List of civic mayors of Doncaster explained

List of civic mayors of Doncaster should not be confused with Mayor of Doncaster.

Post:Civic mayor of the Metropolitan Borough
Body:Doncaster
Insigniasize:300px
Insigniacaption:Logo of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Incumbent:Paul Wray
Incumbentsince:May 2019
Style:His/Her Worship
Residence:Doncaster Mansion House
Appointer:Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Termlength:1 Year (Unable to run for a Consecutive Second Term)
Formation:1900
Succession:Election by the Council
Inaugural:Charles Theobald
Deputy:Deputy Civic Mayor
Salary:No Salary

The civic mayor of Doncaster is the ceremonial leader of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The civic mayor is appointed annually from the members of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council and serves for one municipal year.

History

The first mayor of Doncaster, in 1493, was a Thomas Pigborne.[1] The first mayor of the Borough of Doncaster under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 was Sir William Bryan Cooke, 8th baronet of Wheatley.[2] One of the later 19th-century mayors was Charles Verity, who served from 1881 to 1882.[3] The role was reconstituted on 1 April 1974 to cover the larger Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. On 18 May 2018 history was made when Councillor Majid Khan became the first ethnic minority Mayor of Doncaster.

Since May 2002 there has also been a directly elected mayor of Doncaster and in May 2012, voters decided in a referendum to keep the position.[4]

List of civic mayors (since 1900)

Source: Doncaster History

County Borough
Metropolitan Borough

2021 - 2022 Richard Allan Jones

2023 - 2024 Duncan Anderson.[9]

Notes and References

  1. The early Yorkshire woollen trade Page xxx John Lister - 1924 "The first mayor of Doncaster, in 1493, was a Thomas Pigborne"
  2. The gentleman's magazine - Volume 37 - Page 186 1852 "In 1836 he was the first Mayor of Doncaster under the Municipal Act,"
  3. Doncaster faces and places. No.XXXVII. Mr C. Verity . The Doncaster Review . November 1896 . III . 35 . 1 . 20 April 2024. subscription.
  4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-16840912 Mayor Peter Davies and Doncaster Council set date for elected mayor referendum, BBC News 1 February 2012
  5. Election of Mayors . 11 November 1902 . 12 . 36922.
  6. Web site: Office of the Civic Mayor . Doncaster Council . 2022-03-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131215095919/http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/sections/councilanddemocracy/doncasterscouncillors/office_of_the_civic_mayor.aspx . 2013-12-15 .
  7. Web site: Doncaster's new civic mayor is installed. The Star. 15 December 2015.
  8. Web site: Majid Khan: Doncaster's first Muslim councillor makes history again after becoming Civic Mayor. . 25 May 2018.
  9. News: Mower . Shannon . New Civic Mayor of Doncaster takes the chain of office and reveals the charities he will be supporting in the year ahead . 13 May 2024 . Free Press . 19 May 2023 . Councillor Duncan Anderson, Labour member for the Hatfield Ward, is the new Civic Mayor of Doncaster.

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