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 |
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 |