Below are details of the Mayors or Chairmen from the Municipal Boroughs that came together to form the city of Salford in 1974.
| Years | Worsley | Little Hulton | Eccles | Irlam | Swinton |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895 to 1896 | Frederick Handel Booth | James Roscoe | Charles Edward Hindley | John Clare | Councillor Joseph Berry |
| 1896 to 1897 | James Benjamin Edwards | James Roscoe | Charles Edward Hindley | John Clare | Councillor R. J. Hampson |
| 1897 to 1898 | William Henry Wilson | Thomas Roscoe | James Frederick Wilkinson | H. Unsworth | Councillor Thomas Bold |
| 1898 to 1899 | William Stephenson | Thomas Roscoe | Walter Moffett Hamilton | H. Unsworth | Councillor Ralph Williams |
| 1899 to 1900 | Joseph Hall | Thomas Roscoe | Frederick Smith | D. Higginson | Councillor Exra Rawlinson |
| 1900 to 1901 | Joseph Hall | Thomas Roscoe | Frederick Smith | D. Higginson | R. J. Hampson |
| 1901 to 1902 | William Jackson Simpson | Thomas Roscoe | William D Kendall | John Taylor | Robert Berry |
| 1902 to 1903 | James Roscoe | Thomas Roscoe | William D Kendall | John Taylor | Joseph Berry |
| 1903 to 1904 | James Roscoe | Thomas Roscoe | William D Kendall | William Kirkham | Thomas Greenall |
| 1904 to 1905 | James Roscoe | Thomas Roscoe | Joseph Scholfield | William Kirkham | Joseph Mills |
| 1905 to 1906 | James Roscoe | Thomas Roscoe | Joseph Scholfield | W. Garner | Joseph Mills |
| 1906 to 1907 | James Cocker | John Kellett | Joseph Scholfield | W. Garner | Joseph Mills |
| 1907 to 1908 | Edward Noden | John Kellett | William James Nuttall | John Clare | R. J. Hampson |
| 1908 to 1909 | Thomas Rushton | William Hodgkiss | William James Nuttall | John Clare | John Buck |
| 1909 to 1910 | James Roscoe | William Hodgkiss | Thomas Thompson | John Taylor | Richard Howard |
| 1910 to 1911 | Joseph Walker | William Hodgkiss | William Scott Forbes | J. A. Brew | Peter Lindley |
| 1911 to 1912 | Daniel Hilton | William Hodgkiss | William Scott Forbes | J. J. Upton | W. P. Kidd |
| 1912 to 1913 | John Ford Bennett | William Hodgkiss | William Scott Forbes | J. J. Upton | W. P. Kidd |
| 1913 to 1914 | John Ford Bennett | Charles Atkinson | Henry Corner | H. Unsworth | Arthur Bennett |
| 1914 to 1915 | Samuel Jackson | Joseph Eastham | Henry Corner | H. Unsworth | Joseph Mills |
| 1915 to 1916 | Walter Roscoe | Joseph Eastham | Frederick William Ogden | J. T. Royle | Samuel Critchley |
| 1916 to 1917 | Joseph Bridge | Joseph Eastham | Frederick William Ogden | J. T. Royle | William Milne |
| 1917 to 1918 | William Watson | Frederick Millington | Edward Hallsworth | J. A. Brew | Richard Howard |
| 1918 to 1919 | William Watson | Thomas White | Edward Hallsworth | J. A. Brew | William P. Kidd |
| 1919 to 1920 | William Jackson Simpson | John Kilburn | Albert Bethel | A. H. Turner | Richard Johnson |
| 1920 to 1921 | Daniel Hilton | John Kilburn | Albert Bethel | E. Hampson | Michael Connolly |
| 1921 to 1922 | William Matts Rogerson | Fred Greenhalgh | George Thompson | J. J. Upton | Peter Lindley |
| 1922 to 1923 | Samuel Yates | Fred Greenhalgh | Robert Evans | H. Unsworth | Samuel Jackson |
| 1923 to 1924 | John Thomas Proffitt | Eri Smith Ashton | Robert Evans | F. J. Melville | Edward L. Barritt |
| 1924 to 1925 | John Thomas Neath | John Hodgkiss | Robert Evans | J. G. Enticott | John Davies |
| 1925 to 1926 | Charles Ridyard | John Hodgkiss | James William Ireland | T. Melia | William Slater Mycock |
| 1926 to 1927 | James Pearson | William Henry Shaw | James William Ireland | A. H. Turner | Robert Dammery |
| 1927 to 1928 | Kames Files | Eri Smith Ashton | James William Ireland | F. J. Melville | James Pollitt |
| 1928 to 1929 | Granville Twigg | Samuel Council | Robert Caldwell | F. J. Melville | Arthur Bennett |
| 1929 to 1930 | George Hector Holt | Samuel Council | Robert Caldwell | H. Unsworth | John Bradley |
| 1930 to 1931 | James Morton | Albert James Salt | Robert Caldwell | H. Unsworth | Michael Connolly |
