{{Short description|none}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|right|upright|Memorial to Frank Atwells, who died in office in 1892 The Borough of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire, currently has a largely ceremonial mayor. The mayor is responsible for chairing full council meetings as well as representing the council at events, welcoming guests and visiting local organisations. However the role is an ancient one, being first recorded in the 14th century, and has many guises over the years. Former mayors include the following.<ref name=om2023>{{cite web |title=Our Mayor |url=https://www.reading.gov.uk/the-council-and-democracy/our-mayor/ |publisher=Reading Borough Council |access-date=16 July 2023 |archive-date=16 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716180715/https://www.reading.gov.uk/the-council-and-democracy/our-mayor/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Fourteenth century== {{incomplete list|date=September 2018}} {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * 1379 Richard Bedull<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/bedull-richard |title=Bedull, Richard, of Reading, Berks. |work=History of Parliament Online |accessdate=10 September 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910112752/https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/bedull-richard |archivedate=10 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 1382 David atte Hacche<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/hacche-david-atte |title=Hacche, David atte, of Reading, Berks. |work=History of Parliament Online |accessdate=10 September 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910120051/https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/hacche-david-atte |archivedate=10 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 1391 John Kent<ref name=kent1413>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/kent-john-i-1413 |title=Kent, John I (d.1413), of Reading, Berks. |work=History of Parliament Online |accessdate=10 September 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910120613/https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/kent-john-i-1413 |archivedate=10 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 1393 John Kent<ref name=kent1413/> * 1399 Robert Hay<ref name="DNF"/> * 1400 Robert Hay<ref name="DNF"/> }}
==Fifteenth century== {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * 1401 John Huntingford<ref name="DNF"/> or John Kent<ref name=kent1413/> * 1402 Robert Markham<ref name="DNF"/> * 1403 William Kennet<ref name="DNF"/> * 1404 John Hunt<ref name="DNF"/><ref name=JohnHunt>{{cite web |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/hunt-john-i |title=Hunt, John I, of Reading, Berks. |work=History of Parliament Online |accessdate=10 September 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910135419/https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/member/hunt-john-i |archivedate=10 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 1405 John Hunt<ref name="DNF"/> or John Kent<ref name=kent1413/> * 1406 John Hunt<ref name="DNF"/> (dubious)<ref name=JohnHunt/> * 1407 Robert Markham<ref name="DNF"/><ref name=JohnHunt/> * 1408 John Hunt<ref name="DNF"/> (dubious)<ref name=JohnHunt/> * 1409 William Winton<ref name="DNF"/> or John Kent<ref name=kent1413/> * 1410 Robert Levington<ref name="DNF"/> * 1411 John Huntingford<ref name="DNF"/> * 1412 Robert Hay<ref name="DNF"/> * 1413 William Huntingford<ref name="DNF"/> * 1414 John Clarke<ref name="DNF"/> * 1415 William Kennet<ref name="DNF"/> * 1416 John White<ref name="DNF"/> * 1417 John Hunt<ref name="DNF"/> (dubious)<ref name=JohnHunt/> * 1418 Robert Morris<ref name="DNF"/><ref name=JohnHunt/> * 1419 William Winton<ref name="DNF"/> * 1420 William Winton<ref name="DNF"/> * 1421 William Huntingford<ref name="DNF"/> * 1422 Robert Morris Junior<ref name="DNF"/> or John Hunt<ref name=JohnHunt/> * 1423 Thomas Levington<ref name="DNF"/> * 1424 Simon Porter<ref name="DNF"/> * 1425 John Burton<ref name="DNF"/> * 1426 Thomas Levington<ref name="DNF"/> * 1427 John Kirkby<ref name="DNF"/> * 1428 Simon Porter<ref name="DNF"/> * 1429 John Kirkby<ref name="DNF"/> * 1430 Simon Kent<ref name="DNF"/> * 1431 Simon Ladbrook<ref name="DNF"/> * 1432 John Kirkby<ref name="DNF"/> * 1433 Robert Morris<ref name="DNF"/> * 1434 John Kirkby<ref name="DNF"/> * 1435 Thomas Swayne<ref name="DNF"/> * 1436 William Hunt<ref name="DNF"/> * 1437 William Hunt<ref name="DNF"/> * 1438 William Bryssely<ref name="DNF"/> * 1439 William Selham<ref name="DNF"/> * 1440 John Vere<ref name="DNF"/> * 1441 Robert Morris<ref name="DNF"/> * 1442 Simon Porter<ref name="DNF"/> * 1443 William Selham<ref name="DNF"/> * 1444 Edward Lynacre<ref name="DNF"/> * 1445 William Bryssely<ref name="DNF"/> * 1446 William Hunt<ref name="DNF"/> * 1447 John West<ref name="DNF"/> * 1448 John Sayer<ref name="DNF"/> * 1449 Thomas Clarke<ref name="DNF"/> * 1450 John Chamberlain<ref name="DNF"/> * 1451 Simon Porter<ref name="DNF"/> * 1452 Edward Lynacre<ref name="DNF"/> * 1453 William Reade<ref name="DNF"/> * 1454 William Reade<ref name="DNF"/> * 1455 William Reade<ref name="DNF"/> * 1456 William Reade<ref name="DNF"/> * 1457 John Chamberlain<ref name="DNF"/> * 1458 Thomas Beke<ref name="DNF"/> * 1459 Thomas Beke<ref name="DNF"/> * 1460 Thomas Clarke<ref name="DNF"/> * 1461 Thomas Clarke<ref name="DNF"/> * 1462 Thomas Beke<ref name="DNF"/> * 1463 William Lynacre<ref name="DNF"/> * 1464 William Reade<ref name="DNF"/> * 1465 Thomas Clarke<ref name="DNF"/> * 1466 John Buck * 1467 William Reade * 1468 William Lynacre * 1469 William Reade * 1470 John Upston * 1471 Robert Quedhampton * 1472 William Lynacre * 1473 John Upston * 1474 William Pernecote * 1475 William Pernecote * 1476 Stephen Dunster * 1477 William Lynacre * 1478 John Baxter * 1479 John Baxter * 1480 William Lynacre * 1481 Thomas Mill * 1482 Stephen Dunster * 1483 John Baxter * 1484 John Langham * 1485 John Langham * 1486 John Langham * 1487 John Langham or Richard Cleche<ref name="HOP3" /> * 1488 John Langham * 1489 John Langham * 1490 John Baxter * 1491 Christian Nicholas * 1492 Christian Nicholas * 1493 Christian Nicholas * 1494 Christian Nicholas * 1495 John Baxter * 1496 John Baxter * 1497 Christian Nicholas * 1498 Richard Cleche<ref name="HOP3" /> * 1499 Christian Nicholas * 1500 John Wilcox }}
