This is a list of mayors and the later lord mayors of the city of Bradford.
After having elected a mayor since 1847 Bradford was awarded the dignity of a Lord Mayoralty by letters patent dated 16 September 1907. At the time, it was the seventh most populous borough in England and Wales, and the second largest in area, and thus the largest municipality without a Lord Mayor.[1] When Bradford became a metropolitan borough in 1974 the honour was confirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1974.
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| Year | Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1847–48 | Robert Milligan | MP for Bradford, 1851 | |
| 1848–49 | Titus Salt | Mill Owner MP for Bradford, 1859 | |
| 1849–50 | Henry Forbes | ||
| 1850–51 | William Rand | ||
| 1851–54 | Samuel Smith | ||
| 1854–56 | William Murgatroyd | ||
| 1856–59 | Henry Brown | ||
| 1859–62 | Isaac Wright | ||
| 1862–63 | Railway Company Director MP for Bradford, 1867 | ||
| 1863–64 | Joseph Farrar | ||
| 1864–65 | Textile Merchant | ||
| 1865–66 | Photographer | ||
| 1866–67 | William Brayshaw | ||
| 1867–68 | James Law | ||
| 1868-69 | Edward West | ||
| 1869–71 | Mark Dawson | ||
| 1871–73 | Railway Company Director MP for Bradford, 1867 | ||
| 1873–74 | Manoah Rhodes | ||
| 1874–75 | Mill Owner | ||
| 1875–76 | Wilson Sutcliffe | Managing Partner of Bowling Dye Works | |
| 1876–77 | George Motley Waud | ||
| 1877–78 | Mill Owner MP for Pudsey, 1885 | ||
| 1878–81 | Textile company director MP for Bradford East,1885 | ||
| 1881–82 | John Hill | ||
| 1882–83 | Frederick Priestman | ||
| 1883–85 | Isaac Smith | ||
| 1885–86 | Thomas Hill | ||
| 1886–87 | Textile company director MP for Bradford East, 1885 | ||
| 1887–88 | John Limber Morley | ||
| 1888–89 | William Moulson | ||
| 1889–90 | Smith Feather | ||
| 1890–91 | Ezra Waugh Hammond | ||
| 1891–92 | Thomas Priestley | ||
| 1892–93 | William Oddy | ||
| 1893–94 | Jonas Whitley | ||
| 1894–96 | |||
| 1896–98 | |||
| 1898–99 | William Edward Aykroyd | ||
| 1899–1902 | William C. Lupton | ||
| 1902–04 | David Wade[3] | Alderman. Liberal | |
| 1904–05 | Mill-owner MP for Bradford East, 1906 | ||
| 1905–06 | William A. Whitehead |
| Year | Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1906–07 | Sir Arthur Godwin | Merchant, First Lord Mayor, 1907 | |
| 1907–08 | John E. Fawcett | ||
| 1908–09 | Woollen Merchant MP for Bradford Central, 1916 | ||
| 1909–10 | William Land | ||
| 1910–11 | Jacob Moser | Textile merchant | |
| 1911–12 | John B. Moorhouse | ||
| 1912–13 | Fred Foster | ||
| 1913–14 | John Arnold | ||
| 1914–15 | George H. Robinson | ||
| 1915–16 | Thomas Howarth | ||
| 1916–17 | Abram Peel | ||
| 1917–18 | John Bland | ||
| 1918 | Herbert Hustler Tetley | ||
| 1918–19 | Joseph Hayhurst | ||
| 1919 | Walter Barber | ||
| 1919–20 | |||
| 1920–21 | Estate Agent MP for Bradford Central, 1924 | ||
| 1921–22 | Thomas Blythe | ||
| 1922–23 | Thomas Sowden | ||
| 1923–24 | Herbert M. Trotter | ||
| 1924–25 | Union official MP for Bradford North, 1918 | ||
| 1925–26 | Joseph Stringer | ||
| 1926–27 | Richard Johnson | ||
| 1927–28 | Michael Conway | ||
| 1928–29 | Herbert T. Pullan | ||
| 1929–30 | Angus H. Rhodes | ||
| 1930–31 | Alfred Pickles | ||
| 1931–32 | George Walker | ||
| 1932–33 | John W. Longley | ||
| 1933–34 | Arthur W. Brown | ||
