List of Councillors
These data have been taken from information supplied by the Borough to councillors in their yearly diaries.
Notes:
The Borough of Morley expanded in 1937 when the districts of Gildersome, Drighlington, East and West Ardsley joined it. In consequence, the Borough Council also expanded to taken in new councillors from these areas.
The first Councillors held office from 1-April-1886
Occupations: Given at a particular date when known.
End of term abbreviation: d-died; r-retired; Finish: Councillor was on the final council of the Borough of Morley in 1973-74.
| Surname | First Names | Elected | End | Final Date | Occupation | Ward | Terms | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ainsworth | George Henry | 29 June 1961 | r | 24 May 1962 | Building Society Branch Manager [1961] | Dartmouth | ||
| Aisbett | William | 01 November 1925 | d | 09 September 1938 | Ironmonger [1934] | South | ||
| Akeroyd | Cyril Noble | 13 May 1954 | r | 23 May 1967 | Haulage Contractor and Coal Merchant [1954] | Drighlington | Mayor | |
| Alcock | John William | 29 November 1945 | 12 May 1949 | Dyer [1946] | Central | |||
| Aldred | Michael | 29 June 1967 | 04 May 1972 | Company Director [1972] | North | |||
| Appleyard | Leslie | 11 May 1961 | Final | Local Government Officer [1961] | Tingley | |||
| Appleyard | William Henry | 01 November 1930 | 01 November 1936 | Woollen Manufacturer [1932] | South | |||
| Armitage | George | 01 November 1945 | 01 November 1947 | Leatherworker [1946] | Churwell | |||
| Armitage | Thomas Gill | 1-Nov-1891 | d | 17 July 1900 | Landlord, Fleece Inn [1891-Census] | Churwell | ||
| Askey | James | 01 November 1919 | d | 16 February 1951 | Miner [1923] | South | Mayor; service interrupted when he lost his seat | |
| Aspden | Percy | 04 May 1972 | Final | Transport Operative [1973] | Denshaw | |||
| Asquith | James Henry | 23 June 1949 | 10 May 1956 | Textile Engineer [1954] | South | |||
| Astill | Frederick | 01 November 1947 | 11 May 1951 | |||||
| Atack | Alan | 04 February 1954 | 11 May 1967 | Clerk [1954] | Churwell | |||
| Aveyard | Charles Arthur Rex | 07 May 1970 | Final | Area Wages Supervisor [1973] | Tingley | |||
| Aveyard | Peter Charles | 09 May 1968 | 13 May 1971 | |||||
| Baines | George Edwin | 01 November 1901 | 01 November 1907 | Cloth Manufacturer | Central | |||
| Barker | Brian Baines | 07 May 1959 | Final | Woollen Manufacturer [1964] | Dartmouth | Mayor | ||
| Barker | Brian Bradley | 01 November 1902 | d | 23 March 1948 | Cloth Manufacturer [1915] | Mayor | ||
| Barker | Henry | 1-Apr-1886 | 1-Nov-1887 | Butcher [1886] | Central | |||
| Barker | James | 1-Apr-1886 | d | 1-Dec-1896 | Cloth Manufacturer [1886] | South | ||
| Barker | James | 02 November 1936 | r | 14 May 1964 | Woollen Manufacturer [1946] | South | Mayor | |
| Barker | Stanley | 29 November 1945 | 01 November 1947 | Railway Locomotive Fireman [1946] | East Ardsley | |||
| Barnes | Harry | 01 November 1945 | d | 31 March 1957 | Schoolmaster [1946] | Drighlington | Mayor | |
| Barnes | Marguerite Louise | 10 May 1956 | 07 May 1959 | Married to Harry Barnes | ||||
| Barraclough | Harold | 24 April 1948 | d | 04 February 1956 | Master Builder [1954] | North | ||
| Barron | Tom | 1-Apr-1886 | 1-Nov-1890 | Cloth Manufacturer [1886] | South | |||
| Barrowclough | Edwin | 01 November 1912 | d | 09 January 1942 | Foreman Platelayer [1923] | Central | Mayor | |
| Bastow | Mary Jane | 08 May 1952 | d | 07 June 1969 | Warper [1954] | South | Mayor | |
| Bellwood | Leonard | 11 May 1950 | r | 21 May 1951 | ||||
| Benfield | John | 12 May 1960 | 12 May 1966 | Butcher [1961] | Dartmouth | |||
