The office of Mayor of Hereford, a city in the west midlands of England, is now a primarily ceremonial, non-political post. As the city's First Citizen, the mayor serves as the civic representative at a wide range of functions and events throughout the local authority area.

The office of Mayor of Hereford was created by Letters Patent on 15 November 1383 by King Richard II to replace the previous office of Chief Bailiff. The Mayor's full title is "The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Hereford". The mayor is traditionally addressed as "Your worship", as a court formality.

The following have been notable mayors of Hereford: 1383–84 and 1393–95: Thomas Whitefield, MP for Hereford, 1378 and 1401 1391–92: Thomas Chippenham, MP for Hereford, 1388 and 1402 1396–98: John Troney 1398–1401:Thomas Chippenham 1400–04, 1412–13, 1421–23: John Falk, MP for Hereford, 1420 1430–34: George Breinton 1436–37, 1443–44: Henry Chippenham, MP for Hereford six times between 1406 and 1422 1543–44: William Berkeley, MP for Hereford, 1547 1555–56: John Kerry 1571–72: James Warnecombe 1573–74, 1576–77: Gregory Price, MP for Herefordshire and Hereford (6 times) 1604-5: John Warden 1616–17: James Rodd, MP for Hereford, 1621 1627–28: Richard Weaver, MP for Hereford six times between 1621 and 1640 1683–84: Herbert Westfaling, MP for Hereford, 1660, 1661 1829: James Eyre

1901–02: Colonel Scobie 1902–03: J. R. Symonds (Conservative)

21st century

2000–01: Richard Thomas 2001–02: Susan Andrews 2002–03: Alan Williams 2003–04: Wynifred Ursula Attfield 2004–05: Polly Andrews 2005–06: Marcelle Lloyd-Hayes 2006–07: Robert Preece 2007–08: Arthur Christopher Richard Chappell 2008–09: Kevin Wargen 2009–10: Sylvia P A Daniels 2010–11: Anna Toon 2011–12: Julie Woodward 2012–13: Brian Wilcox 2013–14: Phil Edwards 2014–15: Len Tawn 2015–16: Charles Nicholls 2016–17: Jim Kenyon 2017–18: Sharon Michaels 2018–19: Sue Boulter 2019–21: Katherine Dallimore-Hey 2021-22: Paul Stevens 2022-23: Mark Dykes 2023-24: Jacqui Carwardine

References

External links History of Herefordian Mayors History of Hereford