List of mayors of Sunderland explained

Below is a list of mayors of Sunderland in the United Kingdom (borough from 1836, metropolitan borough from 1974 to 1992 and City of Sunderland from 1992 to present)

Mayors of Sunderland

• 1836-37 Andrew White (Whig)
• 1837-38 Richard Spoor
• 1838-39 Joseph Simpson
• 1839-40 Joseph Brown
• 1840-41 Richard White
• 1841-42 Sir Hedworth Williamson, 7th Baronet
• 1842-43 Andrew White
• 1843-44 Robert Burdon Cay
• 1844-45 James Allison
• 1845-47 Robert Brown
• 1847 Sir Hedworth Williamson, 7th Baronet
• 1847-48 John Scott
• 1848-49 Joseph Simpson
• 1849-50 William Ord
• 1850-51 William Mordey
• 1851-53 James Hartley
• 1853-54 Samuel Alcock
• 1854-56 Anthony John Moore
• 1856-58 George Smith Ranson
• 1858-59 John Candlish (Liberal Party)
• 1859-61 Samuel Alcock
• 1861-62 John Candlish
• 1862-63 James Hartley
• 1863-64 James Allison
• 1864-66 Edward Temperley Gourley
• 1866-67 John James Kayll
• 1867-68 Edward Temperley Gourley
• 1868-69 John Crossley
• 1869-70 William Thompson
• 1870-72 William Nicholson
• 1872-74 Alexander George McKenzie
• 1874-75 John Potts
• 1875-76 John Nicholson
• 1876-78 Samuel Storey
• 1878-79 Samuel Sinclair Robson
• 1879-80 Thomas Scott Turnbull
• 1880 Samuel Storey
• 1880-82 William Wilson
• 1882-84 John Wright Wayman
• 1884-86 Robert Preston
• 1886-88 Edwin Richardson
• 1888-89 George Barnes
• 1889-91 Robert Shadforth
• 1891-93 Stansfield Richardson
• 1893-95 John Sanderson
• 1895-97 William Burns
• 1897-99 William Bruce
• 1899-1900 Edwin Robert Dix
• 1900-02 John George Kirtley
• 1902-04 Henry John Turnbull (Liberal)^[1]
• 1904-06 Frederick Foster
• 1906-07 Stephen Moriarty Swan
• 1907-08 William Walker
• 1908-10 Arthur F. Young
• 1910-11 William Sanderson
• 1911-12 Edward Hazard Brown
• 1912-17 Stansfield Richardson
• 1917-19 William Frederick Vint
• 1919-20 Arthur Ritson
• 1920 William Frederick Vint
• 1920-22 Walter Raine
• 1922-24 George Stephenson Lawson
• 1924-26 John Spours Nicholson
• 1926-28 David Cairns
• 1928-30 Isaac Gibson Modlin
• 1930-33 Edward Hazard Brown
• 1933-35 Edward William Ditchburn
• 1935-37 Thomas Summerbell
• 1937-38 James Turner
• 1938 George Ford
• 1938-43 Myers Wayman
• 1943-44 Wilton Legender Milburn
• 1944-45 John Young
• 1945-46 Joshua Ritson
• 1946-47 Miles Walton
• 1947-49 Eden Johnston
• 1949-50 Jacob "Jack" Cohen
• 1950-51 George Henry Morgan
• 1951-52 William Harvey
• 1952-53 Arthur Humphrey Suddick
• 1953-54 McGregor Ernest English
• 1954-55 Jane Huggins
• 1955-56 Edith Evelyn Blacklock
• 1956-57 Thomas Henry Cavanagh
• 1957-58 Joseph Hoy
• 1958-59 Edwin Ernest Wales
• 1959-60 Nicholas Lister Allison
• 1960-61 Joseph Tweddle
• 1961-62 Kitty Cohen
• 1962-63 Richard Thomas Weston
• 1963-64 Jane Ellen Hedley
• 1964-65 Robert Wilkinson
• 1965-66 Albert Watson
• 1966-67 Fred Young
• 1967-68 Norman Waters
• 1968-69 John William Purvis Wilkinson
• 1969-70 Mary Elizabeth Miller
• 1970-71 William Ord Stephenson
• 1971-72 William Sinclair Martin
• 1972-73 Leslie Watson
• 1973-74 George Conforth Park
• 1974-75 Tony Burgham|Anthony "Tony" Burgham
• 1975-76 Mary Elizabeth Porter
• 1976-77 Charles Henry Slater
• 1977-78 Thomas Bridges
• 1978-79 Arthur Lumley
• 1979 E Weir
• 1979-81 Leonard Harper
• 1981-82 Thomas Megan Finnigan
• 1982-83 Joseph Hall
• 1983-84 Annie Pratt
• 1984-85 George Elliott
• 1985-86 Ralph Carroll Baxter
• 1986-87 Thomas Scott
• 1987-88 John Mawston
• 1988-89 Leslie Mann
• 1989-90 Robert Kirby
• 1990-91 Andrew Watson Myers
• 1991-92 David Francis Thompson
• 1992-93 William Craddock
• 1993-94 Bryan Charlton
• 1994-95 Denis Gerard Whalen
• 1995-96 Eric Bramfitt
• 1996-97 Ian Galbraith
• 1997-98 Gowan James Scott
• 1998-99 Walter Scott
• 1999-2000 David Ross Wares
• 2000-01 Brian Dodds
• 2001-02 Ken Murray
• 2002-03 Peter Gibson (Labour)
• 2003-04 Juliana Heron (Labour)
• 2004-05 James B Scott (Labour)
• 2005-06 Bill Stephenson(Labour)
• 2006-07 Thomas Foster (Labour)
• 2007-08 Leslie Scott (Labour)
• 2008-09 Mary Smith (Labour)
• 2009-10 Dennis Richardson (Labour)
• 2010-11 Thomas Martin (Labour)
• 2011-12 Norma Wright (Labour)
• 2012-13 Iain Kay (Labour)
• 2013-14 Robert Heron (Labour)
• 2014-15 Stuart Porthouse (Labour until 2019)^[2]
• 2015-16 Barry Curran (Labour)
• 2016-17 Alan Emerson (Labour)
• 2017-18 Doris MacKnight (Labour)
• 2018–19 Lynda Scanlan (Labour)
• 2019-21 David Snowdon (Labour)
• 2021-22 Harry Trueman (Labour)
• 2022–23 Alison Smith (Labour)
• 2023-24 Dorothy Trueman (Labour)

References

• Former Mayors of Sunderland

Notes and References

1. Election of Mayors . 11 November 1902 . 12 . 36922.
2. Web site: 2019-03-07 . Former Mayor of Sunderland suspended from Labour Party over sharing Facebook post . 2023-05-20 . Sunderland Echo . en.