List of civic mayors of Doncaster

Civic mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster
Civic mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster
	Incumbent; Paul Wray; since May 2019
Style	His/Her Worship
Residence	Doncaster Mansion House
Appointer	Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Term length	1 Year (Unable to run for a Consecutive Second Term)
Inaugural holder	Charles Theobald
Formation	1900
Succession	Election by the Council
Deputy	Deputy Civic Mayor
Salary	No Salary
Website	Office of the Civic Mayor

The civic mayor of Doncaster is the ceremonial leader of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The civic mayor is appointed annually from the members of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council and serves for one municipal year.

History

The first mayor of Doncaster, in 1493, was a Thomas Pigborne.^[1] The first mayor of the Borough of Doncaster under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 was Sir William Bryan Cooke, 8th baronet of Wheatley.^[2] One of the later 19th-century mayors was Charles Verity, who served from 1881 to 1882.^[3] The role was reconstituted on 1 April 1974 to cover the larger Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. On 18 May 2018 history was made when Councillor Majid Khan became the first ethnic minority Mayor of Doncaster.^[4]

Since May 2002 there has also been a directly elected mayor of Doncaster and in May 2012, voters decided in a referendum to keep the position.^[5]

2021 - 2022 Richard Allan Jones

2023 - 2024 Duncan Anderson.^[9]

^ The early Yorkshire woollen trade Page xxx John Lister - 1924 "The first mayor of Doncaster, in 1493, was a Thomas Pigborne"
^ The gentleman's magazine - Volume 37 - Page 186 1852 "In 1836 he was the first Mayor of Doncaster under the Municipal Act,"
^ "Doncaster faces and places. No.XXXVII. Mr C. Verity". The Doncaster Review. III (35): 1. November 1896. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Majid Khan: Doncaster's first Muslim councillor makes history again after becoming Civic Mayor". Doncaster Free Press. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
^ Mayor Peter Davies and Doncaster Council set date for elected mayor referendum, BBC News 1 February 2012
^ "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.
^ "Office of the Civic Mayor". Doncaster Council. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
^ "Doncaster's new civic mayor is installed". The Star. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
^ Mower, Shannon (19 May 2023). "New Civic Mayor of Doncaster takes the chain of office and reveals the charities he will be supporting in the year ahead". Free Press. Retrieved 13 May 2024. Councillor Duncan Anderson, Labour member for the Hatfield Ward, is the new Civic Mayor of Doncaster

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Civic mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster
Incumbent Paul Wray since May 2019
Style	His/Her Worship
Residence	Doncaster Mansion House
Appointer	Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Term length	1 Year (Unable to run for a Consecutive Second Term)
Inaugural holder	Charles Theobald
Formation	1900
Succession	Election by the Council
Deputy	Deputy Civic Mayor
Salary	No Salary
Website	Office of the Civic Mayor