In recognition of service, (Local Government Act 1972), the Council may confer the title of Honorary Alderman for services rendered eminent to the Council as a past Member of the Council. The position is subject to a resolution passed by not less than two thirds of Members present at a special Council Meeting.
It is an entirely honorary position, bringing no special rights, but is intended to reflect the esteem of the wider community.
- Ethel Naylor Johnson - 27 October 1982*
- Arthur Rowlandson JP - 27 August 1986*
- George Lockett - 26 April 1989*
- Agnes Peet MBE - 26 April 1989*
- John Edward Smith - 18 September 1991*
- Alfred Roberts - 12 August 1992*
- Samuel Maurice Lea JP - 2 November 1994*
- Lawrence Birtles JP - 24 April 1996*
- Marian Milligan - 24 April 1996*
- Norman Bernard Holt - 30 October 1996*
- John Horrocks - 30 October 1996*
- Thomas Jones - 5 February 1997*
- Arthur Wright - 23 September 1998*
- Ken Pye - 4 November 1998*
- Maria Pendleton J P - 22 September 1999*
- Jack Sumner - 22 September 1999*
- Sam Little - 11 August 1999*
- Ron McAllister JP - 11 August 1999*
- Joseph Eric Foster JP - 3 November 1999
- Elizabeth Ellen Edwardson - 3 November 1999*
- John Joseph Hession - 9 August 2000*
- James Jones - 9 August 2000*
- John McGarty - 20 September 2000*
- Ernest Francis Swift - 20 September 2000
- William Pendleton - 23 April 2003*
- Geoffrey Roberts - 17 September 2003*
- Tom Sherratt - 29 October 2003
- Brian Jerome Strett - 29 October 2003 (resigned 27 April 2005)*
- William Evans - 2 March 2005*
- Mildred Margaret Hermione Millington - 2 March 2005*
- Ronald Capstick - 27 April 2005*
- John Lea - 27 April 2005
- Stephen Parker - 27 April 2005
- Margaret Maureen Coghlin - 25 April 2007*
- Brian Jarvis - 31 October 2007
- Audrey Bennett - 29 October 2008*
- Alfred Robinson - 29 October 2008*
- George Davies - 7 January 2009 (Currently Suspended)
- Brian Malcolm Wilson - 15 July 2009
- Anne Turnock - 8 September 2010*
- Joan Hurst - 9 November 2011*
- Joseph Brain Baldwin - 16 January 2013
- John Alexander O'Neill JP - 22 April 2015
- Susan Loudon - 19 April 2017
- Mark Aldred - 28 February 2024
- Terence Halliwell - 28 February 2024
- Stephen Hellier - 28 February 2024
- John Hilton - 28 February 2024
- Billy Rotherham - 28 February 2024
- Carl Sweeney - 28 February 2024.
*Deceased