| Bewick | Robert | ? | Joiner & Carpenter [1961] | East Ardsley | ||||
| Binks | John Samuel | 11 May 1961 | Final | Building Contractor [1961] | Gildersome | Mayor | ||
| Binks | John Walter | 24-Apr-1894 | d | 12 April 1905 | Joiner and Builder [1902] | |||
| Blackburn | Oswald Bowness | 01 November 1947 | 11 May 1950 | |||||
| Bolderson | Arnold | 08 May 1952 | 12 May 1955 | Loom Tuner [1954] | South | |||
| Booth | Alfred | 01 April 1903 | r | 31 January 1943 | ||||
| Booth | Ernest | 08 May 1952 | r | 28 November 1953 | ||||
| Botheras | William Stuart Jackson | 02 November 1908 | r | 01 August 1928 | Licensed Victualler [1915] | Churwell | ||
| Bradley | Humphrey | 1-Nov-1890 | d | 1-Aug-1892 | Mill Owner | |||
| Bradley | Humphrey Akeroyd | 29 November 1934 | 10 May 1956 | Woollen Manufacturer [1946] | South | Mayor | ||
| Brewster | Harry | 13 May 1954 | d | 24 July 1968 | Engineer [1954] | South | Mayor | |
| Briggs | Samuel | 01 November 1947 | d | 20 December 1949 | ||||
| Broadbent | Ben Webster | 11 May 1961 | Final | Company Director [1961] | Gildersome | |||
| Brook | Henry Armitage | 10 May 1956 | 09 May 1968 | Club Steward [1961] | Birks | |||
| Brook | Kenneth | 09 May 1957 | Final | Blacksmith [1964] | Central | |||
| Brooke | Aubrey Ogden | 08 May 1969 | 04 May 1972 | Schoolmaster [1972] | Birks | Chief Magistrate when the local court closed | ||
| Brown | Charles Stuart | 01 November 1909 | 01 November 1919 | Accountant [1915] | North | |||
| Buckley | Philip | 19 September 1904 | 01 November 1919 | Consulting Engineer [1915] | South | Query: Died in office? | ||
| Bundle | Frederick | 1-Nov-1893 | d | 24/10/1906 -08 | Principal of College [1902] | Churwell | Query date of death: 1908? | |
| Burton | Arthur Angell | 14 February 1902 | 01 November 1924 | Solicitor [1923] | South | |||
| Buttery | Thomas Albert | 1-Nov-1899 | d | 16 October 1935 | Architect [1923] | Central | Mayor | |
| Carline | William | 10 May 1956 | 11 May 1961 | |||||
| Chapman | Joseph Andrew | 01 November 1900 | 01 November 1909 | Farmer [1902] | North | |||
| Clayton | Anne | 30 March 1950 | r | 26 May 1964 | Widow [1954] | Gildersome | Mayor | |
| Clegg | James | 24 October 1929 | 01 November 1933 | Miner [1932] | Central | |||
| Clegg | John | 1-Apr-1886 | 1-Nov-1899 | Builder [1886] | Central | 2: 1886-1889; 1896-1899 | ||
| Clegg | Samuel Sykes | 01 November 1904 | 01 November 1924 | Pawnbroker [1923] | Central | 2; Gap:1-Nov-22-25-Nov-22 | ||
| Clough | Harold | 04 April 1936 | r | 01 February 1939 | ||||
| Clough | Thomas | 1-Apr-1886 | d | 06 January 1902 | Stone Quarry owner [1886] | Alderman | Mayor | |
| Coates | Sam Atkinson | 01 November 1946 | 25 May 1961 | Cooperative Society's Secretary [1946] | Drighlington | |||
| Conboy | James Patrick | 11 May 1967 | 07 May 1970 | |||||
| Conboy | Thomas | 01 November 1933 | 01 November 1936 | Foreman Coal Washer [1936] | South | |||
| Cookson | James Arthur | 01 November 1913 | 01 November 1920 | Licensed Victualler [1915] | North | |||
| Copsey | Henry | 20 February 1915 | 01 November 1934 | Railway Employee [1915] | Central | |||
| Corfield | Gerald James | 13 May 1965 | Final | School Teacher [1973] | East Ardsley | |||
| Craven | Harry | 1-Nov-1891 | 01 November 1902 | Draper [1894] | Churwell | 2; Gap:1-Nov-1895-1-Nov-1899 | ||
| Crowther | Percy James | 07 April 1905 | 01 November 1927 | |||||
| Curless | Leslie Alexander | 12 May 1966 | Final | Decorator [1973] | Churwell | |||
| Dance | Allen Thistleton | 01 November 1947 | 21 May 1970 | Passed British Railways Fireman [1954] | East Ardsley | Mayor | ||
| Darrington | Ronald | 04 May 1972 | Final | Service Engineer [1973] | West Ardsley | |||
