This is a list of mayors of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney 1900-1965, and the London Borough of Hackney from 1965. Since 2002 Hackney has had a directly-elected mayor as head of the executive. The ceremonial and civic functions previously performed by the mayor and now carried out by a speaker.
Metropolitan Borough of Hackney[]
- 1900-1901 Walter Radcliffe Horncastle
- 1901-1902 Walter Johnson
- 1902-1903 Dr Frederick Montague Miller
- 1903-1904 Captain Henry Walls Holland
- 1904-1905 Tom Hosgood (1849 - 6 March 1914)[1] - Chairman of Hackney Vestry 1898-9.
- 1905-1906 Francis Howse
- 1906-1907 Dr Frederick Montague Miller (second term)
- 1907-1908 George Billings
- 1908-1909 Richard Feesey 1840-1919
- 1909-1910 Thomas Emley Young born 1844
- 1910-1911 William Fenton Fenton-Jones[2] [3] [1], [2]
- 1911-1912 William Hammer [3]
- 1912-1913 Henry Edward Davenport
- 1913-1914 Charles Winkley
- 1914-1915 Louis Stanley Johnson
- 1915-1916 Louis Stanley Johnson (second term)
- 1916-1917 Louis Stanley Johnson (third term)
- 1917-1918 Louis Stanley Johnson (fourth term)
- 1918-1919 Louis Stanley Johnson (fifth term)
- 1919-1920 Alfred William Payne born 1877, died September 1920 of pneumonia. First chairman of Hackney Trades Council [4]. [5] refers.
- 1920-1921 Herbert Morrison
- 1921-1922 William Parker [6]
- 1922-1923 John Genese [7]
- 1923-1924 William Hammer (second term)
- 1924-1925 Enoch Farmer 1857-1938
- 1925-1926 Rev. William Evans
- 1926-1927 Walter Ernest Loweth 1887-1968 [8] and [9]; given Freedom of the Borough in 1934 [10]
- 1927-1928 Theodore Chapman
- 1928-1929 William Richard Power [11]
- 1929-1930 George Jonas Keetch born 1876, married 1896, died 1964. [12]
- 1930-1931 Charles F Williamson [13]
- 1931-1932 Frank William Snewin 1872-1951
- 1932-1933 Bertie Henry Bloomfield 1884-1959
- 1933-1934 Charles Fisher Yates
- 1934-1935 Edwin Wigan 1886-1939
- 1935-1936 Henry Edwin Goodrich
- 1936-1937 Herbert William Butler
- 1937-1938 Henry W Capell
- 1938-1939 Giles Charles Burton
- 1939-1940 Walter Thomas Wayman
- 1940-1941 Thomas Gaisford Gooch
- 1941-1942 William Nichols
- 1942-1943 Albert Cullington 3 October 1897-1983
- 1943-1944 Florence Helena Du Vergier
- 1944-1945 Henry Walter Butler - photograph here [14]
- 1945-1946 Abraham Alman [15]
- 1946-1947 James Dalton
- 1947-1949 George Carter George Christopher Carter
- 1949-1950 John Francis Charles Linfoot [16]
- 1950-1951 Miss Dorothy Marjorie Finch born 1903 [17]
- 1951-1952 Solomon Lever
- 1952-1953 George Ernest Silver born 1900
- 1953-1954 Reginald Day [18]
- 1954-1955 Sidney George Simson
- 1955-1956 Harry Foxon
- 1956-1957 Joseph Kahn
- 1957-1958 Bertie Cohen
- 1958-1959 Alfred Heath
- 1959-1960 Morris Blitz [19]
- 1960-1961 Sally Sherman
- 1961-1962 Lou Sherman
- 1962-1963 Lou Sherman
- 1963-1964 John Kotz
- 1964-1965 Robert Jefferson Tallantire
London Borough of Hackney[]
- 1965-1966 Robert Jefferson Tallantire
- 1966-1967 John Dunning - obituary of his wife, Emma, died 2013, here
- 1967-1968 A Samuels
- 1968-1969 Stanley Clinton Davis
- 1969-1970 Leslie R House
- 1970-1971 CH Hagerty
- 1971-1972 Sam Kelly [20]
- 1972-1973 Sam Kelly (second term)
- 1973-1974 Robert Edward Owen
- 1974-1975 SW Foster
- 1975-1976 Arthur Super
- 1976-1977 George Ernest Silver born 1900
- 1977-1978 Arthur C Harrison [21]
- 1978-1979 Sam Cohen
- 1979-1980 Betty Bloomfield[4]
- 1980-1981 Max Marcus Feldman[4]
- 1981-1982 Martin Ottolangui[4]
- 1982-1983 Sam Springer[4] [22]
- 1983-1984 Bella Callaghan[4] [23] and [gramho.com/explore-hashtag/hackneyspeaker]
- 1984-1985 Ken Hanson[4]
- 1985-1986 Dorice (Betty) Shanks[4]
- 1986-1987 Jim Holland died 27 April 2002 aged 82 [24]
- 1987-1988 Nasrullah Syed
- 1988-1989 Medin Lewis-Spencer [25]
- 1989-1990 Peggy Edwards
- 1990-1991 Shuja Shaikh
- 1991-1992 Gerry Ross [26]
- 1992-1993 Henry Shaw [27] and [28].
