Mayor of Wirral

The Mayor of Wirral (or Civic Mayor of Wirral) is a ceremonial post elected annually, along with a deputy, by Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council.

Civic Mayor of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
Incumbent Cherry Povall since 15 May 2024
Appointer	Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Term length	1 year
Inaugural holder	Doris Sisson
Formation	1974
Website	Mayor of Wirral

The role of the mayor includes chairing council meetings, representing the Borough at civic functions, supporting local charities and conferring Honorary Freemen and Aldermen.

The incumbent mayor is Cherry Povall.

Controversies

On 2 June 2014, 5 councillors (4 Conservative and 1 Green) voted against former leader of the council Steve Foulkes's nomination for mayor with a further 10 (all Conservative) abstaining. Leader of the Council Phil Davies said afterwards “It leaves a bad taste in the mouth, it was just grandstanding by the Tories.” Green councillor Pat Clearly wrote in his blog “On Monday [2 June], Wirral elects its new Mayor. Normally, a routine vote where a long standing councillor is elected with cross party support…but, this year is different as the Mayor elect is Steve Foulkes who was Council Leader when Wirral became very publicly associated with incompetence, bullying, gagging clauses, resignations and bad financial management”.

List of mayors of Wirral

20th century

No.	Year	Name	Party
1	1974	Doris Sisson		Conservative
2	1975	Ken Fox		Labour
3	1976	John Evans		Liberal
4	1977	Tim Richmond		Conservative
5	1978	Jack Redhead		Conservative
6	1979	Bill Wells		Labour
7	1980	Frank Theaker		Conservative
8	1981	Dorothy Goodfellow		Conservative
9	1982	Bill Lungley		Labour
10	1983	Harry Deverill		Conservative
11	1984	Michael Moore		Conservative
12	1985	Gordon Lindsay		Alliance
13	1986	David Williams		Conservative
14	1987	Arthur Smith		Labour
15	1988	Reg Cumpstey		Conservative
16	1989	Mike Cooke		SLD
17	1990	Jim Edwards		Independent Labour
18	1991	Gordon Paterson		Labour
19	1992	Frank Jones		Conservative
20	1993	Peter Corcoran		Labour
21	1994	Sid Dunn		Conservative
22	1995	Walter Smith		Labour
23	1996	Myrra Lea		Conservative
24	1997	Barney Gilfoyle		Labour
25	1998	Margaret Green		Labour
26	1999	Hugh Lloyd		Labour

21st century

No.	Year	Name	Party
27	2000	Kate Wood		Conservative
28	2001	John Cocker		Labour
29	2002	Pat Williams		Liberal Democrats
30	2003	Bill Nock		Labour
31	2004	Hilary Jones		Conservative
				Independent
				UKIP
32	2005	Chris Meaden		Labour
33	2006	Peter Johnson		Conservative
34	2007	Phil Gilchrist		Liberal Democrats
35	2008	Adrian Jones		Labour
36	2009	Andrew Hodson		Conservative
37	2010	Alan Jennings		Liberal Democrats
38	2011	Moira McLaughlin		Labour
39	2012	Gerry Ellis		Conservative
40	2013	Dave Mitchell		Liberal Democrats
41	2014	Steve Foulkes		Labour
42	2015	Les Rowlands		Conservative
43	2016	Pat Hackett		Labour
44	2017	Ann McLachlan		Labour
45	2018	Geoffrey Watt		Conservative
46	2019	Tony Smith		Labour
47	2021	George Davies		Labour
48	2022	Jeff Green		Conservative
49	2023	Jerry Williams		Labour
50	2024	Cherry Povall		Conservative

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  Phil Gilchrist, 34th Mayor of Wirral
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  Steve Foulkes, 41st Mayor of Wirral
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  Les Rowlands, 42nd Mayor of Wirral
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  Pat Hackett, 43rd Mayor of Wirral
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  Geoffrey Watt, 45th Mayor of Wirral