List of mayors of Sunderland

Below is a list of mayors of Sunderland in the United Kingdom (borough from 1836, metropolitan borough from 1974 to 1992 and City of Sunderland from 1992 to present)

Mayors of Sunderland

 * 1836-37 Andrew White (Whig)
 * 1837-38 Richard Spoor
 * 1838-39 Joseph Simpson
 * 1839-40 Joseph Brown
 * 1840-41 Richard White
 * 1841-42 Sir Hedworth Williamson, 7th Baronet
 * 1842-43 Andrew White
 * 1843-44 Robert Burdon Cay
 * 1844-45 James Allison
 * 1845-47 Robert Brown
 * 1847 Sir Hedworth Williamson, 7th Baronet
 * 1847-48 John Scott
 * 1848-49 Joseph Simpson
 * 1849-50 William Ord
 * 1850-51 William Mordey
 * 1851-53 James Hartley
 * 1853-54 Samuel Alcock
 * 1854-56 Anthony John Moore
 * 1856-58 George Smith Ranson
 * 1858-59 John Candlish (Liberal Party)
 * 1859-61 Samuel Alcock
 * 1861-62 John Candlish
 * 1862-63 James Hartley
 * 1863-64 James Allison
 * 1864-66 Edward Temperley Gourley
 * 1866-67 John James Kayll
 * 1867-68 Edward Temperley Gourley
 * 1868-69 John Crossley
 * 1869-70 William Thompson
 * 1870-72 William Nicholson
 * 1872-74 Alexander George McKenzie
 * 1874-75 John Potts
 * 1875-76 John Nicholson
 * 1876-78 Samuel Storey
 * 1878-79 Samuel Sinclair Robson
 * 1879-80 Thomas Scott Turnbull
 * 1880 Samuel Storey
 * 1880-82 William Wilson
 * 1882-84 John Wright Wayman
 * 1884-86 Robert Preston
 * 1886-88 Edwin Richardson
 * 1888-89 George Barnes
 * 1889-91 Robert Shadforth
 * 1891-93 Stansfield Richardson
 * 1893-95 John Sanderson
 * 1895-97 William Burns
 * 1897-99 William Bruce
 * 1899-1900 Edwin Robert Dix
 * 1900-02 John George Kirtley
 * 1902-04 Henry John Turnbull (Liberal)
 * 1904-06 Frederick Foster
 * 1906-07 Stephen Moriarty Swan
 * 1907-08 William Walker
 * 1908-10 Arthur F. Young
 * 1910-11 William Sanderson
 * 1911-12 Edward Hazard Brown
 * 1912-17 Stansfield Richardson
 * 1917-19 William Frederick Vint
 * 1919-20 Arthur Ritson
 * 1920 William Frederick Vint
 * 1920-22 Walter Raine
 * 1922-24 George Stephenson Lawson
 * 1924-26 John Spours Nicholson
 * 1926-28 David Cairns
 * 1928-30 Isaac Gibson Modlin
 * 1930-33 Edward Hazard Brown
 * 1933-35 Edward William Ditchburn
 * 1935-37 Thomas Summerbell
 * 1937-38 James Turner
 * 1938 George Ford
 * 1938-43 Myers Wayman
 * 1943-44 Wilton Legender Milburn
 * 1944-45 John Young
 * 1945-46 Joshua Ritson
 * 1946-47 Miles Walton
 * 1947-49 Eden Johnston
 * 1949-50 Jacob "Jack" Cohen
 * 1950-51 George Henry Morgan
 * 1951-52 William Harvey
 * 1952-53 Arthur Humphrey Suddick
 * 1953-54 McGregor Ernest English
 * 1954-55 Jane Huggins
 * 1955-56 Edith Evelyn Blacklock
 * 1956-57 Thomas Henry Cavanagh
 * 1957-58 Joseph Hoy
 * 1958-59 Edwin Ernest Wales
 * 1959-60 Nicholas Lister Allison
 * 1960-61 Joseph Tweddle
 * 1961-62 Kitty Cohen
 * 1962-63 Richard Thomas Weston
 * 1963-64 Jane Ellen Hedley
 * 1964-65 Robert Wilkinson
 * 1965-66 Albert Watson
 * 1966-67 Fred Young
 * 1967-68 Norman Waters
 * 1968-69 John William Purvis Wilkinson
 * 1969-70 Mary Elizabeth Miller
 * 1970-71 William Ord Stephenson
 * 1971-72 William Sinclair Martin
 * 1972-73 Leslie Watson
 * 1973-74 George Conforth Park
 * 1974-75 Tony Burgham|Anthony "Tony" Burgham
 * 1975-76 Mary Elizabeth Porter
 * 1976-77 Charles Henry Slater
 * 1977-78 Thomas Bridges
 * 1978-79 Arthur Lumley
 * 1979 E Weir
 * 1979-81 Leonard Harper
 * 1981-82 Thomas Megan Finnigan
 * 1982-83 Joseph Hall
 * 1983-84 Annie Pratt
 * 1984-85 George Elliott
 * 1985-86 Ralph Carroll Baxter
 * 1986-87 Thomas Scott
 * 1987-88 John Mawston
 * 1988-89 Leslie Mann
 * 1989-90 Robert Kirby
 * 1990-91 Andrew Watson Myers
 * 1991-92 David Francis Thompson
 * 1992-93 William Craddock
 * 1993-94 Bryan Charlton
 * 1994-95 Denis Gerard Whalen
 * 1995-96 Eric Bramfitt
 * 1996-97 Ian Galbraith
 * 1997-98 Gowan James Scott
 * 1998-99 Walter Scott
 * 1999-2000 David Ross Wares
 * 2000-01 Brian Dodds
 * 2001-02 Ken Murray
 * 2002-03 Peter Gibson (Labour)
 * 2003-04 Juliana Heron (Labour)
 * 2004-05 James B Scott (Labour)
 * 2005-06 Bill Stephenson(Labour)
 * 2006-07 Thomas Foster (Labour)
 * 2007-08 Leslie Scott (Labour)
 * 2008-09 Mary Smith (Labour)
 * 2009-10 Dennis Richardson (Labour)
 * 2010-11 Thomas Martin (Labour)
 * 2011-12 Norma Wright (Labour)
 * 2012-13 Iain Kay (Labour)
 * 2013-14 Robert Heron (Labour)
 * 2014-15 Stuart Porthouse (Labour until 2019)
 * 2015-16 Barry Curran (Labour)
 * 2016-17 Alan Emerson (Labour)
 * 2017-18 Doris MacKnight (Labour)
 * 2018–19 Lynda Scanlan (Labour)
 * 2019-21 David Snowdon (Labour)
 * 2021-22 Harry Trueman (Labour)
 * 2022–23 Alison Smith (Labour)
 * 2023-24 Dorothy Trueman (Labour)