List of mayors of Newham
Encyclopedia
The Mayor of Newham was a position first established in 1965 with the creation of the London Borough of Newham
. It replaced the mayors of East Ham
and West Ham
. A directly elected mayor of Newham
was established in 2002 and the position was renamed as the civic ambassador.
London Borough of Newham
The London Borough of Newham is a London borough formed from the towns of West Ham and East Ham, within East London.It is situated east of the City of London, and is north of the River Thames. According to 2006 estimates, Newham has one of the highest ethnic minority populations of all the...
. It replaced the mayors of East Ham
County Borough of East Ham
East Ham was a local government district in the far south west of Essex from 1878 to 1965. It extended from Wanstead Flats in the north to the River Thames in the south and from Green Street in the west to Barking Creek in the east...
and West Ham
County Borough of West Ham
West Ham was a local government district in the extreme south west of Essex from 1886 to 1965, forming part of the built-up area of London, although outside the County of London...
. A directly elected mayor of Newham
Directly elected mayor of Newham
The directly elected mayor of Newham is a directly elected mayor responsible for the executive function of Newham London Borough Council in east London, England. The position is different from the previously existing and largely ceremonial, annually appointed mayors of Newham, now known as a 'civic...
was established in 2002 and the position was renamed as the civic ambassador.
Mayor
- 1965 Terence Charles McMillan
- 1966 Alice Emma Gannon
- 1967 Arthur Frank George Edwards
- 1968 Abraham Wolffe
- 1969 Leonard John Simons
- 1970 Michael Davidson
- 1971 Edward Sylvester Charles Kebbell
- 1972 James Christopher Carter
- 1973 Joseph Charles Taylor
- 1974 Harry Bauckham
- 1975 Louis Arthur Wood
- 1976 Herbert Albert Taylor
- 1977 Constance Louise Bock
- 1978 Harold Edward Fitzsimons
- 1979 Marjorie Edith Helps
- 1980 Edward Daly
- 1981 Stanley Hopwood
- 1982 Julia Caroline Isabelle Garfield
- 1983 Herbert Thomas Philpott
- 1984 Charles Albert Flemwell
- 1985 Thomas Nolan
- 1986 John Richard Clow
- 1987 Fredrick Ernest York
- 1988 James George Newstead
- 1989 Raymond Massey
- 1990 Sarah Louise Murray
- 1991 Amarjit Singh
- 1992 William Chapman
- 1993 Sarah Jean Reeves
- 1994 Maureen Knight
- 1995 William Henry Brown
- 1996 Shama Ahmed
- 1997 Victor Francis Turner
- 1998 Abdul Karim Sheikh
- 1999 Riaz Ahmed Mirza
- 2000 Bryan Collier
- 2001 Sukhdev Singh Marway
Civic ambassador
- 2002 Marie Collier
- 2003 Joy Laguda
- 2004 Patricia Holland
- 2005 Maureen Jones
- 2006 Pearson Shillingford
- 2007 Omana Gangadharan
- 2008 Akbar Chaudhary
- 2009
- 2010