The Mayor of Bridgwater for 2020-21 is Cllr Leigh Redman. Leigh lives in Hamp and is the town and district councillor there as well as being the County Councillor for Bridgwater South, which includes Westover.
For information about the role of Mayor of Bridgwater click here.
To find a list of Borough Mayors up to 1972 click here.
PAST MAYORS OF BRIDGWATER
(From 1973 Bridgwater became part of Sedgemoor District Council and the role of councillor was reduced to simply ‘Charter Trustee’ whose limited powers ammounted to electing one of them to be Mayor for the incoming year)
1972+73 Saunders (Lab) -Last Borough Mayor
1974 Charles Tester (Lab) – First Charter Trustee Mayor
1975 Trevor Donaldson (Con)
1976 Joe Ayres (Lab)
1977 Margaret Rees (Con)
1978 Mick Briscombe (Lab)
1979 Bill Chedgey (Lab)
1980 Mike Needs (Con)
1981 Ken Richards (Lab)
1982 Joe Ayres (Lab)
1983 Mike Cresswell (Con)
1984 Jenny Briscombe (Lab)
1985 Mary Tustian (Lab)
1986 Julie Hooper (Con)
1987 Ken Richards (Lab)
1988 Trevor Donaldson (Con)
1989 Joe Ayres (Trad Lab)
1990 Mike Cresswell (Con)
1991 Ken Richards (Lab)
1992 David Baker (Lib Dem)
1993 John Turner (Lab)
1994 Mick Briscombe (Lab)
1995 Trevor Donaldson (Con)
1996 Ken Parkin (Lab)
1997 Adrian Moore (Lab)
1998 Bill Munn (Lab)
1999 Roger Lavers (Lab)
2000 David Busby (Lab)
2001 Ken Richards (Lab)
2002 Adrian Moore (Lab) Last Charter Trustee Mayor
From 2003 the Government allowed Bridgwater to regain many of its ancient powers by creating a Town Council. With this new ‘parish’ status elections were held specifically for the role of Town Councillor.
2003 Adrian Moore (Lab) -1st TOWN Mayor
2004 Bill Munn (Lab)
2005 Bill Monteith (Lab)
2006 Pat Parker (Lab)
2007 Philip Smeed (Con)
2008 Graham Granter (Lab)
2009 Ken Richards (Lab)
2010 Bill Monteith (Lab)
2011 Pat Parker (Lab)
2012 Graham Granter (Lab)
2013 Dave Loveridge (Lab)
2014 Steve Austen (Lab)
2015 Leigh Redman (Lab)
2016 Alex Glassford (Lab)
2017 Graham Granter (Lab)
2018 Diogo Rodrigues (Lab)
2019 Tony Heywood (Lab)
2020 Leigh Redman (Lab)
Mayor Graham Granter opens the Mens Shed
Bridgwater Mayor Ken Richards in UH with Czech and Italian partners
Mayor Redman – a successful year as the town’s first citizen
Mayor Glassford with Mayoress Liz Leavy
In the footsteps of giants – former Bridgwater mayor and Labour MP Walt Farthing (from Blacklands)
Sometimes Mayors are asked to promote Bridgwater abroad. (The Mayor-Pat Parker- is on the right)
Mayors are required to ‘robe up’ for special civic occasions. Here Mayor Loveridge helps rededicate a section of Eastover cemetry
Mayor Tony Heywood greets the stallholders
Mayor Pollard in 1896 had the powers to read the Riot Act and order soldiers to attack striking Bridgwater Brickworkers
