List of Mayors of Cardiff

Cardiff City Hall

This is a list of Mayors of Cardiff (Welsh: Meiri Gaerdydd), Wales. The first mayor recorded for Cardiff was in 1126 though the title was generally given to the Constable or military governor of Cardiff Castle.[1] The first elected Mayor of Cardiff took office in 1835 (elected by the members of the council), the same year the first council elections were held.[1] When Cardiff was granted city status in 1905 the post holder was given the title Lord Mayor (Welsh: Arglwydd Faer).[1]

The official residence of the Lord Mayor of Cardiff is the Mansion House, Cardiff, although he or she does not in fact live here.

The years given are for when each mayor took office. Most mayoral terms extended into the following year.

Elected mayors since 1835

Lord Mayors since 1905

Fictional mayors of Cardiff

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Lord Mayor – A History, Cardiff Council webpages, last update 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Mayors and other secular officials, British History Online, information reproduced from Cardiff Records: Volume 5 edited by John Hobson Matthews (1905) pp. 508–548. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  3. ↑ David James Friend of freedom facing capture, South Wales Echo, 18 January 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 LORDMAYORS OF CARDIFF.pdf (accessed at Lord Mayor – A History), Cardiff Council website www.cardiff.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  5. ↑ Elizabeth Baigent, 'Vachell, Ada Marian [Sister Ada] (1866–1923)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 8 Oct 2016
  6. ↑ The Beginning Archived 4 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine., Brains website. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  7. ↑ "Mayoral Bother at Cardiff – Passionate Scenes in the Council Chamber – Mr. John Jenkins Refuses Office". Western Mail. 3 November 1900. p. 5. Retrieved 27 March 2017. (Subscription required (help)).
  8. ↑ "Election of Mayors". The Times (36609). London. 11 November 1901. p. 7.
  9. ↑ Haworth, Alan; Hayter, Dianne (22 April 2015). Men Who Made Labour. Routledge. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-135-39048-8. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "Son of evicted farmer who became Lord Mayor of Cardiff", The Southern Star, 15 April 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  11. ↑ Brian Lee 100 facts you (probably) didn't know about Cardiff, Expats Newsletter, Wales Online. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  12. ↑ Phillip Nifield Former Cardiff Lord Mayor dies, South Wales Echo, 6 March 2003. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  13. ↑ Hats off as Queen's man retires, BBC News, 13 June 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  14. ↑ Phillip Nifield I WANT TO BE THE PEOPLE'S LORD MAYOR.., South Wales Echo, 26 April 2005. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  15. ↑ Law, Peter (20 September 2012). "Cardiff to get Lord Mayor again after Labour council U-turn". WalesOnline. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  16. ↑ Peter Law (13 March 2013) "Lord Mayor Councillor Derrick Morgan to hold his role for another year", YourCardiff (Media Wales). Retrieved 28 November 2013.
  17. ↑ "The Lord Mayor of the City of Cardiff". Cardiff City Council. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  18. ↑ "Cancer patient Monica Walsh becomes Cardiff's Lord Mayor – and choses Cancer Research as her charity". Media Wales. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  19. ↑ Boom Town, BBC Coventry, 6 June 2005. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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