"A Short History of Gateshead". © Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, 1998
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| 1835 | George Hawks | 1860 | James Hewitt | |
| 1836 | Michael Hall | 1861 | Benjamin Bigger | |
| 1837 | James Pollock | 1862 | Benjamin Bigger (second term) | |
| 1838 | John Barrass | 1863 | George Crawshay (third term) | |
| 1839 | William Henry Brockett | 1864 | Isaac Charles Johnson | |
| 1840 | William Hymers | 1865 | Edmond Crawshay | |
| 1841 | George Sowerby | 1866 | George Miller | |
| 1842 | Robert Davis | 1867 | Robert Stirling Newall | |
| 1843 | William Kenmir | 1868 | Robert Stirling Newall (second term) | |
| 1844 | Thomas Cummins | 1869 | William Brown (second term) | |
| 1845 | Thomas Cummins (second term) | 1870 | John Marriner Redmayne | |
| 1846 | Thomas Revely | 1871 | Richard Wellington Hodgson (second term) | |
| 1847 | John Cuthbert Potts | 1872 | William Muschamp | |
| 1848 | George Hawks (second term) | 1873 | George Charlton | |
| 1849 | George Hawks (third term) | 1874 | George Charlton (second term) | |
| 1850 | Joseph Robson | 1875 | William Galloway | |
| 1851 | Charles John Pearson | 1876 | William Galloway (second term) | |
| 1852 | John Lister | 1877 | John Walton Robinson | |
| 1853 | David Haggie, jnr. | 1878 | John Walton Robinson (second term) | |
| 1854 | Richard Wellington Hodgson | 1879 | Edward Smith Hindmarsh | |
| 1855 | James Smith | 1880 | Edward Smith Hindmarsh (second term) | |
| 1856 | George Crawshay | 1881 | William Affleck | |
| 1857 | Bryan John Prockter | 1882 | William Affleck (second term) | |
| 1858 | William Brown | 1883 | Robert Rankin | |
| 1859 | George Crawshay (second term) | 1884 | Thomas McDermott |
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| 1885 | Thomas McDermott (second term) | 1911 | William John Costello (second term) | |
| 1886 | George Davidson | 1912 | John Maccoy | |
| 1887 | George Davidson (second term) | 1913 | John Maccoy (second term) | |
| 1888 | John Lucas | 1914 | William Edward Wardill | |
| 1889 | John Lucas (second term) | 1915 | William Edward Wardill (second term) | |
| 1890 | Silas Kent | 1916 | John Maccoy (third term) | |
| 1891 | Walter de Lancey Willson | 1917 | John Maccoy (fourth term) | |
| 1892 | Walter de Lancey Willson (second term) | 1918 | John Maccoy (fifth term) | |
| 1893 | William Henry Dunn | 1919 | William Clough (second term) | |
| 1894 | William Henry Dunn (second term) | 1920 | William Clough (third term) | |
| 1895 | John Tulip Scott | 1921 | Sir John Maccoy (sixth term) | |
| 1896 | John Tulip Scott (second term) | 1922 | Sir John Maccoy (seventh term) | |
| 1897 | William Clough | 1923 | Sir John Maccoy (eighth term) | |
| 1898 | Francis Joseph Finn | 1924 | Thomas Peacock | |
| 1899 | John Bradshaw | 1925 | Thomas Peacock (second term) | |
| 1900 | Alexander Gillies | 1926 | William Edward Wardill (third term) | |
| 1901 | Alexander Gillies (second term) | 1927 | William Edward Wardill (fourth term) | |
| 1902 | Walter de Lancey Willson (third term) | 1928 | William Edward Wardill (fifth term) | |
| 1903 | Lancelot Tulip Penman | 1929 | William Hall | |
| 1904 | Lancelot Tulip Penman (second term) | 1930 | William Hall (second term) | |
| 1905 | Lancelot Tulip Penman (third term) | 1931 | Jonathan Hodgson Ritson | |
| 1906 | Alexander Gillies (third term) | 1932 | Jonathan Hodgson Ritson (second term) | |
| 1907 | Alexander Gillies (fourth term) | 1933 | Timothy Armstrong | |
| 1908 | Alexander Gillies (fifth term) | 1934 | Timothy Armstrong (second term) | |
| 1909 | Alexander Gillies (sixth term) | 1935 | James White | |
| 1910 | William John Costello | 1936 | James White (second term) |
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| 1937 | William John Pickering | 1956 | Allan Henderson | |
| 1938 | William John Pickering (second term) | 1957 | Abraham Crossley | |
| 1939 | Peter Strong Hancock | 1958 | Joseph William Roberts | |
| 1940 | Peter Strong Hancock (second term) | 1959 | William John Pike | |
| 1941 | John George Orton | 1960 | Elizabeth Ann Hardy | |
| 1942 | Mary Gunn | 1961 | Christopher Hetherington Wheatley | |
| 1943 | Sidney Alfred Hepple | 1962 | Mary Bell | |
| 1944 | Thomas Ryan | 1963 | Thomas Wilkinson | |
| 1945 | Henry Kegie | 1964 | William Collins | |
| 1946 | Norman McCretton | 1965 | Robert Ninian Baptist | |
| 1947 | William Finnie Barron | 1966 | John Coulson Snowdon Wheatley | |
| 1949 | Charles Richard Flynn | 1967 | Albert Victor Turnbull | |
| 1950 | Stanley George Bell Tyrrell | 1968 | Charles Ryans | |
| 1951 | James Arthur Hutchison | 1969 | William McKelvie Colligan | |
| 1952 | John Thomas Etherington | 1970 | Joseph William Roberts (second term) | |
| 1953 | Michael Grant | 1971 | William Collins | |
| 1954 | Ben Nicholson Young | 1972 | Frank Conway | |
| 1955 | Frank Pattison | 1973 | Leslie Carr |
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"A Short History of Gateshead". © Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, 1998
[Last updated: 10th June 2005 - Brian Pears]