The High Sheriff of West Yorkshire is a current High Sheriff title which has existed since 1974, the holder is changed annually every March. For around 1,000 years the entire area of

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Northern England which was History of Yorkshire, historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the ...

was covered by a single

Sheriff of Yorkshire The High Sheriff, Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferr ...

. After the

Local Government Act 1972 The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. It was one of the most significant acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Gov ...

the office of Sheriff was changed to High Sheriff and was split to cover several newly created counties, including

West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a Metropolitan counties of England, metropolitan and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and east, South Yorkshire and De ...

. Below is a list of the high sheriffs for West Yorkshire.

List of High Sheriffs

* 1974–1975 Sir William Peter Bulmer * 1975–1976 George Francis Lane Fox * 1976–1977 Michael Edmund Lyon * 1977–1978 David Gaunt * 1978–1979 John Malcolm Barr * 1979–1980 Stephen Gerald Beaumont * 1980–1981 Robert German Owthwaite * 1981–1982 Charles Miller Fenton * 1982–1983 David Fearnley * 1983–1984 Elizabeth Mary Whitaker * 1984–1985 Stuart Alan Barr * 1985–1986 John Lyles * 1986–1987 Yvonne Brenda Jackson * 1987–1988 George Cooke Armitage * 1988–1989 John Richard Marshall Roscoe * 1989–1990 Victor Hugo Watson of Moat Field, Moor Lane, East Keswick * 1990–1991 Peter John Dixon Marshall * 1991–1992 Israel Arnold Ziff of Sandmoor Avenue, Alwoodley, Leeds. * 1992–1993 David Humphrey Boyle * 1993–1994 Geoffrey Flockton Armitage * 1994–1995 Charles Wilfred David Sutcliffe * 1995–1996 Edward Neil Pullan * 1996–1997 John Stephen Behrens * 1997–1998 Frederick Thomas Benson Jowitt * 1998–1999 John James Edward Brennan * 1999–2000 Peter Arthur Hillard Hartley * 2000–2001 Frank Ramsey Fenton * 2001–2002 John David Malcolm Stoddart-Scott * 2002–2003 John Patrick Dent * 2003–2004 John David Jackson * 2004–2005 James Edward Barker * 2005–2006 Timothy James Pitt Hare * 2006–2007 Roger Frank Dixon Marshall * 2007–2008 Rhona Christine Hartley * 2008–2009 Roger Gordon Bowers * 2009–2010 Jeremy John Burton * 2010–2011 Richard Robert Clough * 2011–2012 Anthony Ernest Grant * 2012–2013 Stephen Robert Davidson ''Includes list of previous High Sheriffs'' * 2013–2014 Virginia Annable Lloyd * 2014–2015 Anne Elizabeth Dent * 2015–2016 Edmund John Seward Anderson of Thorner,

Leeds Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...

. * 2016–2017 Christopher John Brown of

Sutton-in-Craven Sutton-in-Craven is a village, Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward and (as just Sutton) a civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England that is situated in the River Aire, Aire Valley between Skipton an ...

Keighley Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second-largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford. Keighley is north-west of Bradford, n ...

. * 2017–2018 Dr Terence George Bramall of

Harrogate Harrogate ( ) is a spa town and civil parish in the North Yorkshire District, district and North Yorkshire, county of North Yorkshire, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the town is a tourist de ...

. * 2018–2019 Charles Richard Jackson, of Ferrensby,

Knaresborough Knaresborough ( ) is a market and spa town and civil parish on the River Nidd in North Yorkshire, England. It is east of Harrogate and was in the Borough of Harrogate until April 2023. History The Knaresborough Hoard, the largest hoard of ...

. * 2019–2020 Paul David Lawrence of Harrogate. * 2020–2021 Jonathan Henry Thornton of

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confl ...

. * 2021–2022 Clive Roland Lloyd of Luddenden, Halifax * 2022–2023 Susan Kitty Baker of Leeds * 2023–2024 Zulfiqar Ali Karim of Shipley * 2024-2025 Adeeba Malik, CBE, of Bradford * 2025-2026: Christopher John Brown, OBE

References

External links

HighSheriffs.com
{{High Shrievalties Local government in West Yorkshire

High Sheriffs