Past Mayors - burnley.gov.uk

Dates	Mayor	Mayoress
1862 – 63	John Moore
1863 – 64	John Barnes
1864 – 66	William Robinson
1866 – 67	James Folds
1867 – 69	William Lomas
1869 – 71	John Barnes
1871 – 73	John Hargreaves Scott
1873 – 75	John Massey
1875 – 77	William Thompson
1877 – 79	William Robinson
1879 – 81	John Howorth
1881 – 83	Henry Deighton Fielding
1883 – 85	John Baron
1885 – 87	George Keighley
1887 – 88	George Sutcliffe
1888 – 89	James Greenwood
1889 – 91	Thomas Thornber
1891 – 93	William Parkinson
1893 – 95	Christian Mitchell
1895 – 96	William Collinge
1896 – 98	Caleb Thornber
1898 – 1900	William Dickinson
1900 – 02	Thomas Burrows
1902 – 03	Thomas Thornber
1903 – 05	Albert Carrington
1905 – 07	Hartley Emmott
1907 – 09	William Hough
1909 – 11	James Mitchell Grey
1911 – 13	Elijah Keighley
1913 – 15	James Sellers Kay
1915 – 18	Andrew MacGregor Sinclair
1918 – 20	Roger Hargreaves
1920 – 22	Edwin Whitehead
1922 – 25	John William Glegg
1925 – 27	James Sutcliffe
1927 – 29	Henry Lees	Mrs Lees
1929 – 31	Henry Robinson Nuttell	Miss M Nuttall
1931 – 33	Robinson Place
1933 – 34	Lawrence Ripon
1934 – 35	John Henry Heap
1935 – 36	George Parkinson
1936 – 37	James William Gradwell
1937 – 38	Arthur Green
1938 – 39	James Alfred Sampson
1939 – 40	Mrs Mary Brown
1940 – 41	John Thomas Glegg
1941 – 42	Richard Broadley	Mrs Broadley
1942 – 43	Miss Alice Fearnehough
1943 – 44	Samual Taylor
1944 – 45	Thomas Park Taylor
1945 – 46	Reuben Hudson
1946 – 47	Ronald Bushby
1947 – 49	William Buchanan
1949 – 50	John H Bracewell
1950 – 51	Ernie Brodrick
1951 – 52	Tom Maxfield
1952 – 53	Mary Gillespie
1953 – 54	Harold Hudson
1954 – 55	Joseph Herbert
1955 – 56	Edward Brooks
1956 – 57	Ada Proctor	Miss S Isherwood
1957 – 58	Margaret Ann Battle	Mrs N Taylor
1958 – 59	Peter Henry
1959 – 60	Edith Utley
1960 – 61	Thomas Holgate
1961 – 62	Edward Sandy
1962 – 63	Alderman John Astin Smith	Mrs Smith
1963 – 64	Alderman James Lord
1964 – 65	Alderman Thomas E Gallagher	Mrs J Gallagher
1965 – 66	Alderman George Hollinrake
1966 – 67	Alderman John E Parkinson	Mrs Brierley
1967 – 68	Alderman John H Sutcliffe	Mrs Sutcliffe
1968 – 69	Alderman Dick Newglove (Richard)
1969 – 70	Alderman Arthur Proctor	Mrs Proctor
1970 – 71	Alderman Ernest James Willis
1971 – 72	Alderman Desmond Parkinson	Mrs G Parkinson
1972 – 73	Alderman Abel Bridge	Mrs Bridge
1973 – 74	Alderman Frank Booth	Mrs V Booth
Re-organisation of Burnley Borough Council
1974 – 75	Cllr Edward Hanson JP	Mrs E Hanson
1975 – 76	Cllr Mrs Sarah Ennis JP	Mr Ennis
1976 – 77	Cllr Mrs Ruth I Pilling	Mr E Pilling
1977 – 78	Cllr James Meakin	Mrs M Meakin
1978 – 79	Cllr Albert Pickup JP	Mrs J Pickup
1979 – 80	Cllr Frank A Bailey	Mrs E Bailey
1980 – 81	Cllr John Hudson	Mrs L Hudson
1981 – 82	Cllr Mrs Margaret Tomlinson JP	Mrs E Bacon
1982 – 83	Cllr Mrs Mary Durkin JP	Mrs E Tate JP
1983 – 84	Cllr Jesse Bradshaw	Mrs M Bradshaw
1984 – 85	Cllr Kenneth Butterworth	Mrs P Butterworth
1985 – 86	Cllr James Wyld	Mrs J Wyld
1986 – 87	Cllr Frederick A Brown JP	Mrs I Brown
1987 – 88	Cllr James F Heyes JP	Mrs B Heyes
1988 – 89	Cllr Kenneth McGeorge	Mrs W George
1989 – 90	Cllr George Halstead	Mrs P Halstead
1990 – 91	Cllr Mrs Patricia Bennett	Mrs Dorothy Law
1991 – 92	Cllr Mrs Irene Cooney	Mrs Jean Cooney
1992 – 93	Cllr Edward C Ingham JP	Mrs Elsie Ingham
1993 – 94	Cllr John Greewood JP	Mrs Margaret Greenwood
1994 – 95	Cllr Leslie Harrison	Mrs Margaret Tomlinson JP
1995 – 96	Cllr Arthur Park	Mrs Eileen Park
1996 – 97	Cllr Peter Swainston *	Mrs Shelia Swainston

