List of mayors of Birmingham

Lord Mayor of Birmingham
Coat of arms of Birmingham
Incumbent Muhammad Afzal, Lab since May 2021
Style	Lord Mayor
Member of	Birmingham City Council
Residence	Birmingham
Appointer	Birmingham City Council
Term length	1 Year
Formation	1838
Succession	TBA 2022
Deputy	Mohammed Azim
Website	Mayor website

This is a list of the mayors and lord mayors of Birmingham in the West Midlands of England.

Joseph Chamberlain's great social improvements as mayor led to Birmingham being described as "the best-governed city in the world".^[1]

Birmingham has had a mayor (and elected council) since 1838. The office was raised to the dignity of lord mayor when Queen Victoria issued letters patent on 3 June 1896.^[2]

By modern convention, the Lord Mayor stands for a year, and is installed into office at the Annual Meeting of the City Council. Lord Mayors are non-political and non-executive during their term of office and act as chair of the council. As the First Citizen of Birmingham, the Lord Mayor represents not only the city but also the people of Birmingham. The honour of being Lord Mayor is now usually alternated between the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat Groups. In normal circumstances the Lord Mayor becomes Deputy Lord Mayor for the following year.^[3]

Mayors of Birmingham[]

1838–1895[]

No.	Mayor	Image	Tenure	Terms	Notes
1	William Scholefield		1838	1	Second son of Joshua Scholefield, one of Birmingham's first MPs when the town was enfranchised in 1832.
2	Philip Henry Muntz		1839–1840	2	Councillor, alderman, mayor, justice of the peace and representative of Birmingham in Parliament.
3	Samuel Beale		1841	1	MP for Derby between 1857–65.
4			1842	1
5	Thomas Weston		1843	1	Unitarian
6			1844	1
7	Henry Smith		1845	1
8	Robert Martineau		1846	1
9	Charles Geach		1847	1	Founder of the Birmingham & Midland Bank
10	Samuel Thornton		1848	1
11			1849–1850	2
12	Henry Smith		1851	1
13			1852	1
14			1853	1	Paper manufacturer, owner of James Baldwin & Sons, est. 1829. Unitarian.
15	John Palmer		1854	1
16			1855	1
17			1856–1858	3	Also Town Commissioner, Low Baliff, Town Councillor, Alderman
18	Thomas Lloyd		1859	1
19			1860	1
20			1861	1
21			1862	1
22			1863	1
23	Henry Wiggin		1864	1
24			1865	1
25	George Dixon		1866	1	Birmingham MP, was a major proponent of education for all children.
26	Thomas Avery		1866–1867	1	Elected on the resignation of Dixon
27	Henry Holland		1868	1
28			1869	1	Silver-plater. Northwood Street. Thomas Prime & Sons.
29			1870	1
30	John Sadler		1871	1
31			1872	1
32	Joseph Chamberlain		1873–1876	3	Unitarian.
33	George Baker		1876	1	Elected on the resignation of Chamberlain in June 1876. Second master of Guild of St George.
34	William Kenrick		1877	1
35	Jesse Collings		1878	1
36	Richard Chamberlain		1879–1880	2	Brother of Joseph Chamberlain
37	Thomas Avery		1881	1
38	William White		1882	1
39	William Cook		1883	1	MP for Birmingham East in 1885/1886
40	Sir Thomas Martineau		1884–1886	3
41			1887	1
42			1888	1
43			1889–1890	2
44			1891–1892	2
45			1893	1
46			1894	1
47	James Smith		1895	2

Lord Mayors of Birmingham[]

19th century[]

No.	Lord Mayor	Image	Tenure	Terms	Notes
1			1896	2
2	Charles Gabriel Beale		1897–1899	4	depicted in the gowns of the Pro-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham
3			1900	1

20th century[]

