Mayor of Wrexham

Before the establishment of the position in 1857, the then town of Wrexham was largely administered by the manorial courts of the gentry and parish Vestry.

[1] By 1848, concerns over the system of various local government in managing the growing town's sanitary conditions, in particular the public health threat of cholera,[1][2][3] led to locals launching a petition to the Privy Council in February 1857 for the town to be incorporated.

[9][10] Clwyd itself was abolished in 1996, following the enactment of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994,[11] with the position transferred to the newly established Wrexham County Borough Council, the council of the newly formed Wrexham County Borough.

Their position is to represent the entire county borough, acting as a link between the council and citizens, and symbolically represent continuity, an open society (by elected irrespective of class, gender, or ethnicity), and a figure in times of crisis, tragedy or triumph.

They have precedence at any function within the county borough, including over government ministers, MPs and MSs, but except in the presence of the Monarch, British royal family, or the Lord Lieutenant of Clwyd.

[14] The current mayor for the 2024/2025 term is Councillor Beryl Blackmore of Marford and Hoseley since 21 May 2024, with Tina Mannering of Gwersyllt East as deputy.