( * also Mayor)
| Initiation | Name | Biographical notes | |
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| 1-Feb-1893 | (later Sir) Charles Scarth * | Woollen Manufacturer and Councillor (1886-1921 [deceased]). Affiliated to Liberals. Congregationalist. Mayor 6 times. Freeman of the Borough – 1903 | |
| 1-Feb-1893 | Oliver Scatcherd * | Solicitor and Councillor (1886-1905 [deceased]). Son of Historian Norrisson, Grandson of Watson Scatcherd. The Scatcherds were local Squires since C17. | |
| 1-Feb-1893 | Joseph Schofield * | Woollen manufacturer. The first Mayor of Morley and councillor (1886-1894). Chairman of the Water Committee of 1889. | |
| 1-Feb-1893 | John Dixon * | Councillor (1886-1900) and Farmer (at Scholecroft, Scotchman Lane). Conservative. | |
| 1-Feb-1893 | David Thackray * | Blacksmith and Councillor (1886-1891). County Councillor. Lived on Victoria Rd. | |
| 1-Feb-1893 | William Holton | Cloth Manufacturer and Councillor (1886-1897). Anglican. Conservative politics. | |
| 1-Feb-1893 | Samuel Rhodes * | Cloth Manufacturer and Councillor (1886-1917). Mayor 4 times. | |
| 1-Feb-1893 | Edward Fletcher Scholes | Cloth Manufacturer (Quarry Mills) and Councillor (1886-1896 [deceased]). Anglican (St. Paul’s). Strong associations with Chamber of Commerce. | |
| 1-Feb-1893 | Daniel Hinchcliff | Member of the First Morley Board (1862). Churwell man. Liberal. Wesleyan. Overseer of the Poor. | |
| 1-Feb-1893 | John William Hepworth | The longest serving Morley Magistrate. Associated with the Junction Dyeworks, Churwell. | |
| 1-Feb-1893 | Joseph Kirkby | Manager of Morley Coop. Asscociated with this for 28 years. Congregationalist. | |
| 1-Feb-1893 | Thomas Sutton Smeeth | Iron Merchant. Father was first Superintendent at Queen St Methodists. Conservative. Lived at Croft House (Town End) in 1891 but moved to Ilkley by 1897. | |
| 28-Feb-1895 | Samuel Stockdale * | Woollen manufacturer. Mayor when Morley received its Commission of Peace. Councillor (1886-1899 [deceased]). | |
| 25-Jan-1897 | Edwin Butler | Headmaster of St Peter’s Church School. Retired to Stretford, Manchester. | |
| 25-Jan-1897 | Thomas Clough * | Councillor (1886-1902 [deceased]) and Quarry owner. The last Chairman of the local board. | |
| 25-Jan-1897 | Hercules Wormald | Mining Engineer. Local agent for Lord Dartmouth. Conservative. Anglican (St Peter’s). Killed by lightning near Bridlington, when retired. | |
| 09-Dec-1901 | Tom Baines | Cloth Manufacturer. Conservative. Anglican (St. Andrew’s). Keen sportsman. On board of governors of Batley Grammar School. | |
| 09-Dec-1901 | John Walter Binks | Joiner and Builder. Councillor. Conservative (1894-1905 [deceased]). Chairman of School Board. |
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| 09-Dec-1901 | Ezra Holliday | Colliery Proprietor. Conservative. Anglican (St Andrew’s). | |
| 09-Dec-1901 | Edward Jackson | Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1891-1894). Liberal. | |
| 09-Dec-1901 | John Henry Smith | Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1886-1894; 1900-1915 [deceased]). Unionist Party sympathies. | |
| 03-Aug-1906 | Henry Aveyard | Check weightman. President of Morley Co-op and early Labour Party worker. | |
| 03-Aug-1906 | James Theaker Horsfall | Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1894-1927 [deceased]). | |
| 03-Aug-1906 | Henry Pearson * | Stone Mason. Councillor (1894-1906). Liberal politics. Cricket enthusiast. Died whilst in office. | |
| 03-Aug-1906 | Samuel Sharp | A magistrate till his death when 94 years old. Baptist lay preacher. | |
| 13-Mar-1916 | Brian Bradley Barker * | Woollen Manufacturer. Councillor (1902-1948 [deceased]). Director of Morley Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Given Freedom of the Borough in 1934. | |
