The Mayor of Newham was a position first established in 1965 with the creation of the London Borough of Newham. It replaced the mayors of East Ham and West Ham. A directly elected mayor of Newham was established in 2002 and the position was renamed as the civic ambassador.[1] The office of Civic Ambassador was discontinued in 2009.[2]

Mayor

Civic Ambassador

References

  1. ^ "Newham Council - Democracy". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Newham Mayors | the Newham Story". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.