The Mayor of Sodor

The Mayors of Sodor are important politicians in charge of the Island.

Thomas & Friends
The Mayor has attended many important events with the Fat Controller over the years such as the reopening of Great Waterton, the unveiling of the new Lion of Sodor statue, attending Dowager Hatt's party at Knapford and presenting the Sodor Search and Rescue Centre a new alarm bell.

Several different mayors have appeared in the magazine stories.

Attire
The Mayor wears a black suit jacket with grey collars, a purple and white striped tie, a black waistcoat, a white undershirt and black trousers. He also wears a black bowler hat and a bronze chain of office.

Appearances
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The Railway Series
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 * 1986 - Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 7 - James and the Queen of Sodor
 * Series 8 - As Good as Gordon
 * Series 9 - Percy and the Oil Painting
 * Series 11 - Thomas and the Storyteller, Dream On , Dirty Work , Thomas Sets Sail , Toby's Triumph and Thomas and the Runaway Car
 * Series 12 - Toby's Special Surprise
 * Series 13 - The Lion of Sodor
 * Series 14 - Thomas' Tall Friend, James in the Dark and Jumping Jobi Wood!
 * Series 15 - Edward the Hero and Wonky Whistle
 * Series 16 - Express Coming Through, Muddy Matters , Whiff's Wish and Welcome Stafford!
 * Series 19 - A Cranky Christmas, Diesel's Ghostly Christmas, Reds vs Blues and Wild Water Rescue
 * Series 20 - Sidney Sings, All in Vain and Engine of the Future
 * Series 21 - Confused Coaches
 * Series 22 - Forever and Ever and Counting on Nia
 * Series 24 - Emily's Best Friend

Specials

 * 2008 - The Great Discovery
 * 2010 - Misty Island Rescue
 * 2018 - Big World! Big Adventures!

Music Videos

 * The Great Discovery - Thomas, You're the Leader
 * Series 15 - Hear the Engines Coming
 * Thomas' YouTube World Tour - A World Around You, Never, Never, Never Give Up and Ode to Gordon
 * Series 19 - There's Snow Place Like Home
 * Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure - We Make a Team Together
 * Big World! Big Adventures! - We're Friends
 * Series 22 - The Steam Team
 * Series 24 - Party Train, The Little Engine Who Believed and New Year's Day with Thomas

Learning Segments

 * Series 10 - Who Can Take Them?

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Magazine Stories

 * 1993 - Thomas and the New Clock!
 * 1995 - The Engine Parade!
 * 1996 - Important Passengers!
 * 1997 - The Flower Train
 * 2001 - A Song for Caroline
 * 2002 - A Snowy Reception
 * 2003 - False Alarm, Broken Bridges
 * 2004 - Pony Pick-Up!, Daisy's Delight, Place to Play , The River Race, Spotty Thomas and Dazzling Diesel!
 * 2005 - Relay Rescue
 * 2007 - Airship
 * 2008 - Toby's Triumph
 * 2010 - In a Spin
 * 2011 - Ready, Jet Set, Go!, Off Colour , Musical Trucks , Jumping Jobi Wood , Thomas' Tall Friend , Little and Light and A Lion on Sodor
 * 2012 - Bubbling Boiler, Express Coming Through! , Wonky Whistle , Thomas' Tall Friend , Welcome Stafford , Clock Countdown , A Whoosh of Water! and Clock Countdown
 * 2013 - Ready, Jet Set, Go! (does not speak) and Whiff's Wish (cameo)
 * 2014 - Henry's Forest
 * 2015 - Silent Puffing! (speaks in speech bubble only)
 * 2016 - Jumping Jobi Wood (mentioned)

The Mayor of Sodor also appeared in the magazine stories, Boat Afloat, Daisy's Day, Special Passengers and Spotty Spencer.

Annual Stories

 * 2001 - Very Special Engines

Books
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 * 2021 - Really Useful Stories for Growing Up

Voice Actors

 * Keith Wickham
 * David Bedella
 * Rob Rackstraw
 * Jorge Roig
 * Ulises Maynardo Zavala
 * Alfonso Ramírez
 * Blas García
 * Jorge Teixeira
 * Anders Sundstedt
 * Christoffer Staib
 * Pasi Ruohonen
 * Paweł Galia
 * Jarosław Boberek
 * Nobuaki Kanemitsu
 * Kim Seung-jun
 * Shin Yong-u

Trivia

 * Prior to the current Mayor's introduction, a different Mayor was seen in Percy and the Oil Painting, the figure was represented by the Vicar of Wellsworth's figure from Harold and the Flying Horse.
 * According to a 2015 magazine story, the Mayor in the television series is actually the Mayor of Vicarstown.
 * He appears to be a very skilled ice-skater.
 * He lives on Edward's Branch Line, near Suddery.

Merchandise

 * Wood

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