This is a list of mayors and the later lord mayors of the city of Bradford.

After having elected a mayor since 1847 Bradford was awarded the dignity of a Lord Mayoralty by letters patent dated 16 September 1907. At the time, it was the seventh most populous borough in England and Wales, and the second largest in area, and thus the largest municipality without a Lord Mayor."A New Lord Mayor", The Times, 7 September 1907, pg. 7 When Bradford became a metropolitan borough in 1974 the honour was confirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1974.

Mayors of Bradford Source:

YearNameNotes1847–48 Robert Milligan MP for Bradford, 18511848–49 Titus Salt Mill owner MP for Bradford, 18591849–50 Henry Forbes 1850–51 William Rand 1851–54 Samuel Smith 1854–56 William Murgatroyd 1856–59 Henry Brown 1859–62 Isaac Wright 1862–63 Matthew William Thompson Railway company director MP for Bradford, 18671863–64 Joseph Farrar 1864–65 Charles Semon Textile merchant1865–66 John Venimore Godwin Photographer1866–67 William Brayshaw 1867–68 James Law 1868-69 Edward West 1869–71 Mark Dawson 1871–73 Matthew William Thompson Railway Company Director MP for Bradford, 18671873–74 Manoah Rhodes 1874–75 Henry Mitchell Mill owner1875–76 Wilson Sutcliffe Managing partner of Bowling Dye Works1876–77 George Motley Waud 1877–78 Briggs Priestley Mill owner MP for Pudsey, 18851878–81 Angus Holden Textile company director MP for Bradford East,18851881–82 John Hill Mill owner1882–83 Frederick Priestman 1883–85 Isaac Smith 1885–86 Thomas Hill Business owner1886–87 Angus Holden Textile company director MP for Bradford East, 18851887–88 John Limber Morley 1888–89 William Moulson 1889–90 Smith Feather 1890–91 Ezra Waugh Hammond 1891–92 Thomas Priestley 1892–93 William Oddy 1893–94 Jonas Whitley 1894–96 William Willis Wood 1896–98 Thomas Speight 1898–99 William Edward Aykroyd1899–1902 William C. Lupton 1902–04 David Wade Alderman. Liberal1904–05 William Edward Briggs Priestley Mill owner MP for Bradford East, 19061905–06 William A. Whitehead

Lord mayors of Bradford

YearNameNotes1906–07 Sir Arthur Godwin Merchant, First Lord Mayor, 19071907–08 John E. Fawcett 1908–09 James Hill Woollen merchant MP for Bradford Central, 19161909–10 William Land 1910–11 Jacob Moser Textile merchant1911–12 John B. Moorhouse 1912–13 Fred Foster 1913–14 John Arnold 1914–15 George H. Robinson 1915–16 Thomas Howarth 1916–17 Abram Peel 1917–18 John Bland 1918 Herbert Hustler Tetley 1918–19 Joseph Hayhurst 1919 Walter Barber 1919–20 William Wade 1920–21 Anthony Gadie Estate agent MP for Bradford Central, 19241921–22 Thomas Blythe 1922–23 Thomas Sowden 1923–24 Herbert M. Trotter 1924–25 John Henry Palin Union official MP for Bradford North, 19181925–26 Joseph Stringer 1926–27 Richard Johnson 1927–28 Michael Conway 1928–29 Herbert T. Pullan 1929–30 Angus H. Rhodes 1930–31 Alfred Pickles 1931–32 George Walker 1932–33 John W. Longley 1933–34 Arthur W. Brown 1934–35 Walter Hodgson 1935–36 Jonas Pearson 1936–37 George R. Carter 1937–38 Henry Hudson 1938–39 Tom J. Robinson 1939–40 Meredith Farrer Titterington MP for Bradford South1940–41 William Illingworth 1941–42 Louis F.W.S. Smith 1942–43 James Harrison 1943–44 Walter Barraclough 1944–45 Cecil Barnett 1945–46 Kathleen Chambers 1946–47 Thomas I. Clough 1947–49 Frederick J. Cowie 1949–50 George Thomas Meggison 1950–51 Alton Ward 1951–52 Horace Hird Director, H. Hird (Steeplejack) Ltd1952–53 John Shee 1953–54 Angus Crowther 1954–55 Henry James White 1955 Herbert William Semper 1955–56 Richard Cornelius Ruth 1956–57 Horace Robert Walker 1957–58 David Black (Mayor of Bradford)1958–59 Norbert William Durrant 1959–60 Ernest England 1960–61 Edgar Robinson Textile manufacturer, Liberal1961–62 Benjamin Wilfrid Berry 1962–63 Harold K. Watson 1963–64 Tom Wood (Mayor of Bradford) 1964–65 Weber Marshall Hird 1965–66 Jack Wilkinson (Mayor of Bradford) 1966–67 Louis Cowgill 1967 Thomas Lee (Mayor of Bradord) 1968 John William Taylor 1968–69 Arthur Walton 1969–70 Edward Newby 1970–71 John E. B. Singleton Textile merchant, John Singleton & Son manufacturers1971–72 Herbert Moran (Mayor of Bradford) 1972–73 Audrey Firth 1973–74 Derek Smith (Mayor of Bradford) April 1974 John E. B. Singleton Textile merchant, John Singleton & Son manufacturers1974–75 Tom Edward Hall 1975–76 Doris Birdsall 1976–77 Frank Hillam 1977–78 Paul Hockney 1978–79 Arthur F. Trigg 1979–80 John S. Senior 1980–81 Arnold Lightowler 1981–82 Daniel C. Coughlin 1982–83 Joan Lightband 1983–84 Norman Free 1984–85 Olive Messer 1985–86 Mohammed Ajeeb Housing director First Asian (Pakistani) Lord Mayor in the UK1986–87 William Arthur Nunn 1987–88 Laurie C. Coughlin 1988–89 Smith Midgley 1989–90 George Hodgson 1990–91 Ernest Saville 1991–92 Sydney John Collard 1992–93 Barry Kenneth Thorne 1993–94 Robert Sowman 1994–95 Danny Mangham 1995–96 Marilyn Beeley 1996–97 Gordon Mitchell 1997–98 James Anthony (Tony) Cairns 1998–99 Tony Miller 1999–2000 Harry Mason 2000–01 John Stanley King 2001–02 Ghazanfer Khaliq 2002–03 Richard E.J. Wightman Finance director2003–04 Allan Irving Hillary 2004–05 Irene Ellison-Wood 2005–06 Valerie Binney 2006–07 Choudhary Rangzeb Businessman2007–08 Robin Owens 2008–09 Howard Middleton 2009–10 John D Godward 2010–11 Peter Hill 2011–12 Naveeda Ikram 2012–13 Dale Smith 2013–14 Khadim Hussain Engineer2014–15 Mike Gibbons 2015–16 Joanne Dodds 2016–17 Geoff Reid Methodist minister2017–18 Abid Hussain 2018–19 Zafar Ali2019–21 Doreen Lee2021–22 Shabir Hussain2022–23 Martin Love First Green Party Lord Mayor of Bradford2024-2025Bev Mullaney2025Mohammed Shafiq

See also Timeline of Bradford

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