Mayors of Leigh Municipal Borough Council, 1899-1973
| Date in Office | Surname | First Name |
| Thorp | James | |
| 1899 | Fairclough | J |
| 1900 | Shaw | G |
| 1901 | Greenough | T R |
| 1902 | Horrocks | W |
| 1903 | Cowburn | H |
| 1904 | Speakman | H |
| 1905 | Smith | W J |
| 1906 | Horrocks | W |
| 1907 | Hunter | G |
| 1908 | Harrison | W |
| 1909 | Smith | W J |
| 1910 | Cowburn | H |
| 1911 | Holden | J H |
| 1912 | Holden | J H |
| 1913 | Ashworth | J |
| 1914 | Ashworth | J |
| 1915 | Ashworth | J |
| 1916 | Ashworth | J |
| 1917 | Ashworth | J |
| 1918 | Ashworth | J |
| 1919 | Grundy | W |
| 1920 | Holden | G |
| 1921 | Holden | G |
| 1922 | Colliwe | W |
| 1923 | Wright | J H |
| 1924 | Horrocks | J |
| 1925 | Isherwood | H |
| 1925 | Collier | W |
| 1926 | Hilton | W |
| 1927 | Hindley | W |
| 1928 | Betton | A |
| 1929 | Fairhurst | N |
| 1930 | Higenbottam | W |
| 1931 | Hindley | T |
| 1932 | Prescott | J L |
| 1933 | Boydell | W R |
| 1934 | Starkie | R |
| 1935 | Blackshaw | W |
| 1936 | Morgan | W |
| 1937 | Newton | P |
| 1938 | Greenough | T R |
| 1939 | Gough | H |
| 1940 | Gough | H |
| 1941 | Gibson | P |
| 1942 | Kearney | W |
| 1943 | Kearney | W |
| 1944 | Haseldine | T |
| 1945 | Robinson | T |
| 1946 | Battersby | T |
| 1947 | Parr | J |
| 1948 | Parr | J |
| 1949 | Hourigan | T |
| 1950 | Bratt | C H |
| 1951 | Woolstencroft | W |
| 1952 | Green | E |
| 1953 | Stevenson | J |
| 1954 | King | R J |
| 1955 | Gough | Harry |
| 1956 | Jameson | T |
| 1957 | Taylor | F |
| 1958 | Boardman | A |
| 1959 | Sumner | J |
| 1960 | Birtles | L |
| 1961 | Gibson | F |
| 1962 | Hull | P |
| 1963 | Jones | S |
| 1964 | Ellison | E |
| 1965 | Shepherd | A |
| 1966 | Murray | J |
| 1967 | Shuttleworth | J |
| 1968 | Allen | D M |
| 1969 | Lyon | A E |
| 1970 | MacDonald | G |
| 1971 | Davies | H |
| 1972 | Davies | H J |
| 1973 | Fazackerley | P |
48 collections were found within Leigh Municipal Borough