Louth Mayor
On Tuesday 14th May Louth Town Council elected Councillor Julia Simmons to be its Mayor for the 2024/25 Council year.
Councillor Simmons sadly passed away in December 2024. It was subsequently resolved that Deputy Mayor, Councillor Darren Hobson, would fulfil Mayoral obligations as necessary until the Annual Meeting of the Town Council in May 2025.
If you would like to invite the Deputy Mayor of Louth to an event please write to:
Miss. Shona Chitauro
Louth Town Council
The Sessions House
Eastgate
Louth
Lincolnshire
LN11 9AJ
or email admin@louthtowncouncil.gov.uk
Each year the Mayor collects funds which are distributed to worthy causes at the end of their term in office. If you would like to donate to the Mayor’s Charity Fund, please contact the Mayor for details.
| Date of Election | Christian Name | Other Name | Surname | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1836 | William | Grant | Allison | |
| 1836 | Samuel | Trought | ||
| 1837 | Samuel | Trought | ||
| 1838 | John | Bogg | ||
| 1839 | John | Booth | Sharpley | |
| 1840 | John | Johnson | ||
| 1841 | Tom | Lowther | ||
| 1842 | Henry | Allen | Johnson | |
| 1842 | Francis | Overton | ||
| 1843 | Joseph | Larder | Senior | |
| 1844 | Thomas | Phillips | Waite | |
| 1845 | Cornelius | Parker | ||
| 1846 | Cornelius | Parker | ||
| 1847 | Cornelius | Parker | ||
| 1848 | John | Booth | Sharpley | |
| 1849 | Field | Flowers | Coe | |
| 1850 | Field | Flowers | Coe | |
| 1851 | James | William | Wilson | |
| 1852 | Samuel | Trought | ||
| 1853 | Samuel | Trought | ||
| 1854 | John | Booth | Sharpley | |
| 1855 | William | Grant | Allison | |
| 1856 | Thomas | Phillips | Waite | |
| 1857 | Thomas | Phillips | Waite | |
| 1858 | Thomas | Phillips | Waite | |
| 1859 | Robert | Norfolk | ||
| 1860 | Robert | Norfolk | ||
| 1861 | Thomas | Mason | ||
| 1862 | Thomas | Mason | ||
| 1863 | Frederick | Septimus | Tate | |
| 1864 | Samuel | Trought | ||
| 1865 | Samuel | Trought | ||
| 1866 | Samuel | Trought | ||
| 1867 | Robert | Johnson | ||
| 1868 | Robert | Johnson | ||
| 1869 | Thomas | Sharpley | M.D. | |
| 1870 | John | Bell | ||
| 1871 | Dan | Cresswell | ||
| 1872 | Salah | Cartwright | ||
| 1873 | Thomas | Ellrington | Smith | |
| 1874 | James | Fowler | ||
| 1875 | James | Fowler | ||
| 1876 | Henry | David | Simpson | |
| 1877 | Henry | David | Simpson | |
| 1878 | Joseph | Cusworth | ||
| 1879 | Joseph | Cusworth | ||
| 1880 | James | Fowler | ||
| 1881 | Saville | Smith | ||
| 1882 | Joseph | William | Morton | |
| 1883 | Henry | David | Simpson | |
| 1884 | William | Ludlam | Mason | |
| 1885 | Joseph | Cusworth | ||
| 1886 | James | Fowler | ||
| 1887 | John | Willows | Barton | |
| 1888 | Richard | James | Nell | |
| 1889 | John | Willows | Barton | |
| 1890 | James | Fowler | ||
| 1891 | Barnard | Longbottom | ||
| 1892 | Palemon | Best | M.B. | |
| 1893 | Barnard | Longbottom | ||
| 1894 | Joseph | Cusworth | ||
| 1895 | Henry | David | Simpson | |
| 1896 | Henry | David | Simpson | |
| 1897 | John | Taylor | ||
| 1898 | John | David | Taylor | |
| 1899 | Samuel | Cresswell | ||
| 1900 | Hurd | Hickling | ||
| 1901 | Mark | Smith | ||
| 1902 | Mark | Smith | ||
| 1903 | Frederick | M. | Thompson | |
| 1904 | Henry | David | Simpson | |
| 1905 | Mark | Smith | ||
| 1906 | Richard | Dawson | ||
| 1907 | Hurd | Hickling | ||
| 1908 | Herbert | Sharpley | ||
| 1909 | Thomas | Gelsthorpe | ||
| 1910 | George | Blaze | ||
| 1911 | Thomas | Gelsthorpe | ||
| 1912 | Thomas | Gelsthorpe | ||
| 1913 | Richard | Maltby | ||
| 1914 | Hurd | Hickling | ||
| 1915 | Christopher | Adlard | ||
| 1916 | Christopher | Adlard | ||
| 1917 | Richard | Dawson | ||
