Previous Chairmen of the Council

The Chairman of the Council is the Council's Civic head and the First Citizen of the District. A new Chairman has been elected every year since 1974, when New Forest District Council was formed.

The current Chairman of the Council is Cllr David Hawkins

Below is a list of all previous Chairmen and the years when they served.

2023 - 2024 Neville Penman

2022 - 2023 Alan O'Sullivan

2021 - 2022 Derek Tipp

2019 - 2021 Allan Glass

2018 - 2019 Melville Kendal

2017 - 2018 Christine Vivienne Ward

2016 - 2017 Godfrey Beck

2015 - 2016 Alison Jane Hoare

2014 - 2015 Maureen D. Holding Dip.Ed., Cert.Ed

2013 - 2014 L. Christine Ford

2012 - 2013 Alexis E. McEvoy BSc (Hons)

2011 - 2012 John Penwarden

2010 - 2011 Pat A. Wyeth

2009 - 2010 Leslie R. Puttock

2008 - 2009 Paul Roy Woods

2007 - 2008 William Henry Dow

2006 - 2007 David N. Scott BSc

2005 - 2006 Sqn. Ldr. Michael Pemberton (Ret'd)

2004 - 2005 Lieut. Colonel Michael J. Shand (Ret'd)

2003 - 2004 John Hutchins J. P.

2002 - 2003 John M. Hoy

2001 - 2002 Ann Drake

2000 - 2001 Alan W. Rice T. D.

1999 - 2000 Pat A. Wyeth

1998 - 1999 Audrey M. Howe

1997 - 1998 John Hutchins J. P.

1996 - 1997 Shirley Cooke BSc

1995 - 1996 Stan Wade

1993 - 1995 Jean Vernon-Jackson MBE, JP

1991 - 1993 Mr J.E. Coles

1989 - 1991 Derek Burdle

1987 - 1989 Mr A. Lee

1985 - 1987 Mrs J.C. Safe

1983 - 1985 Mr J.E. Coles

1981 - 1983 Mr J. Waddington

1979 - 1981 Mrs I.L. Nedderman

1978 - 1979 Mrs J.E. Blackburn BSc

1976 - 1978 Mrs L.K. Errington

1974 - 1976 Mr R.H. Alderson