Lord Mayors of the City of Oxford
1962–today
"Since 1963 [Oxford] has boasted a Lord Mayor, instead of a plain Mayor, a distinction which it shares with 18 other English cities and which means, pomp apart, nothing whatsoever" (James Morris, 1965)
The first Lord Mayor was Evan Owen Roberts, elected plain Mayor in May 1962 and "converted" to Lord Mayor on 23 October 1962 for the last five months of his year of office
The election of Lord Mayor takes place in May each year immediately after the local elections, and Section 37 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 established the date of local elections throughout the country as the first Thursday in May. (In 2004, however, a Statutory Instrument allowed local elections throughout the country to be postponed to June.)
This is a list only, and there is no plan to add biographies. Where, however, the Lord Mayor in question happens to have a full entry in the Oxford Dictionary for National Biography (2004), the words "See ODNB" have been added to their name
- 1962/1963: Evan Owen Roberts
- 1963/1964: Alec Percival Parker
- 1964/1965: John Leonard Norman Baker (University Councillor). Died 1971. See ODNB
- 1965/1966: Mrs Florence Kathleen Lower
- 1966/1967: William Foster Macneece Foster
- 1967/1968: Francis Vincent Pickstock (Labour)
- 1968/1969: Peter Spencer Spokes (Conservative)
- 1969/1970: Percy Dudley Bromley
- 1970/1971: Michael Maclagan (University Councillor). Died 2003
- 1971/1972: Thomas James Meadows
- 1972/1973: Arthur Bernard Connors
- 1973/1974: Frederick George Ingram (Conservative)
- 1974/1975: Mrs Olive Frances Gibbs (Labour, 1st of two terms). Died 1994. See ODNB
- 1975/1976: William George Robert Fagg (Labour)
- 1976/1977: Miss Ann Hazel Spokes (Conservative)*
- 1977/1978: Mrs Dora Minnie Carr
- 1978/1979: William Eaton Simpson
- 1979/1980: John Arundell Hamilton (Conservative)
- 1980/1981: Gordon Woodward (Conservative). Died July 2002
- 1981/1982:
Henry
Briskol Nicholson Myers Nimmo (Labour).
Died in office 12 December 1981
Mrs Olive Frances Gibbs (Labour, 2nd of two terms,
December 1981 to May 1982 only). Died 1994 - 1982/1983: Anthony William Williamson (Labour)
- 1983/1984: Mrs Janet Gillespie Todd (Conservative). Died May 2006 More
- 1984/1985: Frank Arnold Garside (Conservative)
- 1885/1986: Roger Alan Dudman (Labour)
- 1986/1987: John George William Parker (Labour)
- 1987/1988: Mrs
Elizabeth Florence Mary Standingford (Labour)
In place of her husband Bert Standingford (Labour) who
died on 19 May 1987 when he was Lord Mayor Elect - 1988/1989: Nellie Dorothy ("Queenie") Whorley (later Mrs Comfort) (Conservative)
- 1989/1990: Patricia Anne Tempest Yardley (Conservative)
- 1990/1991: Mrs Queenie Lewingdon Hamilton (Conservative)
- 1991/1992: Alan David Pope (Labour)
- 1992/1993: Mrs Barbara May Gatehouse (Labour)
- 1993/1994: John Gordon Power (Labour)
- 1994/1995: William Walker Buckingham (Labour)
- 1995/1996: Joseph Charles Blewitt (Labour)
- 1996/1997: Beryl Ivy Keen (Labour)
- 1997/1998: William John Baker (Labour)
- 1998/1999: Carol Roberts (Labour)
- 1999/2000: Mrs Valerie Smith (Labour)
- 2000/2001: Mrs Maureen Christian (Labour)
- 2001/2002: Peter Moss (Labour). Died 1 April 2006
- 2002/2003: Mrs Gill Sanders (Labour)
- 2003/2004: Patrick Stannard (Labour)
- 2004/2005: Bryan Keen (Labour)
- 2005/2006: Bob Price (Labour)
- 2006/2007: Jim Campbell (LibDem)
- 2007/2008: John Tanner (Labour)
- 2008/2009: Susanna Pressel (Labour)
Below: Three former Lord Mayors (Carol Roberts, Maureen Christian, and Gill Sanders) in full robes at the Remembrance Day Parade in St Giles, 13 November 2005
