List of mayors of Northampton

This is a list of notable Mayors of Northampton, the county town of the county of Northamptonshire, England, since the first recorded mayoralty in 1215.

Pre-21st century

1215: William Tilly (1st recorded mayor of Northampton) ^[1]
1349 (prior to): Adam le Garlekmongere ^[2]
1401-02: John Loudham (MP for Northampton, 1401) ^[3]
1403-04: Thomas Overton (MP for Northampton, 1397)^[4]
1404-05: John Sywell (MP for Northampton, 1390)^[5]
1410-11: John Spring (MP for Northampton, 1399)
1414-15: John Spring
1416-17: John Loudham
1430-31: William Rushden (MP for Northampton, 1411)^[6]
1514: Thomas Chipsey (founder of Northampton Grammar School) ^[7]
1525-26: Lawrence Manley (MP for Northampton, 1529 and 1553)^[8]
1527: Thomas Chipsey ^[7]
1532: Lawrence Washington (ancestor of George Washington) ^[7]
1536-37: Lawrence Manley
1545: Lawrence Washington^[7]
1547-48: Lawrence Manley
1550: Ralph Freeman (MP for Northampton, 1554)^[9]
1557: Lawrence Manley
1558: Thomas Chipsey ^[7]
1559-60: Edward Manley (MP for Northampton, 1558) ^[10]
1566-67: Edward Manley
1574-75: Edward Manley
1640: John Fisher^[11]
1641: Lawrence Ball
1642: John Gifford (NB Reference to "Mayor Fisher" in letter to Parliament may indicate some local issue) ^[12]
1643: Francis Rushworth
1644: Joseph Sergeant
1645: Samuel Martin
1646: Peter Whalley (MP for Northampton, 1654) ^[13]
1647: John Spicer
1648: Thomas Pindleton
1649: Matthew Silsbie
1650: Benoni Coldwell
1651: Thomas Maynard
1652: Lawrence Woolaston
1653: Henry Sprigg
1654: Edward Collis
1655: Peter Whalley / John Spicer
1656: Joseph Sergeant
1873: Richard Turner
1883: Sir Philip Manfield (MP for Northampton, 1891)
1902-03: Alderman Thomas Purser (Liberal)^[14]
1941-45: Walter William O'Donnell

21st century

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2000/01: Vivienne Patricia Dams
2001/02: Timothy John Hadland
2002/03: Michael Geoffrey Boss
2003/04: Terence George Wire
2004/05: Barry William Massey
2005/06: Sally Beardsworth
2006/07: Colin Lill
2007/08: Lee Mason
2008/09: Brian Markham
2009/10: Michael Hill
2010–11: Marianne Taylor
2011/12: Jamie Lane
2012/13: Roger Conroy
2013/14: Les Marriott
2014/15: John Caswell
2015/16: Penelope Flavell
2016/17: Christopher Malpas
2017/18: Gareth Eales
2018/19: Tony Ansell
2019/20: Nazim Choudary
2020/21: Brian Sargeant^[15]
2021/22: Rufia Ashraf^[16]^[17]

2022/23 Dennis Meredith

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