| 1934–35 | Walter Hodgson | ||
| 1935–36 | Jonas Pearson | ||
| 1936–37 | George R. Carter | ||
| 1937–38 | Henry Hudson | ||
| 1938–39 | Tom J. Robinson | ||
| 1939–40 | MP for Bradford South | ||
| 1940–41 | William Illingworth | ||
| 1941–42 | Louis F.W.S. Smith | ||
| 1942–43 | James Harrison | ||
| 1943–44 | Walter Barraclough | ||
| 1944–45 | Cecil Barnett | ||
| 1945–46 | |||
| 1946–47 | Thomas I. Clough | ||
| 1947–49 | Frederick J. Cowie | ||
| 1949–50 | George Thomas Meggison | ||
| 1950–51 | Alton Ward | ||
| 1951–52 | Horace Hird | Director, H. Hird (Steeplejack) Ltd. | |
| 1952–53 | John Shee | ||
| 1953–54 | Angus Crowther | ||
| 1954–55 | Henry James White | ||
| 1955 | Herbert William Semper | ||
| 1955–56 | Richard Cornelius Ruth | ||
| 1956–57 | Horace Robert Walker | ||
| 1957–58 | David Black (Mayor of Bradford) | ||
| 1958–59 | Norbert William Durrant | ||
| 1959–60 | Ernest England | ||
| 1960–61 | Edgar Robinson | Textile Manufacturer, Liberal | |
| 1961–62 | Benjamin Wilfrid Berry | ||
| 1962–63 | Harold K. Watson | ||
| 1963–64 | Tom Wood (Mayor of Bradford) | ||
| 1964–65 | Weber Marshall Hird | ||
| 1965–66 | Jack Wilkinson (Mayor of Bradford) | ||
| 1966–67 | Louis Cowgill | ||
| 1967 | Thomas Lee (Mayor of Bradord) | ||
| 1968 | |||
| 1968–69 | Arthur Walton | ||
| 1969–70 | Edward Newby | ||
| 1970–71 | John E. B. Singleton | Textile Merchant, John Singleton & Son. Manufacturers | |
| 1971–72 | Herbert Moran (Mayor of Bradford) | ||
| 1972–73 | Audrey Firth | ||
| 1973–74 | Derek Smith (Mayor of Bradford) | ||
| April 1974 | John E. B. Singleton | Textile Merchant, John Singleton & Son. Manufacturers | |
| 1974–75 | Tom Edward Hall | ||
| 1975–76 | |||
| 1976–77 | Frank Hillam | ||
| 1977–78 | Paul Hockney | ||
| 1978–79 | Arthur F. Trigg | ||
| 1979–80 | John S. Senior | ||
| 1980–81 | Arnold Lightowler | ||
| 1981–82 | Daniel C. Coughlin | ||
| 1982–83 | Joan Lightband | ||
| 1983–84 | Norman Free | ||
| 1984–85 | Olive Messer | ||
| 1985–86 | Housing DirectorFirst Asian (Pakistani) Lord Mayor in UK | ||
| 1986–87 | William Arthur Nunn | ||
| 1987–88 | Laurie C. Coughlin | ||
| 1988–89 | Smith Midgley | ||
| 1989–90 | George Hodgson | ||
| 1990–91 | Ernest Saville | ||
| 1991–92 | Sydney John Collard | ||
| 1992–93 | Barry Kenneth Thorne | ||
| 1993–94 | Robert Sowman | ||
| 1994–95 | Danny Mangham | ||
| 1995–96 | Marilyn Beeley | ||
| 1996–97 | Gordon Mitchell | ||
| 1997–98 | James Anthony (Tony) Cairns | ||
| 1998–99 | Tony Miller | ||
| 1999–2000 | Harry Mason | ||
| 2000–01 | John Stanley King | ||
| 2001–02 | Ghazanfer Khaliq | ||
| 2002–03 | Richard E.J. Wightman | Finance Director | |
| 2003–04 | Allan Irving Hillary | ||
| 2004–05 | Irene Ellison-Wood | ||
| 2005–06 | Valerie Binney | ||
| 2006–07 | Choudhary Rangzeb | Businessman | |
| 2007–08 | Robin Owens | ||
| 2008–09 | Howard Middleton | ||
| 2009–10 | John D Godward | ||
| 2010–11 | Peter Hill | ||
| 2011–12 | Naveeda Ikram | ||
| 2012–13 | Dale Smith | ||
| 2013–14 | Khadim Hussain[4] | Engineer | |
| 2014–15 | Mike Gibbons[5] | ||
| 2015–16 | Joanne Dodds[6] | ||
| 2016–17 | Geoff Reid[7] | Methodist minister | |
| 2017–18 | Abid Hussain[8] | ||
| 2018–19 | Zafar Ali | ||
| 2019–21 | Doreen Lee | ||
| 2021–22 | Shabir Hussain | ||
| 2022–23 | Martin Love | First Green Party Lord Mayor of Bradford. |