A new Mayor is elected each year at the annual meeting of the Council. The Mayor is the first citizen of the borough and acts as chairman at Council meetings. The Mayor also represents the borough on formal and ceremonial occasions.
The Worshipful the Mayor of the Borough of Elmbridge for the years 2024 to 2025 is Councillor Neil Houston.
For information, past Mayors are:
- 2023 to 2024 Richard Williams
- 2022 to 2023 Simon Waugh
- 2021 to 2022 Tony Popham
- 2019 to 2021 Mary Sheldon
- 2018 to 2019 Shweta Kapadia
- 2017 to 2018 Rachael I. Lake
- 2016 to 2017 Tannia Shipley
- 2015 to 2016 Jan Fuller
- 2014 to 2015 Barry Fairbank
- 2013 to 2014 Mike Bennison
- 2012 to 2013 Janet Turner
- 2011 to 2012 John Sheldon
- 2010 to 2011 Barry Cheyne
- 2009 to 2010 James Vickers
- 2008 to 2009 Nigel Cooper
- 2007 to 2008 Rosemary Dane
- 2006 to 2007 Victor Eldridge
- 2005 to 2006 Graham Winton
- 2004 to 2005 Martin Schofield
- 2003 to 2004 Mick Burgess
- 2002 to 2003 Wyn Heasman
- 2001 to 2002 Maureen Sheldrick
- 2000 to 2001 Alan Hopkins
- 1999 to 2000 Torquil Stewart
- 1998 to 1999 Derek Denyer
- 1997 to 1998 Gordon Chubb
- 1996 to 1997 Hugh Ashton
- 1995 to 1996 Fred Awcock
- 1994 to 1995 Ernest Mallett
- 1993 to 1994 David Brooke
- 1992 to 1993 Alan K Curran
- 1991 to 1992 Dorothy M Mitchell
- 1990 to 1991 Ken Robertson
- 1989 to 1990 Iris Simmons MBE
- 1988 to 1989 John Trevena
- 1987 to 1988 Ruth Lyon
- 1986 to 1987 Harry Cohen MBE
- 1985 to 1986 William MD Gibson
- 1984 to 1985 Philip L Jackson
- 1983 to 1984 John C Payne
- 1982 to 1983 Pamela A Church
- 1981 to 1982 Virginia L Waller
- 1980 to 1981 William G Edwards
- 1979 to 1980 Frank A Speller
- 1978 to 1979 Denis JB Cockshutt MBE
- 1977 to 1978 Halcro J Tait
- 1976 to 1977 Alan EA Charlton
- 1975 to 1976 Murray R Bygraves
- 1974 to 1975 Leonard A Speller OBE