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Past Mayors of Burnley
| Dates | Mayor | Mayoress |
| 1862 - 63 | John Moore | |
| 1863 - 64 | John Barnes | |
| 1864 - 66 | William Robinson | |
| 1866 - 67 | James Folds | |
| 1867 - 69 | William Lomas | |
| 1869 - 71 | John Barnes | |
| 1871 - 73 | John Hargreaves Scott | |
| 1873 - 75 | John Massey | |
| 1875 - 77 | William Thompson | |
| 1877 - 79 | William Robinson | |
| 1879 - 81 | John Howorth | |
| 1881 - 83 | Henry Deighton Fielding | |
| 1883 - 85 | John Baron | |
| 1885 - 87 | George Keighley | |
| 1887 - 88 | George Sutcliffe | |
| 1888 - 89 | James Greenwood | |
| 1889 - 91 | Thomas Thornber | |
| 1891 - 93 | William Parkinson | |
| 1893 - 95 | Christian Mitchell | |
| 1895 - 96 | William Collinge | |
| 1896 - 98 | Caleb Thornber | |
| 1898 - 1900 | William Dickinson | |
| 1900 - 02 | Thomas Burrows | |
| 1902 - 03 | Thomas Thornber | |
| 1903 - 05 | Albert Carrington | |
| 1905 - 07 | Hartley Emmott | |
| 1907 - 09 | William Hough | |
| 1909 - 11 | James Mitchell Grey | |
| 1911 - 13 | Elijah Keighley | |
| 1913 - 15 | James Sellers Kay | |
| 1915 - 18 | Andrew MacGregor Sinclair | |
| 1918 - 20 | Roger Hargreaves | |
| 1920 - 22 | Edwin Whitehead | |
| 1922 - 25 | John William Glegg | |
| 1925 - 27 | James Sutcliffe | |
| 1927 - 29 | Henry Lees | Mrs Lees |
| 1929 - 31 | Henry Robinson Nuttell | Miss M Nuttall |
| 1931 - 33 | Robinson Place | |
| 1933 - 34 | Lawrence Ripon | |
| 1934 - 35 | John Henry Heap | |
| 1935 - 36 | George Parkinson | |
| 1936 - 37 | James William Gradwell | |
| 1937 - 38 | Arthur Green | |
| 1938 - 39 | James Alfred Sampson | |
| 1939 - 40 | Mrs Mary Brown | |
| 1940 - 41 | John Thomas Glegg | |
| 1941 - 42 | Richard Broadley | Mrs Broadley |
| 1942 - 43 | Miss Alice Fearnehough | |
| 1943 - 44 | Samual Taylor | |
| 1944 - 45 | Thomas Park Taylor | |
| 1945 - 46 | Reuben Hudson | |
| 1946 - 47 | Ronald Bushby | |
| 1947 - 49 | William Buchanan | |
| 1949 - 50 | John H Bracewell | |
| 1950 - 51 | Ernie Brodrick | |
| 1951 - 52 | Tom Maxfield | |
| 1952 - 53 | Mary Gillespie | |
| 1953 - 54 | Harold Hudson | |
| 1954 - 55 | Joseph Herbert | |
| 1955 - 56 | Edward Brooks | |
| 1956 - 57 | Ada Proctor | Miss S Isherwood |
| 1957 - 58 | Margaret Ann Battle | Mrs N Taylor |
| 1958 - 59 | Peter Henry | |
| 1959 - 60 | Edith Utley | |
| 1960 - 61 | Thomas Holgate | |
| 1961 - 62 | Edward Sandy | |
| 1962 - 63 | Alderman John Astin Smith | Mrs Smith |
| 1963 - 64 | Alderman James Lord | |
| 1964 - 65 | Alderman Thomas E Gallagher | Mrs J Gallagher |
| 1965 - 66 | Alderman George Hollinrake | |
| 1966 - 67 | Alderman John E Parkinson | Mrs Brierley |
| 1967 - 68 | Alderman John H Sutcliffe | Mrs Sutcliffe |
| 1968 - 69 | Alderman Dick Newglove (Richard) | |
| 1969 - 70 | Alderman Arthur Proctor | Mrs Proctor |
| 1970 - 71 | Alderman Ernest James Willis | |
