List of Mayors of West Ham

This is a list of people who held the office of Mayor of West Ham. The office was created in 1889 when West Ham was incorporated as a municipal borough, becoming a county borough in 1889. The office was abolished in 1965 when East Ham became part of the London Borough of Newham.


 * 1886-1887: John Meeson
 * 1887-1888: George Hay
 * 1888-1889: R L Curtis
 * 1889-1890: F Smith
 * 1890-1891: Henry Worland
 * 1891-1892: George Hay (second term)
 * 1892-1893: G W Kidd
 * 1893-1894: John Henry Bethell
 * 1894-1895: Henry Worland (second term) (died 22 May 1895)
 * 1895 (May to November): George Hay (third term)
 * 1895-1896: W Crow
 * 1896-1897: Albert Govier
 * 1897-1898: W Ivey
 * 1898-1899: M Adamson
 * 1899-1900: John Henry Bethell (second term) (resigned 18 September 1900 to contest general election for West Ham North. The mayor was ex officio returning officer for the constituency and barred from running for election.
 * 1900: R White
 * 1900-1901: A Bishop
 * 1901-1902: L W Spratt
 * 1902-1903: J Kettle
 * 1903-1904: G A McDowall
 * 1904-1905: J Byford
 * 1905-1906: A Bothwell
 * 1906-1907: L W Spratt (second term)
 * 1907-1908: J R Moore-Smith
 * 1908-1909: H W Littler
 * 1909-1910: G J Hosking
 * 1910-1911: R White (second term)
 * 1911-1912: J R Hurry
 * 1912-1913: W G Spittle
 * 1913-1914: W Crow (second term)
 * 1914-1915: Henry Dyer
 * 1915-1916: G H Fennell
 * 1916-1917: R Mansfield
 * 1917-1918: William James Thorne
 * 1918-1919: Edward William Wordley
 * 1919-1920: William Devenay
 * 1920-1921: David John Davis
 * 1921-1922: George Croot
 * 1922-1923: Ernest Godbold
 * 1923-1924: John Joseph Jones
 * 1924-1925: Benjamin Walter Gardner
 * 1926-1927: John Thompson Husband
 * 1927-1928: Ernest James Reed
 * 1928-1929: William Thomas Bell
 * 1929-1930: James Henry Hollins
 * 1930-1931: Walter Joseph Reed
 * 1931-1932: John Thomas Scoulding
 * 1932-1933: Thomas Edward Groves
 * 1933-1934: Herbert Joseph Rumsey
 * 1934-1935: George Robert Blaker
 * 1935-1936: Cuthbert St Clair Collins
 * 1936-1937: Mrs Daisy Parsons
 * 1937-1938: Mrs Esther Bock
 * 1938-1939: Charles Alfred Bennett
 * 1939-1940: Thomas Wooder
 * 1940-1941: David William Hall
 * 1941-1942: Mrs Elizabeth J Gregory
 * 1942-1943: Alfred Wright Wells
 * 1943-1944: John Doherty
 * 1944-1945: George Joseph Stokes
 * 1945-1946: Mrs E C Cook
 * 1946-1947: Frederick Arthur Warner
 * 1947-1948: Percy Hearn
 * 1948-1949: Percy Hearn (second term)
 * 1949-1950: Mrs A A Barnes
 * 1950-1951: E C Cannon
 * 1951-1952: W W Paton
 * 1952-1953: A C Moorey
 * 1953-1954: W A Gilman
 * 1954-1955: Mrs F Harris
 * 1955-1956: D Thorogood
 * 1956-1957: M J Sullivan
 * 1957-1958: H H Smith
 * 1958-1959: C F Lowe
 * 1959-1960: Mrs V Ayres
 * 1960-1961: Henry Richard Nicholls
 * 1961-1962: S Boyce
 * 1962-1963: Miss D L Smith
 * 1963-1964: Mrs M Scott
 * 1964-1965: W Moat