The Mayor of Lincoln is regarded as the first citizen of the city of Lincoln, England and has precedence in all places within the City, subject to the Royal prerogative.

The Mayor, during their term of Office, remains impartial and is unable to attend or become involved in any political matters. Their full title is "The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Lincoln". The position of Mayor of Lincoln was established in 1206.

The following have been mayors of Lincoln:

1379–80: Robert Sutton, MP for Lincoln 11 times between 1381 and 1399 1380–81: Gilbert Beesby, MP for Lincoln, 1382, 1388 and 1401 1382–83: William Dalderby, MP for Lincoln, 1383 and 1404 1383–84: Robert Saltby, MP for Lincoln, 1383 and 1386 1384–85: William Dalderby, MP for Lincoln, 1383 and 1404 1386–87: John Sutton, MP for Lincoln 5 times between 1369 and 1388 1387–88: Robert Ledes, MP for Lincoln, 1382, 1391 and 1395 1388–89: Robert Messingham, MP for Lincoln, 1394 1389–90: Seman Laxfield, MP for Lincoln, 1397 and 1404 1390–91: Thomas Thornhagh, MP for Lincoln, 1393 1393–94: Robert Harworth, MP for Lincoln, 1388, 1395 and 1401 1394–95: John Belasise, MP for Lincoln, 1393 and 1411 1399–1400: John Balderton, MP for Lincoln 1402 1401–02: William Blyton, MP for Lincoln, 1399 and 1402 1402–03: Robert Appleby, MP for Lincoln, 1397 and 1404 1405–06: Nicholas Huddleston, MP for Lincoln, 1404 1407–08: Thomas Forster, MP for Lincoln, 1406, 1413 and 1416 1411–12: Richard Bell, MP for Lincoln, 1407 1412–13: John Ryle, MP for Lincoln, 1414John Ryle (fl. 1414) 1416–17: Thomas Archer, MP for Lincoln, 1415 and 1417 1420–21: Thomas Teryng, MP for Lincoln, 1414 1422–23: William Blyton, MP for Lincoln, 1399 and 1402 1501–02, 1511–12, 1524–25, 1535–36: Robert Alanson, MP for Lincoln, 1512 and 1515 1515: William Sammes, MP for Lincoln, 1529 1522: John Halton, MP for Lincoln, 1523 1527–28, 1541-42: Vincent Grantham, MP for Lincoln, 1529 and 1536 1539–40, 1549-50: William Yates, MP of Lincoln, 1545 1542–43: William Alanson, MP for Lincoln, 1542 1554–55: William Rotheram, MP for Lincoln, 1554 1557–58: Thomas Grantham, MP for Lincoln, 1547 1562–63, 1572–73, 1581-82: William KentStark, Adam: Wilson, Edward James (1816)."Appendix: Mayors." In The History Of Lincoln. Lincoln, England: Drury and Sons.pp.184-185. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

1639: William Bishop 1650–1651 Original Peart, MP for Lincoln 1654 and 1656.

1669: Thomas Bishop, JP and mercer

1867–69 John Richard Battle, Pharmaceutical chemist, druggist & farmer, 1890 1869–70 Joseph Ruston, agricultural engineer, MP for Lincoln, 1884 1878–79, 1879–80, 1883–84, 1884-85: Francis J. Clarke, chemist and creator of Clarke's Blood Mixture

1902–03: Charles Pratt (Liberal Unionist)

21st century Source: 2001–02: Patricia A McGinley 2002–03: Gary T Hewson 2003–04: Donald J Nannestad 2004–05: Edmund W Strengiel 2005–06: Adelle Ellis 2006–07: Stephen A Allnutt 2007–08: Hilton Spratt 2008–09: Ronald Hills 2009–10: David F Gratrick 2010–11: Geoffrey Kirby 2011–12: Kathleen E Brothwell 2012–13: Karen Lee 2013–14: Patrick J Vaughan 2014–15: Brent Charlesworth 2015–16: Andrew Kerry 2016–17: Yvonne Bodger 2017–18: Chris Burke(811th Mayor of Lincoln) 2018–19: Keith Weaver (812th Mayor of Lincoln) 2019–21 Sue Burke (813th Mayor of Lincoln) (Appointment extended until May 2021 due to the Coronavirus Pandemic

2021–22 Jackie Kirk 2022–23 Rosanne Kirk 2023–24 Biff Bean 2024–25 Alan Briggs 2025 - 26 Bill Mara 2026 - Clare Smalley

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