List of mayors of Devizes

The following persons have been mayors of the town of Devizes, Wiltshire, England.

Medieval

• 1302 John Cray (the first Mayor of Devizes)
• 1376–77 Richard Cardmaker
• 1379–81 Richard Cardmaker
• 1377–79 William Spicer.
• 1381–82 William Spicer
• 1388–89 William Coventre I
• 1391–92 Richard Cardmaker
• 1410 Simon Skinner

16th and 17th centuries

• 1547-51 Richard Batt
• 1554–55 Thomas Hull
• 1568 Henry Grube
• 1573 Henry Grube
• 1595 John Batt (Also known as John Whittock)
• 1602–03 John Kent
• 1642 Richard Pierce
• 1694–96 John Child

20th century

• 1902–03 William Rose (Conservative)
• 1907–08 Edward Simpson
• 1988-89 Arthur John Perrett
• 1991–92 Ludmilia Barnett
• 1993–94 Margaret Taylor
• 1994–95 Charles Winchcombe
• 1995–96 I Hopkins
• 1997–98 Ray Taylor
• 1998–99 Jim Thorpe
• 1999–2000 Noel Woolrych

21st century

• 2000–01 Timothy Price
• 2001-02 Ray Parsons
• 2002–03 Catherine Brown
• 2003–04 Paula Winchcombe
• 2004–05 Margaret Taylor
• 2005–06 Peter Evans
• 2006–07 Donald Jones
• 2007–08 Julian Beinhorn
• 2008–09 Jane Burton
• 2009–10 John Leighton
• 2010–11 Peter Smith
• 2011–12 Sue Evans
• 2012–13 Kelvin Nash
• 2013–14 Peter Smith
• 2014–15 Sarah Bridewell
• 2015–16 Roger Giraud-Saunders
• 2016–17 Jane Burton
• 2017–18 Nigel Carter
• 2019–20 Judy Rose
• 2020–21 Andy Johnson (died in office, May 2020); subsequently Christine Gay as acting mayor
• 2021–22 Christine (Chris) Gay

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