de Byrkeheued
1402-5 Thomas de Dokesbury
1405 Adam de Byrkeheued
1406 William del Hyde
1407
1408 -10 William del Wynde
1410-12 Adam de Byrkeheued
1416-19 Hugh del Marsh
1419 Henry de Byrkehed
1420 Hugh del Marsh
1421
1422 William Orrel
1512 Thomas Duxbury
1533 William Bradshaigh
1538 Laurence Sherington
1539 Adam Bankes
1540 James Sherington
1541
1542
1543-5 Ralph Bradshaigh
1545 Humphrey Sherington
1546 William Fourde
1547 John Rigby
1548 Myles Gerrard
1549 Richard Moore
1559 Richard Moore
1579 William Bankes
1584 Charles Banke
1594 Francis Sherington
1595 William Gardiner
1596 Edward Challinor
1597 William Gardiner
1598 Humfrey Mather
1599
1600 George Lyon
1613 Peter Marsh
1614 James Ford
1615 Robert Barrow
1616 William Foster
1617 Hugh Ford
1618 William Earl of Derby
1619 James Pilkington
1620 Robert Barrow
1621 Peter Marsh
1622 William Ford
1623 James Markland
1624 James Pilkington
1625 Hugh Langshawe
1626 Sir Edward Stanley, Bart
1627 Thomas Bankes
1628 William Ford
1629 Gilbert Gardener
1630 Richard Worsley
1631 Christopher Banckes
1633 Robert Barrow
1634 William Forth
1635 Robert Markland
1636 Ralph Standish
1637 William Pilkington
1638 John Brighouse
1639 James Molyneux
1640 John Bullock
1641 Edward Lloyd
1642 William Forth
1643 Christopher Banckes
1644 Ralph Standish
1645 Sir Thomas Stanley, Bart
1646 Robert Markland
1647 Richard Pennington
1648 Ambrose Jolley
1649 Joseph Rigbye
1650 Robert Baron
1651 Alexander Thompson
1652 William Glover
1653 James Scott
1654 Gerard Bankes
1655 Ambrose Jolley
1656 Edward Sumpnor
1657 William Tempest
1658 Robert Baron
1659 William Glover
1660 Nicholas Pennington
1661 Sir Roger Bradshaigh
1662 Ralph Markland
1663 William Daniell
1664 Matthew Markland
1665 James Ford
1666 Myles Turner
1667 Robert Longshaw
1668 William Laithwaite
1669 Robert Leatherbarrow
1670 Myles Turner
1671 Ralph Markland
1672 William Glover
1673 Robert Baron
1674 Nicholas Pennington
1675 James Ford
1676 Alexander Rigbye
1677 Ralph Holmes
1678 Robert Leatherbarrow
1679 Sir Roger Bradshaigh, 1st Bart
1680 Thomas Bankes
1681 Sir Roger Bradshaigh, 1st Bart
1682 William Daniell
1683 Thomas Turner
1684 Sir Roger Bradshaigh, 2nd Bart
1685 Lawrence Anderton
1686 Robert Ford
1687 Christopher Sumpner
1688 (Mar.3) Thomas Gerrard
1688 (Oct 3) James Scott
1689 John Baldwin
1690 Thomas Bankes
1691 Thomas Cooper
1692 Sir Richard Standish 1st Bart
1693 Hugh Jolley
1694 Peter Shakerley
1695 Gerard Ford
1696 Thomas Ford (died July 17 1697)
1697 (July 20) Raphe Markland
1698 Sir Roger Bradshaigh 3rd Bart
1699 John Markland
1700 William Woods
1701 William Scott
1702 Gilbert Ford
1703 Sir Roger Bradshaigh 3rd Bart
1704 Adam Bankes, Sen
1705 Adam Bankes, Jun
1706 Thomas Martin
1707 Robert Hollingshead
1708 Thomas Bankes
1709 Henry Bradshaigh
1710 Henry Mason
1711 Thomas Bankes
1712 William Bradshaigh
1713 James Ford
1714 Robert Hollingshead
1715 Adam Bankes
1716 Henry Mason
1717 William Baldwin
1718 James Ford
1719-21 Sir Roger Bradshaigh 3rd Bart
1721 James Brown
1722 John Markland
1723 John Baldwin
1724 Sir Roger Bradshaigh 3rd Bart
1725 James Earl of Barrymore
1726 Legh Master
1727 Alexander Leigh
1728 James Tempest
1729 Sir Roger Bradshaigh 3rd Bart
1730 Robert Holt
1731 George brown
1732 James Brown
1733 James Ford
1734 James Earl of Barrymore
1735 James Tempest
1736 Robert Holt
1737 Alexander Leigh
1738 George Brown
1739 Thomas Bankes
1740 James Ford
1741 Edward Holt
1742 John Markland
1743 William Curghey
1744 James Hartley
1745 Edward Holt
1746 Thomas Bankes
1747 John Auzlark
1748 Richard Holmes
1749 John Percivall
1750 William Curghey
1751 John Clayton
1752 Richard Holmes
1753 William Curghey
1754 John Percivall
1755 Thomas Leatherbarrow
1756 William Ollerhead
1757 William Curghey
1758 William Ollerhead
1759 Alexander leigh
1760 Richard Holmes
1761 Edward Clayton
1762 Robert Ward
1763 Thomas Barton
1764 William Ollerhead
1765 John Percivall
1766 James Hervey
1767 Robert Green
1768 George Kenyon, Jun
1769 James Scott
1770 William Ollerhead
1771 Alexander Radcliffe
1772 James Scott
