Ceremonial Mayor - general information

Councillor Carole Thompson

Ceremonial Mayor of Hartlepool

Ceremonial Mayor of Hartlepool wearing traditional mayoral attire.

Carole Thompson has lived in Hartlepool all her life. She attended Lister Street School and Hartlepool High School for Girls.

She is a proud mother of three sons and grandmother to three grandchildren.

Carole began her career as a childminder before training as an occupational therapist. She worked at Sunderland Royal Hospital for two years before returning to Hartlepool to work at Hartlepool General Hospital. She later joined Macmillan Cancer Support and the local hospice, where she worked until her retirement in 2016.

Carole was elected to represent the Foggy Furze Ward on 8 September 2022. She was honoured to be appointed Ceremonial Mayor of Hartlepool on 21 May 2024 for the 2024/25 Municipal Year and retained the position in the 2025/26 Municipal Year.

Ceremonial Mayors Diary

DateEventTimeLocation
01/10/25Black History Month opening11:00am - 1:30pm
Greenbank Hub1 Training Room,
Hartlepool
TS24 7QT
02/10/25Council6:30pm
Council Chamber,
Civic Centre
03/10/25Mayoral school visit to Kingsley Primary School 9:15am - 11:15am
1 Taybrooke Avenue,
Hartlepool
10/10/25World mental health day event12:00pm
Centre for Independent Living,
Burbank Street,
Hartlepool
11/10/25The Rifles memorial service11:00am
Lady Chapel,
York Minster Cathedral,
Deangate,
York
YO1 7HH
12/10/25Annual Teesside district trafalgar day parade10:30am
Dorman Museum.
Linthorpe Road,
Middlesbrough
TS5 6LA
13/10/25Mayoral visit to Springwell School09:10am
Springwell School,
Wiltshire Way,
Hartlepool
TS26 0TB
16/10/25Hartlepool business awards7:00pm
Hardwick Hall Country House Hotel,
Sedgefield
TS21 2EH
17/10/25The Mayor's charity night7:00pm
South Durhams Social Club (Steelies),
56 Westbourne Road,
Hartlepool
18/10/25

Deputy Mayor attending

British Army Band catterick charirt concert

7:00pm
St. Hilda’s Church,
Headland,
Hartlepool
20/10/25Mayoral visit to Throston Primary School9:30am
Flint Walk,
Hartlepool
TS26 0TJ
21/10/25Citizenship ceremony2:00pm
Council Chamber,
Civic Centre
22/10/25Mayoral visit High Tunstall College of Science11:00am
Elwick Road,
Hartlepool
23/10/25Celebrating success awards evening5:00pm
Mill House Leisure Centre,
Raby Road,
Hartlepool
27/10/25

Deputy Mayor attending

Judge at Jollof Connect - Black History Month celebration

 

5:00pm
Northumbria Students Union,
2 Sandyford Road,
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 8SB
1/11/25Hartlepool fireworks spectacular6:00pm
VIP Area,
Clock Tower,
Seaton Carew