Civic Dignitaries
The following list shows former Mayors of the Borough dating back to 1974/1975.
Mayors from 2000 to 2022
Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2022 to 2023 | Ross Patterson |
| 2021 to 2022 | Kevin Faulks |
2020 to 2021 | Mohammed Javed |
2019 to 2020 | Lynn Hall |
2018 to 2019 | Eileen Johnson |
2017 to 2018 | Maurice Perry |
2016 to 2017 | Ken Dixon |
2015 to 2016 | Ian Dalgarno |
2014 to 2015 | Barbara Inman |
2013 to 2014 | Kathryn Nelson |
2012 to 2013 | Lynne Apedaile |
2011 to 2012 | Paul Baker |
2010 to 2011 | Colin Leckonby |
2009 to 2010 | Paul Kirton |
2008 to 2009 | John Fletcher |
2007 to 2008 | Bill Noble |
2006 to 2007 | Suzanne Fletcher MBE |
2005 to 2006 | Mick Stoker |
2004 to 2005 | Jennie Beaumont |
2003 to 2004 | Ann Cains |
2002 to 2003 | Jean O' Donnell |
2001 to 2002 | Terry Bean |
2000 to 2001 | Pete Andrew |
Mayors from 1989 to 2000
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1999 to 2000 | Jean Kitchen |
| 1998 to 1999 | Ann McCoy |
| 1997 to 1998 | Barry Woodhouse |
| 1996 to 1997 | Robert Gibson |
| 1995 to 1996 | Dora Redican |
| 1994 to 1995 | Keith Dobinson |
| 1993 to 1994 | James Matthew Vaughan |
| 1992 to 1993 | John Stephen Smailes |
| 1991 to 1992 | Michael O' Brien |
| 1990 to 1991 | Gladys Pragnell |
| 1989 to 1990 | Harry Lonsdale Davies, MBE |
Mayors from 1980 to 1989
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1988 to 1989 | Winifred Hodgson, MBE |
| 1987 to 1988 | Malda Platts |
| 1986 to 1987 | Kenneth William Johnson Craggs |
| 1985 to 1986 | Sydney Redican |
| 1984 to 1985 | Jack Munsey, JP |
| 1983 to 1984 | Alan Roland Pragnell |
| 1982 to 1983 | Brian Cooper Hodgson |
| 1981 to 1982 | John McKie Scott, JP |
| 1980 to 1981 | Derek Cooke |
Mayors from 1974 to 1980
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1979 to 1980 | James Henry Cooke |
| 1978 to 1979 | Robert Dobson |
| 1977 to 1978 | Lawrence Wild, JP |
| 1976 to 1977 | James Albert Tatchell |
| 1975 to 1976 | Norman Duff |
| 1974 to 1975 | John Dyson |
Freemen of the Borough
The Honorary Freeman of the Borough is given to someone in recognition of their services to the Stockton Borough. Stockton Borough currently has a total of 20 Honorary Freeman, who have made an important contribution to the Borough. The following people have been granted Honorary Freemen of the Borough:
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 22 July 2015 | Robert Gibson (O.B.E.) |
| 1 December 2011 | 1 Close Support Battalion R.E.M.E. |
| 8 July 2009 | The Yorkshire Regiment |
| 21 January 2009 | The Rifles |
| 29 April 1999 | Mary Butterwick |
| 13 September 1991 | Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Leslie Cohen (OBE, TD, CPM, JP), James Henry Cooke and Margaret Eileen Jackson (MBE, JP) |
| 24 July 1985 | Major Edward Cooper (VCJP) |
| 22 May 1977 | The Light Infantry Regiment |
| 23 May 1968 | The Rt. Hon. Horace Maybray King (PhD, MP), the Rt. Hon. Maurice Harold MacMillan (FRS), George Rowland Chetwynd Esq (CBE) and Mrs Helen M. Bott (BEM) |
| 14 February 1956 | Charles William Allison (OBE, JP) |
| 16 April 1931 | Thomas Downey |
| 10 February 1927 | Leonard Ropner (JP) |
| 21 February 1921 | Robert Bainbridge |
| 29 April 1907 | Sir Frank Brown |
| 19 February 1904 | Richard Hind and Jonathan Samual |
| 5 February 1891 | Sir Robert Ropner (BART) |
Honorary Aldermen
The Council can also give the title of Honorary Alderman to previous Councillors who are no longer serving on the Council. If an Honorary Alderman is subsequently re-elected to the Council, the title would be suspended and re-enacted at the end of the Councillors term of office. The following people have been awarded the title of Honorary Alderman:
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 22 November 2023 | Mr Ken Dixon |
| 22 November 2023 | Mr Bill Woodhead MBE |
| 20 September 2023 | Mr Mohammed Javed |
| 20 September 2023 | Mrs Jean O'Donnell |
| 20 September 2023 | Mr Paul Kirton |
| 20 September 2023 | Mr Maurice Perry |
| 20 September 2023 | Mr Mike Smith |
| 25 May 2022 | Julia Cherret (posthumously) |
| 25 May 2022 | Paul Baker |
| 25 May 2022 | Kathryn Nelson |
| 14 March 2018 | Peter Mallinson |
| 20 December 2017 | Stephen Smailes |
| 9 March 2016 | Marjorie Galloway (MBE) and Keith Leonard |
| 28 October 2015 | Jeremy Atkinson, Alex Cunningham |
| 22 July 2015 | Lynne Apedaile, Richard Cains, David Coleman, Maurice Frankland, Robert Gibson (O.B.E), Colin Leckonby, Kenneth Lupton, William Noble, Maureen Rigg, Fred Salt, Andrew Sherris (title on hold due to re-election in May 2019), Steve Walmsley, Mary Womphrey, Michael Womphrey. |
| 7 September 2011 | Jennie Beaumont, Ann Cains, John A Fletcher, Suzanne Fletcher (MBE) |
| 5 September 2007 | Joan Wade |
| 6 September 2006 | Ann McCoy (title on hold due to re-election in May 2007) |
| 22 March 2006 | James Henry Cooke |
| 24 March 2004 | Keith Dobinson |
| 18 February 2004 | Winifred Hodgson (MBE) |
| 13 September 2000 | Robert Dobson and James Albert Tachell |
| 29 March 2000 | Derek Cooke, Kenneth William Craggs, Harry Davies (MBE), John Dyson, Brian Cooper Hodgson, Dora Redican, Sydney Redican, John McKie Scott (OBE, JP, MA), Sir Maurice Sutherland, Maureen Taylor (MBE, JP), James Matthew Vaughan, Lawrence Wild (OBE, JP), Edward Wood. |
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