Former mayors, prior to 1974
Batley mayors
| Term of office |
Mayor |
| 1973 - 1974 |
Bessie Sheldon |
| 1972 - 1973 |
Harold Lodge |
| 1971 - 1972 |
Reginald Ineson |
| 1970 - 1971 |
Alfred Henry Fox |
| 1969 - 1970 |
Vera Ball |
| 1968 - 1969 |
Mary Agnes Walsh |
| 1967 - 1968 |
Harold Hall |
| 1966 - 1967 |
Hannah Mary Lodge |
| 1965 - 1966 |
Thomas Conlon |
| 1964 - 1965 |
Edward Haigh |
| 1963 - 1964 |
Jack Laughlin |
| 1962 - 1963 |
Harold Sheldon |
| 1961 - 1962 |
Laura Irene Fitzpatrick |
| 1960 - 1961 |
John Sheard Watson |
| 1959 - 1960 |
John Reginald Roberts Thornes |
| 1958 - 1959 |
Herbert Pickles |
| 1957 - 1958 |
Herbert Isaac Sykes |
| 1956 - 1957 |
James Ellis Walsh |
| 1955 - 1956 |
James Harkin |
| 1954 - 1955 |
Colin Wilman |
| 1953 - 1954 |
Frederick Walker |
| 1952 - 1953 |
James Joshua Priestley |
| 1951 - 1952 |
Harold Westerby |
| 1950 - 1951 |
James Joshua Priestley |
| 1949 - 1950 |
Farrar Hill |
| 1948 - 1949 |
George Robert Critchley Fox |
| 1947 - 1948 |
George Robert Critchley Fox |
| 1946 - 1947 |
Ben Richardson |
| 1945 - 1946 |
James Henry Margetts |
| 1944 - 1945 |
Frederick Wilfrid Hoyle Auty |
| 1943 - 1944 |
Frederick Wilfrid Hoyle Auty |
| 1942 - 1943 |
Charles Waite |
| 1941 - 1942 |
Charles Waite |
| 1940 - 1941 |
George Fredrick Box |
| 1939 - 1940 |
George Fredrick Box |
| 1938 - 1939 |
George Henry Main |
| 1937 - 1938 |
George Henry Main |
| 1936 - 1937 |
Clement Henry Fearnsides |
| 1935 - 1936 |
Clement Henry Fearnsides |
| 1934 - 1935 |
Sir Ben Turner |
| 1933 - 1934 |
Gertrude Elsie Taylor |
| 1932 - 1933 |
Gertrude Elsie Taylor |
| 1931 - 1932 |
Edwin Bruce |
| 1930 - 1931 |
Edwin Bruce |
| 1929 - 1930 |
Charles Robert Spedding |
| 1928 - 1929 |
Charles Robert Spedding |
| 1927 - 1928 |
Charles Robert Spedding |
| 1926 - 1927 |
John William Schofield |
| 1925 - 1926 |
John William Schofield |
| 1924 - 1925 |
John Ramsden |
| 1923 - 1924 |
Hamilton Crothers |
| 1922 - 1923 |
Hamilton Crothers |
| 1921 - 1922 |
Thomas Western |
| 1920 - 1921 |
Thomas Western |
| 1919 - 1920 |
Herbert North |
| 1918 - 1919 |
David Stubley |
| 1917 - 1918 |
David Stubley |
| 1916 - 1917 |
John William Blackburn |
| 1914 - 1915 |
Ben Turner |
| 1913 - 1914 |
Smith Ward |
| 1912 - 1913 |
Smith Ward |
| 1911 - 1912 |
David Stubley |
| 1910 - 1911 |
John Stubley |
| 1909 - 1910 |
John Stubley |
| 1908 - 1909 |
Frederick William Akeroyd |
| 1907 - 1908 |
Frederick William Akeroyd |
| 1906 - 1907 |
William James Ineson |
| 1905 - 1906 |
George Hirst |