| Davies | Manuel | 25 June 1952 | 21 May 1970 | Motor Engineer [1954] | East Ardsley | |||
| Dews | John | 01 April 1933 | d | 17 March 1961 | Railway Clerk [1946] | East Ardsley | Mayor; Start: East Ardsley Council. | |
| Dickinson | David | 01 November 1923 | 09 November 1945 | Woollen Manufacturer [1932] | Central | Mayor | ||
| Dilcock | Mervyn Roy | 08 May 1969 | 04 May 1972 | Bank Official [1972] | West Ardsley | |||
| Dixon | Ernest | 24 November 1937 | d | 09 November 1949 | Grocer [1946] | |||
| Dixon | John | 1-Apr-1886 | 01 November 1900 | Farmer-Valuer [1886] | Alderman | 2:1886-r:1894; 1894-1900 | Mayor | |
| Dixon | Maurice Longley | 04 April 1905 | 01 November 1930 | Cloth Manufacturer [1923] | South | |||
| Dixon | Sheila | 26 August 1971 | Final | District Nurse [1973] | Central | |||
| Dodsworth | Herbert | 11 May 1950 | r | 14 July 1957 | Willeyer [1954] | Central | ||
| Elliott | Michael Terence | 08 May 1969 | Final | School Teacher [1973] | Tingley | |||
| Elliott | Ronald | 09 May 1963 | 12 May 1966 | Wire Polisher [1964] | Birks | |||
| Ellison | Thomas Benjamin | 01 July 1942 | 01 November 1945 | |||||
| Emms | James | 01 November 1906 | 01 November 1912 | |||||
| Fairburn | George | 02 March 1938 | d | 19 October 1942 | ||||
| Farrar | Sidney | 12 May 1949 | 08 May 1953 | |||||
| Faulks | Gordon Philip | ? | 1957? | Baker and Confectioner [1954] | Churwell | |||
| Fawcett | Jack | 29 June 1969 | 04 May 1972 | Foreman [1961] | Gildersome | |||
| Fawcett | James Arthur | 12 May 1960 | d | 22 May 1971 | Civil Servant [1961] | Denshaw | ||
| Fenteman | John Robert | 13 May 1971 | Final | Bus Driver [1973] | Denshaw | |||
| Finnigan | Lawrence Joseph | 11 May 1950 | r | 07 May 1964 | Clerk [1954] | Churwell | Mayor | |
| Firth | George Albert | 01 November 1910 | 1-Nov-1912 [1913?] | |||||
| Fish | William Henry | 01 November 1901 | 1-Nov-1908 [1904?] | Carting Agent [1902] | Central | |||
| Fleming | Thomas | 22 November 1906 | 1-Nov-1908 - query | |||||
| Foster | Oliver | 1889 | 1902 | Cloth Manufacturer | ||||
| Foxcroft | Richard Leslie | 30 April 1947 | 25 May 1961 | Licensed Victualler [1954] | North | |||
| Fraser | Jane Pedon | 19 April 1937 | d | 31 May 1945 | First female councillor | |||
| Frost | Charles Edmund | 01 November 1913 | dec,vac | 03 February 1915 | ||||
| Gannon | Ernest | 01 November 1945 | r | 16 June 1952 | Railway Goods Clerk [1946] | East Ardsley | ||
| Gaunt | Eli | 19-Oct-1899 | 01 November 1901 | 2; Gap:1-Nov-1901-19-Jun-1902 | ||||
| Gledhill | John | 01 November 1919 | 01 November 1935 | Market Gardener [1932] | North | |||
| Glover | Albert | 26-Nov-1894 | 01 November 1913 | Cloth Manufacturer [1902] | 2; Gap:8-Aug-1904-18-May-1911 | |||
| Glover | Sam | 01 November 1912 | 01 November 1919 | Cloth Manufacturer [1915] | North | |||
| Gomersall | Clifford | 02 April 1905 | 01 November 1922 | |||||
| Graham | Joseph | 23 November 1903 | r | 06 March 1918 | Chimney Sweeper [1915] | Churwell | ||
| Gray | Kathleen | 16 July 1970 | Final | Spinster [1973] | Dartmouth | |||
| Grayshon | Arthur Newton | 01 November 1947 | 13 May 1954 | |||||
| Grayshon | Hiram | 28 March 1931 | d | 23 February 1938 | ||||
| Green | Barbara | 09 May 1968 | 13 May 1971 | |||||
| Green | John Wood | 03 April 1905 | 01 November 1923 | Tripe Dresser [1923] | Central | |||
| Green | James Edward | 26 September 1957 | 11 May 1961 | |||||
| Gregory | Grace | 10 May 1956 | 11 May 1961 | |||||
| Haigh | Joseph | 1-Nov-1892 | d | 03 April 1911 | Colliery Owner [1894] | South | 3 or 4 terms | Mayor. Died in office |
| Hall | Bertie | 01 November 1937 | 01 November 1946 | |||||