No.	Lord Mayor	Image	Tenure	Terms	Notes
4			1901-02	1
5	Sir Hallewell Rogers		1902–04	2	Liberal Unionist[4]
6	Rowland Hill Berkeley		1904-05	1	Died 13 April 1905; a great-grandfather of Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason.[5]
7	Charles Gabriel Beale		1905	4
8			1905-06	1
9			1906–1908	2
10	Sir George Hamilton Kenrick		1908-09	1
11			1909–1912	4	Knighted in 1916[6]
12	Ernest Martineau		1912–1914	2
13			1914–1915	4	Elected on the resignation of Martineau in September 1914
14	Neville Chamberlain		1915–1917	2	Son of Joseph Chamberlain and future Prime Minister
15			1917–1918	2
16	Sir David Brooks		1918–1919	1
17	William Adlington Cadbury		1919–1921	2	Second son of Richard Cadbury
18	Sir David Davis		1921–1923	2
19			1923–1924	1
20			1924–1926	2
21			1926–1928	2
22	Wilfred Byng Kenrick		1928–1929	1
23			1929–1930	1
24			1930–1931	1
25	Sir John Bedford Burman		1931–1932	1
26			1932–1934	2
27			1934–1936	2
28	Harold Roberts		1936–1937	1
29			1937–1938	1
30			1938–1939	1
31	Theodore Beal Pritchett		1939–1940	1
32	Sir Wilfred Martineau		1940–1941	1
33	Norman Tiptaft		1941–1942	1
34			1942–1943	1
35			1943–1944	1
36			1944–1945	1
37	Alan Stewart Giles		1945–1946	1
38	Albert Frederick Bradbeer		1946–1947	1
39	John Charles Burman		1947–1949	2	Son of Sir John Bedford Burman
40	Hubert Humphreys		1949–1950	1
41	Alfred Paddon-Smith		1950–1951	1
42	Ralph Cyril Yates		1951–1952	1
43	William Tegfryn Bowen		1952–1953	1
44	George Henry Wilson Griffith		1953–1954	1
45	Joseph Reginald Balmer		1954–1955	1
46	Arthur Lummis Gibson		1955–1956	1
47	Ernest William Apps		1956–1957	1
48	John Joseph Grogan		1957–1958	1
49	Donald Johnstone		1958–1959	1
50	John Henry Lewis		1959–1960	1
51	Garnet Benjamin Boughton		1960–1961	1
52	Eric Edward Mole		1961–1962	1
53	Ernest Walter Horton		1962–1963	1
54	Louis Glass		1963–1964	1
55	Frank Leslie Price		1964–1965	1
56	George Corbyn Barrow		1965–1966	1
57	Harold Edward Tyler		1966–1967	1
58	James Stephen Meadows		1967–1968	1
59	Charles Valentine George Simpson		1968–1969	1
60	Neville Bosworth		1969–1970	1	Leader of Birmingham City Council from 1976 to 1980 and 1982 to 1984
61	Stanley Bleyer		1970–1971	1
62	Victor Ernest Turton		1971–1972	1
63	Frederick Thomas Duncan Hall		1972–1973	1
64	Marjorie Alice Brown		1973–1974	1
65	Eric James Eames J.P.		1974–1975	1
66	Albert Leslie Samuel Jackson J.P.		1975–1976	1
67	Harold Powell		1976–1977	1
68	Freda Mary Cocks, OBE		1977–1978	1
69	Edward Frederick Hanson J.P.		1978–1979	1
70	George Canning, OBE		1979–1980	1
71	Joseph Morris Bailey, J.P.		1980–1981	1
72	Kenneth Benjamin Barton		1981–1982	1
73	Peter Hollingworth		1982–1983	1
74	William John Hele Sowton		1983–1984	1
75	Reginald John Hales J.P.		1984–1985	1
76	Frank William Carter		1985–1986	1
77	Alan Denis Martineau		1986–1987	1
78	Frederick James Grattidge		1987–1988	1
79	Harold Charles Blumenthal		1988–1989	1
80	Frederick John Chapman		1989–1990	1
81	Sir Bernard Philip Zissman [7]		1990–1991	1
82	William Henry Turner		1991–1992	1
83	Peter James Philip Barwell MBE, Hon. CSM		1992–1993	1
84	Paul Tilsley		1993–1994	1
85	Sir Richard Knowles		1994-1995	1	Leader of Birmingham City Council from 1984 to 1993.
86	David Roy		1995–1996	1
87	Marion Arnott-Job		1996–1997	1
88	Sybil Spence		1997–1998	1
89	Susan Anderson		1998–1999	1
90	Ian McArdle		1999–2000	1
91	Theresa Stewart		2000–2001	1

21st century[]

No.	Lord Mayor	Image	Tenure	Terms	Notes
92	Jim Whorwood		2001–2002	1
93	Mahmood Hussain		2002–2003	1
94	John Alden		2003–2004	1
95	Mike Nangle		2004–2005	1
96	John Hood		2005–2006	1
97	Mike Sharpe		2006–2007	1
98	Randal Brew		2007–2008	1
99	Chauhdry Abdul Rashid		2008–2009	1
100	Michael Wilkes		2009–2010	1
101	Len Gregory		2010–2011	1
102	Anita Ward		2011–2012	1
103	John Lines		2012–2013	1
104	Mike Leddy		2013–2014	1
105	Shafique Shah		2014–2015	1
106	Ray Hassall		2015–2016	1
107	Carl Rice		2016-2017	1
108	Anne Underwood		2017-2018	1
109	Yvonne Mosquito		2018-2019	1
110	Mohammed Azim		2019-2021	2	Served an extra year due to the COVID-19 pandemic
111	Muhammad Afzal		2021-2022	1	Sworn in on 25 May 2021.[8] He was chosen in 2020, but delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic[9]

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