==Sixteenth century== {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * 1501 Thomas Buckeridge * 1502 Richard Cleche<ref name="DNF" /> (dubious)<ref name="HOP3" /> * 1503 John Turner * 1504 Thomas Carpenter * 1505 Richard Cleche<ref name="HOP3" /> * 1506 Thomas Carpenter * 1507 Christian Nicholas * 1508 Thomas Carpenter * 1509 Thomas Carpenter * 1510 William White * 1511 William Gifford, (or Giffard, Jeffard)<ref name="HOP1">{{cite web |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/gifford-(jeffard)-william-1489-1538-or-later |title=Gifford (Jeffard), William (by 1489–1538 or later), of Reading, Berks. |work=History of Parliament Online |accessdate=10 September 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910125342/https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/gifford-(jeffard)-william-1489-1538-or-later |archivedate=10 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 1512 William Watts * 1513 William Justice<ref name="DNF" /><ref name=WilliamJustice2>{{cite web |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/justice-william-1448-1521 |title=Justice, William (by 1448–1521), of Southampton and Reading, Berks. |work=History of Parliament Online |accessdate=10 September 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910161230/https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/justice-william-1448-1521 |archivedate=10 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 1514 John Pownsar * 1515 John Hopton * 1516 Thomas Bye * 1516 William Justice<ref name="DNF" /><ref name=WilliamJustice2/> * 1517 William Watts * 1518 William Watts * 1519 John Hopton * 1520 William Gifford<ref name="HOP1"/> * 1521 Thomas Everard * 1522 Nicholas Hyde, MP for Reading, 1523 * 1523 Richard Turner * 1524 William Gifford<ref name="HOP1"/> * 1525 Thomas Everard * 1526 Richard Aman * 1527 Richard Turner * 1528 John Vansby * 1529 Thomas Everard * 1530 Richard Aman * 1531 Richard Turner * 1532 William Style * 1533 John Reade * 1534 Thomas Everard * 1534 Richard Turner * 1535 Richard Aman * 1536 John White * 1537 Richard Turner * 1538 Thomas Mirth * 1539 Richard Justice<ref name=WilliamJustice>{{cite web |url=https://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/justice-richard-1488-154849 |title=Justice, Richard (by 1488-1548/49), of Reading, Berks. |work=History of Parliament Online |accessdate=10 September 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910141330/https://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/justice-richard-1488-154849 |archivedate=10 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 1540 William Edmunds * 1541 Richard Turner * 1542 John White * 1543 Richard Turner * 1544 John White<ref name="DNF" /> or John Bourne<ref name="HOP2" /> * 1545 Richard Justice<ref name=WilliamJustice/> * 1546 John Bourne<ref name="DNF" /> (dubious)<ref name="HOP2" /> * 1547 John Bourne<ref name="DNF" /> (dubious)<ref name="HOP2" /> * 1548 John Bell * 1549 John Buckland * 1550 William Edmunds * 1551 Thomas Aldworth<ref name="DNF" /><ref name=ThomasAldworth>{{cite web|url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/aldworth-thomas-1520-77|title=Aldworth, Thomas (by 1520–77), of Reading and Wantage, Berks. |work=History of Parliament Online |accessdate=10 September 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910154002/https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/aldworth-thomas-1520-77 |archivedate=10 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 1552 John Bourne<ref name="HOP2" /><ref name="DNF" /> * 1553 Robert Bowyer * 1554 Edward Butler * 1555 John Bell * 1556 Thomas Turner * 1557 Thomas Aldworth<ref name="DNF" /><ref name=ThomasAldworth/> * 1558 Robert Bowyer<ref name="DNF" /> or John Bourne<ref name="HOP2" /> * 1559 Edward Butler * 1560 Thomas Turner * 1561 Thomas Conyers<ref name="DNF" /> or Thomas Aldworth<ref name=ThomasAldworth/> * 1562 John Bell * 1563 John Buckland * 1564 John Phipps * 1565 John Kendrick<ref name="DNB1">DNB Christpher Packe</ref> * 1566 Richard Watlington * 1567 Thomas Turner * 1568 Humphrey Jackson * 1569 Richard Johnson * 1570 Robert Bowyer * 1571 Thomas Aldworth<ref name="DNF" /><ref name=ThomasAldworth/> * 1572 John Ockham * 1573 William Lendall * 1574 Richard Watlington * 1575 Edward Butler * 1576 Richard Aldworth * 1577 William Fynnemore * 1578 Richard Johnson * 1579 John Webb * 1580 Thomas Kendrick * 1581 Edward Butler * 1584 Richard Watlington * 1583 Elizeus Burges * 1584 Richard Aldworth * 1585 Richard Turner * 1586 William Fynnemore * 1587 Richard Johnson * 1588 Thomas Lydall * 1539 Richard Watlington * 1590 Robert Harris * 1591 Thomas Deane * 1592 Elizeus Burges * 1593 Richard Aldworth * 1593 Richard Watlington * 1594 Richard Turner * 1595 Robert Reave * 1596 Barnard Harrison * 1597 Thomas Lydall * 1598 Robert Harris * 1599 Thomas Deane * 1600 John Blagg }}
==Seventeenth century== {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * 1601 Edward Burningham * 1602 John Webb * 1603 John Ball * 1604 John Thorne * 1605 Bernard Harrison * 1606 Thomas Lydall * 1607 Nicholas Gunter * 1608 Thomas Deane * 1609 John Blagg * 1610 Edward Burningham * 1611 Thomas Turner<ref name="Laud" /> * 1612 Richard Turner * 1613 Robert Reeve * 1614 William Malthus * 1615 Robert Knight * 1616 Christopher Turner * 1617 William Iremonger * 1618 Nicholas Gunter * 1619 Walter Bateman * 1620 Thomas Turner<ref name="Laud" /> * 1621 Anthony Knight * 1622 Robert Malthus * 1623 Robert Knight * 1624 Christopher Turner * 1625 William Iremonger * 1626 Nicholas Gunter * 1627 Nicholas Gunter * 1628 Nicholas Gunter * 1629 Walter Bateman * 1630 Thomas Turner<ref name="Laud" /> * 1631 John Newman * 1632 William Kendrick * 1633 Roberl Malthus * 1634 Robert Kent * 1635 John Dewell * 1636 George Thorne * 1637 Anthony Brackstone * 1638 Richard Burren * 1639 John Jennings * 1640 Thomas Harrison * 1641 Peter Burningham * 1642 Thomas Thackham * 1643 William Brackstone * 1644 Simon Dee * 1645 George Wooldridge * 1646 Richard Holloway * 1647 John Harrison * 1648 Thomas Bateman * 