Current Mayor
Councillor Jamie Scott is the Mayor of Winchester, having been elected at our annual Mayor Making ceremony on 20 May 2026. He is the 827th Mayor of Winchester.
The Mayor has chosen two charities to support this year: Winchester Hospice and St John Ambulance. You can learn more about each of these organisations on the Mayor's Charities web page.
The Mayoralty of Winchester dates back to 1200.
Mayor's Biography
I was born in Winchester and have lived here for all my life. My loving parents Reg and Violet raised me in Stanmore, and I attended both Stanmore Primary School and the-then Montgomery Alamein Secondary School (now Kings’ School).
My father was a drill sergeant in the Kings Royal Rifles and my mother worked for many years at King Alfred’s College, which became the University of Winchester.
My love and passion for this great city runs through me, and I have had the privilege of working in a variety of jobs supporting the people of Winchester. My work life started with John Menzies where I progressed from being the Saturday boy to full time sales assistant.
Life then took me to work for our wonderful NHS starting in the operating theatres and progressing up to the role of manager for the linen services at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital – I still have fond memories of my time there, and I still bump into the excellent people that I worked with. I am well known for narrating where departments used to be, and pointing out the room I was born in.
Having completed 11 years with the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, I moved to the community and voluntary sector. Alongside my ‘day’ job, I was a volunteer youth worker within the Stanmore community, helping to run youth club nights, and taking young people on trips to places like the bowling alley, seaside and on holidays to the south coast. I am very proud of the work that I did to help establish the-then Carroll Youth Centre in 1993, from fundraising to being on the board of directors, before eventually becoming a sessional youth worker.
This led to my taking on a community development role, initially within Stanmore working out of the Youth Centre, and progressing to covering Stanmore, Winnall and Highcliffe as well as the centre of Winchester. It was a privilege to work amongst these communities supporting volunteers as well as those in need.
As part of this role, I became a LEA governor for Stanmore Primary School, specifically supporting a year R class. I have also been a Kings’ governor for eight years over two terms.
After funding was cut in community development work, I moved to a new era of my work life within the education system as a one-to-one support worker for a child with special educational needs in Stanmore Primary School. This was a fulfilling role and has provided me with many happy memories.
As a young man I was keenly interested in sport, playing football in the Winchester district, running half-marathons and challenging anyone at squash who wanted to play. Two hip replacements later, I still play sport, and can often be found with a badminton racquet in hand on Fridays.
My other great interest is music, and I have been able to see many great artists in concert, my favourite being David Bowie who I’ve seen twice. My music collection is vast and covers a wide range of music.
I married Wendy in 1994 and we are still inseparable after 32 years of marriage. Wendy has been so supportive over my 15 years on WCC as a city councillor for St Luke Ward. Our son Nathan was born in 1997 and takes after me in his love of sport and music.
Nathan and I both started Stanmore Primary School in the same classroom and had the same crossing patrol, a lady named Mrs Margaret Cole. It was a very proud moment for me when Nathan played on stage for Party in the Park. Nathan married his wife Sophie during COVID, and they will be adding to our family in the summer with the next generation of Scotts. We often look after their German Shepherd Major when Nathan works away, and Major is my shadow, keeping a close eye on everything that Granddad does!