The Mayor of Weatherfield is the position which many people have held over the years, both in the early county borough and in the merged borough.
Events[]
In 1972, Harold Chapman and Charlie Rogers decided to have one last mayor of the county borough. Alf Roberts was selected over Len Fairclough. Maggie Clegg was the first choice for Mayoress but Annie Walker was chosen.
1973: Alf is installed as Mayor of Weatherfield
In 1994, the position was revived under the new enlarged borough, and Alf was once again chosen to take up the position. Audrey Roberts took the role as mayoress but stood down because Alf refused to use a limo. Betty Williams took up the role instead.
Martin (surname unknown), who had taken up the role by 2016, attended an LGBTQI event in April 2017 before being forced to stand down due to a scandal. For the replacement, Sally Metcalfe, a former councillor, and Kirk Sutherland battled it out for the title, with Sally winning by 51 votes.
Sally later formed an injudicious relationship that resulted in fraud-related charges, after which she resigned despite maintaining innocence of the actual charges (for which she was imprisoned in 2018).
Mayors and Mayoresses[]
- Fred Butterworth (1965)
- Mayor Harvey (who fancied Irma Barlow) and his wife, the Mayoress (1971-1972)
- Harold Chapman and Ethel Bostock (1972-1973)
- Alf Roberts and Annie Walker (1973-1974)
- Bob Eckersley (1977-1978)
- Alf Roberts and Audrey Roberts (1994)
- Alf Roberts and Betty Williams (1994-1995)
- Unnamed Mayor and Mayoress (1999)
- Colin Lavender (2012)
- Martin (2016-2017)
- Sally Metcalfe (2017-2018)