| 1904 - 1905 |
George Hirst |
| 1903 - 1904 |
John William Turner |
| 1902 - 1903 |
John William Turner |
| 1901 - 1902 |
John William Turner |
| 1900 - 1901 |
John Blackburn |
| 1899 - 1900 |
John Illingworth |
| 1898 - 1899 |
John Illingworth |
| 1897 - 1898 |
John William Blackburn |
| 1896 - 1897 |
Benjamin Potter Nettleton |
| 1895 - 1896 |
Benjamin Potter Nettleton |
| 1934 - 1935 |
Joseph Wilson |
| 1893 - 1894 |
Joseph Wilson |
| 1892 - 1893 |
Joseph Auty |
| 1891 - 1892 |
Henry Brooke |
| 1890 - 1891 |
John Lodge |
| 1889 - 1890 |
Joseph Jubb Fox |
| 1888 - 1889 |
Joseph Jubb Fox |
| 1887 - 1888 |
Joseph Jubb Parker |
| 1886 - 1887 |
John Joseph Jubb |
| 1885 - 1886 |
John Joseph Jubb |
| 1884 - 1885 |
John Joseph Jubb |
| 1883 - 1884 |
John Priestley Middlebrook |
| 1882 - 1883 |
George Milnes Hirst |
| 181 - 1882 |
Joseph Preston |
| 1880 - 1881 |
Isaac Parker |
| 1879 - 1880 |
William James Richardson Fox |
| 1878 - 1879 |
Robert Talbot |
| 1877 - 1878 |
Henry Brooke |
| 1876 - 1877 |
James Joshua Carter |
| 1875 - 1876 |
John Thomas Mariott |
| 1874 - 1875 |
William Brooke |
| 1873 - 1874 |
William Brooke |
| 1872 - 1873 |
John Jubb |
| 1871 - 1872 |
Robert Keighley |
| 1870 - 1871 |
Samuel Jubb |
| 1869 - 1870 |
John Jubb and John Sheard |
Dewsbury mayors
| Term of office |
Mayor |
| 1973 - 1974 |
Willie Long |
| 1972 - 1973 |
L Saunders |
| 1971 - 1972 |
Alfred Ramsden |
| 1970 - 1971 |
Madge Smith |
| 1969 - 1970 |
Noel George Preston |
| 1968 - 1969 |
Gilbert Grace |
| 1967 - 1968 |
Patrick Evers |
| 1966 - 1967 |
Alice Cockcroft |
| 1965 - 1966 |
Kenneth Charles Howe |
| 1964 - 1965 |
Arthur Wilkinson |
| 1963 - 1964 |
Violet Farrari |
| 1962 - 1963 |
John Henry Lill |
| 1961 - 1962 |
William Weir |
| 1960 - 1961 |
Thomas Tarney |
| 1959 - 1960 |
Lt. Col. Thomas Evers, MBE |
| 1958 - 1959 |
Fred Fox |
| 1957 - 1958 |
Hector Matthew Nunns |
| 1956 - 1957 |
John Savage |
| 1955 - 1956 |
Frederick William Craven |
| 1954 - 1955 |
Ernest Harrison |
| 1953 - 1954 |
William Albert Greenwood |
| 1952 - 1953 |
Ralph Stirling Roberts |
| 1951 - 1952 |
John Edward McDonald |
| 1950 - 1951 |
James Edward Brown |
| 1949 - 1950 |
Walter West and Matthew Scargill |
| 1948 - 1949 |
Walter West |
| 1947 - 1948 |
Walter West |
| 1946 - 1947 |
John Mayman |
| 1945 - 1946 |
William Henry Hooper |
| 1944 - 1945 |
Willie Holdsworth |
| 1943 - 1944 |
Thomas Lee |
| 1942 - 1943 |
Arthur Sugden |
| 1941 - 1942 |
John Chadwick |
| 1940 - 1941 |
Harold France and Thomas Myers |