1649 Peter Thorne * 1650 James Arnold * 1651 William Wilder * 1652 John Webb * 1653 Henry Frewin * 1654 William Mills * 1655 Thomas Cope * 1656 Richard Alwright * 1657 Richard Holloway * 1658 Joel Stephens * 1659 Joel Stephens * 1660 Robert James * 1661 Samuel Jemmet * 1662 George Thorne<ref name="Laud" /> * 1663 Thomas Sickes * 1664 Thomas Clenton * 1665 Robert Creed * 1666 Thomas Coates * 1667 William Brackstone Junior * 1668 Robert Tirrel * 1669 Michael Reading * 1670 Thomas Tilleard * 1671 John Blake * 1672 Richard Johnson * 1673 Giles Pocock * 1674 Samuel House * 1675 George Goswell * 1676 Reginald Thornborough * 1677 Henry Stead * 1678 Thomas Harrison * 1679 David Webb * 1680 Francis Tirrel * 1681 Michael Reading * 1682 John Thorne * 1683 John Blake * 1684 William Lambden * 1685 Richard Johnson * 1686 Giles Pocock * 1687 Thomas Goswell * 1688 Hugh Champion * 1688 Charles Calverley * 1689 Francis Tirrel * 1690 John Thorne * 1691 Richard Lambden * 1692 John Saunders * 1693 John Thorne Junior * 1694 James Quarrington * 1695 Samuel Watlington<ref name=whws>{{cite web | title = A Brief History of Watlington House | url = http://www.watlingtonhouse.org.uk/index.php/history/ | publisher = Trustees of Watlington House | accessdate = 2010-09-13}}</ref><ref name=dptsor138>{{cite book | first = Daphne | last = Phillips | title = The Story of Reading | year = 1980 | publisher = Countryside Books | isbn = 0-905392-07-8 | pages = 138}}</ref> * 1696 William Moore * 1697 Thomas Oates * 1698 Francis Browne * 1699 Thomas Tirrel * 1700 Francis Morgan }}
==Eighteenth century== {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * 1701 Robert Noake * 1702 John Merrick MD * 1703 William Wilder * 1704 Moses Gill * 1705 Luke Wise * 1706 John Abery * 1707 Francis Bristow * 1708 Thomas Piercy * 1709 Robert Parran * 1710 Robert Blake * 1711 Samuel Watlington<ref name=whws>{{cite web | title = A Brief History of Watlington House | url = http://www.watlingtonhouse.org.uk/index.php/history/ | publisher = Trustees of Watlington House | accessdate = 2010-09-13}}</ref><ref name=dptsor138>{{cite book | first = Daphne | last = Phillips | title = The Story of Reading | year = 1980 | publisher = Countryside Books | isbn = 0-905392-07-8 | pages = 138}}</ref> * 1712 Thomas Tirrel * 1713 John Merrick MD * 1714 William Wilder * 1715 Moses Gill * 1716 Luke Wise * 1717 John Abery * 1718 Thomas Piercy * 1719 Robert Parran * 1720 Robert Blake * 1721 Richard Richards * 1722 John Watts <ref name="Watts" /> * 1723 William Everett * 1724 Luke Wise * 1725 John Abery * 1726 Thomas Piercy * 1727 Richard Richards * 1728 John Watts <ref name="Watts" /> * 1729 William Everett * 1730 Jeriah Iremonger * 1731 John Thorne * 1732 Thomas Noake * 1733 John Abery * 1734 Abraham Watlington * 1735 Edward Lambden * 1736 John Spicer * 1737 Thomas Piercy * 1738 Richard Richards * 1739 William Everett * 1740 Jeria Iremonger * 1741 John Thorp * 1742 John Abery * 1743 Abraham Watlington * 1744 John Spicer * 1745 Richard Tilleard * 1746 William Armstrong * 1747 John Dredge * 1748 John Harrison * 1749 Thomas Fiery * 1750 John Richards * 1751 John Hocker * 1752 Harry Austin Deane * 1753 Benjamin Armstrong * 1754 Richard Fisher * 1755 Abraham Watlington * 1756 John Spicer * 1757 Richard Tilleard * 1758 John Hocker * 1759 John Dredge * 1760 John Richards * 1761 Harry Auftin Deane * 1762 Richard Fisher * 1763 Richard Westbrook * 1764 Francis Whitchurch * 1765 Richard Tilleard * 1766 John Coates * 1767 Adam Smith * 1768 William Blandy Senior * 1769 John Dredge * 1770 John Richards * 1771 Richard Fisher * 1772 Richard Westbrook * 1773 Francis Whitchurch * 1774 William Blandy Senior * 1775 John Deane Senior * 1776 John Everett * 1777 Edward Skeate White * 1778 William Knapp * 1779 Thomas Deane * 1780 Robert Micklem * 1781 Edward Micklern * 1782 Henry Deane * 1783 Martin Annesley * 1784 John Deane Junior * 1785 John Taylor MD * 1786 Thomas Hanson * 1787 John Bulley * 1788 Richard Maul * 1789 Thomas Gleed * 1790 William Knapp * 1791 Thomas Deane * 1792 Robert Micklem * 1793 Henry Deane * 1794 Martin Annesley * 1795 John Bulley * 1796 Richard Maul * 1797 Thomas Gleed * 1798 Charles Poulton * 1799 Thomas West * 1800 William Blandy }}
==Nineteenth century== {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * 1801 Richard Westbrook<ref name="DNF"/> * 1802 Richard Richards<ref name="DNF"/> * 1803 Lancelot Austwick<ref name="DNF"/> * 1804 George Gilbertson<ref name="DNF"/> * 1805 John Stevens<ref name="DNF"/> * 1806 Martin Annesley<ref name="DNF"/> * 1807 Richard Maul<ref name="DNF"/> * 1808 Thomas Gleed<ref name="DNF"/> * 1809 Charles Poulton<ref name="DNF"/> * 1810 William Blandy<ref name="DNF"/> * 1811 Richard Westbrook<ref name="DNF"/> * 1812 Lancelot Austwick<ref name="DNF"/> * 1813 George Gilbertson<ref name="DNF"/> * 1814 William Andrews Senior<ref name="DNF"/> * 1815 John Blandy<ref name="DNF"/> * 1816 William Blackall Simonds<ref name="DNF"/> * 1817 Thomas Sowdon<ref name="DNF"/> * 1818 Robert Harris<ref name="DNF"/> * 1819 Thomas Ward<ref name="DNF"/> * 1820 William Stephens<ref name="DNF"/> * 1821 Henry Deane<ref name="DNF"/> * 1822 Thomas Garrard<ref name="DNF"/> * 1823 William Andrews Senior<ref name="DNF"/> * 1824 Henry Simonds<ref name="DNF"/> * 1825 Herbert Lewis<ref name="DNF"/> * 1826 George Higgs<ref name="DNF"/> * 1827 William Quelch<ref name="DNF"/> * 1828 Musgrave Lamb<ref name="DNF"/> * 1829 Thomas Grint Curties<ref name="DNF"/> * 1830 John Jackson Blandy<ref name="DNF"/><ref name="ASR" /><ref name="NRO">{{cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10111809|type=HO 52/6/77|title=Folios 157–160. Letter from J J Blandy, Mayor of Reading|website=nationalarchives.gov.uk|publisher=The National Archives}}</ref> * 1831 William Blandy<ref name="DNF"/> * 1832 John Lamball Dewe<ref name="DNF"/> * 1833 Thomas Lawrence<ref name="DNF"/> * 1834 John Neale<ref name="DNF"/> * 1835 Henry Hawkes<ref name="DNF"/> * 1836 William Tuppen<ref name="DNF"/> * 1837 Richard Billing<ref name="DNF"/> * 1838-39 Edward Hodge<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1839-40 William Tiley, junior<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1840-41 Thomas Rickford<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1841-42 