List of Mayors of West Ham

This is a list of people who held the office of Mayor of West Ham. The office was created in 1889 when West Ham was incorporated as a municipal borough, becoming a county borough in 1889. The office was abolished in 1965 when East Ham became part of the London Borough of Newham.


 * 1886-1887: John Meeson
 * 1887-1888: George Hay
 * 1888-1889: R L Curtis
 * 1889-1890: F Smith
 * 1890-1891: Henry Worland
 * 1891-1892: George Hay (second term)
 * 1892-1893: G W Kidd
 * 1893-1894: John Henry Bethell
 * 1894-1895: Henry Worland (second term) (died 22 May 1895)
 * 1895 (May to November): George Hay (third term)
 * 1895-1896: W Crow
 * 1896-1897: Albert Govier
 * 1897-1898: W Ivey
 * 1898-1899: M Adamson
 * 1899-1900: John Henry Bethell (second term) (resigned to contest the 1900 general election)
 * 1900: R White
 * 1900-1901: A Bishop
 * 1901-1902: L W Spratt
 * 1902-1903: J Kettle
 * 1903-1904: G A McDowall
 * 1904-1905: J Byford
 * 1905-1906: A Bothwell
 * 1906-1907: L W Spratt (second term)
 * 1907-1908: J R Moore-Smith
 * 1908-1909: H W Littler
 * 1909-1910: G J Hosking
 * 1910-1911: R White (second term)
 * 1911-1912: J R Hurry
 * 1912-1913: W G Spittle
 * 1913-1914: W Crow (second term)
 * 1914-1915: Henry Dyer
 * 1915-1916: G H Fennell
 * 1916-1917: R Mansfield
 * 1917-1918: William James Thorne
 * 1918-1919: Edward William Wordley
 * 1919-1920: William Devenay
 * 1920-1921: David John Davis
 * 1921-1922: George Croot
 * 1922-1923: Ernest Godbold
 * 1923-1924: John Joseph Jones
 * 1924-1925: Benjamin Walter Gardner
 * 1926-1927: John Thompson Husband
 * 1927-1928: Ernest James Reed
 * 1928-1929: William Thomas Bell
 * 1929-1930: James Henry Hollins
 * 1930-1931: Walter Joseph Reed
 * 1931-1932: John Thomas Scoulding
 * 1932-1933: Thomas Edward Groves
 * 1933-1934: Herbert Joseph Rumsey
 * 1934-1935: George Robert Blaker
 * 1935-1936: Cuthbert St Clair Collins
 * 1936-1937: Mrs Daisy Parsons
 * 1937-1938: Mrs Esther Bock
 * 1938-1939: Charles Alfred Bennett
 * 1939-1940: Thomas Wooder
 * 1940-1941: David William Hall
 * 1941-1942: Mrs Elizabeth J Gregory
 * 1942-1943: Alfred Wright Wells
 * 1943-1944: John Doherty
 * 1944-1945: George Joseph Stokes
 * 1945-1946: Mrs E C Cook
 * 1946-1947: Frederick Arthur Warner
 * 1947-1948: Percy Hearn
 * 1948-1949: Percy Hearn (second term)
 * 1949-1950: Mrs A A Barnes
 * 1950-1951: E C Cannon
 * 1951-1952: W W Paton
 * 1952-1953: A C Moorey
 * 1953-1954: W A Gilman
 * 1954-1955: Mrs F Harris
 * 1955-1956: D Thorogood
 * 1956-1957: M J Sullivan
 * 1957-1958: H H Smith
 * 1958-1959: C F Lowe
 * 1959-1960: Mrs V Ayres
 * 1960-1961: Henry Richard Nicholls
 * 1961-1962: S Boyce
 * 1962-1963: Miss D L Smith
 * 1963-1964: Mrs M Scott
 * 1964-1965: W Moat