| 13-Mar-1916 | Philip Buckley | Consulting Mechanical Engineer. Councillor (1904-1919). On Waterworks committee and also Technical & Evening Schools committee. | |
| 13-Mar-1916 | Albert Glover | Councillor (1894-1904;1911-1913). Cloth Manufacturer. Director of Ackroyd & Best. Member of School Board. | |
| 13-Mar-1916 | Benjamin Peel Hepworth * | Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1891-1944 [retired]). Wesleyan Methodist. Active in Chamber of Trade. Brother of John William Hepworth (also a Magistrate) | |
| 13-Mar-1916 | William Law Ingle * | Self-employed Currier with big factory in Millshaw. Councillor (1900-1906;1908-1921). Member of Yorkshire Archaeological Society. | |
| 13-Mar-1916 | John Hartley | Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1886-1894). Strong interest in Horticulture. | |
| 13-Mar-1916 | Walter Stead | Cloth Manufacturer. | |
| 13-Mar-1916 | Thomas Souden | Manager of Morley Co-op. | |
| 14-Sep-1921 | Henry Hedley Watson * | Cloth manufacturer and Coal Merchant. Councillor (1904-1929 [deceased]). | |
| 14-Sep-1921 | John Stockdale * | Cloth manufacturer. Mayor 3 times. Councillor (1904-1921 [retired]). Father: Samuel Stockdale (also a Magistrate). Methodist. Retired to Torquay. | |
| 14-Sep-1921 | George Edwin Baines | Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1901-1907). Brother of Tom Baines (also a Magistrate). | |
| 14-Sep-1921 | George Wakelin | Tailor & Outfitter. Councillor (1920-1949 [retired]). | |
| 14-Sep-1921 | Emma Holliday | Housewife, Charity/Health Care Worker. Husband: Ezra Holliday (also a Magistrate) | |
| 14-Sep-1921 | Louisa Wilson | Housewife. Quaker. Education Worker. Husband: John Wilson of Wilson & Swallow, Cloth manufacturers. | |
| 14-Oct-1921 | Walter Walsh | Cloth manufacturer. | |
| 14-Oct-1921 | Thomas King Schofield | Grocery Manager, Morley Co-op. | |
| 24-Oct-1925 | James Askey * | Miner and ex-Regular Army. Wounded 3 times in WW1. Councillor (1919-1951 [deceased]). Member of Morley Trade & Labour Council. Friendly Society worker. | |
| 24-Oct-1925 | John Samuel Binks | Builder and contractor. Anglican. Poor Law Guardian. Conservative. Father: John Walter Binks (also a Magistrate) | |
| 10-Oct-1929 | Emily Annie Asquith | Headmistress, Peel St. Girls’ School. Special responsibility for the Juvenile Court. | |
| 10-Oct-1929 | Walter Crowther Atkinson | Accountant. President of Batley & Morley Liberal Association. County Councillor. | |
| 10-Oct-1929 | Edwin Barrowclough * | Railway Worker. Long time Labour Councillor(1912-1942 [deceased]). | |
| 10-Oct-1929 | Dr. Walter Travers Clarke | General Practitioner. School Medical Officer for many years. Lived in Bank House. | |
| 10-Oct-1929 | Ethel Ingle | Housewife. Husband: Cllr L.A. Ingle. Father: Sir William Middlebrook. | |
| 10-Oct-1929 | Ernest Kirkby * | Butcher. Anglican (St. Andrew’s). Councillor(1908-1937). Education Committee. | |
| 10-Oct-1929 | Thomas Arthur Marshall * | Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1910-1945 [deceased]). | |
| 10-Oct-1929 | Ben Simpson | Active In Morley Labour Movement. Councillor (1913-1945). | |
| 10-Oct-1929 | Joseph Kirk | Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1905-1912; 1913-1931 [deceased]). Played major role in the erection of the Morley War memorial. | |
| 03-May-1938 | James Barker * | Cloth Manufacturer. Councillor (1936-1964 [retired]). Father: Brian Bradley Barker (also a Magistrate). Territorial Army man. | |
| 03-May-1938 | Sydney Broadhead | Morley Co-op Executive. Colliery Worker. | |
| 03-May-1938 | Alfred Horsfall * | Woollen Manufacturer.Councillor (1934-1949 [deceased]). Son of J.T. Horsfall (also a Magistrate). | |
| 03-May-1938 | Doris May Rhodes | Charity (NSPCC and others) Worker. Methodist. Husband: R. Stanley Rhodes, Cloth manufacturer. | |
