List of Mayors of Croydon

This a list of people who have held the office of mayor of the municipal borough, county borough or London Borough of Croydon.

Municipal borough 1883-1889
The office of Mayor of Croydon was created in 1883 when the town was incorporated as a municipal borough.


 * Jabez Spencer Balfour 1883-1884
 * John Cooper 1884-1885
 * Reuben Vincent Barrow 1885-1886
 * Alfred Thomas Layton 1886-1887
 * James William Hobbs 1887-1889

County borough 1889-1965
The Local Government Act 1888, which came into effect on 1 April 1889, created elected county councils throughout England and Wales. Where existing boroughs had a poulation in excess of 50,000 at the census of 1881 they were to be given the new status of "county borough", exercising the powers of both a borough and county council. With an 1881 population of 79,615, Croydon became a county borough outside the jurisdiction of Surrey County Council.


 * John Hubert Schmitz - opened Wandle Park 1889-1890
 * Frederick Thomas Edridge 1890-1891
 * Frederick Thomas Edridge 1891-1892 (second term)
 * Frederick Foss 1892-1893
 * Samuel Lee Rymer 1893-1894
 * Frederick Thomas Edridge 1894-1895 (third term)
 * Frederick Thomas Edridge 1895-1896 (fourth term)
 * Martin Luther Moss 1896-1897
 * Sydney George Edridge 1897-1898
 * George John Allen 1898-1899
 * Nathaniel Page 1899-1900
 * Nathaniel Page 1900-1901 (second term)
 * Nathaniel Page 1901-1902 (third term)
 * Frederick Thomas Edridge 1902-1903 (fifth term)
 * Charles Coleby Morland 1903-1904
 * George John Allen]] 1904-1905
 * William Lillico 1905-1906
 * Henry Keatley Moore 1906-1907
 * Henry Keatley Moore 1907-1908 (second term)
 * John Edward Fox 1908-1909
 * John Edward Fox 1909-1910 (second term)
 * James Trumble 1910-1911
 * James Trumble 1911-1912 (second term)
 * Samuel Rogers 1912-1913
 * Frank Denning 1913-1914 (second term)
 * Frank Denning 1914-1915 (third term)
 * Frank Denning 1915-1916 (fourth term) (resigned February 1916)
 * Howard Houlder February-November 1916
 * Howard Houlder 1916-1917 (second term)
 * Howard Houlder 1917-1918 (third term)
 * Howard Houlder 1918-June 1919 (fourth term)
 * Charles Heath Clark June-November 1919
 * Charles Heath Clark 1919-1920 (second term)
 * Charles Heath Clark 1920-1921 (third term)
 * Thomas William Wood Roberts 1921-1922
 * Thomas William Wood Roberts 1922-1923 (second term)
 * William Baines Southwell 1923-1924
 * William Baines Southwell 1924-1925 (second term)
 * Albert James Camden Field 1925-1926
 * Albert James Camden Field 1926-1927 (second term)
 * Walter John Chamberlain 1927-1928
 * Walter John Chamberlain 1928-1929 (second term)
 * Thomas Arthur Lewis 1929-1930
 * Thomas Arthur Lewis 1930-1931 (second term)
 * William Peet 1931-1932
 * William Peet 1932-1933 (second term)
 * James Trumble 1933-1934
 * James Trumble 1934-1935 (second term)
 * Arthur Peters 1935-1936
 * Arthur Peters 1936-1937 (second term)
 * Edward Charles Stuart Baker 1937-1938
 * Edward Charles Stuart Baker 1938-1939 (second term)
 * Arthur Herbert Harding 1939-1940
 * Arthur Herbert Harding 1940-1941 (second term)
 * Arthur Herbert Harding 1941-1942 (third term)
 * Samuel Roden 1942-1943
 * Anson Lester Boddington 1943-1944
 * George Lewin 1944-1945
 * James Marshall 1945-1946
 * Harry Regan 1946-1947
 * Ernest Whitlock Turner 1947-1949
 * Charles Herbert Gibson 1949-1950
 * Maurice Robert Stacey 1950-1951
 * Leonard Alfred Aston 1951-1952
 * Edmund Edward Lane Arkell 1952-1953
 * Sidney Arthur Maycock 1953-1954
 * Basil Monk 1954-1955
 * William Berners Price 1955-1956
 * Donald Gordon Stewart 1956-1957
 * Albert Victor Dammarell 1957-1958
 * Henry Lock Kendell 1958-1959
 * Henry Lock Kendell 1959-1960 (second term)
 * George Joseph Cole 1960-1961
 * Catherine Gowers Kettle 1961-1962
 * John Leonard Aston 1962-1963
 * Francis Thomas Cole 1963-1964
 * Keith Andrew Edwards 1964-1965

London borough from 1965
The London Government Act 1963 abolished the county borough, replacing it with the larger London Borough of Croydon, one of thirty-two such boroughs.

The council was elected as a shadow authority in April 1964, coming into its full powers on 1 April 1965, at which date the office of mayor came into existence.


 * Robert Alfred Dippie Chairman of the Council 1964-1965
 * Paul Alexander Saunders (Charter Mayor) 1965-1966
 * Maurice Dollond West 1966-1967
 * Albert John Dunn 1967-1968
 * Bernard Charles Sparrowe 1968-1969
 * Ronald Tilbury 1969-1970
 * Digby Milward Weightman 1970-1971
 * Reginald George Willis 1971-1972
 * Beryl Saunders 1972-1973
 * Stanley Elliott Littlechild 1973-1974
 * Paul William Rickards 1974-1975
 * James Alfred Keeling 1975-1976
 * Margaret Parfitt 1976-1977
 * Robert William Coatman 1977–1978 -
 * Keith Anthony Wells 1978-1979
 * Peter Spencer Bowness 1979-1980
 * Richard David 1980-April 1981
 * Keith Anthony Wells April-May 1981
 * John Gwilym Davies 1981-1982
 * Albert William Elliott 1982-1983
 * Margaret Elizabeth Campbell 1983-1984
 * Maureen Horden 1984-1985
 * George Smith 1985-1986
 * Peter Macdonald 1986-1987
 * Alan Carey 1987-1988
 * Derek Loughborough 1988-1989
 * Dudley Mead 1989-1990
 * Maurice Fowler 1990–1991
 * James Walker 1991-1992
 * Ian Croft 1992-1993
 * Patrick Hecks 1993-1994
 * Wally Garratt 1994-1995
 * Clarence Mckenzie 1995-1996
 * Peter Spalding 1996-1997
 * Toni Letts 1997-1998
 * Pat Ryan 1998-1999
 * Shafi Khan 1999-2000
 * Mary Walker 2000-2001
 * Peter Hopson 2001-2002
 * Stuart Collins 2002-2003
 * Jane Avis 2003-2004
 * Brenda Kirby 2004-2005
 * Maggie Mansell 2005-2006
 * Janet Marshall 2006-2007
 * Derek Millard 2007-2008
 * Jonathan Driver May-December 2008
 * Robert Askey January-May 2009
 * Margaret Mead 2009-2010
 * Avril Slipper 2010-2011
 * Graham Bass 2011-2012