| Hall | Eric | 23 June 1949 | 13 May 1954 | |||||
| Hammersley | Kathleen | 04 May 1972 | Final | Widow [1973] | Central | |||
| Hargreaves | Harold | 01 December 1960 | Final | Company Director [1961] | Dartmouth | |||
| Harrop | Joseph | 01 November 1912 | r | 02 October 1929 | Rag & Mungo Merchant [1923] | Central | Mayor | |
| Hartley | Albert | 26 September 1929 | d | 11 October 1947 | Building Contractor [1932] | South | ||
| Hartley | John | 28 February 1905 | 1-Nov-1894 | Cloth Manufacturer [1894] | Central | |||
| Haworth | Richard | 03 April 1940 | 01 November 1945 | |||||
| Haydn | Bernard | 06 December 1951 | Final | Coach Painter [1954] | West Ardsley | Mayor | ||
| Heaton | Frederick | 06 March 1918 | 01 November 1919 | |||||
| Hemingway | Alfred | 25 June 1952 | 07 May 1959 | Warehouseman [1954] | Central | |||
| Hepworth | Benjamin Peel | 29-Jun-1891 | r | 08 December 1944 | Cloth Manufacturer [1894] | North | Mayor; Freeman | |
| Hepworth | Clara Elizabeth | 24 March 1949 | r | 21 May 1970 | Spinster [1954] | North | Mayor | |
| Hepworth | William Baines | 01 November 1922 | 01 November 1945 | Cloth Dyer [1923] | Churwell | Mayor | ||
| Hewitt | Edward | 04 May 1972 | Final | Sales Engineer [1973] | East Ardsley | |||
| Hill | George Wilfred | 11 May 1951 | r | 03 October 1960 | Mill Manager | South | ||
| Hill | John | 1-Apr-1886 | 1-Nov-1891 | Cashier [1886] | Alderman | Mayor | ||
| Hill | William | 01 November 1922 | 01 November 1934 | Gentleman [1922] | North | |||
| Hirst | Benjamin | 1-Apr-1886 | d | 22 June 1903 | Rag Merchant [1886] | South | ||
| Holton | William | 1-Apr-1886 | 1-Nov-1897 | Cloth Manufacturer [1886] | North | |||
| Horsfall | Alfred | 01 November 1934 | d | 10 February 1949 | Woollen Manufacturer [1946] | North | Mayor - Died in office | |
| Horsfall | Harold | 29 June 1967 | Final | Master Joiner [1973] | Drighlington | |||
| Horsfall | James Theaker | 1-Nov-1894 | d | 19 March 1927 | Cloth Manufacturer [1923] | 2; Gap:1-Nov-1903-23-Nov-1903 | ||
| Horsfall | Oliver | 1-Nov-1889 | d | 18-May-1902 query | Cloth Manufacturer [1894] | Central | ||
| Horsnail | Francis Edward | 09 May 1968 | 13 May 1971 | School master | ||||
| Howard | Edward Wrigley | 13 May 1971 | Final | Company Secretary [1973] | Drighlington | |||
| Iles | Michael George | 04 May 1972 | Final | University Administrator [1973] | Birks | |||
| Ingham | William | 23-Nov-1891 | 01 November 1903 | Flock Merchant [1894] | ||||
| Ingle | Lawrence Arthur | 01 November 1921 | 01 November 1930 | Leather Manufacturer [1923] | Churwell | |||
| Ingle | William Horsfall | 01 November 1946 | 20 May 1952 | Leather Manufacturer [1946] | Churwell | Died early April 1976, aged 62 | ||
| Ingle | William Law | 09 November 1900 | 01 November 1921 | Currier [1915] | 2; Gap:9-Nov-1906-23-Nov-1908 | Mayor; Freeman | ||
| Ingleby | Percy | 07 May 1953 | r | 02 November 1965 | Secretary [1954] | North | ||
| Inman | John Graham | 09 May 1968 | 13 May 1971 | |||||
| Jackson | Edward | 1-Nov-1891 | 1-Nov-1894 | Cloth Manufacturer [1894] | Central | |||
| Jackson | Harry | 16 March 1939 | r | 19 August 1943 | ||||
| Johnson | George | 1-Apr-1886 | d | 19-Jul-1899 | Builder and Brick Manufacturer [1886] | Central | Mayor | |
| Johnson | Sydney Clark | 02 April 1905 | 01 November 1928 | Cloth Manufacturer [1923] | North | |||
| Jowett | Albert | 01 April 1920 | d | 02 May 1944 | ||||
| Jowett | Allen Hale | 19 March 1932 | 01 November 1945 | Gentleman [1936] | Central | |||
| Jowett | William Henry | 1-Nov-1894 | d | 23 September 1920 | Gentleman [1915] | Central | 2; Gap:1-Nov-1912-26-Nov-1912 | |
| Kells | Sam | 07 May 1970 | Final | Manager [1973] | North | |||
