Past Mayors and Honorary Alderwomen and Aldermen

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Past Mayors of Worthing

The first meeting of the new Borough Council was held on 10th November 1890 when Alfred Cortis was elected as the town's first Mayor.

List of previous Mayors of Worthing from 1890 to the present day:

2020s:

2022-2023 - Cllr Henna Chowdhury
2021-2022 - Cllr Lionel Harman
2020-2021 - Cllr Lionel Harman

2010s:

2019-2020 - Cllr Hazel Thorpe
2018-2019 - Cllr Paul Baker
2017-2018 - Cllr Alex Harman
2016-2017 - Cllr Sean McDonald
2015-2016 - Cllr Michael Donin
2014-2015 - Cllr Vic Walker
2013-2014 - Cllr Robert John Smytherman
2012-2013 - Cllr Charles John Ellerington James
2011-2012 - Cllr Mrs Ann Barlow
2010-2011 - Cllr Mrs Ann Sayers

2000s:

2009-2010 - Cllr Noel Atkins
2008-2009 - Cllr Mrs Christine Brown
2007-2008 - Cllr Dr Heather Mercer
2006-2007 - Cllr Major Tom Wye, MBE
2005-2006 - Cllr Nick John
2004-2005 - Cllr Jack Saheid
2003-2004 - Cllr James Doyle
2002-2003 - Cllr Eric Mardell
2001-2002 - Cllr Mrs Valerie Audrey Sutton
2000-2001 - Cllr Mrs Ann Lynn

1990s:

1999-2000 - Cllr Brian McLuskie
1998-1999 - Cllr David John Chapman
1997-1998 - Cllr Mrs Geraldine Elizabeth Lissenburg
1996-1997 - Cllr Peter Ernest Green
1995-1996 - Cllr Cecil Herbert Golds
1994-1995 - Cllr Brian Lynn, JP
1993-1994 - Cllr Peter George Bennett
1992-1993 - Cllr Mrs Mary Wilton
1991-1992 - Cllr Hugh Reginald Braden, CMG, DL
1990-1991 - Cllr Michael John Clinch

1980s:

1989-1990 - Cllr Albert Dockerty
1988-1989 - Cllr John Wallace Cotton
1987-1988 - Cllr Eric Alexander McDonald
1986-1987 - Cllr Michael William Parkin
1985-1986 - Cllr Stanley Derek Moore, JP
1984-1985 - Cllr Arthur Robert Clare
1983-1984 - Cllr Harry Walker Yates
1982-1983 - Cllr Harold Ebenezer Piggott
1981-1982 - Cllr Vernon Scott Cambridge
1980-1981 - Cllr Arthur Horace William Bowles

1970s:

1979-1980 - Cllr Mrs Iris Vina Smith
1978-1979 - Cllr Mrs Constance Gertrude Scott
1977-1978 - Cllr David Hill
1976-1977 - Cllr Mrs Winifred Mary Frampton
1975-1976 - Cllr Ronald Douglas Clapp
1974-1975 - Cllr Stanley Charles Elliott, DL
1973-1974 - Cllr George Fishenden Godfrey
1972-1973 - Cllr Alfred Enoch Dunning
1971-1972 - Alderman Sydney Maurice Knight, JP
1970-1971 - Cllr Percival Harold Thomas

1960s:

1969-1970 - Cllr Frederick John Chapman
1968-1969 - Alderman Mrs Daisy Ellen Rudd
1967-1968 - Cllr Bernard Peter Ross
1966-1967 - Cllr Ernest John Wedge Cuer
1965-1966 - Cllr Mrs Harriet Marie Peryer
1964-1965 - Cllr Robert Edwards
1963-1964 - Cllr Leslie Edgar Tomlin
1962-1963 - Cllr Mrs Maud Isabel Keele
1961-1962 - Cllr Michael Joseph Daly
1960-1961 - Cllr Frank Kenton

1950s:

1959-1960 - Cllr Horace William Bradley
1958-1959 - Alderman Horace Douglas Steele
1957-1958 - Cllr Harold Lewis Frampton
1956-1957 - Cllr Christian George Osland
1955-1956 - Cllr Donald Wallace Morecroft, JP
1954-1955 - Alderman Henry Jeffrey Thomas Brackley
1953-1954 - Cllr Reginald Arthur Mitchell
1952-1953 - Cllr Mrs Rita Esme Summers
1951-1952 - Cllr Joseph Anthony Frampton
1950-1951 - Alderman Charles Stanley Green

1940s:

1949-1950 - Cllr Henry Charles Woodford
1947-1949 - Cllr Leonard Bentall
1946-1947 - Cllr Charles Stanley Green
1945-1946 - Alderman Joseph Arthur Mason
1944-1945 - Cllr Herbert William Shalders
1943-1944 - Cllr Ernest Raymond Willoughby
1942-1943 - Alderman Arthur Chambers
1941-1942 - Cllr Dr. Ernest George Annis
1940-1941 - Cllr Joseph Arthur Mason