Samuel Chase<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1842-43 William Blandy<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1843-44 John Richard, junior<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1844-45 John Yard Willats<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1845-46 James Allaway<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1846-47 Thomas Morris<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1847-48 John Weedon<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1848-49 Thomas Harris<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1849-50 Henry Adams<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1850-52 William Silver Darter<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1852-53 John Demezy Goodchild<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1853-54 William Brown<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1854-55 William Exall<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1855-56 Timothy Lorkin Walford<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1856-57 Thomas harris<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1857-58 George Palmer<ref>{{cite odnb|first=T. A. B. |last=Corley|title=Palmer, George (1818–1897)|id=21184|year=2004}}</ref><ref name="Mayors"/> * 1858-59 Charles James Andrewes<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1859-60 Henry Adolphus Simonds<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1860-61 James Boorne<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1861-62 Robert Hewett<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1862-63 John Okey Taylor<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1863-64 Lewis Cooper<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1864-65 Charles James Butler<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1865-66 Edward Blackwell<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1866-67 Henry John Simonds<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1867-68 John Talwin Morris<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1868-69 John Wells Hounslow<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1869-71 Sir Peter Spokes<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1871-73 Henry Bilson Blandy<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1873-74 Alexander Beale<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1874-76 Charles Smith<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1876-77 William Hood<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1877-78 James Silver<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1878-80 Henry Bilson Blandy<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1880-81 George William Colebrook<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1881-82 John Messer<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1882-83 Blackall Simonds<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1883-87 Arthur Hill<ref name=arthurhill>{{cite web |url=http://collections.readingmuseum.org.uk/index.asp?page=record&mwsquery=%28%7Bsearch%7D=*%7Bhurry%7D%29&filename=REDMG&hitsStart=13 |title=Arthur Hill JP – Stone carving, by George Blackall Simonds – 1888 |publisher=Reading Museum |accessdate=29 January 2019}}</ref><ref name="Mayors"/> *1887-88 William Berkley Monck<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1888-89 George William Palmer<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Royal Statue at Reading |date=4 December 1902 |page=8 |issue=36942| }}</ref><ref name="Mayors"/> * 1889-90 John Thomas Dodd<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1890-91 Daniel Heelas<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1891-92 Frank Attwells (died in office on 25 August 1892)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/action-taken-clean-up-filthy-4196100 |title=Action taken to clean up 'filthy' memorial |work=getreading |date=29 October 2012 |accessdate=4 March 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304161658/https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/action-taken-clean-up-filthy-4196100 |archivedate=4 March 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Mayors"/> * 1891-92 Daniel Heelas, former deputy mayor.<ref>Reading Mercury 3.9.1892</ref><ref name="Mayors"/> * 1892-93 John Wessley Martin <ref>Reading Mercury 12.11.1892</ref> * 1893-94 Charles Gyningham Field <ref>Reading Mercury 11.11.1893</ref> * 1894-96 Owen Ridley<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1896-97 William Ferguson<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1897-98 William Berkeley Monck<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1898-99 William George Wellma<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1899–1900 W. Poulton<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The War – Berkshire|date=7 March 1900 |page=10 |issue=36083| }}</ref> }}
==Twentieth century== {{incomplete list|date=November 2016}} {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * 1900-1903: A. Holland Bull, JP (Liberal Unionist) (three terms)<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Coronation |date=4 April 1902 |page=4 |issue=36733| }}</ref><ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Election of Mayors |date=11 November 1902 |page=12 |issue=36922| }}</ref> *1904-1905: Martin John Sutton<ref name="Mayors"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Alexander |first1=Alan |title=Borough Government and Politics Reading 1835-1985 |date=1985 |publisher=George Allen and Unwin |location=London |isbn=978-0043521175 |page=186}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Earley Local History Group |title=Suttons Seeds A History 1806-2006 |date=2006 |publisher=Earley Local History Group |isbn=0 9540041-2-4 |page=226}}</ref> *1905-1907: Edward Jackson<ref name="Mayors"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Edward Jackson Photograph by Walton Adams - between 1905 and 1907 |url=http://collections.readingmuseum.org.uk/index.asp?page=record&mwsquery=({search}=*{Edward%20jackson})&filename=REDMG&hitsStart=3 |website=Reading Museum |access-date=13 January 2022}}</ref> * 1919: Sir George Stewart Abram<ref>1922 New