The earliest recorded Mayor

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

 of Oxford

Oxford

The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...

 in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 was Laurence Kepeharm (1205–1207?).

Since 1962 there has been a Lord Mayor

Lord Mayor

The Lord Mayor is the title of the Mayor of a major city, with special recognition.-Commonwealth of Nations:* In Australia it is a political position. Australian cities with Lord Mayors: Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Newcastle, Parramatta, Perth, Sydney, and Wollongong...

 of Oxford. Notable figures who have been Lord Mayor of Oxford include J. N. L. Baker

J. N. L. Baker

John Norman Leonard Baker was a geographer associated with Jesus College, Oxford for nearly sixty years....

 (1964–65), Air-Vice-Marshal William Foster Macneece Foster (1966–67) and Olive Gibbs

Olive Gibbs

Olive Frances Gibbs, née Cox, DL was a British Labour politician and anti-nuclear weapons campaigner.Gibbs entered Oxfordshire politics in 1953 and was Lord Mayor of Oxford twice in 1974/5 and 1981/2, stepping in the second time to replace a colleague who had died halfway through his term...

 (1974–75 and 1981–82).

The Lord Mayor for 2010–11 is Cllr. Elise Benjamin of the Green Party

Green Party of England and Wales

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.