Below is a list of mayors of the town of Grimsby in the English ceremonial county of Lincolnshire. The first recorded Mayor of Grimsby was in 1201. After 1835 the mayoral year usually began in November, although after 1949 it sometimes began in April or in May. The position became extinct in 1996 when Grimsby was merged with Cleethorpes to form the North East Lincolnshire Unitary Authority.