The first Mayor for the Borough of Derby was chosen on 3 July 1638 by the king's charter then granted to the town. The two last bailiffs were the two first mayors, Henry Mellor being proclaimed 3 July 1638 to be the mayor until Michaelmas and twelve months after; he died on 5 February 1639 and John Hope served the year out.The history and gazetteer of the county of Derby By Stephen Glover, 1831, accessed 4 June 2008
The chief duties of the mayor are to chair Derby Council meetings and to attend the city's remembrance event, however the ceremonial duties can be considerable. In 2013 the cost of running the office was thought to be over £100,000. Derby's mayor wears a ceremonial chain that has been valued at over £1,000,000. The chain was originally worn by Chief Judges of the King's Bench. It was obtained for Derby's mayor to wear in 1850.Derby's historic Mayor's Office is facing the axe, 25 November 2013, Paul Wyatt, Derby Telegraph, retrieved 2 June 2015
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200001 Ashok Kalia (Labour) 200102 Janet Till (Labour) 200203 Robin Turner (Labour) 200304 Peter Berry (Conservative) 200405 Ruth Skelton (Liberal Democrat) 200506 Roy Webb (Conservative) 200607 John Ahern (Labour) 200708 Pauline Latham (Conservative) 200809 Barbara Jackson (Labour) 200910 Sean Marshall (Conservative)Barabara prepares ..., accessed November 2009 201011 Amar Nath (Conservative) 201112 Les Allen(Liberal Democrat)Outpoing Mayor raise 11,000, ThisIsDerbyshire, accessed August 2011 201213 Lisa Higginbottom (Labour)Child joke council meeting pledge from new Derby mayor. BBC, accessed 3 November 2012 201314 Fareed Hussain (Labour) 201415 Shiraz Khan (Labour)Shiraz Khan voted in as new Mayor of Derby. Derby Telegraph, accessed 12 June 2014 201516 Paul Pegg (Labour) 201617 Linda Winter (Labour)Playgroup manager and Linda Winter is new Mayor of Derby. Derby Telegraph, accessed 18 May 2016 201718 John Whitby (Labour)Derby's new mayor, John Whitby, once a rock star who supported Red Hot Chili Peppers. Derby Telegraph, accessed 25 May 2017 201819 Mike Carr (Liberal Democrat) 201920 Frank Harwood (Conservative then Independent June 2020) 202021 Frank Harwood (Independent then Liberal Democrat April 2021) 202123 Robin Wood (Conservative) 202324 Alan Graves (Reform Derby) 202425 Ged Potter (Conservative) 202526 Ajit Singh Atwal (Liberal Democrats) 202627 Jonathan Smale (Conservative)
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