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)
- H W Gibson (successor)
- 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)
- 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 Mrs Angela M Loughran
- 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