The Mayor of Abingdon-on-Thames is a ceremonial post held by a member of Abingdon-on-Thames Council, elected annually by the council.

[1][2] In 1556, Mary I of England granted a charter establishing a mayor, two bailiffs, twelve chief burgesses and sixteen secondary burgesses, the mayor to be clerk of the market, coroner and a Justice of the Peace.

The charter nominated Richard Mayotte as the first Mayor in 1556.

[3][4] Originally, the mayor would be elected on the Feast of St. Michael and Archangel on 29 September.

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