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: J Meeson
 * 1887-1888: G Hay
 * 1888-1889: R L Curtis
 * 1889-1890: F Smith
 * 1890-1891: H Worland
 * 1891-1892: G Hay (second term)
 * 1892-1893: G W Kidd
 * 1893-1894: John Henry Bethell
 * 1894: (November-December) H Worland (second term)
 * December 1894-1895: G Hay (third term)
 * 1895-1896: W Crow
 * 1896-1897: A 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: E W Wordley
 * 1919-1920: W Devenay
 * 1920-1921: D J Davis
 * 1921-1922: G Croot
 * 1922-1923: W Godbold
 * 1923-1924: J J Jones
 * 1924-1925: B W Gardner
 * 1926-1927: J T Husband
 * 1927-1928: E J Reed
 * 1928-1929: W T Bell
 * 1929-1930: J H Hollins
 * 1930-1931: W J Reed
 * 1931-1932: J T Scoulding
 * 1932-1933: T E Groves
 * 1933-1934: H J Rumsey
 * 1934-1935: G R Blaker
 * 1935-1936: C St. C Collins
 * 1936-1937: Mrs D Parsons
 * 1937-1938: Mrs E Bock
 * 1938-1939: C A Bennett
 * 1939-1940: T Wooder
 * 1940-1941: D W Hall
 * 1941-1942: Mrs E J Gregory
 * 1942-1943: A W Wells
 * 1943-1944: J Doherty
 * 1944-1945: G J Stokes
 * 1945-1946: Mrs E C Cook
 * 1946-1947: F A Warner
 * 1947-1948: P Hearn
 * 1948-1949: P 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: H R Nicholls
 * 1961-1962: S Boyce
 * 1962-1963: Miss D L Smith
 * 1963-1964: Mrs M Scott
 * 1964-1965: W Moat