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Past Civic Mayors and Freemen and freedoms granted by the Borough
Past Civic Mayors, past chairmen of the urban district council of Coulsdon and Purley and Freemen and freedoms granted by the Borough.
Past Civic Mayors of the London Borough of Croydon
| London Borough - Chairman of the Council | |
| Robert Alfred DIPPIE | 1964 -1965 |
| Civic Mayors of the London Borough of Croydon | |
| Paul Alexander SAUNDERS Charter Mayor | 1965 - 1966 |
| Maurice Dollond WEST | 1966 - 1967 |
| Albert John DUNN | 1967 - 1968 |
| Bernard Charles SPARROWE | 1968 - 1969 |
| Ronald TILBURY | 1969 - 1970 |
| Digby Milward WEIGHTMAN | 1970 - 1971 |
| Reginald George WILLIS | 1971 - 1972 |
| Beryl SAUNDERS, MBE | 1972 - 1973 |
| Stanley Elliott LITTLECHILD | 1973 - 1974 |
| Paul William RICKARDS | 1974 - 1975 |
| James Alfred KEELING | 1975 - 1976 |
| Margaret PARFITT | 1976 - 1977 |
| Robert William COATMAN, MBE | 1977 - 1978 |
| Keith Anthony WELLS | 1978 - 1979 |
| Peter Spencer BOWNESS, CBE | 1979 - 1980 |
| Richard DAVID | 1980 - 1981 (May - April) |
| Keith Anthony WELLS | 1981 (April - May) |
| John Gwilym DAVIES | 1981 - 1982 |
| Albert William ELLIOTT | 1982 - 1983 |
| Margaret Elizabeth CAMPBELL | 1983 - 1984 |
| Maureen HORDEN | 1984 - 1985 |
| George SMITH | 1985 - 1986 |
| Peter MACDONALD | 1986 - 1987 |
| Alan CAREY | 1987 - 1988 |
| Derek LOUGHBOROUGH | 1988 - 1989 |
| Dudley MEAD | 1989 - 1990 |
| Maurice FOWLER | 1990 - 1991 |
| James WALKER | 1991 - 1992 |
| Ian CROFT | 1992 - 1993 |
| Patrick HECKS | 1993 - 1994 |
| Wally GARRATT | 1994 - 1995 |
| Clarence MCKENZIE | 1995 - 1996 |
| Peter SPALDING | 1996 - 1997 |
| Toni LETTS | 1997 - 1998 |
| Pat RYAN | 1998 - 1999 |
| Shafi KHAN | 1999 - 2000 |
| Mary WALKER | 2000 - 2001 |
| Peter HOPSON | 2001 - 2002 |
| Stuart COLLINS | 2002 - 2003 |
| Jane AVIS | 2003 - 2004 |
| Brenda KIRBY | 2004 - 2005 |
| Maggie MANSELL | 2005 - 2006 |
| Janet MARSHALL | 2006 - 2007 |
| Derek MILLARD | 2007 - 2008 |
| Jonathan DRIVER | 2008 (May - December) |
| Robert ASKEY | 2009 (January - May) |
| Margaret MEAD | 2009 - 2010 |
| Avril SLIPPER | 2010 - 2011 |
| Graham BASS | 2011 - 2012 |
| Eddy ARRAM | 2012 - 2013 |
| Yvette Rose HOPLEY | 2013 - 2014 |
| Manju SHAHUL-HAMEED | 2014 - 2015 |
| Patricia HAY-JUSTICE | 2015 - 2016 |
| Wayne TRAKAS-LAWLOR | 2016 - 2017 |
| Toni Eva LETTS OBE | 2017 - 2018 |
| Bernadette KHAN JP | 2018 - 2019 |
| Humayun KABIR | 2019 – 2020 |
| Maddie HENSON | 2020 – 2021 |
| Sherwan CHOWDHURY | 2021 – 2022 |
| Alisa FLEMMING | 2022 – 2023 |
| Anthony PEARSON | 2023 – 2024 |
| Kola AGBOOLA | 2024 - 2025 |
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