1965 to present
The three former boroughs of Malden and Coombe, Kingston and Surbiton were amalgamated in 1965 to form the present Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.
Apart from a short period in 1685-87 the position of Mayor of the Royal Borough of Kingston dates from the municipal reforms of 1835. Prior to this the civic heads were two annually appointed Bailiffs.
Former Mayors - 1965 to present
- 2018 - 2019
- Mayor - Thay Thayalan
- Deputy Mayor - Olivia Boult
- 2017 - 2018
- Mayor - Julie Pickering
- Deputy Mayor - Mike Head
- 2016 - 2017
- Mayor - Geoff Austin
- Deputy Mayor - Rowena Bass
- 2015 - 2016
- Mayor - Roy Arora
- Deputy Mayor - Mary Clark (part year)
- Deputy Mayor - Geoff Austin (part year)
- 2014 - 2015
- Mayor - Ken Smith
- Deputy Mayor - Cathy Roberts
- 2013 - 2014
- Mayor - Penny Shelton
- Deputy Mayor - Alan Dean
- 2012 - 2013
- Mayor - Mary Heathcote OBE
- Deputy Mayor - Barry O'Mahony
- 2011 - 2012
- Mayor - Patrick Codd TD
- Deputy Mayor - Geoff Austin
- 2010 - 2011
- Mayor - Chrissie Hitchcock
- Deputy Mayor - Ken Smith JP
- 2009 - 2010
- Mayor - Ian R McDonald
- Deputy Mayor - Shiraz Mirza
- 2008 - 2009
- Mayor - David M Berry
- Deputy Mayor - Rohan Yoganathan
- 2007 - 2008
- Mayor - Shiraz Mirza
- Deputy Mayor - Bart Ricketts
- 2006 - 2007
- Mayor - Mary Reid
- Deputy Mayor - Sheila Griffin
- 2005 - 2006
- Mayor - Yogan M Yoganathan
- Deputy Mayor - Ghazala Hayat
- 2004 - 2005
- Mayor - Ed Naylor
- Deputy Mayor - Penny Shelton
- 2003 - 2004
- Mayor - Dennis F Doe
- Deputy Mayor - Janet Bowen-Hitchings
- 2002 - 2003
- Mayor - Don Jordan
- Deputy Mayor - Lally Malik
- 2001 - 2002
- Mayor - Jeremy Thorn
- Deputy Mayor - Steve Mama
- 2000 - 2001
- Mayor - Shiraz Mirza
- Deputy Mayor - Ian McDonald
- 1999 - 2000
- Mayor - Jane Smith
- Deputy Mayor - Leslie Dale
- 1998 - 1999
- Mayor - David Cunningham
- Deputy Mayor - David Fraser
- 1997 - 1998
- Mayor - Chrissie Hitchcock
- Deputy Mayor - Brian Bennett
- 1996 - 1997
- Mayor - Ian Reid
- Deputy Mayor - Rev David Ward
- 1995 - 1996
- Mayor - David Twigg
- Deputy Mayor - Mary Watts
- 1994 - 1995
- Mayor - Brian Bennett
- Deputy Mayor - Chrissie Hitchcock
- 1993 - 1994
- Mayor - Jane Smith
- Deputy Mayor - Trevor Thorpe
- 1992 - 1993
- Mayor - David Edwards
- Deputy Mayor - Kenneth Wootton
- 1991 - 1992
- Mayor - David Smedley
- Deputy Mayor - David Cunningham
- 1990 - 1991
- Mayor - Eileen Gray OBE
- Deputy Mayor - David Fraser
- 1989 - 1990
- Mayor - Rev. M Mannall
- Deputy Mayor - David Fraser
- 1988 - 1989
- Mayor - Marjorie Hartfree
- Deputy Mayor - David Smedley
- 1987 - 1988
- Mayor - Jenny Philpott
- Deputy Mayor - R Eyre-Brooke
- 1986 - 1987
- Mayor - Peter Gray
- Deputy Mayor - David Smedley
- 1985 - 1986
- Mayor - Frank Steptoe
- Deputy Mayor - Jean England
- 1984 - 1985
- Mayor - David Weston
- Deputy Mayor - Peter Gray
- 1983 - 1984
- Mayor - Albert Simpson
- Deputy Mayor - David Weston
- 1982 - 1983
- Mayor - Kenneth Gooding
- Deputy Mayor - Albert Simpson
- 1981 - 1982
- Mayor - J W Wrigglesworth
- Deputy Mayor - Cllr Tapping/Cllr Paxman
- 1980 - 1981
- Mayor - G P Naish
- Deputy Mayor - F Steptoe
- 1979 - 1980
- Mayor - S W P Barter MBE
- Deputy Mayor - E Richardson
- 1978 - 1979
- Mayor - John P Greenwood
- Deputy Mayor - C E Dixon
- 1977 - 1978
- Mayor - Miss Doris Tapping
- Deputy Mayor - J W Wigglesworth
- 1976 - 1977
- Mayor - Frank Steptoe
- Deputy Mayor - Cllr Stone/Cllr Church
- 1975 - 1976
- Mayor - F G Gaisford
- Deputy Mayor - J P Greenwood
- 1974 - 1975
- Mayor - D Reynolds
- Deputy Mayor - B B Myers
- 1973 - 1974
- Mayor - John P Greenwood
- Deputy Mayor - F G Gaisford
- 1972 - 1973
- Mayor - Claude B Potts
- Deputy Mayor - F P Steptoe
- 1971 - 1972
- Mayor - John Harrison
- Deputy Mayor - Cllr Stone
- 1970 - 1971
- Mayor - W Payne
- Deputy Mayor - Cllr Kimber
- 1969 - 1970
- Mayor - C H Johnson
- Deputy Mayor - D G M Greenwood
- 1968 - 1969
- Mayor - K Bidmead
- Deputy Mayor - D Reynolds
- 1967 - 1968
- Mayor - R Pearse-Oliver
- Deputy Mayor - H Somerville Lees
- 1966 - 1967
- Mayor - J A Belcher
- Deputy Mayor - R Pearse-Oliver
- 1965 - 1966
- Mayor - Cyril M Judge JP
- Deputy Mayor - Dr A C Healey