- 1993-1994 Jershuran Lamb
- 1994-1995 Nick Tallentire [29]
- 1995-1996 Saleem Siddiqui [30] and [31]
- 1996-1997 Linda Hibberd died 2014 [32]
- 1997-2001 Joe Lobenstein MBE (four consecutive terms)
- 2001-2002 Saleem Siddiqui
- 2002 Sharon Patrick (last civic mayor, became first speaker) [33]
Directly elected Mayors[]
- 2002 Jules Pipe (first term)
- 2006 Jules Pipe (second term)
- 2010 Jules Pipe (third term) - resigned July 2016.
- September 2016 Philip Glanville
- May 2022 Philip Glanville [34]
Speakers of Hackney[]
- 2002-03: Sharon Patrick[5]
- 2003-04: Abdul Mulla
- 2004-05: Geoff Taylor[6]
- 2005-06: Linda Kelly
- 2006-07: Afolasade "Sade" Bright[7]
- 2007-08: Faizullah Khan[8]
- 2008-09: Ian Rathbone
- 2009-10: Muttalip Ünlüer[9]
- 2010-11: Sally Mulready[10]
- 2011-12: Susan Fajana-Thomas[11]
- 2012-13: Jessica Webb[12]
- 2013-14: Michael Desmond[5]
- 2014-15: Sharon Patrick (second term)[5]
- 2015-16: Sade Etti[13]
- 2016-17: Rosemary Sales[14]
- 2017-18: Soraya Adejare[15]
- 2018-19: Ian Rathbone[16]
- 2019-20: Kam Adams[17]
- 2020-21: Kam Adams (second term)
- 2021-22: Michael Desmond (second term) [18]
- 2022-23: Humaira Garasia
- 2023-24: Anya Sizer[19]
- 2024-25: Sheila Suso-Runge
Some information here
References[]
- ↑ Born Crediton, Devon. Superintendent Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Hackney District.
- ↑ Hackney Archives. Family and Estate Papers.
- ↑ "Obituary: Colonel Fenton-Jones". The Times: p. 16. 13 April 1934.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Hackney: Mayors' Correspndence Files. The National Archives.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Sharon Patrick declared new Speaker of Hackney. Hackney Citizen (12 June 2014).
- ↑ Victoria. Hackney Labour Party.
- ↑ Hackney Council Speaker, 2006-2007. Councillor Sade Bright.
- ↑ Faizullah Khan, former Speaker of Hackney, presents almost £10,000 to charities (6 September 2009).
- ↑ Join the Hackney Peace Walk 2009. London Borough of Hackney (6 September 2009).
- ↑ The Speaker of Hackney, Cllr Sally Mulready. London Borough of Hackney (5 July 2010).
- ↑ Introduction to the New Speaker of Hackney. London Borough of Hackney (23 May 2011).
- ↑ Wick. Hackney Labour Party.
- ↑ Hackney marathon runners overcome scorching heat. East London Lines (9 May 2016).
- ↑ Councillors clash over election of new Speaker of Hackney. Hackney Citizen (26 May 2016).
- ↑ Hackney’s new speaker Cllr Soraya Adejare on growing up in a divided Hackney. Hackney Gazette (2 June 2017).
- ↑ Introducing the new Speaker of Hackney.
- ↑ Emma Bartholomew (19 June 2019). ‘Hackney is different now’: Meet the new Speaker Kam Adams. Hackney Gazette. Retrieved on 2 June 2020.
- ↑ New Speaker of Hackney. London Borough of Hackney (28 April 2021).
- ↑ Annual Meeting, Council - Wednesday 17 May 2023 7.00 pm. London Borough of Hackney.