{{Short description|none}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} The '''Mayor of Worcester''' is the civic head of Worcester City Council.

Every May one of the city Councillors is elected to serve as Mayor for a year. Another is elected as Deputy Mayor. The Mayor chairs meetings of the Full Council, represents the city at ceremonial occasions, welcomes international visitors and attends events organised by local people.<ref name=WC>{{cite web|url=http://www.worcestermayor.org.uk/about/|title=About the Mayor|date=24 May 2011|publisher=Worcester City Council|accessdate= 20 March 2019}}</ref>

==List of mayors of Worcester== ;Notable previous mayors *1623: John Haselock *1631: Thomas Chettle *1633: John Nash *1635: George Street *1646: Edward Elvines *1656: Edmund Pitt *1667: Thomas Street *1709: Richard Lane *1720: Joseph Weston (wine merchant) <ref name= WGG>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worcestergcc.co.uk/the-club/heritage/|title=Our Heritage &#124; Worcester Golf and Country Club|website=www.worcestergcc.co.uk}}</ref> *1819: Elias Isaac (banker) <ref name= WGG/> * 1826: John Dent (Sheriff of Worcestershire, 1849)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/john-dent-17771855-mayor-of-worcester-1826-and-high-sheriff-of-the-county-1849-53422|title=John Dent (1777–1855), Mayor of Worcester (1826), and High Sheriff of the County (1849) &#124; Art UK}}</ref> *1834: John Wheeley Lea (of Lea & Perrins) *1836-37 Christopher Henry Hebb *1837-38 George Allies *1838-39 Richard Evans *1839-40 Thomas Chalk *1840-41 C. Augustus Helm *1841-42 Edward Evans *1842-43 John Lilly *1843-44 William Lewis *1845-46 Edward Lloyd (died) *1846 W. Lewis (elected) *1846-47 Fredk. Thos. Elgie *1847-48 Edward Webb *1848-49 Richard Padmore Worcester's first non-conformist mayor, later a Liberal Party MP. *1849-50 John Wheeley Lea *1850-51 W. S. P. Hughes *1851-52 Thomas Lucy *1852-53 Richard Padmore *1853-54 Charles Bedford *1854-55-6 John Goodwin *1856-57 James Weaver *1857-58 Josiah Stallard *1858-59 Thomas Rowley Hill later Liberal MP for Worcestershire. *1859-60 William Haigh *1860-61 Joseph Wood <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/alderman-joseph-wood-d-1887-mayor-of-worcester-1860-53441|title=Alderman Joseph Wood (d.1887), Mayor of Worcester (1860) &#124; Art UK|website=artuk.org}}</ref> *1861-62 Joseph Firkins *1862-63-4 Alexander Clunes Sheriff Chairman of Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. and later Liberal MP for Worcester. *1864-65 James Dyson Perrins *1865-66 Thomas Southall *1866-67 John Stallard *1867-68 William Webb *1868-69 Francis Woodward *1869-70 Richard E. Barnett *1870-71-2 Henry Willis *1872-73 Edward Wall (also Sheriff of Worcester) *1873-74 H. G. Goldingham *1874-75 John Longmore *1875-76 Francis Woodward *1876-77 Moses Jones *1877-78 Francis Dingle *1878-79 Walter Holland *1879-80 John Noake *1880-81 T. S. Townshend *1881-82 Lieut.-Col. Wm. Stallard *1882-83 Frederick Corbett *1883-84 W. B. Williamson *1884-85 Joseph S. Wood *1885-86 Ambrose Wm. Knott *1886-87 Walter Holland *1887-88 Herbert Caldicott <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://caldicott.one-name.net/2017/09/17/herbert-caldicott-1843-1898-mayor-of-worcester/|title=Herbert Caldicott – 1843 – 1898 – Mayor of Worcester|date=17 September 2017}}</ref> *1888-89 Ernest Augustus Day, architect and surveyor. *1889-90 R. Smith-Carrington *1890-91 W. R. Higgs *1891-92 Walter Holland *1892-93 Alfred Percy Allsopp, M.P. *1893-94 Geo. H. Williamson *1894-95 Alfred Percy Allsopp, M.P. *1895-96 William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, later Governor of New South Wales *1896-97 Charles William Dyson Perrins (of Lea and Perrins) *1897-98 Albert Buck *1898-99 John Alfred Steward *1899-1900 John Millington *1900-1 John Alfred steward *1901-2 Walter Holland *1902-3 Mr. C. J. Whitehead (Conservative)<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Election of Mayors |date=11 November 1902 |page=12 |issue=36922}}</ref> *1903-4 John Samuel Cook *1904-5 Hubert A. Leicester *1909–10: Alfred Percy Allsopp (third term) *1916–19: Arthur Carlton <ref name=gaz32906>{{London Gazette|issue=32906|supp=y|pages=1262–1263|date=8 February 1924}}</ref> *1922–23: Arthur Carlton <ref name=gaz32906/> *1941–42: Richard Robert Fairbairn (died in office, October 1941) *1958–59: Harold Alfred Richards <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/harold-alfred-richards-mayor-of-worcester-1958-53464|title=Harold Alfred Richards, Mayor of Worcester (1958) &#124; Art UK|website=artuk.org}}</ref> *1985–86: Frank Poole

;Recent mayors Source<ref name=WC/> *1999–2000: Josephine Hodges *2000–01: Mary Drinkwater *2001–02: David Clark *2002–03: Robert Rowden *2003–04: Gareth Jones *2004–05: Allah Ditta *2005–06: Aubrey Tarbuck *2006–07: Ian Imray *2007–08: Stephen Inman *2008–09: Lucy Hodgson *2009–10: Andy Roberts *2010–11: Mike Layland *2011–12: Dr David Tibbutt *2012–13: Roger Berry *2013–14: Pat Agar *2014–15: Alan Amos *2015–16: Roger Knight *2016–17: Paul Denham *2017–18: Steve Mackay *2018–19: Jabba Riaz *2019–20: Allah Ditta *2020–21: Josephine Hodges *2021–22: Stephen Hodgson *2022–23: Adrian Gregson *2023–24: Louis Stephen *2024–25: Melanie Alcott *2026–27: Tor Pingree<ref>{{cite news |title=New Mayor for Worcester is appointed |url=https://www.worcester.gov.uk/news/new-mayor-for-worcester-is-appointed-2026 |publisher=Worcester City Council |date=2026-05-13}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://researchworcestershire.wordpress.com/tag/worcester-mayor/ List of Mayors 1621–1651 and 1750–1775] * {{cite book|title=A general history of Worcester, embellished with plates|page=346}} List of Mayors 1790–1817

{{Lists of Mayors in the United Kingdom}}

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