1773 Robert Green
1774 William Ollerhead
1775 James Scott
1776 Alexander Radcliffe
1777 Robert Green
1778 John Latham
1779 Alexander Radcliffe
1780 Robert Green
1781 William Ollerhead
1782 Robert Green
1783 William Ollerhead – died during office
1784 James Hodson
1785 Robert Rowbottom
1786 James Hodson
1787 Thomas Barton
1788 John Vause
1789 James Hodson
1790 Thomas Barton
1791 Robert Morris
1792 Robert Rowbottom
1793 Thomas Barton
1794 Robert Rowbottom
1795 Thomas Doncaster
1796 Robert Morris
1797 Thomas Barton
1798 Thomas Doncaster
1799 Robert Morris
1800 John Vause
1801 William Clayton
1802 Thomas Woodcock
1803 William Clayton
1804 Thomas Woodcock
1805 Robert Bolton
1806 Thomas Woodcock
1807 William Eccles
1808 Thomas Woodcock
1809 John Hopwood
1810 Alexander Haliburton
1811 Joseph Bevan
1812 John Hopwood
1813 John Hodson Kearsley
1814 Thomas Newsham
1815 Robert Bolton
1816 William Eccles
1817 Thomas Woodcock
1818 Joseph Bevan
1819 John Hodson Kearsley
1820 Henry Bullock
1821 Henry Gaskell
1822 Henry Bullock
1823 Thomas Darwell
1824 Alexander Haliburton
1825 John Hodson Kearsley
1826 Thomas Hardman
1827 Henry Bullock
1828 Thomas Hardman
1829 Henry Bullock
1830 Thomas Darwell
1831 John Lord
1832 John Woodcock
1833 James Eckersley
1834 John Lord (till Dec 31 1835)
1836 (Jan 1) John Spier Heron
1836 (Nov 9) Reece Bevan
1837 Thomas Cook
1838 David McNeille
1839 Joseph Acton
1840-2 John Lord
1842 Thomas Eckersley
1843 John Lord
1844 Thomas Eckersley
1845 John Lord
1846 Thomas Morris
1847 John Lord
1848 Thomas Byrom
1849 Ralph Darlington
1850 Ralph Darlington
1851-3 Nathaniel Eckersley
1853 Joseph Acton (Resigned Sept 9 1854)
1854 (Sept 9) Thomas Cook
1854 (Nov 9) Thomas Taylor
1855 Henry Woods
1856 Reece Bevan
1857 Jonathan Lamb
1858 Henry Woodcock
1859 William Johnson (died 29 April 1860)
1860 (May 7) Thomas Cook
1860 (Nov 9) Richard Taylor
1861 William Waddington
1862-4 John Cross
1864-6 Thomas Knowles
1866-9 Thomas Heald
1869 William Crompton
1870-4 Nathaniel Eckersley
1874-6 James Burrows
1876-8 Walter Mayhew
1878 William Crompton
1879 Richard A. Farington
1880 William James Lamb
1881 Richard Fogg Hopwood
1882-7 Henry Park
1887 Thomas Stuart
1888 William Rogers
1889 James Smith
1890-1 William Woods (Resigned June 24 1892)
1892 (June 29) Jonathan Phillips
1892 (Nov 9) Jonathan Phillips
1893 N. Farington Eckersley
1894 Daniel Dix
1895 Robert Layland
1896-7 Robert Richards
1898-0 Joseph Thomas Gee
1900 Thomas Fyans
1901 Richard Edward Kellet
1902 Richard Johnson
1903 Charles Butler Holmes
1904 William Sharrock
1905 Hugh Ross
1906 James O’Donahue
1907-1911 Samuel Wood
1911 Thomas Ashton
1912 Edward Dickinson
1913-5 John Thomas Grimshaw
1915 Alexender Simm Hilton
1916 John L’Anson Cartwright
1917 Albert Edward Baucher
1918 John Cheetham
1919 James Walkden
1920 Edwin Yates
1921 Francis James Pagett
1922 James Markland Ainscough
1923 James Carey
1924 Thomas Holland M.B.E
1925 John McCurdy
1926 Robert Alstead
1927 John Lowe
1928 Patrick Murphy
1929 William Glover
1930 Robert Lewis
1931 William Angus Hipwood
1932 Walter Atherton
1933 James Horne
1934 Daniel Rourke
1935 Thomas Smith
1936 Peter Winstanley
1937 Ernest Ball
1938 Thomas Ramsden
1939 Albert Christian Fairhurst
1940 John Henry Banks
1941 Robert Prost
1942 Edwin Greenhalgh
1943 Harold Dowling
1944 John Holland
1945 Frank William Roberts
1946 William Shaw
1947 (Nov 1947) Edward Maloney
1949 (May 1949) Edward Maloney
1949 John Edward Riley
1950 Arthur James Lowe
1951 John Thomas Lynch
1952 Thomas Richard Lythgoe
1953 John Aspinall
1954 Thomas Sidney Merry
1955 Harry Roger Hancock
1956 Albert Horrocks
1957 Oliver Somers
1958 Ralph Fisher
1959 Sydney Burgess
1960 John Bowden
1961 Thomas Cobley
1962 Thomas Monks
1963 Joseph Johnson
1964 Gerald Lewthwaite
1965 Francis Connolly
1966 Sydney Taylor
1967 James Taberner
1968 John Hitchmough
1969 John Thomas Farrimond
1970 John McGregor
1971 John Harte
1972 Ethel Naylor
1973 James Bridge

Mayors of Wigan through the Centuries

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