Years Honours List</ref><ref name="Mayors"/> * 1931: Edward Oliver Farrer<ref name="Purley" /> * 1933: Edith Sutton<ref name="ReadingChronicle" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Five Reading citizens and the fight for votes for women |url=https://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/blog/five-reading-citizens-and-fight-for-votes-for-women |website=Reading Museum |date=30 November 2017 |access-date=11 January 2022}}</ref> * 1934: Frederick William Allwright (died in office on 13 November 1934)<ref name="Purley">{{Cite web|title=Chronicles of Purley: 1930–1939|url=http://project-purley.eu/K/KZ1930.htm|access-date=2015-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527000959/http://project-purley.eu/K/KZ1930.htm|archive-date=2015-05-27|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Mayors"/> * 1946: Phoebe Cusden<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/localhistory/11028946.WWI_letters_go_under_the_hammer/|title=WWI letters to go under the hammer at Loughton action house|author=David Eggboro|date=25 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Phoebe Cusden, Mayor of Reading 1946-47 Photograph by C.E.May - 1946 |url=http://collections.readingmuseum.org.uk/index.asp?page=record&mwsquery=({search}=*{Cusden})&filename=REDMG&hitsStart=15 |website=Reading Museum |access-date=11 January 2022}}</ref> * 1951-1952: Thomas William Knight<ref name="knight">{{cite news |author=<!-- not stated --> |date=28 June 1957 |title= Obituaries of the Week: Mrs. T. W. Knight |url= |work= Reading Standard|location= |publisher= |access-date=}}</ref> * 1956: Arthur Lockwood<ref name="padley">Frederick C. Padley, "Lockwood, Arthur (1883–1966)", ''Dictionary of Labour Biography'', vol.II, pp.237–239</ref> * 1969-1970: {{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Edith Ella Lovett<ref>{{cite news |title=New mayor makes her maiden speech |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=20 May 1969 |location=Reading |page=1}}</ref> * 1970-1971: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Herbert (Bert) Williams<ref name="Mayors"/> * 1971-1972: {{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} William Wykeham Edward Badnall<ref>{{cite news |title='Fight to preserve office of mayor' |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=8 April 2022 |location=Reading |page=3}}</ref> * 1972-1973: {{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Ivy Sylvia (Silvia) Blagrove<ref>{{cite web |title=Council minutes, 12 December 2003 |url=https://democracy.reading.gov.uk/Data/Council/20031209/Agenda/$20031209%20-%20Minutes.doc.pdf |website=Reading Borough Council |access-date=8 April 2022}}</ref> * 1973-1974: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} John Rees (Jack) Price<ref>{{cite news |title=Art boost for Reading |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=23 May 1973 |location=Reading |page=3}}</ref> * 1974-1975: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Reginald Harry (Joe) Bristow<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/sadie-bristow-former-mayoress-reading-11544467 |title=Sadie Bristow, former Mayoress of Reading dies aged 101 |first=Linda |last=Fort |work=www.getreading.co.uk |publisher=Trinity Mirror Southern |date=1 July 2016 |accessdate=22 August 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701191955/https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/sadie-bristow-former-mayoress-reading-11544467 |archivedate=1 July 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 1975-1976: {{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Geoffrey David Salisbury<ref>{{cite news |title=Bleak times ahead says new mayor |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=21 May 1975 |location=Reading |page=4}}</ref> * 1976-1977: {{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Kathleen Lucy Sage<ref name=Mander/> * 1977-1978: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} William George (Bill) Mander<ref name=Mander>{{cite news |title=New mayor quick to sing town's praises |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=18 May 1977 |location=Reading |page=4}}</ref> * 1978-1979: {{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Ronald James (Jim) Day<ref>{{cite news |title=Mayor's hopes for youth |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=17 May 1978 |location=Reading |page=19}}</ref> * 1979-1980: {{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Charles Frederick Sage<ref>{{cite news |title=Following in his wife's footsteps… the new mayor of Reading |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=16 May 1979 |location=Reading |page=3}}</ref> * 1980-1981: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Marian Jeanne Absolom<ref>{{cite news |title=Meet Mayor Marion [sic] - the new First Citizen |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=14 May 1980 |location=Reading |page=9}}</ref> * 1981-1982: {{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Leslie Basil Dunning<ref>{{cite news |title=Picture special on the making of the new mayors |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=20 May 1981 |location=Reading |page=7}}</ref> * 1982-1983: {{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} George Frank Robinson<ref>{{cite news |title=Big ceremony to install new mayor |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=19 May 1982 |location=Reading |page=7}}</ref> * 1983-1984: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Doris Ellen Lawrence<ref>{{cite news |title=Caring Doris is made the town's 'Mother Mayor' |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=25 May 1983 |location=Reading |page=11}}</ref> * 1984-1985: {{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Ronald William Jewitt<ref>{{cite news |title=Exit Reading's 'Queen Mum'--enter fiery Ron |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=23 May 1984 |location=Reading |page=9}}</ref> * 1985-1986: {{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Brian Anthony Fowles<ref>{{cite news |title=Mayor-making |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=22 May 1985 |location=Reading |page=9}}</ref><ref name="ReadingChronicle">{{Cite web|work=Reading Chronicle|first1=Tessa|last1=Watkins|date= 4 July 2014 |url=http://www.archive.