Mayors since the passing of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1835:
- 1836 - John Masfen Jn. Kenderdine Shaw
- 1837 - William Jones
- 1838 - Charles Dudley
- 1839 - Thomas Stevenson
- 1840 - Edward Lloyd
- 1841 - John Rogers
- 1842 - Charles Chester Mort
- 1843 - Thomas Boulton
- 1844 - John Griffin
- 1845 - Charles Ed Morgan
- 1846 - James Webb
- 1847 - John Marson
- 1848 - James Turnock
- 1849 - Thomas Benson Elley
- 1850 - Thomas Benson Elley
- 1851 - William Jones, Jun.
- 1852 - Thomas Turner
- 1853 - Thomas Boulton
- 1854 - John Henson Webb
- 1855 - John Griffin
- 1856 - John Griffin
- 1857 - John Griffin
- 1858 - Henry Thos Lomax
- 1859 - John Lea
- 1860 - William Buxton
- 1861 - William Buxton
- 1862 - John Brewster
- 1863 - Jonas Pilling
- 1864 - Edward Mousley
- 1865 - Edward Mousley
- 1866 - John Morgan
- 1867 - William Silvester
- 1868 - Richard Podmore
- 1869 - Ephraim Austin
- 1870 - Henry Gillard
- 1871 - Hugh Woods Gibson
- 1872 - Bateman P Wright
- 1873 - John Kelsall
- 1874 - John Shallcross
- 1875 - John Shallcross
- 1876 - Jas C Marson (deceased)
- 1876 - H W Gibson (successor to Jas C Marson)
- 1877 - John Averill
- 1878 - Frederic Marson
- 1879 - William Wright
- 1880 - John Tasker Evans
- 1881 - Chas Henry Dudley
- 1882 - Chas Henry Dudley
- 1883 - Zachariah Anderson
- 1884 - Frederic Greatrex
- 1885 - Nicholas Joyce
- 1886 - Wm Henry Peach
- 1887 - Alfred Ward
- 1888 - Cornelius Mycock
- 1889 - Thomas Amies
- 1890 - William Peach
- 1891 - William Lloyd
- 1892 - William Silvester
- 1893 - George Wormal
- 1894 - Charles Henry Wright
- 1895 - Wm Hy Turkington
- 1896 - Frederick Greatrex
- 1897 - Walter Charles Towers Mynors
- 1898 - Walter Charles Towers Mynors
- 1899 - Walter Charles Towers Mynors
- 1900 - Walter Charles Towers Mynors
- 1901 - Walter Charles Towers Mynors
- 1902 - P M Bridgwood
- 1903 - Samuel Geo Lovatt
- 1904 - John Mottram
- 1905 - William Marson
- 1906 - Albert Andrews
- 1907 - Ebenezer Wm Taylor
- 1908 - Ebenezer Wm Taylor
- 1909 - Edward Horton
- 1910 - Thomas Westhead
- 1911 - Ebenezer Wm Taylor
- 1912 - Charles Wm. Miller
- 1913 - Jas Cornelius Mycock
- 1914 - Henry John Bostock
- 1915 - Thos Samuel Bailey
- 1916 - Richard John Young
- 1917 -
- 1918 - Joseph Rushton
- 1919 - Frederick Milnes Blumer
- 1920 - Richard Edwin Meade
- 1921 - Thomas Alfred Dunn
- 1922 - Ernest Albert Thompson
- 1923 - John Wheeldon
- 1924 - Harry Eymer
- 1925 - John Hall
- 1926 - William Thomas Richardson
- 1927 - William Thomas Richardson
- 1928 - William Thomas Richardson
- 1929 - William Thomas Richardson
- 1930 - Thomas Henry Tunnicliffe
- 1931 - Thomas Henry Tunnicliffe
