The position of Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent is largely ceremonial, determined by a vote amongst the elected councillors of Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Candidates are selected from the councillors. The lord mayor for 2022 to 2023 is Faisal Hussain, a Conservative.

History

Between 1910 and 1928 the Borough, and later, City of Stoke-on-Trent had a mayor rather than a lord mayor. The first Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent was Cecil Wedgwood of the Wedgwood pottery dynasty.[1] The title of Lord Mayor was first conferred on the City of Stoke-on-Trent by King George V on 10 July 1928.

List of former mayors

List of former lord mayors

21st century

References

  1. ^ Warrillow, Ernest J. D. (1960). A sociological history of the city of Stoke-on-Trent. Etruscan Publication. p. 224.
  2. ^ "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.
  3. ^ "Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent". City of Stoke-on-Trent. Archived from the original on 10 March 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent". City of Stoke-on-Trent. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent". www.stoke.gov.uk. Stoke on Trent City Council. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent". Stoke-on-Trent Council. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Council minutes, 19 May 2022". Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
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