| Kemp | Joseph | 05 August 1942 | r | 25 January 1960 | Poultry Farmer and Egg Packer [1946] | Drighlington | ||
| Kendall | John George | 1-Nov-1893 | 1-Nov-1896 | Check Weighman [1894] | North | Query: First Socialist councillor? | ||
| Kenyon | John | 1-Nov-1887 | d | 12-Mar-1894 | Grocer | Central | 2; Gap:1-Nov-1890-2-Feb-1893 | |
| Kinsey | Enos | 01 November 1927 | r | 02 March 1932 | Miner [1932] | Central | ||
| Kirk | Joseph | 09 October 1905 | 30 October 1931 | Cloth Manufacturer [1923] | 2; Gap:1-Nov-1912-4-Jul-1913 | Mayor | ||
| Kirkby | Ernest | 02 November 1908 | 01 November 1937 | Butcher [1923] | Mayor | |||
| Lassey | Joseph | 01 November 1934 | 23 May 1949 | Retired Railwayman [1936] | Churwell | |||
| Leathley | Harold | 09 May 1957 | d | 26 September 1970 | Company Representative [1963] | Tingley | ||
| Lewis | Victor Emmanuel | 01 November 1946 | r | 29 September 1947 | Minister of Religion [1946] | Central | ||
| Lindley | Grace Mary | 12 May 1960 | 12 May 1966 | Housewife [1961] | Birks | |||
| Lister | Brian | 13 May 1971 | Final | Computer Systems Manager [1973] | Tingley | |||
| Lister | Joyce | 16 July 1970 | Final | District Nurse [1973] | West Ardsley | |||
| Lister | Robert William | 09 May 1957 | r | 02 October 1958 | ||||
| Lobley | Joseph | 1-Nov-1893 | 1-Nov-1896 | Working-Man [1894] | South | |||
| Lodge | Ernest | 02 February 1950 | 25 May 1961 | Weaving Overlooker [1954] | Gildersome | Mayor | ||
| Longbottom | Abraham | 03 April 1919 | d | 11 June 1942 | ||||
| Lord | William | 01 November 1902 | dec vac | 08 August 1904 | ||||
| Malthouse | Kenneth James | 08 May 1969 | Final | Newsagent [1973] | Gildersome | |||
| Markby | Herbert | 01 November 1924 | d | 27 March 1925 | ||||
| Marsden | Douglas | 10 May 1962 | 09 May 1968 | Textile Worker [1964] | North | |||
| Marsden | Ernest | 28 March 1930 | 09 November 1945 | |||||
| Marsden | James | 1-Nov-1894 | 01 November 1911 | Farmer [1902] | Central | 2; Gap:1-Nov-1909-25-Nov-1909 | ||
| Marshall | Milton | 07 April 1934 | 01 November 1945 | |||||
| Marshall | Percy | 01 November 1911 | d | 10 January 1933 | Warp Dresser [1923] | Mayor | ||
| Marshall | Thomas Arthur | 04 February 1910 | d | 01 September 1945 | Cloth Manufacturer [1923] | North | Mayor | |
| Marshall | Thomas Ezra | 30 January 1945 | 10 May 1956 | Woollen Manufacturer [1946] | North | |||
| Marshall | Walter Philemon | 19 August 1903 | 01 November 1908 | |||||
| Marwood | Hedley | 01 November 1935 | r | 13 July 1942 | Grocer's Assistant | North | ||
| McCutcheon | William Thomas | 16 May 1925 | 01 November 1933 | Medical Practitioner [1932] | South | |||
| Mercer | Thomas | 25 June 1952 | 07 May 1953 | |||||
| Middlebrook | Sir William | 15-Sep-1892 | 01 November 1921 | Solicitor [1894] | South | Mayor; | ||
| Mills | Duncan | 11 May 1967 | Final | Clerk [1973] | East Ardsley | |||
| Milne | Archibald | 01 November 1930 | d | 22 April 1938 | Grocer [1932] | Churwell | ||
| Mitchell | Tom | 29 November 1945 | 12 May 1949 | Seak Worker [1946] | Churwell | |||
| Monger | William Jackson | 12 May 1949 | 08 May 1952 | School Master | Churwell | |||
| Mortimer | Frederick Gomersall | 16-Nov-1891 | 1-Nov-1895 | General Draper [1894] | North | |||
| Moss | Dennis | 01 November 1920 | 01 November 1945 | Cloth Finisher [1923] | South | Mayor | ||
| Murphy | James | 25 June 1958 | r | 10 May 1962 | General Practitioner [1961] | East Ardsley | ||
| Naylor | Edward | 02 December 1942 | 01 November 1946 | |||||
| Nicholson | John Henry | 10 May 1956 | 11 May 1967 | Decorator [1961] | North | |||