| 1931 to 1932 | Catherine Berry | Albert James Salt | Edward Hallsworth | F. J. Melville | Peter Wilson Potts |
| 1932 to 1933 | William Matts Rogerson | Herbert Gordon | John Peacock | J. Cooke | Alfred Thomas Corns |
| 1933 to 1934 | Joseph Pennington | In 1933 Little Hulton UDC is merged with Worsley UDC | George Gaunt Senior | B. B. Neville | Edmund Alston/Arthur Bennett |
| 1934 to 1935 | Joseph Pennington | - | James Kelsey Walker | J. G. Enticott | John Bradley |
| 1935 to 1936 | Herbert Gorton | - | John Staton Speakman | F. J. Melville | Samuel Jackson |
| 1936 to 1937 | Joseph Eastham | - | James Harry Chapman | J. J. Upton | Peter Wilson Potts |
| 1937 to 1938 | William Matts Rogerson | - | George Hiley | J. H. Jones | William Salter Mycock |
| 1938 to 1939 | David Halliwell | - | Charles Knowles | D. Hesford | Alfred Thomas Corns |
| 1939 to 1940 | Albert James Salt | - | A.A.J. Trippier | J. G. Enticott | Edmund Alston |
| 1940 to 1941 | John William Atherton | - | Harold Heaton | A. J. Keal | Robert Porter |
| 1941 to 1942 | Geroeg Hector Holt | - | Percy Lomax | E. Brew | Joseph Sumbland |
| 1942 to 1943 | Thomas Tonge | - | John Thomas Morris | R. Sutton | Ethel F. Crompton |
| 1943 to 1944 | James Darlington | - | James Peters | E. Owen | John Henry Jones |
| 1944 to 1945 | Ernest Mann | - | Mary McKemball | F. J. Melville | Charles Edward Ashton |
| 1945 to 1946 | James edward Taylor | - | Fred Hardman Dodd | J. McLean/) A. J. Keal | John Fitzgerald |
| 1946 to 1947 | Fred Smallman Potter | - | Owen Williams | A. Briggs | William Alderson |
| 1947 to 1948 | John Bond | - | Nina Eleanor Hayes | A. Briggs | Edwin Thomas Kerby |
| 1948 to 1949 | Edward Hilton Marsh | - | Nina Eleanor Hayes | E. Owen | Edwin Thomas Kerby |
| 1949 to 1950 | Albert Williams | - | James Ashurst | E. Owen | Alderman Sydney Stout |
| 1950 to 1951 | John William Rogers | - | Walter Blackburn | J. Winskill | A. Maude Inman |
| 1951 to 1952 | Jesse Haydock | - | Mary O'Kane | C. A. Borrino | John Crane |
| 1952 to 1953 | Alfred Ernest Walker | - | Heorld Potter Kay | R. J. James | Ernest Whitehead |
| 1953 to 1954 | Joseph Pennington | - | Erenest Moore | J. P. Ennis | David Ogden |
| 1954 to 1955 | Annie Lightbown | - | John Walker | J. McLean | T. George Harrison |
| 1955 to 1956 | Frank Eastham | - | John McCann | J. Dunn | Lawrence Livesey |
| 1956 to 1957 | Samuel Wood | - | John Birch | J. Winskill | Geneva Williamson |
| 1957 to 1958 | Norah Brierley | - | Charles Flanagan | C. A. Borrino | Harold Singelton |
| 1958 to 1959 | William Edge | - | Matthew Henry Lewis | J. P. Stewart | Denis Muldoon |
| 1959 to 1960 | Stanley Mann | - | Edith Boddan | E. Wright | Laurence Smethills |
| 1960 to 1961 | Peter Rowson | - | William Rochford | J. P. Ennis | Tom Oldham |
| 1961 to 1962 | James Payne | - | Robert Benson | J. Winskill | S. Leslie Suggit |
| 1962 to 1963 | Albert Edward Hall | - | James Gerard Smith | A. Dowson | Miss A. A. Hopkins |
| 1963 to 1964 | Edward Harper | - | Denis William Anderson | E. Wright | Thomas H. Jones |
| 1964 to 1965 | Samuel Palin | - | Charles Ernest Johnson | C. A. Borrino | Evelyn Lynch |
| 1965 to 1966 | Albert Shaw | - | George Kenneth Edwards | Mrs L. Winskill/J. Winskill | Ronald Watton |
| 1966 to 1967 | Elizabeth Meeson | - | Constance Dyer Rhodes | M. G. Roberts | Harold Shaw |
| 1967 to 1968 | Edith Hall | - | George Nolan | B. W. Bracegirdle | John Gallagher |
| 1968 to 1969 | Stanley Martin | - | William Sullivan | E. Wright | Clara Faucitt |
| 1969 to 1970 | William Bernard Pennington | - | Thomas Cusack | E. Wright/Mrs B. G. Walker | Clifford Brookes Parr |
| 1970 to 1971 | John Ernest Stell | - | Alan Cooper | A. Fowles | John hill |
| 1971 to 1972 | Clifford Mullineux | - | Roy Rhodes | C. A. Borrino | James Birmingham |
| 1972 to 1973 | Ernest Joseph Holt | - | Arthur Herbert walsh | M. G. Roberts | C. Edwards |
| 1973 to 1974 | Ernest Joseph Holt | - | William Slater Boddington | M. G. Roberts | J Birmingham/Brian M. Sampson |