The Mayor of Worcester is the civic head of Worcester City Council.

Every May one of the city Councillors is elected to serve as Mayor for a year. Another is elected as Deputy Mayor. The Mayor chairs meetings of the Full Council, represents the city at ceremonial occasions, welcomes international visitors and attends events organised by local people.^[1]

List of mayors of Worcester

Notable previous mayors

• 1623: John Haselock
• 1631: Thomas Chettle
• 1633: John Nash
• 1635: George Street
• 1646: Edward Elvines
• 1667: Thomas Street
• 1709: Richard Lane
• 1720: Joseph Weston (wine merchant) ^[2]
• 1819: Elias Isaac (banker) ^[2]
• 1826: John Dent (Sheriff of Worcestershire, 1849)^[3]
• 1834: John Wheeley Lea (of Lea and Perrins)
• 1836-37 Christopher Henry Hebb
• 1837-38 George Allies
• 1838-39 Richard Evans
• 1839-40 Thomas Chalk
• 1840-41 C. Augustus Helm
• 1841-42 Edward Evans
• 1842-43 John Lilly
• 1843-44 William Lewis
• 1845-46 Edward Lloyd (died)
• 1846 W. Lewis (elected)
• 1846-47 Fredk. Thos. Elgie
• 1847-48 Edward Webb
• 1848-49 Richard Padmore Worcester's first non-conformist mayor, later a Liberal Party MP.
• 1849-50 John Wheeley Lea
• 1850-51 W. S. P. Hughes
• 1851-52 Thomas Lucy
• 1852-53 Richard Padmore
• 1853-54 Charles Bedford
• 1854-55-6 John Goodwin
• 1856-57 James Weaver
• 1857-58 Josiah Stallard
• 1858-59 Thomas Rowley Hill later Liberal MP for Worcestershire.
• 1859-60 William Haigh
• 1860-61 Joseph Wood ^[4]
• 1861-62 Joseph Firkins
• 1862-63-4 Alexander Clunes Sheriff Chairman of Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. and later Liberal MP for Worcester.
• 1864-65 James Dyson Perrins
• 1865-66 Thomas Southall
• 1866-67 John Stallard
• 1867-68 William Webb
• 1868-69 Francis Woodward
• 1869-70 Richard E. Barnett
• 1870-71-2 Henry Willis
• 1872-73 Edward Wall (also Sheriff of Worcester)
• 1873-74 H. G. Goldingham
• 1874-75 John Longmore
• 1875-76 Francis Woodward
• 1876-77 Moses Jones
• 1877-78 Francis Dingle
• 1878-79 Walter Holland
• 1879-80 John Noake
• 1880-81 T. S. Townshend
• 1881-82 Lieut.-Col. Wm. Stallard
• 1882-83 Frederick Corbett
• 1883-84 W. B. Williamson
• 1884-85 Joseph S. Wood
• 1885-86 Ambrose Wm. Knott
• 1886-87 Walter Holland
• 1887-88 Herbert Caldicott ^[5]
• 1888-89 Ernest Augustus Day, architect and surveyor.
• 1889-90 R. Smith-Carrington
• 1890-91 W. R. Higgs
• 1891-92 Walter Holland
• 1892-93 Hon. Alfred Percy Allsopp, M.P.
• 1893-94 Geo. H. Williamson
• 1894-95 Hon. Alfred Percy Allsopp, M.P.
• 1895-96 Rt. Hon. William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, later Governor of New South Wales
• 1896-97 Charles William Dyson Perrins (of Lea and Perrins)
• 1897-98 Albert Buck
• 1898-99 John Alfred Steward
• 1899-1900 John Millington
• 1900-1 John Alfred steward
• 1901-2 Walter Holland
• 1902-3 Mr. C. J. Whitehead (Conservative)^[6]
• 1903-4 John Samuel Cook
• 1904-5 Hubert A. Leicester
• 1909–10: Alfred Percy Allsopp (third term)
• 1916–19: Arthur Carlton ^[7]
• 1922–23: Arthur Carlton ^[7]
• 1941–42: Richard Robert Fairbairn (died in office, October 1941)
• 1958–59: Harold Alfred Richards ^[8]

Recent mayors

Source^[1]

• 1999–2000: Josephine Hodges
• 2000–01: Mary Drinkwater
• 2001–02: David Clark
• 2002–03: Robert Rowden
• 2003–04: Gareth Jones
• 2004–05: Allah Ditta
• 2005–06: Aubrey Tarbuck
• 2006–07: Ian Imray
• 2007–08: Stephen Inman
• 2008–09: Lucy Hodgson
• 2009–10: Andy Roberts
• 2010–11: Mike Layland
• 2011–12: Dr David Tibbutt
• 2012–13: Roger Berry
• 2013–14: Pat Agar
• 2014–15: Alan Amos
• 2015–16: Roger Knight
• 2016–17: Paul Denham
• 2017–18: Steve Mackay
• 2018–19: Jabba Riaz
• 2019–20: Allah Ditta
• 2020–21: Josephine Hodges
• 2021–22: Stephen Hodgson
• 2022–23: Adrian Gregson
• 2023–24: Louis Stephen