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2014/07/04/101624-obituary-former-reading-mayor-brian-fowles-|title=Obituary: Former Reading mayor Brian Fowles|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526212842/http://www.archive.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2014/07/04/101624-obituary-former-reading-mayor-brian-fowles-|archivedate=2015-05-26}}</ref> * 1986-1987: {{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Janet Brenda Bond<ref>{{cite news |title='Stop bickering', new mayor tells parties |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=28 May 1986 |location=Reading |page=1}}</ref> * 1987-1988: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Doris Ellen Lawrence<ref>{{cite news |title=New mayor begins year with a bang |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=27 May 1987 |location=Reading |page=3}}</ref> * 1988-1989: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Kathleen Margaret (Kay) Everett<ref>{{cite news |title=Kay's day to take the chain |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=24 May 1988 |location=Reading |page=11}}</ref> * 1989-1990: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Maureen Lockey<ref>{{cite news |title=Mayor's controversial path |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=24 May 1989 |location=Reading |page=3}}</ref> * 1990-1991: {{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Geoffrey Walter Canning<ref>{{cite news |title=Mayor's chain handed on |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=23 May 1990 |location=Reading |page=3}}</ref> * 1991-1992: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Robert Stephen Dimmick<ref>{{cite news |title=[Outgoing] Mayor's anger at Labour cuts |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=17 May 1991 |location=Reading |page=3}}</ref> * 1992-1993: {{Color box|{{party color|Independent (politician)}}|border=silver}} Adel Hamza Fuad (Former Conservative, but expelled from party in 1991.)<ref>{{cite news |title=Tories walk out over election of rebel Fuad |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=20 May 1992 |location=Reading |page=5}}</ref> * 1993-1994: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Rajinder Sohpal<ref>{{cite news |title=First black mayor outlines a tough agenda |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=19 May 1993|location=Reading |page=5}}</ref> * 1994: {{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}|border=silver}} George Henry Ford<ref>{{cite news |title=New mayor's speechless |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=18 May 1994 |location=Reading |page=3}}</ref> (Died after 22 days in post.)<ref>{{cite news |title=Tributes to Reading's mayor: George in dream job for only 22 days|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=9 June 1994 |location=Reading |page=1}}</ref> * 1994-1995: {{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} John Michael Oliver<ref>{{cite news |title=New mayor takes office |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=20 July 1994 |location=Reading |page=3}}</ref> * 1995-1996: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} David Llewellyn Geary<ref>{{cite news |title=New mayor makes merry |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=17 May 1995|location=Reading |page=3}}</ref> * 1996-1997: {{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}|border=silver}} Ronald James (Jim) Day<ref>{{cite news |title=Day to remember for our new mayor|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=22 May 1996 |location=Reading |page=53}}</ref> * 1997-1998: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Rosemary Phyllis (Rose) Williams<ref>{{cite news |title=Rose joins chain gang |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=19 May 1997 |location=Reading |page=5}}</ref> * 1998-1999: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} David Llewellyn Geary<ref>{{cite news |title=Ready for challenge|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=22 May 1998|location=Reading |page=3}}</ref> * 1999-2000: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Stephen Peter (Steve) Waite<ref>{{cite news |title=Our mayor for the millennium |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |access-date=8 April 2022 |work=Evening Post |date=19 May 1999|location=Reading |page=1}}</ref> * 2000-2001: {{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}|border=silver}} Robert James (Bob) Green<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/13383542.Lib_Dems_announce_their_contenders_as_leader_calls_it_a_day/ |title=Lib Dems announce their contenders as leader calls it a day |work=Reading Chronicle |date=3 April 2008 |accessdate=23 August 2018 |archivedate=23 August 2018 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823151935/http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/13383542.Lib_Dems_announce_their_contenders_as_leader_calls_it_a_day/}}</ref> }}
==Twenty-first century== {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * 2001: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Tony Jones<ref name=TerryJones>{{cite web |url=http://www.reading.gov.uk/CllrTonyJones |title=Cllr Terry Jones |publisher=Reading Borough Council |accessdate=22 August 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822100250/http://www.reading.gov.uk/CllrTonyJones |archivedate=22 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2002: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Liz Winfield-Chislett<ref name=mwg>{{cite news |url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/mayor-we-go-4271099 |title=Mayor we go |work=www.getreading.co.uk |publisher=Trinity Mirror Southern |date=21 May 2003 |accessdate=22 August 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120072401/https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/mayor-we-go-4271099 |archivedate=20 November 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2003: {{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Jeanette Skeats<ref name=mwg/> * 2004: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Richard