| Nutter | Harry Wright | 29 June 1967 | Final | Wholesale Grocery Rep. [1973] | Dartmouth | |||
| Oakes | Tom | 1-Nov-1898 | d | 10 January 1902 | ||||
| Parker | Arthur Rhodes | 23 June 1955 | Final | Company Representative [1961] | Drighlington | Mayor | ||
| Parker | Ronald | 07 May 1953 | Final | Loom Tuner [1954] | Gildersome | Mayor | ||
| Pawson | David | 1-Apr-1886 | 1-Nov-1890 | Quarry owner [1886] | South | |||
| Pearson | Henry | 26-Nov-1894 | d | 20 September 1906 | Stone Mason | Mayor; Died in office | ||
| Pumphrey | Robert Wilfred | 26 November 1932 | 21 May 1970 | Railwayman [1954] | Central | Mayor | ||
| Ragan | Michael | 07 May 1964 | r | 05 April 1972 | Company Representative | Central | 2; Gap:10-Aug-1965-13-May-1971 | |
| Rankin | Harold | 10 May 1956 | 08 May 1958 | |||||
| Rawlinson | John | 01 November 1945 | 12 May 1949 | Accounts Clerk [1946] | South | |||
| Rayner | Jack | 12 May 1960 | 09 May 1963 | Confectioner & Tobacconist [1961] | Central | |||
| Reddyhoff | Ernest Wilfred | 12 May 1966 | 04 May 1972 | Engineering Draughtsman | East Ardsley | |||
| Redhead | Tom | 01 November 1945 | 01 November 1947 | Textile Operative [1946] | North | |||
| Redick | Thomas | 02 April 1927 | d | 17 December 1961 | Store Manager [1946] | Drighlington | Mayor; On the original Drighlington Council. | |
| Rhodes | Harold | 27 October 1915 | 01 November 1938 | Cloth Manufacturer [1923] | North | Mayor. Sworn in during the War. | ||
| Rhodes | Joseph | 01 November 1934 | 07 May 1964 | Retired Director of Education [1954] | Query: Interruption ca 1945? | Mayor | ||
| Rhodes | Peter | 12 May 1949 | 10 May 1956 | Woollen Manufacturer [1954] | North | |||
| Rhodes | Samuel | 1-Apr-1886 | 01 November 1917 | Cloth Manufacturer [1886] | North | Mayor | ||
| Rhodes | William Sutherland | 1-Apr-1886 | d | 19-Feb-1895 | Mill Owner [1886] | Central | 2: 1886-1889; 1890-death | |
| Riley | Benjamin | 01 November 1933 | 01 November 1936 | Newsagent & Confectioner [1936] | Churwell | |||
| Riley | Matthew | 21-Apr-1886 | d | 02 June 1913 | Licensed Victualler [1886] | North | 2: 1886-1894;1897-1913 | |
| Roberts | James | 01 April 1920 | 01 November 1945 | Mayor; On the original Ardsley Council | ||||
| Rogerson | George | 10 May 1956 | Final | Slater and Tiler [1961] | Mayor | |||
| Rogerson | Jesse | 01 November 1947 | 10 May 1956 | Slater and Tiler [1954] | North | |||
| Rose | Denys | 26 September 1968 | Final | Company Director [1973] | Gildersome | |||
| Roughley | Richard | 04 September 1969 | Final | Miner [1973] | Denshaw | |||
| Rowntree | Charles Fairham | 01 November 1945 | 01 November 1946 | |||||
| Ruddock | Tom | 01 November 1923 | r | 06 March 1940 | Butcher [1932] | Churwell | ||
| Rushforth | Samuel | 03 April 1915 | 01 November 1945 | Brick manufacturer | Drighlington | |||
| Sanderson | Jack | 29 June 1961 | d | 08 May 1973 | Storekeeper [1961] | Drighlington | ||
| Sayer | George | 01 April 1935 | 10 May 1956 | Retired Blast Furnaceman [1946] | East Ardsley | On the original Ardsley Council | ||
| Scargill | Dennis | 12 May 1946 | 08 May 1969 | |||||
| Scargill | Rufus | 01 November 1945 | 12 May 1949 | Railway Man [1946] | Central | |||
| Scarth | Charles | 1-Apr-1886 | d | 03 February 1921 | Cloth Manufacturer [1886] | North | Mayor | |
| Scatcherd | Oliver | 1-Apr-1886 | d | 16 September 1905 | Solicitor [1886] | North | 2: 1886-1897; 29Nov1897-death | Mayor |
| Schofield | Cynthia Helen | 10 May 1956 | 12 May 1960 | |||||
| Schofield | Joseph | 1-Apr-1886 | 1-Nov-1894 | Cloth Manufacturer [1886] | Mayor | Mayor | ||
| Scholes | David William | 1-Nov-1896 | d | 08 September 1915 | Cloth Manufacturer | South [1902] | 2; Gap:1-Nov-1902-6-Aug-1903 | |
