Past Mayors of the London Borough of Newham.  The following is a list of all those who have occupied this position since 1965.

1965 - 66 Terence Charles McMillan

1966 - 67 Alice Emma Gannon

1967 - 68 Arthur Frank George Edwards

1968 - 69 Abraham Wolffe

1969 - 70 Leonard John Simons

1970 - 71 Michael Davidson

1971 - 72 Edward Sylvester Charles Kebbell

1972 - 73 James Christopher Carter

1973 - 74 Joseph Charles Taylor

1974 - 75 Harry Bauckham

1975 - 76 Louis Arthur Wood

1976 - 77 Herbert Albert Taylor

1977 - 78 Constance Louise Bock

1978 - 79 Harold Edward Fitzsimons

1979 - 80 Marjorie Edith Helps

1980 - 81 Edward Daly

1981 - 82 Stanley Hopwood

1982 - 83 Julia Caroline Isabelle Garfield

1983 - 84 Herbert Thomas Philpott

1984 - 85 Charles Albert Flemwell

1985 - 86 Thomas Nolan

1986 - 87 John Richard Clow

1987 - 88 Fredrick Ernest York

1988 - 89 James George Newstead

1989 - 90 Raymond Massey

1990 - 91 Sarah Louise Murray

1991 - 92 Amarjit Singh

1992 - 93 William Chapman

1993 - 94 Sarah Jean Reeves

1994 - 95 Maureen Knight

1995 - 96 William Henry Brown

1996 - 97 Shama Ahmed

1997 - 98 Victor Francis Turner

1998 - 99 Abdul Karim Sheikh

1999 - 00 Riaz Ahmed Mirza

2000 - 01 Bryan Collier

2001 - 02 Sukhdev Singh Marway

Civic Ambassadors -

2002 - 03 Marie Collier

2003 - 04 Joy Laguda

2004 - 05 Patricia Holland

2005 - 06 Maureen Jones

2006 - 07 Pearson Shillingford

2007 - 08 Omana Gangadharan

2008 - 09 Councillor Akbar Chaudhary

Note: The Local Government Act 2000 introduced the option of directly-elected mayors for local authorities in England and Wales. To adopt this system the electorate had first to be consulted by referendum. Newham voted for system and Sir Robin Wales was then voted in as the first elected mayor of Newham. Following this, the office of Civic Ambassador was established, taking up the position of the more ancient office of ceremonial mayor who was, inter alia, chairman of the council. The office of Civic Ambassador was itself discontinued at the end of the 2008/09 municipal year.

(Published in May, 2010 as Local History Note No. 20 by Newham Heritage & Archives)