List of mayors of Carlisle explained

The role of Mayor of Carlisle dates from 1231. Originally the mayor was elected by the Freemen of the borough but since 1835 has been chosen by elected councillors.

List of mayors

The following were mayors of Carlisle, Cumbria, England:

Before 20th century

• 1545: Edward Aglionby, MP for Carlisle, 1529.High Sheriff of Cumberland, 1544^[1]
• 1554: Robert Dalton, MP for Carlisle, 1558^[2]
• 1566–67: Robert Dalton
• Several times. Edward Aglionby, MP for 1584 and 1593^[3]
• 1597: Thomas Blennerhassett, MP for Carlisle, 1584, 1586 and 1604^[4]
• 1636 and 1648: Richard Barwis, MP for Carlisle, 1628, 1640 ^[5]
• 1672: Sir Christopher Musgrave, 4th Baronet, MP for Carlisle, 1661; Westmorland, 1690; Appleby, 1695
• 1683: Edward Howard, 2nd Earl of Carlisle, MP for Cumberland, 1679; Carlisle, 1681 ^[6]
• 1715: Thomas Stanwix, Governor of Gibraltar
• 1844-55: James Steel (1797–1851), editor of the Carlisle Journal
• 1855-1883-: Robert Ferguson, MP for Carlisle, 1874
• 1883-1899: Francis Peter Dixon

20th century

• Primary source: Carlisle Encyclopaedia
• 1899–1900 Christopher Ling
• 1900–1901: John Hurst
• 1901–02: Benjamin Scott
• 1902–03: John Maxwell^[7]
• 1903–04: Frederick William Chance (MP for Carlisle, 1905–10)
• 1904–05: Francis Peter Dixon
• 1905–07: William Irwin Robert Crowder
• 1907–08: William Nanson Donald
• 1908–09: William Bell Maxwell
• 1909–10: William Phillips
• 1910–11: Sir Benjamin Scott
• 1911–12: Matthew Johnstone (died in office - Sir Benjamin Scott stepped in for the remainder of the term)
• 1912–14: Spencer Charles Ferguson (son of Richard Saul Ferguson)
• 1914–15: Francis Peter Dixon
• 1915–16: Walter Phelp Gibbings
• 1916–17: Joseph Pattinson Buck
• 1917–19: Bertram Carr
• 1919–20: Thomas Ridley
• 1920–21: Henry Kenyon Campbell
• 1921–22: Archibald Creighton (Liberal PPC for Carlisle, 1929)
• 1922–23: Robert Dalton
• 1923–24: Hubert Woodville
• 1924–25: Robert Burns
• 1925–26: George Edward Edmondson
• 1926–27: Archibald Creighton (second term)
• 1927–28: Joseph Henderson
• 1928–29: Thomas Gardhouse Charlton
• 1929–30: Sir Robert Christopher Chance (son of former mayor Frederick William Chance)
• 1930–31: Frederick William Tassell
• 1931–32: Matthew Thompson
• 1932–33: Herbert Atkinson
• 1933–34: Ebenezer Gray
• 1934–35: James Cuthbert Studholme
• 1935–36: John Robert Potts
• 1936–37: Richard Stanley Harrison
• 1937–38: John Walker Osborne
• 1938–39: Tom Dobinson
• 1939–41: Matthew Thompson
• 1941–42: Edgar Grierson (MP for Carlisle, 1945–50)
• 1942–44: Alexander C. G. Thomson
• 1944–45: Wilfred Goody
• 1945–46: Isa Graham
• 1946–47: Harold Greenop
• 1947–49: Elizabeth Welsh
• 1949–50: Gerald Sheehan
• 1950–51: Albert Henry Dawson Partridge
• 1951–52: George Henry Routledge
• 1952–53: George Bowman
• 1953–54: Alfred Clement Redvers Punnett
• 1954–55: Thomas Dawson Lancaster
• 1955–56: Harold Nelson Sutcliffe
• 1956–57: Ritson Graham
• 1957–58: Jessie Martin
• 1958–59: Irving Burrow
• 1959–60: William John Hunter
• 1960–61: Thomas Souness
• 1961–62: Thomas Logie MacDonald, astronomer
• 1962–63: Francis Derry
• 1963–64: David Moffat Hamilton
• 1964–65: Howard Glaister
• 1965–66: James Smith
• 1966–67: Gerard Joseph Coogan
• 1967–68: Mary Kathleen Sibson
• 1968–69: Joseph Jackson Bell
• 1969–70: John Hayhurst OBE
• 1970–71: Noel Thomas O'Reilly
• 1971–72: Herbert Fawcett
• 1972–73: Archibald Caven
• 1973–74: Hugh Little^[8]
• 1974–75: Thomas Johnson
• 1975–76: Thomas MacMillan Bisland
• 1976–77: George Edward Dudson
• 1977–78: Jim Long^[9]
• 1978–79: Gordon Henry Griffiths
• 1979–80: David Weedall
• 1980–81: Walter Sydney Bell
• 1981–82: Alan Graham^[10]
• 1982–83: Donald Fell^[11]
• 1983–84: Trudy Whalley^[12]
• 1984–85: Ian Stockdale^[13]
• 1985–86: Keith Aitken^[14]
• 1986–87: Harry Gallagher^[15]
• 1987–88: Victor Davis^[16]
• 1988–89: Cyril Weber
• 1989–90: R. C. Hayhoe
• 1990–91: John Amos
• 1991–92: Elsie Coleman^[17]
• 1992–93: Harold Evans
• 1993–94: Jayne Prewitt^[18]
• 1994–95: Colin Paisley^[19]
• 1995–96: Alfred Brumwell
• 1996–97: Craig Johnston
• 1997–98: John Metcalfe^[20]
• 1998–99: Heather Bradley
• 1999–2000: John Collier

