This is a partial list of chairmen of Erith Urban District Council. The council was created by the Local Government Act 1894 and held its first meeting on 1 January 1895. In 1938 Erith was granted a charter of incorporation to become a Municipal Borough and the office of chairman was replaced that of mayor.
- 1895-96: Thomas Streeten (last chairman of Erith Local Board) (died July 1896)
- 1898 (April-July): George Brown (died July 1898 whilst having a bicycle lesson in his garden)
- July 1898-99: E W Anderson
- 1899-1903: Albert Vinson. Resigned 17 February 1903 in protest at the Education Act 1902.
- 1903-08: Frank A Stone
- 1908-13: Fred Beadle (Erith Ratepayers' Association)
- 1913-20: Arthur Reginald Treleavan Kibblewhite (12 June 1872 - 11 March 1947) (Erith Ratepayers' Association)[1]
- 1920-22 : Rev. John Wells Wilkinson (Labour Party) [2]
- 1922-23: William Ling (Independent Labour Party)
- Frederick S Button (Independent
- 1929-30: William John Ramsden
- 1932-33: George Carter-Humphreys Charter Mayor of the Municipal Borough of Erith
- 1933-34: William John Ramsden
- 1936-37: Einar Skjold (12 April 1886 - 16 October 1958)
- 1937-38: William Jacob Ebben [1]
- 1938:
For office-holders from November 1938 see List of Mayors of Erith.