| 1939 - 1940 |
Harold France |
| 1938 - 1939 |
Fredrick William Tong |
| 1937 - 1938 |
Fredrick William Tong |
| 1936 - 1937 |
Felix Kitson Bearley Parker |
| 1935 - 1936 |
Felix Kitson Bearley Parker |
| 1934 - 1935 |
Herbert Farrar Shaw |
| 1933 - 1934 |
Herbert Farrar Shaw |
| 1932 - 1933 |
Henry Shaw |
| 1931 - 1932 |
Henry Shaw |
| 1930 - 1931 |
Kitson Oldroyd |
| 1929 - 1930 |
William Greenwood |
| 1928 - 1929 |
William Greenwood |
| 1927 - 1928 |
Joseph Halstead |
| 1926 - 1927 |
James Edward Kilburn |
| 1925 - 1926 |
James Edward Kilburn |
| 1924 - 1925 |
William Henry Shaw |
| 1923 - 1924 |
William Henry Shaw |
| 1922 - 1923 |
Robert Swan Bladen |
| 1921 - 1922 |
Robert Swan Bladen |
| 1920 - 1921 |
William Naylor |
| 1919 - 1920 |
William Naylor |
| 1918 - 1919 |
Walter France |
| 1917 - 1918 |
Walter France |
| 1916 - 1917 |
Walter France |
| 1915 - 1916 |
Walter France |
| 1914 - 1915 |
Major Percival Benjamin Walker, VD |
| 1913 - 1914 |
John McCann |
| 1912 - 1913 |
James Greenwood |
| 1911 - 1912 |
James Greenwood |
| 1910 - 1911 |
- Frederick William Reuss
- Edmund Kilburn
- Major Percival Benjamin Walker
|
| 1909 - 1910 |
Frederick William Reuss |
| 1908 - 1909 |
Frederick William Reuss |
| 1907 - 1908 |
Jeremiah Alfred Parr |
| 1906 - 1907 |
Jeremiah Alfred Parr |
| 1905 - 1906 |
Major Chaley Fox, MD |
| 1904 - 1905 |
Major Chaley Fox, MD |
| 1903 - 1904 |
Edmund Kilburn |
| 1902 - 1903 |
Edmund Kilburn |
| 1901 - 1902 |
Edmund Kilburn |
| 1900 - 1901 |
Robert Beattie, MD |
| 1899 - 1900 |
Robert Beattie, MD |
| 1898 - 1899 |
Joe Haley |
| 1897 - 1898 |
Joe Haley |
| 1896 - 1897 |
Joe Haley |
| 1895 - 1896 |
George Arthur Fox |
| 1894 - 1895 |
Edmund Kilburn |
| 1893 - 1894 |
Asa Hardcastle Pyrah |
| 1892 - 1893 |
Asa Hardcastle Pyrah |
| 1891 - 1892 |
Edmund Kilburn |
| 1890 - 1891 |
James Walmsley |
| 1889 - 1890 |
George Clay |
| 1888 - 1889 |
John Walker |
| 1887 - 1888 |
mark Oldroyd |
| 1886 - 1887 |
Thomas Bateman Fox |
| 1885 - 1886 |
Thomas Bateman Fox |
| 1884 - 1885 |
Thomas Bateman Fox |
| 1883 - 1884 |
Henry Holtom |
| 1882 - 1883 |
Samuel Fothergill |
| 1881 - 1882 |
William Machell |
| 1880 - 1881 |
William Machell |
| 1879 - 1880 |
John Bates |
| 1878 - 1879 |
John Haigh |
| 1877 - 1878 |
Robert Greenwood |
| 1876 - 1877 |
William Senior |
| 1875 - 1876 |
Frederick Firth |
| 1874 - 1875 |
Frederick Firth |
| 1873 - 1874 |
Joseph Day |
| 1872 - 1873 |
John Bates |
| 1871 - 1872 |
Mark Newsome |
| 1870 - 1871 |
Matthew Ridgeway |
| 1869 - 1870 |