Stainthorp<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/fabulous-forbury-4264683 |title=Fabulous Forbury |work=www.getreading.co.uk |publisher=Trinity Mirror Southern |date=16 May 2005 |accessdate=22 August 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151028131112/https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/fabulous-forbury-4264683 |archivedate=28 October 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2005: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Riaz Chaudhri<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2005/10/13/mayor_of_reading_appeal_feature.shtml |title=Mayor of Reading launches appeal |date=13 October 2005 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |accessdate=22 August 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822131746/http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2005/10/13/mayor_of_reading_appeal_feature.shtml |archivedate=22 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2006: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Bet Tickner <ref>{{cite web |url=https://rdg.today/former-mayor-bet-tickner-has-died/ |title=RT: Bet Tickner has died |date=10 January 2024 |publisher=Reading Today |accessdate= 10 January 2024 }}</ref> * 2007: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}}{{efn|Cllr Maskell would quit the Labour Party in 2022, remaining as an independent for the rest of his time on the council.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Former Reading Mayor Chris Maskell quits Labour Party amid investigation into social media comments|first1=Lily|last1=Morl|date=29 Jan 2022|access-date=8 June 2024|publisher=Berkshire Live |url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/former-reading-mayor-chris-maskell-22918840}}</ref>}} Chris Maskell<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reading.gov.uk/CllrChrisMaskell |title=Cllr Chris Maskell |publisher=Reading Borough Council |accessdate=22 August 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822130656/http://www.reading.gov.uk/CllrChrisMaskell |archivedate=22 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2008: {{Color box|{{party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}|border=silver}} Peter Beard<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/new-mayor-ill-ensure-fairness-4252704 |title=New mayor: 'I'll ensure fairness' |work=www.getreading.co.uk |publisher=Trinity Mirror Southern |date=22 May 2008 |first=Linda |last=Fort |accessdate=22 August 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822125554/https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/new-mayor-ill-ensure-fairness-4252704 |archivedate=22 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2009: {{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Fred Pugh<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/fred-pugh-readings-new-mayor-4238856 |title=Fred Pugh is Reading's new mayor |work=www.getreading.co.uk |publisher=Trinity Mirror Southern |date=21 May 2009 |accessdate=22 August 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822124726/https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/fred-pugh-readings-new-mayor-4238856 |archivedate=22 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2010: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Gul Khan<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/gul-khan-becomes-mayor-con-lib-4226974 |title=Gul Khan becomes mayor as Con-Lib coalition takes charge |work=www.getreading.co.uk |publisher=Trinity Mirror Southern |date=26 May 2010 |first=David |last=Millward |accessdate=22 August 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822123858/https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/gul-khan-becomes-mayor-con-lib-4226974 |archivedate=22 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2011: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Deborah Edwards<ref name=DebsEdwards>{{cite web |url=http://www.reading.gov.uk/mayor |title=Our Mayor |year=2018 |publisher=Reading Borough Council |accessdate=22 June 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622165003/http://www.reading.gov.uk/mayor |archivedate=22 June 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sanctuary-housingsouthwest.co.uk/download.cfm?doc=docm93jijm4n743.pdf&ver=1069 |title=Maureen's legacy |work=Your Voice – Winter 2011 |publisher=Sanctuary Housing |page=7 |accessdate=26 May 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527002143/http://www.sanctuary-housingsouthwest.co.uk/download.cfm?doc=docm93jijm4n743.pdf&ver=1069 |archivedate=27 May 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2012: {{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Jenny Rynn<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/mayors-chain-last-jenny-rynn-4200860 |title=Mayor's chain at last for Jenny Rynn |work=www.getreading.co.uk |publisher=Trinity Mirror Southern |date=11 May 2012 |first=Linda |last=Fort |accessdate=22 August 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916232821/https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/mayors-chain-last-jenny-rynn-4200860 |archivedate=16 September 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2013: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Marion Livingston<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/readings-new-mayor-heavy-metal-4189328 |title=Reading's new mayor is a heavy metal fan |work=www.getreading.co.uk |publisher=Trinity Mirror Southern |date=24 May 2013 |first=Linda |last=Fort |accessdate=22 August 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119081812/https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/readings-new-mayor-heavy-metal-4189328 |archivedate=19 November 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2014: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Tony Jones<ref name=TerryJones/> * 2015: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}}{{efn|Cllr Hacker would be expelled from the Labour Party in 2023, and sat as an independent for the remainder of her term.