21st century

• source (2000-2008): Carlisle Encyclopaedia
• 2000–01: Ray Knapton
• 2001–02: Doreen Parsons
• 2002–03: Alan Toole
• 2003–04: Judith Pattinson
• 2004–05: Ralph Aldersey
• 2005–06: Sandra Fisher
• 2006–07: Peter Farmer
• 2007–08: Elizabeth Mallinson
• 2008–09: Jacqui Geddes
• 2009–10: William Graham
• 2010–11: Mary Styth
• 2011–12: Barry Ogilvie Earp
• 2012–13: David Wilson
• 2013–14: Ray Bloxham
• 2014–15: Steven Bowditch
• 2015–16: Steve Layden^[21]
• 2016-17: Colin Stothard
• 2017-18: Trish Vasey
• 2018-19: Jessica Riddle^[22]
• 2019-2021: Marilyn Bowman (extended period due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
• 2021-2022: Pamela Birks
• 2022-2023: Mike Mitchelson^[23]
• 2023-2024: Abdul Harid^[24]
• 2024-Present: Christopher Southward^[25]

Notes and References

1. Web site: AGLIONBY, Edward I (by 1495-1553), of Carlisle, Cumb.. History of Parliament Online. 15 December 2015.
2. Web site: DALTON, Robert (By 1533-67 or later), of Carlisle, Cumb. | History of Parliament Online.
3. Web site: AGLIONBY, Edward II (D.1599), of Carlisle, Cumb. | History of Parliament Online.
4. Web site: BLENNERHASSETT, Thomas, of Carlisle, Cumb. | History of Parliament Online.
5. Web site: BARWIS, Richard (1602-1649), of Ilekirk Grange, Westward, Cumbria | History of Parliament Online.
6. Web site: HOWARD, Edward, Visct. Morpeth (1646-92). | History of Parliament Online.
7. Election of Mayors . 11 November 1902 . 12 . 36922.
8. Web site: Cumberland News | News | Funerals for two former Carlisle mayors . 2014-09-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140904212403/http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/news/funerals-for-two-former-carlisle-mayors-1.1039143 . 2014-09-04 .
9. Web site: News & Star | News | Sudden death of Freeman Jim, 93 . www.newsandstar.co.uk . 22 May 2022 . https://archive.today/20140904052120/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/sudden_death_of_freeman_jim__93_1_456294 . 4 September 2014 . dead.
10. Web site: Cumberland News | News | Obituaries | Daphne Graham . 2014-09-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140904184417/http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/news/2.1916/daphne-graham-1.560901 . 2014-09-04 .
11. Web site: Cumberland News | News | Former mayor of Carlisle dies, aged 83 . 2014-09-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140904194609/http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/news/former-mayor-of-carlisle-dies-aged-83-1.801535 . 2014-09-04 .
12. Web site: News & Star | News | Tributes to former Carlisle mayor Trudy Whalley . 2014-09-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140904154409/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/tributes-to-former-carlisle-mayor-trudy-whalley-1.1038397 . 2014-09-04 .
13. Web site: News & Star | News | Tributes paid after death of long-serving Carlisle councillor . 2014-09-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131116075039/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/tributes-paid-after-death-of-long-serving-carlisle-councillor-1.1098364 . 2013-11-16 .
14. Web site: News & Star | Politician who could have been MP ran two election victories . 2014-09-04 . dead . https://archive.today/20140904051818/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/politician-who-could-have-been-mp-ran-two-election-victories-1.372651 . 2014-09-04 .
15. Web site: News & Star | News | Former Carlisle mayor was 'life-long battler', funeral told . 2014-09-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140904163645/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/former-carlisle-mayor-was-life-long-battler-funeral-told-1.794037 . 2014-09-04 .
16. Web site: News & Star | News | Tributes paid after deaths of former Carlisle mayor and 'MRS Botcherby' . 2014-09-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140308191051/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/tributes-paid-after-deaths-of-former-carlisle-mayor-and-mrs-botcherby-1.1120927 . 2014-03-08 .
17. Web site: CN - the Cumberland News: View Picture: 0025960F003.JPG . 2014-09-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140904162225/http://cumberlandnews.newsprints.co.uk/view/5158011/0025960f003_jpg . 2014-09-04 . dead .
18. Web site: News & Star | News | We trusted former mayor who stole our cash, says Carlisle club boss . 2014-09-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140904163649/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/we-trusted-former-mayor-who-stole-our-cash-says-carlisle-club-boss-1.508505 . 2014-09-04 .
19. Web site: News & Star | News | Eventful life of former Carlisle mayor dedicated to those most in need . 2014-09-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140904163642/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/eventful-life-of-former-carlisle-mayor-dedicated-to-those-most-in-need-1.1012477?referrerPath=news . 2014-09-04 .
20. Web site: Communist Party.
21. Web site: New Mayor of Carlisle appointed. News & Star. 15 December 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222105856/http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/new-mayor-of-carlisle-appointed-1.1212719. 22 December 2015.
22. Web site: New Carlisle Mayor . Carlisle City Council. 27 November 2018.
23. Web site: New mayor sworn in for Carlisle. 16 June 2023.
24. Web site: Ceremony held to officially make Cllr Harid the Mayor of Carlisle. 16 June 2023.
25. News: Duncan . Ian . News and Star . June 11, 2024 . Newsquest . May 23, 2024.