| 03-May-1938 | Harold Rhodes * | Woollen Manufacturer. Councillor (1915-1938). Father: Josiah Rhodes of J&S Rhodes. | |
| 03-May-1938 | Lilian Riley | Headmistress, Social And Trade Union Worker. Father: Alderman Matthew Riley. | |
| 03-May-1938 | Samuel Rushforth | Councillor (1915-1945). Proprietor of the Brickworks. | |
| 03-May-1938 | Harold Smith * | Dyer in Bruntcliffe. Councillor (1915-1945). Council Waterworks chairman. President of Morley Conservative Club. Worker for Children’s Charity. | |
| 03-May-1938 | Dr Ella Barbara Sykes | General Practitioner. Well known social worker. Father: Dr W.Travers Clarke (also a Magistrate). | |
| 03-May-1938 | Joseph Whitehead | Vice President Of Morley Textile Society. Councillor (1928-1945). Gildersome man. Keen cricketer. Worker for hospital charities. | |
| 03-May-1938 | Peter Woollin * | Labour Councillor for W.Ardsley (1923-1951 [deceased]). Colliery Worker. Miners’ Union worker. Methodist. Charity worker. Keen interest in W. Ardsley Brass Band. | |
| 11-Jun-1942 | Alexander Wilson * | Woollen Manufacturer. Councillor (1921-1945). Chairman of Local National Emergency Committee in 1939. | |
| 01-Oct-1948 | John Dews * | Labour Councillor (1933-1961 [deceased]). Railway Clerk. | |
| 01-Oct-1948 | Ernest Bates | Director at Ambler’s Mill, Charity Worker. Vice-President of Gildersome Nursing Association. | |
| 01-Oct-1948 | Henry Bower | Drighlington man. Manager at W&T Avery, Scales Manufacturer. Special constable in WW2. | |
| 01-Oct-1948 | Dr Edward Francis Kenny | General Practitioner. Ran St Mary’s First Aid Post in WW2. Catholic. Interest in ambulance work. | |
| 01-Oct-1948 | Humphrey Akeroyd Bradley * | Woollen Manufacturer. Councillor (1934-1956). Organised the AFS in WW2. | |
| 01-Oct-1948 | (later Sir) Harry Hardy | County Councillor. Textile And Wool Waste Manufacturer. Active in the Church (St Peter’s) and Amateur dramatics. | |
| 01-Oct-1948 | Clara Elizabeth Hepworth * | Morley’s first female mayor. Councillor (1949-1970). Keen leader of local Girl Guides. Social Worker. Father: B.P. Hepworth (also a Magistrate). |
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| 01-Oct-1948 | Joseph Kemp | Councillor (1942-1960). Poultry Farmer in Drighlington. MBE for services to the Ministry of Food Advisory Committee. | |
| 01-Oct-1948 | Rufus Scargill | Councillor (1945-1949). Railway worker. Member of Morley branch of NUR. Served in WW1 for 3 years and as an ARP worker in WW2. | |
| 01-Oct-1948 | James Walsh | Textile Worker before becoming a Grocer. Councillor (1933-1952). President of Morley Trades Council Club. | |
| 01-Oct-1948 | Williamina Robertson Watson | Secretary of Morley NSPCC. Husband: Cllr Mayo Watson, a coal carrier and woollen manufacturer. | |
| 06-Nov-1950 | Charles Stinton | Councillor (1945-1957). Railwayman. Lifelong Trade Unionist. Member of Divisional Education Executive. | |
| 06-Nov-1950 | Ethel Whitehead | Strong association with Liberal Party and Gildersome. Baptist. Husband: Joseph Whitehead (also a Magistrate). | |
| 28-Apr-1951 | Gweneth Mary Barker | Social Worker. Served in WAAF In WW2. From Mill-owning Family. Mayoress In 1972-73. |
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| 23-Apr-1951 | Albert Glover | Managing Director at Glen Mills and the Beacon Works. Congregationalist. Vice-President of Morley Cricket Club. | |
| 23-Apr-1951 | Madeline Garnett Phillips | Headmistress of Gildersome Girls’ School. Interested in Road Safety. On the Local Savings Committee. | |
| 23-Apr-1951 | Rose Emma Woollin | Labour Party Worker. Co-op Director. Governor at Morley Grammar School. Died at the age of 90 in 1999. | |
| 10-Aug-1960 | Percy Ingleby | Councillor (1953-1965). Education Administrator. | |