- 1932 - Ellen Maria South (Mrs)
- 1933 - Samuel Robinson
- 1934 - Frederick William Pitt (deceased)
- 1934 - Samuel Robinson (successor to Frederick William Pitt)
- 1935 - Geo Owen
- 1936 - Geo Owen
- 1937 - R Gordon Amies
- 1938 - Horace Joynes MBE
- 1939 - Horace Joynes MBE
- 1940 - Horace Joynes MBE
- 1941 - Horace Joynes MBE
- 1942 - Arthur Egerton Hourd
- 1943 - Arthur Egerton Hourd
- 1944 - Harold Wallace-Copeland
- 1945 - Harold Wallace-Copeland
- 1946 - Ruth Turney (Mrs)
- 1947 - Ruth Turney (Mrs)
- 1948 - Ruth Turney (Mrs)
- 1949 - Leslie Dobson
- 1950 - Leslie Dobson
- 1951 - Charles Edward Fowke
- 1952 - Charles Edward Fowke
- 1953 - Charles Jones
- 1954 - Charles Jones
- 1955 - Horace Henry Coghlan
- 1956 - Horace Henry Coghlan
- 1957 - Frank Redvers Green
- 1958 - Frank Redvers Green
- 1959 - Bertram Sinkinson OBE
- 1960 - John Edward Roberts
- 1961 - Elizabeth Wilford (Mrs)
- 1962 - Rees Llewellyn Tyler
- 1963 - Albert Edward Collins
- 1964 - Iris Helen Moseley (Miss)
- 1965 - Lawrence Harry Kinson
- 1966 - Samuel Harry Robinson
- 1967 - Stanley Gordon Sheppard MBE VRD
- 1968 - Oliver Frederick Bradley MBE
- 1969 - Trevor Arnold Evans
- 1970 - Walter Richard Dean (JP)
- 1971 - Edith Stella Kidman (JP)
- 1972 - Norman Leonard Potter
- 1973 - William Robert Simpson
- 1974 - Ruth M Dickson (Mrs) (JP)
- 1975 - William Bowen
- 1976 - Roland E Tonge
- 1977 - George H Mason
- 1978 - Harold Doffman
- 1979 - Leonard Jacques
- 1980 - Michael Dale
- 1981 - Mavis V Keleghan (Mrs)
- 1982 - Trevor J Reeves
- 1983 - Michael H Roberts
- 1984 - Hugh Lowry (JP)
- 1985 - Graham Will
- 1986 - Barbara H Bower (Mrs)
- 1987 - Douglas J James
- 1988 - Matthew H Guymer MBE
- 1989 - William J Kemp
- 1990 - Michael R Heenan
- 1991 - Stuart Glaister (JP)
- 1992 - Frances Salome Dainton (Mrs)
- 1993 - Andrew Compton (JP)
- 1994 - Kenneth F Brown
- 1995 - Ellis A J Bevan MBE
- 1996 - John T Holland
- 1997 - Judith M Dalgarno (Mrs)
- 1998 - Harry Brunt
- 1999 - Christine A Baron (Mrs)
- 2000 - Peter Bruce
- 2001 - Douglas W Davies
- 2002 - Ralph P Cooke
- 2003 - John A Russell
- 2004 - Francis A Finlay
- 2005 - Joyce Farnham (JP) (Mrs)
- 2006 - Mike Shone
- 2007 - David Brian Price
- 2008 - Ann P Edgeller (Mrs)
- 2009 - Jean E Tabernor (Mrs)
- 2010 - Malcolm T Millichap
- 2011 - James S Highfield
- 2012 - Bryan M Cross MBE
- 2013 - Angela M Loughran (Mrs)
- 2014 - Raymond M Sutherland
- 2015 - Peter W Jones
- 2016 - Geoffrey R Collier
- 2017 - Aidan T A Godfrey
- 2018 - Raymond J Barron
- 2019 - Evan G R Jones
- 2020 - Evan G R Jones
- 2021 - Anthony Nixon
- 2022 - Philip A Leason MBE JP
- 2023 - Andy Cooper
- 2024 - Frank D J James