1930s:

1938-1940 - Alderman Edward Anscombe Brackley
1937-1938 - Cllr William Carradus Birkett
1936-1937 - Alderman Charles Bertram Barber, JP
1935-1936 - Alderman William George Tree
1934-1935 - Cllr George Bright Bennett
1933-1934 - Alderman Harry Thomas Duffield
1932-1933 - Cllr Thomas Ernest Hawkins
1931-1932 - Alderman Frederick Albert Watts

1920s:

1929-1931 - Alderman Hugh Fletcher Carmichael
1927-1929 - Alderman William Thomas Frost
1926-1927 - Cllr Christopher Berney Cook
1925-1926 - Alderman Walter James Gardiner
1924-1925 - Cllr Alfred Nichols
1922-1924 - Alderman James Gurney Denton, JP
1920-1922 - Alderman Mrs Ellen Chapman, JP

1910s:

1918-1920 - Alderman James Farquharson Whyte, JP
1914-1918 - Alderman James White
1912-1914 - Alderman Robert Piper
1910-1912 - Alderman Edward Cunningham Patching
1908-1910 - Cllr James Gurney Denton
1906-1908 - Alderman Frederick Caesar Linfield, JP
1904-1906 - Cllr James White
1902-1904 - Alderman Edward Thomas Cooksey
1900-1902 - Cllr Francis Edward Ovenden

1890s:

1898-1900 - Alderman Frank Parish
1896-1898 - Cllr Alexander Bruce Siddons Fraser
1894-1896 - Cllr William Holland Ballett Fletcher
1893-1894 - Alderman Robert Piper
1891-1893 - Alderman Edward Cunningham Patching
1890-1891 - Alderman Alfred Cortis

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Honorary Aldermen and Alderwomen of Worthing

These appointments are honorary in nature. The persons appointed to the office do not carry out Council duties or have a vote.

The award of Honorary Alderwoman or Alderman is made to persons:

“Who have, in the opinion of the Council, rendered eminent services to the Council as past members of the Council, but who are not then members of the Council.”

Honorary Alderwomen / Aldermen may attend and take part in civic ceremonies as invited but will not have the right to participate in meetings of the Council etc or to receive any allowances or payments under section 173 to 176 of the Local Government Act 1972.

Honorary Aldermen and Alderwomen:
(with dates of conferment)

2022 - 5th April:

Paul Baker

2019 - 17th December:

Alex Harman

2016 - 20th December:

Honorary Alderwoman Norah Fisher [deceased]
Michael Donin
Vic Walker

2014 - 16th December:

Honorary Alderwoman Christine Brown
Major Tom Wye MBE
Charles John Ellerington James

2012 - 16th October:

James Doyle
Ann Barlow
Cllr Reginald Green [deceased] - posthumously conferred

2011 - 12th July:

Ann Sayers [deceased]

2010 - 20th July:

Dr. Heather Mercer

2008 - 14th October:

Geraldine Lissenburg
Nick John
Jack Saheid

2004 - 28th October:

Brian McLuskie [deceased]
Ann Lynn
Val Sutton
Eric Mardell

2003 - 4th September and 23rd October:

Brian John Lynn [deceased]
David John Chapman [deceased]
Arthur Robert Clare [deceased]
Peter George Bennett

1998 - 23rd July:

George Collinson [deceased]
Albert Dockerty [deceased]
Cecil Herbert Golds
Peter Ernest Green
Eric Alexander McDonald [deceased]

1996 - 25th July:

Stanley Charles Elliott DL [deceased]
Stanley Derek Moore JP [deceased]
Michael William Parkin [deceased]

1995 - 27th July:

Hugh Reginald Braden CMG [deceased]
John Wallace Cotton [deceased]
Harold Ebenezer Piggott [deceased]
Mrs Constance Gertrude Scott [deceased]

1994 - 28th July:

Michael John Clinch
Mary Wilton [deceased]

1983 - 6th October:

Arthur Horace William Bowles [deceased]
Vernon Scott Cambridge [deceased]
Ronald Douglas Clapp [deceased]
Mrs Winifred Mary Frampton [deceased]
Mrs Iris Vina Smith [deceased]

1991 - 20th June:

David Hill [deceased]
Harry Walker Yates [deceased]

1977 - 1st December:

Horace William Bradley [deceased]
Michael Joseph Daly [deceased]
Robert Edwards [deceased]
Mrs Maud Isobel Keele [deceased]
Sydney Maurice Knight JP [deceased]
Alfred Enoch Dunning [deceased]
Mrs Harriet Marie Peryer [deceased]
Bernard Peter Ross [deceased]
Horace Douglas Steele [deceased]
Percival Harold Thomas [deceased]

1976 - 7th October:

Henry Jeffrey Thomas Brackley [deceased]
Reginald Thomas Callendar CBE [deceased]
Frank Kenton [deceased]