| Scholes | Edward Fletcher | 1-Apr-1886 | d | 25-Nov-1896 | Cloth Manufacturer [1886] | South | ||
| Seed | George | 01 April 1902 | d | 21 February 1939 | Gildersome | On the original Gildersome Council | ||
| Senior | Richard Brian | 07 May 1959 | 13 May 1971 | Salesman [1961] | Tingley | Mayor | ||
| Sheldon | George | 01 November 1906 | 01 November 1912 | |||||
| Simpson | Ben | 01 November 1913 | 01 November 1945 | National Insurance Clerk [1915] | South | |||
| Singlewood | Clarence | 07 May 1959 | 09 May 1968 | Printer's Compositor [1961] | West Ardsley | |||
| Smith | Harold | 27 October 1915 | 09 November 1945 | Rag & Mungo Manufacturer [1923] | Mayor. Sworn in during the War. | |||
| Smith | Horace Malcolm | 01 November 1945 | Final | Accounts Clerk [1946] | South | 2; Gap:May-68-7-May-70 | Mayor | |
| Smith | John Henry | Query | d | 17 September 1915 | Cloth Manufacturer [1894] | South | 3:1886-1894;1900-1912; 1912-1915 | |
| Smith | Norman | 07 May 1953 | 12 May 1960 | Driver Billposter [1954] | Central | |||
| Smith | William Henry | 29-Nov-1897 | 01 November 1900 | |||||
| Snowden | Herbert | 01 November 1946 | 19 May 1958 | Coal Miner [1946] | Central | |||
| Sowden | John | 09 May 1957 | 08 May 1958 | |||||
| Spruce | Maurice Godfrey | 04 May 1958 | 09 May 1968 | Sales Representative [1961] | Denshaw | |||
| Stafford | Stephen | 01 November 1937 | r | 15 January 1942 | ||||
| Standeven | Arnold | 12 May 1966 | Final | Headmaster [1973] | Dartmouth | |||
| Stead | Robert | 01 November 1938 | r | 01 October 1944 | ||||
| Stephenson | Harry | 1921 | 01 November 1924 | Solicitor [1923] | South | |||
| Stinton | Charles | 01 November 1945 | r | 06 March 1957 | Railwayman [1946] | West Ardsley | ||
| Stockdale | John | 01 November 1904 | r | 09 November 1921 | Cloth Manufacturer [1915] | South | Mayor | |
| Stockdale | Samuel | 1-Apr-1886 | d | 12-Aug-1899 | Cloth Manufaturer [1886] | Central | Mayor | |
| Stockwell | Edward | 1-Apr-1886 | 1-Nov-1892 | Cloth Manufacturer [1886] | Alderman | Mayor | ||
| Strickland | Ruth | 09 October 1952 | 07 May 1959 | Housewife | West Ardsley | |||
| Sykes | Alfred | 1-Nov-1891 - Query | d | 28-Sep-1899 | 2; Gap:1-Nov-1893-1-Nov-1896 | |||
| Sykes | Frank | 01 November 1945 | 21 May 1970 | Trade Union Organiser [1946] | West Ardsley | Mayor | ||
| Sykes | Walter Oldfield | 01 November 1907 | d | 04 January 1910 | ||||
| Taffinder | Kathleen | 04 May 1972 | Final | Widow [1973] | North | |||
| Taylor | Abraham | 14 February 1902 | 01 November 1907 | Chemist [1902] | North | |||
| Teale | Geoffrey | 12 May 1966 | Final | Inventory Controller [1973] | North | 2; Gap:1969-13-May-1971 | ||
| Teale - query spelling | Robert Jackson | 1-Nov-1895 | 1-Nov-1898 | |||||
| Tempest | Sydney | 15 October 1932 | d | 17 February 1950 | Speculative Builder [1936] | North | ||
| Tetley | George Smith | 29-Nov-1897 | 01 November 1934 | Tobacconist [1923] | Churwell | |||
| Tetley | Joseph Eric | 07 May 1964 | Final | Farmer [1973] | Churwell | |||
| Thackray | David | 1-Apr-1886 | 1-Nov-1891 | Blacksmith [1886] | Alderman | Mayor | ||
| Thompson | John | 01 November 1945 | r | 30 March 1957 | Textile Worker [1946] | Central | ||
| Thornton | Edith | 13 May 1965 | Final | Housewife [1973] | Churwell | |||
| Tighe | Frank | 09 July 1964 | 13 May 1971 | Foreman Plasterer [1964] | Central | |||
| Tomlinson | Alfred | 9-Apr-1896 | d | 25 July 1903 | Gentleman [1902] | Central | 2; Gap:1-Nov-1897-1-Nov-1899 | |
| Tomlinson | Joseph | 01 November 1946 | 07 May 1953 | Clerk [1946] | Gildersome | |||
| Tomlinson | Millicent Hasleham | 01 November 1945 | 01 November 1947 | Married Woman [1946] | Central | |||