| 1971 - 72 | Alderman Desmond Parkinson | Mrs G Parkinson |
| 1972 - 73 | Alderman Abel Bridge | Mrs Bridge |
| 1973 - 74 | Alderman Frank Booth | Mrs V Booth |
| Re-organisation of Burnley Borough Council | ||
| 1974 - 75 | Cllr Edward Hanson JP | Mrs E Hanson |
| 1975 - 76 | Cllr Mrs Sarah Ennis JP | Mr Ennis |
| 1976 - 77 | Cllr Mrs Ruth I Pilling | Mr E Pilling |
| 1977 - 78 | Cllr James Meakin | Mrs M Meakin |
| 1978 - 79 | Cllr Albert Pickup JP | Mrs J Pickup |
| 1979 - 80 | Cllr Frank A Bailey | Mrs E Bailey |
| 1980 - 81 | Cllr John Hudson | Mrs L Hudson |
| 1981 - 82 | Cllr Mrs Margaret Tomlinson JP | Mrs E Bacon |
| 1982 - 83 | Cllr Mrs Mary Durkin JP | Mrs E Tate JP |
| 1983 - 84 | Cllr Jesse Bradshaw | Mrs M Bradshaw |
| 1984 - 85 | Cllr Kenneth Butterworth | Mrs P Butterworth |
| 1985 - 86 | Cllr James Wyld | Mrs J Wyld |
| 1986 - 87 | Cllr Frederick A Brown JP | Mrs I Brown |
| 1987 - 88 | Cllr James F Heyes JP | Mrs B Heyes |
| 1988 - 89 | Cllr Kenneth McGeorge | Mrs W George |
| 1989 - 90 | Cllr George Halstead | Mrs P Halstead |
| 1990 - 91 | Cllr Mrs Patricia Bennett | Mrs Dorothy Law |
| 1991 - 92 | Cllr Mrs Irene Cooney | Mrs Jean Cooney |
| 1992 - 93 | Cllr Edward C Ingham JP | Mrs Elsie Ingham |
| 1993 - 94 | Cllr John Greewood JP | Mrs Margaret Greenwood |
| 1994 - 95 | Cllr Leslie Harrison | Mrs Margaret Tomlinson JP |
| 1995 - 96 | Cllr Arthur Park | Mrs Eileen Park |
| 1996 - 97 | Cllr Peter Swainston * | Mrs Shelia Swainston |
| * Cllr Swainston only served 10 months in office, Cllr Arthur Park then took over for the last 2 months. | ||
| 1996 - 97 | Cllr Arthur Park | Mrs Eileen Park |
| 1997 - 98 | Cllr Mrs Enid Tate JP | Mrs Cynthia Sanderson |
| Mayoress/Consort | ||
| 1998 - 99 | Cllr Eric Selby | Mrs Vera Selby |
| 1999 - 2000 | Cllr Edward Fisk | Cllr Mrs Pat Chadwick |
| 2000 - 01 | Cllr Rafique Malik | Mrs Nasreen Malik |
| 2001 - 02 | Cllr Jack Alston JP | Mrs Mary Alston |
| 2002 - 03 | Cllr Gordon Birtwistle | Mrs Kathleen Birtwistle |
| 2003 - 04 | Cllr Mrs Lilian Clark | Mrs Jacqueline Elkington |
| 2004 - 05 | Cllr Mrs Margaret Lishman | Mrs Anne Kelly |
| 2005 - 06 | Cllr Roger Barstow Frost MBE | Mrs Pauline Forst Hardwick |
| 2006 - 07 | Cllr Mohammed Najib JP | Mrs Shamin Najib |
| 2007 - 08 | Cllr Peter McCann | Mrs Mary McCann & Miss Jennifer McCann |
| 2008 - 09 | Cllr Mrs Ida Carmichael | Mr Gavin Carmichael and Mrs Joan Heginbotham |
| 2009 - 2010 | Cllr John Harbour | Mrs Gillian Harbour |
| 2010 - 11 | Cllr Tony Lambert | Mrs Brenda Lambert |
| 2011 - 12 | Cllr David Heginbotham | Mrs Joan Heginbotham |
| 2012 - 13 | Cllr Charles William Bullas | Mrs Irene Bullas |
| 2013 - 14 | Cllr Frank Cant | Mrs Gillian Cant |
| 2014 - 15 | Cllr Andy Tatchell | Mrs Lorna Tatchell |
| 2015-16 | Cllr Liz Monk | Mr Richard Monk and Mrs Brenda Lambert |
| 2016-17 | Cllr Jeff Sumner | Mrs Lesley Sumner and Mr Lee Sumner |