| 10-Aug-1960 | Rachel Margaret Marshall | Housewife, Education Worker. Husband: T.E. Marshall, cloth manufacturer and Councillor. | |
| 10-Aug-1960 | Harry Sturgeon | Self-employed Builder. | |
| 10-Aug-1960 | Lily Woollin | Labour Councillor (1956-1967) in W.Ardsley. | |
| 20-Mar-1962 | Jack Fawcett | Warehouse foreman at Churwell leatherworks. Lay preacher on Wesleyan Methodist circuit in Gildersome. Councillor (1969-1972) |
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| 20-Mar-1962 | Isabella Margaret Lawson Wilken | Formerly a nurse in Edinburgh and Manchester. Social work (Meals on Wheels). Husband: Dr. Wilken of Ardsley. | |
| 20-Mar-1962 | Arthur Wood | Textile worker in finishing department. Conservative councillor (1960-1963). Youth group work. | |
| 20-Mar-1962 | Harry Brewster * | Engineering works manager. Independent councillor with interests in Housing, Sewage. Keen sportsman. Charity worker. Councillor (1954-1968 [deceased]). | |
| 9-Oct-1967 | John Dews | Insurance agent. Trustee at E. Ardsley Methodists. Keen cricketer. Father: Ald. J. Dews (also a Magistrate) | |
| 9-Oct-1967 | Leonard Peel | Deputy Headmaster at Bruntcliffe Secondary School. Strong connections at Greenside Methodists. | |
| 9-Oct-1967 | Alan Schofield | Publishing Production manager. Steward at Central Methodist Church. Member of Youth Council. | |
| 13-May-1968 | Robert Bewick | Joiner and carpenter. Former councillor. East Ardsley. | |
| 13-May-1968 | Shirley Mary Binks | Housewife. Living in Gildersome. Husband: Councillor J.S. Binks, the last Mayor of Morley before the union with Leeds. | |
| 13-May-1968 | Connie Clifford | Housewife. Husband: Asst. Production Manager at Yorkshire Egg Packers, Drighlington. | |
| 13-May-1968 | Joseph William Firth | Director of a Roofing contracting firm in Morley. | |
| 13-May-1968 | Elizabeth Dawson Mackintosh | Housewife, living in Morley. Husband: Albert Mackintosh, joint director of Kenyon’s Corn Merchants. | |
| 13-May-1968 | Ian David Slack | Technical Director of Plasticisers, director of Slack Bros, in Drighlington. | |
| Oct-1970 | Dennis Leslie Griffiths Fisher | Chief officer at Morley & Batley Co-op. Morley Civic Society links. | |
| Oct-1970 | Anthony Hugh Smith | Director of family mungo-shoddy business. Trustee at Central Methodist Church. Keen cricketer. President of Morley Music Society. | |
| Sep-1971 | Michael Terence Elliott | Schoolmaster and Conservative councillor (1969-1974). | |
| Sep-1971 | Barbara Green | Independent councillor (1968-71) | |
| Sep-1971 | John Graham Inman | Independent councillor (1968-71). | |
| Sep-1971 | Alan Walton | Mechanical engineer. Trade union worker. | |
| 1973 | Sheila Dixon | District nurse. Councillor (1971-74). | |
| 1973 | Mary Phillips | Private secretary. Anglican. Fund raiser for Gildersome Parish Church. | |
| 1973 | Alan Geoffrey Stockwell | Rag and Mungo businessman. | |
| The following were made Magistrates in the period 1977-1999 when Morley was no longer independent of Leeds. The court sessions were still held in Morley, however. | |||
| 1977 | Jeffrey Woollin | 1988 | Michael Lewis Holliday |
| 1980 | Hilda Vivian Peyton-Lister | 1988 | Philip Anthony Naylor |
| 1981 | James McKenna | 1990 | Janet Scholes |
| 1981 | Margaret Cooper Wilcock | 1991 | Wendy Barbara Teace |
| 1982 | Judith Raby | 1991 | Marjorie Jane Gracie |
| 1983 | Anthony Brooke | 1991 | Frank Senior Hepworth |
| 1983 | Phyllis Andrea Caffoor | 1992 | Carolyn Ainsworth |
| 1983 | Helen Dean | 1992 | Robert William Gettings |
| 1984 | Peter Lyndon Milner | 1994 | Brian Thomas Scarth |
| 1985 | Andrew George Walker | 1994 | Geoffrey Teale |
| 1985 | Sandra Margaret Westwood | 1996 | Angela Mary Bradshaw |
| 1986 | Celine Eleanor North | 1996 | Eric Drake |
| 1986 | Sandra Witchell | 1997 | Elaine Angela Hollingworth |
| 1988 | Kathryn Mary Darby | ||