Joseph Tweedale Rawsthorne |
| 1868 - 1869 |
William Blakeley |
| 1867 - 1868 |
Charles Robert Scholes |
| 1866 - 1867 |
Edward Day |
| 1865 - 1866 |
Robert Hattersley Ellis |
| 1864 - 1865 |
John Tweedale |
| 1863 - 1864 |
Charles Robert Scholes |
| 1862 - 1863 |
George Fearnley, MD |
Huddersfield mayors
| Term of office |
Mayor |
| 1973 - 1974 |
John Mernagh, JP |
| 1972 - 1973 |
W Eric Whittaker, JP |
| 1971 - 1972 |
Elsie Mary Whitteron |
| 1970 - 1971 |
Kenneth Brooke |
| 1969 - 1970 |
Arthur James Hazelden, JP |
| 1968 - 1969 |
T P Cliffe, LL.B |
| 1967 - 1968 |
John Sykes, OBE |
| 1966 - 1967 |
Douglas Graham, CBE |
| 1965 - 1966 |
Reginald Hartley, MBE, JP |
| 1964 - 1965 |
Mary C Gee |
| 1963 - 1964 |
M L Middlebook - Haigh, MBE |
| 1962 - 1963 |
John A Bray |
| 1961 - 1962 |
Harry F Brook |
| 1960 - 1961 |
Norman Day |
| 1959 - 1960 |
Joseph Louis Brook |
| 1958 - 1959 |
Richard Harry Browne, JP |
| 1957 - 1958 |
Reginald Wood |
| 1956 - 1957 |
H A Bennie Gray, CBE, JP |
| 1955 - 1956 |
John T Gee, MBE |
| 1954 - 1955 |
John Armitage, JP |
| 1953 - 1954 |
Wilfrid Mallinson |
| 1952 - 1953 |
James F C Cole |
| 1951 - 1952 |
George B Jones, MBE, JP |
| 1950 - 1951 |
John L Lawson, BA. LL.B |
| 1949 - 1950 |
David J Cartwright OBE |
| 1947 - 1949 |
Oliver Smith, JP (November 1947 - May 1949) |
| 1946 - 1947 |
Thomas Smailes |
| 1945 - 1946 |
Mary E Sykes, BA, LL.B |
| 1944 - 1945 |
Sidney Kaye OBE, LL.B |
| 1943 - 1944 |
Arthur S Moulton MBE, JP |
| 1943 - 1943 |
John E Lunn (May 1943 - November 1943) |
| 1942 - 1943 |
Walter Halstead (November 1942 - March 1943) |
| 1941 - 1942 |
Arthur Gardiner, JP |
| 1940 - 1941 |
Arthur E Sellers |
| 1939 - 1940 |
Norman Crossley |
| 1938 - 1939 |
Fred Lawton |
| 1937 - 1938 |
Alfred Wills |
| 1936 - 1937 |
Joseph Barlow, JP |
| 1935 - 1936 |
Joseph Barlow, JP |
| 1934 - 1935 |
Albert Hirst, JP |
| 1933 - 1934 |
Albert Hirst, JP |
| 1932 - 1933 |
Thomas Shires, JP |
| 1931 - 1932 |
Thomas Shires, JP |
| 1930 - 1931 |
Thomas Canby, JP |
| 1929 - 1930 |
Thomas Canby, JP |
| 1928 - 1929 |
Thomas Canby, JP |
| 1927 - 1928 |
Rowland Mitchell, JP |
| 1926 - 1927 |
Rowland Mitchell, JP |
| 1925 - 1926 |
Law Taylor, JP |
| 1924 - 1925 |
Law Taylor, JP |
| 1923 - 1924 |
Joseph Barry, JP |
| 1922 - 1923 |
Wilfrid Dawson, JP |
| 1921 - 1922 |
Wilfrid Dawson, JP |
| 1920 - 1921 |
James A Woolven, JP |
| 1919 - 1920 |
James A Woolven, JP |
| 1918 - 1919 |
Carmi Smith, JP |
| 1917 - 1918 |
William Henry Jessop, JP |
| 1916 - 1917 |
William Henry Jessop, JP |
