List of mayors of Newcastle upon Tyne

The city was awarded the dignity of a lord mayoralty by letters patent dated 27 July 1906.

[1] The grant was announced by Edward VII on a visit to the city on 12 July, having been approved by the Home Office as Newcastle was "the chief town and seaport of the North of England".

[2][3] When the city became a metropolitan borough in 1974 the honour was confirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1974.

[4] The office of Sheriff of Newcastle upon Tyne existed from 1400 to 1974 and was reintroduced in 1996 as a position held by the Deputy Lord Mayor.

[5] Source: Newcastle City Council MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1378, 1381, 1388, 1390 and 1391