| Totham | George | 29 June 1961 | Final | Wholesale Confectioner [1961] | Drighlington | |||
| Trowsdale | Stanley | 10 May 1951 | Final | Furniture Salesman [1973] | Churwell | 2: 10-May-51-?; 8-May-1958-Final | Mayor | |
| Tunstall | Joseph | 04 February 1942 | 12 May 1949 | Gentleman [1946] | North | |||
| Verity | Reta | 07 May 1970 | Final | Housewife [1973] | Gildersome | |||
| Wade | Noel Llewellyn | 29 November 1945 | 08 May 1952 | Locomotive Engine Driver [1946] | East Ardsley | |||
| Wakelin | George | 01 November 1920 | r | 23 May 1949 | Tailor & Outfitter [1923] | Central | ||
| Walker | Vera | 10 May 1962 | 13 May 1965 | Housewife [1964] | East Ardsley | |||
| Walsh | James | 01 November 1933 | 25 June 1952 | Warp Twister [1936] | Central | |||
| Ward | Lily | 07 August 1940 | 01 November 1945 | |||||
| Ward | Norrie | 1938 | 22 May 1950 | Journalist [1946] | Mayor | |||
| Watson | Henry Hedley | 23 August 1904 | d | 20 July 1929 | Mill Owner [1923] | Mayor | ||
| Watson | Mayo Marshall | 01 November 1935 | 08 May 1952 | Woollen Manufacturer [1936] | Central | |||
| Watson | Thomas Crowther | 26-Nov-1894 | 01 November 1901 | |||||
| Weale | John Louis | 10 May 1956 | 12 May 1960 | |||||
| Webster | Robert Henry | 1920 | 01 November 1923 | Coach Builder [1923] | North | |||
| Welham | Stuart Anthony | 13 May 1971 | Final | Secretary [1973] | Birks | |||
| Whitehead | Arthur | 23 June 1955 | 11 May 1961 | |||||
| Whitehead | Joseph | 01 April 1928 | 01 November 1945 | Mill Owner | Gildersome | Originally on the Gildersome Council | ||
| Whitling | John Senior Rawling | 01 November 1938 | d | 10 March 1947 | Master Cloth Dyer [1946] | North | ||
| Whittington | Henry Dawson | 01 November 1928 | d | 25 September 1932 | Boot and Shoe Maker [1932] | North | ||
| Wigoder | Simon | 28 November 1931 | r | 05 April 1950 | Physician and Surgeon [1932] | North | ||
| Wilkinson | James | 1-Nov-1891 | 1-Nov-1897 | Secretary to the Gas Company [1894] | ||||
| Wilkinson | Joseph | 01 November 1907 | d | 17 July 1910 | Morley Co-op employee | Central | ||
| Wilson | Alexander | 26 November 1921 | 09 November 1945 | Cloth Manufacturer [1923] | South | Mayor | ||
| Wilson | Arthur Asquith | 01 November 1947 | 07 May 1953 | |||||
| Wilson | Ben | 01 April 1932 | 01 November 1944 | |||||
| Wilson | George Alexander | 29 November 1947 | 10 May 1956 | Sales Representative [1954] | South | |||
| Wilson | Harry Smith | 16 March 1946 | d | 09 November 1956 | Foreman Woollen Spinner [1946] | Gildersome | ||
| Wilson | John | 1-Apr-1886 | d | 15-May1891 | Cloth Manufacturer [1886] | North | ||
| Wilson | John | 05 July 1905 | 01 November 1906 | |||||
| Wood | Arthur | 12 May 1960 | 09 May 1963 | Cloth Finisher [1961] | North | |||
| Wood | William Oldfield | 01 November 1945 | 01 November 1947 | Schoolmaster [1946] | Gildersome | |||
| Woollin | Albert | 01 April 1927 | 10 May 1956 | Miner [1946] | West Ardsley | Mayor;on original Ardsley Council | ||
| Woollin | Edwin Elmsall | 09 July 1964 | 12 May 1966 | Miner [1964] | East Ardsley | |||
| Woollin | George Richard | 06 October 1943 | r | 28 September 1944 | ||||
| Woollin | Lily | 10 May 1956 | r | 02 October 1967 | Fan Corsettiere [1961] | West Ardsley | ||
| Woollin | Peter | 01 April 1923 | d | 05 September 1951 | Miner [1946] | West Ardsley | Mayor;on original Ardsley Council | |
| Woollin | Thomas Edward | 10 May 1956 | Final | Civil Servant [1961] | West Ardsley | |||
| Worrall | Benjamin Hale | 1891 | 1-Nov-1892 | Publican - Queen Hotel [License Rec. - 1891] | He died on 1-Dec-1892 | |||
| Worrall | William Cyril | 23 June 1949 | r | 30 March 1953 |