* Cllr Swainston only served 10 months in office, Cllr Arthur Park then took over for the last 2 months.

1996 – 97	Cllr Arthur Park	Mrs Eileen Park
1997 – 98	Cllr Mrs Enid Tate JP	Mrs Cynthia Sanderson

Date	Mayor	Mayoress/Consort

1998 – 99	Cllr Eric Selby	Mrs Vera Selby
1999 – 2000	Cllr Edward Fisk	Cllr Mrs Pat Chadwick
2000 – 01	Cllr Rafique Malik	Mrs Nasreen Malik
2001 – 02	Cllr Jack Alston JP	Mrs Mary Alston
2002 – 03	Cllr Gordon Birtwistle	Mrs Kathleen Birtwistle
2003 – 04	Cllr Mrs Lilian Clark	Mrs Jacqueline Elkington
2004 – 05	Cllr Mrs Margaret Lishman	Mrs Anne Kelly
2005 – 06	Cllr Roger Barstow Frost MBE	Mrs Pauline Forst Hardwick
2006 – 07	Cllr Mohammed Najib JP	Mrs Shamin Najib
2007 – 08	Cllr Peter McCann	Mrs Mary McCann & Miss Jennifer McCann
2008 – 09	Cllr Mrs Ida Carmichael	Mr Gavin Carmichael and Mrs Joan Heginbotham
2009 – 2010	Cllr John Harbour	Mrs Gillian Harbour
2010 – 11	Cllr Tony Lambert	Mrs Brenda Lambert
2011 – 12	Cllr David Heginbotham	Mrs Joan Heginbotham
2012 – 13	Cllr Charles William Bullas	Mrs Irene Bullas
2013 – 14	Cllr Frank Cant	Mrs Gillian Cant
2014 – 15	Cllr Andy Tatchell	Mrs Lorna Tatchell
2015-16	Cllr Liz Monk	Mr Richard Monk and Mrs Brenda Lambert
2016-17	Cllr Jeff Sumner	Mrs Lesley Sumner and Mr Lee Sumner
2017-18	Cllr Howard Baker	Ms Tracey Rhodes
2018-19	Cllr Charlie Briggs	Ms Patricia Lunt
2019-20	Cllr Anne Kelly	Mr John Kelly
2020-21	Cllr Wajid Lord Khan of Burnley	Lady Khan of Burnley Zahid Khan
2021-22	Cllr Mark Townsend	Mrs Kerry Townsend
2022-23	Cllr Cosima Towneley	Miss Pailin Petchrium/Miss Melissa Wood/Mr Henry Towneley
2023-24	Cllr Raja Arif Khan	Mrs Zaban Nisa/Miss Shbana Khan/Miss Shamina Khan/Miss Nosheen Shoukat/Mr Asif Raja
2024-2025	Cllr Shah Hussain	Mrs Shewly Akhtar/Mrs Runa Khanom/Miss Tahimina Hussain/Mr Mohammed Hussain