| CHAIRMEN OF THE FORMER RUGBY URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL | ||
| Elsee | Charles | 1895 – 1900 |
| Eden | Thomas Bainbridge | 1900 – 1903 |
| Wise | Thomas Arnold | 1903 – 1905 |
| Morson | Arthur | 1905 – 1907 |
| Linnell | William Henry | 1907 – 1909 |
| Dewar | William | 1909 – 1912 |
| Loverock | Lewis | 1912 – 1914 |
| McKinnell | James Jesse | 1914 – 1919 |
| Flint | William | 1919 – 1921 |
| Loverock | Lewis | 1921 – 1923 |
| Wise | Thomas Arnold | 1923 – 1924 |
| Yates | Harry | 1924 – 1926 |
| Hands | Frederick Ernest | 1926 – 1928 |
| Friend | Richard Benjamin | 1928 – 1930 |
| Newman | Charles James | 1930 – 1932 |
| Hudson | Robert Spencer | 1932 – |
| CHAIRMEN OF THE FORMER RUGBY RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL | ||
| Townsend | William Henry Worth | 1895 – 1901 |
| Norman | Thomas Goodman | 1901 – 1907 |
| Johnson | James. | 1907 – 1922 |
| Dunn | William. | 1922 – 1924 |
| Appleby | Edgar Ingham | 1924 – 1936 |
| Clarke | Dennis | 1936 – 1938 |
| Walker | George Reuben | 1938 – 1944 |
| Roddis | Frederick | 1944 – 1946 |
| Coape-Arnold | Cranfield Coe Henry | 1946 – 1948 |
| Marshall | Edward Ralph | 1948 – 1949 |
| Adkinson | Arthur Lewis | 1949 – 1951 |
| Fairholme | Mrs Evelyn Grace Y | 1951 – 1953 |
| Fleming | Harry Charles | 1953 – 1955 |
| Ashman | Norman | 1955 – 1957 |
| Walker | James H | 1957 – 1959 |
| Philtrip | Frederick William Charles | 1959 – 1961 |
| Pemberton | Arthur R | 1961 – 1963 |
| Duffin | Thomas Frederick | 1963 – 1965 |
| Anderton | Leslie Newnam | 1965 – 1967 |
| Tyler | Hedley Walter | 1967 – 1969 |
| Gilks | Edwin Thomas | 1969 – 1971 |
| Bennett | William H | 1971 – 1973 |
| Webb | Edward William | 1973 – 1974 |
| MAYORS OF THE FORMER RUGBY BOROUGH COUNCIL | ||
| Wise | Thomas Arnold | Charter Mayor |
| McKinnell | James Jesse | 1932–1934 |
| Fleet | John Thomas | 1934–1935 |
| Hudson | Robert Spencer | 1935–1936 |
| Browning | Charles William | 1936–1937 |
| Harrison | Joshua Clarke | 1937–1938 |
| Myers | Richard Henry | 1938–1940 |
| Mellor | James Henry | 1940–1942 |
| Beswick | Joseph William | 1942–1943 |
| Smart | Sidney Packwood | 1943–1944 |
| Davis | William | 1944–1945 |
| Johnstone | Norman Denny | 1945–1946 |
| Dyson | Frank | 1946–1947 |
| Lord | Thomas Arthur | 1947–1949 |
| Dukes | Arthur Joseph | 1949–1950 |
| Hobley | Ernest Thomas | 1950–1951 |
| Fox | Leonard Braines | 1951–1952 |
| Robotham | William Arthur | 1952–1953 |
| Press | Frederick James | 1953–1954 |
| Manning | William Arthur | 1954–1955 |
| Gibson | Sidney George | 1955–1956 |
| Broome | Arnold Powell | 1956–1957 |
| Fox | Leonard Braines | 1957–1958 |
| Monck | Elizabeth Faith | 1958–1959 |
| Batt | Peter Aubrey | 1959–1960 |
| Stretton | Joseph | 1960–1961 |
| Page | Austen Edward Pearce | 1961–1962 |
| Skelhorn | John Leonard | 1962–1963 |
| Taylor | Arthur | 1963–1964 |
| Bradley | William Henry | 1964–1965 |
| Assheton | Nicholas Master | 1965–1966 |
| Carter | Stanley | 1966–1967 |
| Holder | Raymond | 1967–1968 |
| Green | Alfred Thomas | 1968–1969 |
| Marriott | Kenneth Rogers | 1969–1970 |
| Stephens | Horace Albert | 1970–1971 |
| Hill | Pamela Mary | 1971–1972 |
| Cox | Harold Ernest | 1972–1973 |
| Fella | John Herbert | 1973-1974 |
| MAYORS OF THE PRESENT-DAY RUGBY BOROUGH COUNCIL | ||
| Webb | Edward William | 1974-1975 |
| Orland | Cyril Nathaniel | 1975-1976 |
| Clark | Peter | 1976-1977 |
| Collett | Gordon Dean | 1977-1978 |
| Blundell | Phillip Anthony | 1978-1979 |
| Dickinson | Audrey Evelyn | 1979-1980 |
| Judge | Keith | 1980-1981 |
| Turner | Diana Winifred | 1981-1982 |
| Barford | John Edward Francis | 1982-1983 |
| Taylor | Reuben Henry Charles | 1983-1984 |
| Clarke | William Mead | 1984-1985 |
| Levy | Bryan | 1985-1986 |
| Miller | Doreen Prudence Mackay | 1986-1987 |
| French | Reginald Norman | 1987-1988 |
| Shera | James Masih | 1988-1989 |
| Humphreys | Evelyn Muriel | 1989-1990 |
| Parsons | June Winifred | 1990-1991 |
| Rowe | Jack George | 1991-1992 |
| Webb | Alan Charles | 1992-1993 |
| Robbins | Carolyn Ann | 1993-1994 |
| Reeve | Albert Joe | 1994-1995 |
| Smith | Wilfred Eric | 1995-1996 |
| Humphries | Stanley George | 1996-1997 |
| Wells | John Francis | 1997-1998 |
| Bell | Hazel Winifred | 1998-1999 |
| Roodhouse | Jeremy Mark | 1999-2000 |
| Mistry | Ishvarlal Govindbhai | 2000-2001 |
| Kirby | Raymond John | 2001-2002 |
| Shields | William Albert | 2002-2003 |
| Wright | Laurence | 2003-2004 |
| Franklyn | Lionel | 2004-2005 |
| Lane | Richard Andrew | 2005-2006 |
| Avis | Christina Anne | 2006-2007 |
| Peach | Susan Christine | 2007-2008 |
| Sewell | William Hart | 2008-2009 |
| Kaur | Kamaljit | 2009-2010 |
| Williams | Donald Lloyd | 2010-2011 |
| Hotten | Gwen | 2011-2012 |
| Lawrence | Kathryn Margaret | 2012-2013 |
| Gillias | Anthony | 2013-2014 |
| Srivastava | Ramesh Mohan lal | 2014-2015 |
| Dodd | Richard James | 2015-2016 |
| Bragg | Sally | 2016-2017 |
| Garcia | Belinda | 2017-2018 |
| Mahoney | Tom | 2018-2019 |
| Lewis | William H | 2019-2021 |
| Roberts | Deepah | 2021-2022 |
| Watson- Merret | Carolyn | 2022-2023 |
| O’Rourke | Maggie | 2023-2024 |