| 1918 | Sydney | H. | Jackson | |
| 1919 | William | Lacey | ||
| 1920 | William | Lacey | ||
| 1921 | Henry | Stanley | Walker | |
| 1922 | Henry | Stanley | Walker | |
| 1923 | James | Lill | ||
| 1924 | William | S. | Sowerby | |
| 1925 | Sydney | H. | Jackson | |
| 1926 | Frank | Henry | Fieldsend | |
| 1927 | Henry | Higson | Simpson | |
| 1928 | Percy | Parker | ||
| 1929 | Albert | Ernest | Maxey | |
| 1930 | Bert | Appleby | ||
| 1931 | John | Palmer | Beckett | |
| 1932 | Jesse | Rushforth | ||
| 1933 | Ernest | Harry | Thompson | |
| 1934 | Albert | Ernest | Maxey | |
| 1935 | Albert | Ernest | Maxey | |
| 1936 | John | Richard | Coney | |
| 1937 | Alfred | Herbert | Wright | |
| 1938 | Laurance | James | Lill | |
| 1939 | Laurance | James | Lill | |
| 1940 | Ernest | Harry | Thompson | |
| 1941 | Albert | Ernest | Maxey | |
| 1942 | Evan | William | Macdonald | |
| 1943 | George | Harold | Taylor | |
| 1944 | John | Robert | Sanderson | |
| 1945 | William | Rowson | ||
| 1946 | John | Carveley | Shelton | |
| 1947 | Wilfred | Alex. | Slack | |
| 1948 | ||||
| 1949 | Arthur | W. | Jaines | |
| 1950 | Maurice | Hall | ||
| 1951 | John | C. | Wherry | |
| 1952 | John | H. | Starsmore | |
| 1953 | Frank | Macdonald | ||
| 1954 | William | Robert | Burr | |
| 1955 | Albert | Ernest | Maxey | |
| 1956 | Albert | Ernest | Maxey | |
| 1957 | William | Patchett | ||
| 1958 | Ronald | H. | Brackenbury | |
| 1959 | John | H. | Starsmore | |
| 1960 | Charles | W. | Dunham | |
| 1961 | W.R. | Cecil | Simpson | |
| 1962 | Arthur | McNeaney | ||
| 1963 | Neville | J. | Nicholson | |
| 1964 | Roosevelt | Wilkinson | ||
| 1965 | A. | Elizabeth | Hardy | |
| 1966 | Percy | Fell | ||
| 1967 | Reginald | M. | Cross | |
| 1968 | Gladys | P. | Wilcox | |
| 1969 | Ronald | H. | Brackenbury | |
| 1970 | Robin | Brumby | ||
| 1971 | Roosevelt | Wilkinson | ||
| 1972 | Charles | O. | Everitt | |
| 1973 | Frank | Macdonald | ||
| 1974 | Percy | Fell | ||
| 1975 | Peter | Graham | Smith | |
| 1976 | Alfred | Stanley | Ward | |
| 1977 | Gladys | Pacey | Wilcox | |
| 1978 | George | Alfred | Cuppleditch | |
| 1979 | Frank | Macdonald | ||
| 1980 | George | Arliss | ||
| 1981 | John | Robert | Needham | |
| 1982 | Kenneth | Roland | West | |
| 1983 | George | Alfred | Cuppleditch | |
| 1984 | Alfred | Stanley | Ward | |
| 1985 | Frank | Raymond | Michael | |
| 1986 | Conny | Jardine | ||
| 1987 | Roy | Gathercole | ||
| 1988 | John | Richard | Macdonald | |
| 1989 | Sandra | Jean | Ingleton | |
| 1990 | Joyce | Mildred | Munslow | |
| 1991 | Dorothy | Grant | ||
| 1992 | David | Shepherd | ||
| 1993 | John | Dean | ||
| 1994 | Clive | Finch | ||
| 1995 | Fergus | Robertson | ||
| 1996 | Margaret | Ottaway | M.B.E. | |
| 1997 | Eileen | Ballard | ||
| 1998 | David | Kaye | ||
| 1999 | David | M. | Skinner | |
| 2000 | John | Dean | ||
| 2001 | Brian | Hodgkinson | ||
| 2002 | Fergus | Robertson | ||
| 2003 | Trevor | F. | Marris | |
| 2004 | Fabian | Coonghe | ||
| 2005 | Eileen | Ballard | JP | |
| 2006 | Mary | W. | Finch | |
| 2007 | John | R. | Macdonald | |
| 2008 | Francis | W.P. | Treanor | |
| 2009 | Keith | A. | Sharp | |
| 2010 | Trevor | F. | Marris | |
| 2011 | Brian | Burnett | ||
| 2012 | Jill | Makinson-Sanders | ||
| 2013 | David | E. | Wing | |
| 2014 | Andrew | Leonard | JP | |
| 2015 | Susan | E. | Locking | |
| 2016 | Eileen | Ballard | JP | |
| 2017 | Pauline | F. | Watson | |
| 2018 | George | E. | Horton | JP |
| 2019 | Francis | W.P. | Treanor | |
| 2020 | Darren | L. | Hobson | |
| 2021 | Darren | L. | Hobson | |
| 2022 | Jeremy | Baskett | ||
| 2023 | Julia | Simmons | ||
| 2024 | Julia | Simmons |