John Parkin was the first mayor when he was elected in 1629. The first woman to serve as mayor was Winifrede Marsden in 1930. Stella Jones MBE has been mayor three times and she was also the mayoress three times when her husband Trevor was mayor.
The following have been elected mayors of Dorchester, Dorset, England:
1629–30: John Parkins, MP for Dorchester, 1621
1631–32: William Whiteway, MP for Dorchester, 1624, 1625
1635–36: Denis Bond MP for Dorchester, 1640
1636–37: John Hill, MP for Dorchester, 1628
1637–38: James Gould, snr, MP for Dorchester, 1659, 1661
1644–45: John Bushrode, MP for Dorchester, 1659
1645–46: John Whiteway, MP for Dorchester, 1654, 1656, 1660
1655–56: John Bushrode, MP for Dorchester, 1659
1658–59: John Whiteway, MP for Dorchester, 1654, 1656, 1660
1677–78: James Gould, jnr, MP for Dorchester, 1677, 1680, 1681, 1690
1680–81: Nicholas Gould MP for Dorchester, 1679
1682: Charles Stoodley
1683: John Oldis
1684: William Pitt
1685: Alexander Haviland
1686: John Nelson
1687: George Lester
1688: Hugh Baker
1689: Richard Cooper and Thomas Blandford
1690: Maximilian Gollop
1691: Daniel Arden
1692: Thomas Delacourt
1693: Thomas Seward
1694: Andrew Loder
1695: John Gollop
1696: James Gould
1697: John Yeat
1698: Robert Weare
1699: Henry Whiffen
1700: Richard Samways
1701: John Haviland
1702: John Oldis
1703: Maximilian Gollop
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1902-03: Stephen D. Allen, Conservative (re-elected) 1930-31:Winifrede Marsden
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1950-51: Nancy Jackman
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