| 1912 - 1916 |
Joseph Blamires, JP |
| 1911 - 1912 |
George Thomson, JP |
| 1910 - 1911 |
George Thomson, JP |
| 1909 - 1910 |
John Holroyd, JP |
| 1908 - 1909 |
John Holroyd, JP |
| 1907 - 1908 |
Owen Balmforth, JP |
| 1906 - 1907 |
Owen Balmforth, JP |
| 1905 - 1906 |
Benjamin Broadbent CBE, MA, JP, LL.D |
| 1904 - 1905 |
Benjamin Broadbent CBE, MA, JP, LL.D |
| 1903 - 1904 |
Richard Henry Inman, JP |
| 1902 - 1903 |
Frederick Calvert |
| 1901 - 1902 |
Earnest Woodhead, MA, JP |
| 1900 - 1901 |
Robert Mac Shaw, JP |
| 1899 - 1900 |
George William Hellawell, JP |
| 1898 - 1899 |
William Henry Jessop, JP |
| 1897 - 1898 |
William Henry Jessop, JP |
| 1896 - 1897 |
John Lee Walker, JP |
| 1895 - 1896 |
John Lee Walker, JP |
| 1894 - 1895 |
John Joshua Brook, JP |
| 1893 - 1894 |
John Joshua Brook, JP |
| 1892 - 1893 |
Reuben Hirst, JP |
| 1891 - 1892 |
Reuben Hirst, JP |
| 1890 - 1891 |
Godfrey Sykes, JP |
| 1889 - 1890 |
Godfrey Sykes, JP |
| 1888 - 1889 |
Joseph Brooke, JP |
| 1887 - 1888 |
Joseph Brooke, JP |
| 1886 - 1887 |
Wright Mellor, DL, JP |
| 1885 - 1886 |
John Varley, JP |
| 1884 - 1885 |
John Varley, JP |
| 1883 - 1884 |
Wright Mellor, DL, JP |
| 1882 - 1883 |
John Fligg Brigg, JP |
| 1881 - 1882 |
John Fligg Brigg, JP |
| 1880 - 1881 |
Thomas Denham, JP |
| 1879 - 1880 |
Alfred Walker, JP |
| 1878 - 1879 |
Alfred Walker, JP |
| 1877 - 1878 |
Joseph Woodhead, JP |
| 1876 - 1877 |
Joseph Woodhead, JP |
| 1875 - 1876 |
John Fligg Brigg, JP |
| 1874 - 1875 |
David Sykes, JP |
| 1873 - 1874 |
Henry Brooke, JP |
| 1872 - 1873 |
Wright Mellor, JP |
| 1871 - 1872 |
Wright Mellor, JP |
| 1870 - 1871 |
Charles Henry Jones, JP |
| 1869 - 1870 |
Charles Henry Jones, JP |
| 1868 - 1869 |
Charles Henry Jones, JP |
Spenborough mayors
| Term of office |
Mayor |
| 1973 - 1974 |
Ald. K. Snowden, JP |
| 1972 - 1973 |
Cllr G. L. Dobsen |
| 1971 - 1972 |
Ald. R. Sewell |
| 1970 - 1971 |
J. Dewhirst, Esq, JP |
| 1969 - 1970 |
Ald. Miss E. Chanter |
| 1968 - 1969 |
Cllr F. Allatt, JP |
| 1967 - 1968 |
Ald. F. Harris |
| 1966 - 1967 |
Ald. Mrs I. Sharpe |
| 1965 - 1966 |
Cllr R. C. Hartley, F.I.M.I.M.A.E.T |
| 1964 - 1965 |
Ald. R. Fraser |
| 1963 - 1964 |
John Smith Esq |
| 1962 - 1963 |
Ald T. W. Shaw, B.E.M, JP |
| 1961 - 1962 |
Cllr H. Oxnard |
| 1960 - 1961 |
Cllr Mrs A. Holroyd |
| 1959 - 1960 |
Cllr F.E Wilde |
| 1958 - 1959 |
Ald P. Fawcett |
| 1957 - 1958 |
Ald W. Stillingfleet, FSMC |
| 1956 - 1957 |
Ald D. Page, BA, Dip.Ed |
| 1955 - 1956 |
Cllr H. de Lacy-Taylor |