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/23477643.reading-councillor-expelled-labour-party/ |title=Reading councillor expelled from the Labour Party |first=James |last=Aldridge |date=25 April 2023 |work=Reading Chronicle |access-date=16 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426000100/https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/23477643.reading-councillor-expelled-labour-party/ |archive-date=26 April 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>}} Sarah Hacker<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.reading.gov.uk/mayor |title=Our Mayor |year=2015 |publisher=Reading Borough Council |accessdate=16 December 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222095236/http://www.reading.gov.uk/mayor |archivedate=22 December 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2016: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Mohammed Ayub<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reading.gov.uk/mayor |title=Our Mayor |year=2016 |publisher=Reading Borough Council |accessdate=16 June 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616081813/http://www.reading.gov.uk/mayor |archivedate=16 June 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2017: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Rose Williams<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reading.gov.uk/mayor |title=Our Mayor |year=2017 |publisher=Reading Borough Council |accessdate=17 July 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717080515/http://www.reading.gov.uk/mayor |archivedate=17 July 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2018: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Deborah Edwards<ref name=DebsEdwards/> * 2019: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Paul Woodward<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reading.gov.uk/mayor |title=Our Mayor |year=2019 |publisher=Reading Borough Council |accessdate=3 March 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303133744/https://www.reading.gov.uk/mayor |archivedate=3 March 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2020: {{Color box|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|border=silver}}{{efn|Cllr Stevens switched to the Labour Party in 2022}} David Stevens<ref>{{cite web |last1=Roberts |first1=Hannah |title=Conservative Reading Councillor and former Mayor crosses the floor to join Labour Party |url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/conservative-reading-councillor-former-mayor-22696043 |website=Berkshire Live |date=10 January 2022 |publisher=Reach PLC |access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref> * 2021: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Rachel Eden<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reading.gov.uk/the-council-and-democracy/our-mayor/| title=Our Mayor| year = 2021|publisher=Reading Borough Council |accessdate=16 Dec 2021 }}</ref> * 2023: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Tony Page<ref name=om2023/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Aldridge |first1=James |title=Reading councillor with 50 years of service made Mayor |url=https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/23551188.reading-councillor-50-years-service-made-mayor/ |access-date=28 June 2023 |work=Reading Chronicle |date=28 June 2023}}</ref> * 2024: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Glenn Dennis<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aldridge |first1=James |title=History made as first black Mayor of Reading sworn in |url=https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/24341019.history-made-first-black-mayor-reading-sworn/ |access-date=8 June 2024 |work=Reading Chronicle |date=23 May 2024}}</ref> * 2025: {{Color box|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|border=silver}} Dr Alice Mpofu-Coles<ref>{{cite news |title=University researcher becomes Mayor of Reading |url=https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2025/University-News/Community/University-researcher-becomes-Mayor-of-Reading |access-date=5 September 2025 |work=University of Reading |date=5 June 2025}}</ref>}}
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===References=== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="ASR">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q0YXAAAAYAAJ&q=j+j+blandy+town+clerk+reading&pg=PA48|title=The Anti-slavery Reporter|volume=4|publisher=London Society for the Abolition of Slavery in the British Dominions|date=1831|page=48}}</ref>
<ref name="DNF">{{Cite web |url=http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/mayors_reading.html |work=Royal Berkshire History |author=David Nash Ford |title=Mayors of Reading: A Listing |date=8 December 2007 |accessdate=9 November 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109181942/http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/mayors_reading.html |archivedate=9 November 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="Laud">{{Cite book|title=Original letters and other documents relating to the benefactions of William Laud: Archbishop of Canterbury, to the County of Berks|publisher=Berkshire Ashmolean Society|author=William Laud|others= John Bruce (editor)|date=1841}}</ref>
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<ref name="HOP3">{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/cleche-richard-1455-151925|title=Cleche, Richard (by 1455-1519/25), of Reading, Berks. |work=History of Parliament Online |accessdate=10 September 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910122613/https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/cleche-richard-1455-151925 |archivedate=10 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
<ref name="Watts">{{Cite book|title=The Memorandums of John Watts Esq., Mayor of Reading, 1722–23 and 1728–29. Memorandums, Remarks, and Occurrences, Transacted in the Burrough of Reading During the Two Mayoralties of John Watts, Esq.|author=John Watts|others=Kenneth George Burton (editor)}}</ref>
<ref name="Mayors">{{cite book |last1=Slade |first1=C.F. |title=Mayors of Reading Fourteenth to Twentieth Century |date=1970 |publisher=Reading Public Libraries |location=Reading Central Library}}</ref> }}
{{Lists of Mayors in the United Kingdom}}
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