The President of the Institution of Lighting Professionals has the role of representing the Institution both nationally and regionally, within our membership and spreading the word to other organisations, both professional and political.
The first President of the ILP was S B Langlands, who served in 1924, when the Institution was first established.
Current and Past Presidents, their year of inauguration, and AGM venue are listed below.
2020s
| Year | Conference Venue | President |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Glasgow | J Duffin |
| 2024 | London | P Hazell |
| 2023 | Manchester | R Hatch |
| 2022 | Bristol | F Horgan |
| 2021 | Online | F Horgan |
| 2020 | Online | A Smith |
2010s
| Year | Conference Venue | President |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Newcastle | A Smith |
| 2018 | Thame | C Fish |
| 2017 | Glasgow | A Jaques |
| 2016 | Brighton | K Grigg |
| 2015 | Chester | E Thomas |
| 2014 | Solihull | M Cooper |
| 2013 | Glasgow | M Johnson |
| 2012 | Brighton | P Lummis |
| 2011 | Harrogate | A Howard |
| 2010 | Kenilworth | A Scott |
2000s
| Year | Conference Venue | President |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Bournemouth | C Hardy |
| 2008 | Bristol | M Burrows |
| 2007 | Dublin | P Craven |
| 2006 | Manchester | S Capper |
| 2005 | Edinburgh | J R Cameron |
| 2004 | London | D C Rogers |
| 2003 | Glasgow | D G McNair |
| 2002 | Cardiff | N J Parry |
| 2001 | Sheffield | C R Stevenson |
| 2000 | London | T S Bulmer |
1990s
| Year | Conference Venue | President |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Portsmouth | C R Lane |
| 1998 | Edinburgh | P E Baldrey |
| 1997 | Blackpool | C R Lane |
| 1996 | Cambridge | N E Pollard |
| 1995 | Birmingham | D J Coatham |
| 1994 | Lancaster | M D Simpson |
| 1993 | Bournemouth | G C T Pritchard |
| 1992 | Swansea | D M Paylor |
| 1991 | Birmingham | G Channon |
| 1990 | York | M Hollinhurst |
1980s
| Year | Conference Venue | President |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Bournemouth | R W Paterson |
| 1988 | Coventry | P D Wright |
| 1987 | Blackpool | D C Webster |
| 1986 | Cambridge | S Cairns |
| 1985 | Brighton | K Shaw |
| 1984 | York | B R Austin |
| 1983 | Blackpool | A Elliott OBE |
| 1982 | Cambridge | J A Davidson |
| 1981 | Brighton | N S Macaulay |
| 1980 | York | B Ruston |
1970s
| Year | Conference Venue | President |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Ayr | F Millington |
| 1978 | Bristol | J W Dorrington |
| 1977 | Folkestone | D J Saunderson |
| 1976 | Blackpool | R E Cavalier |
| 1975 | Brighton | K T O Cox |
| 1974 | Eastbourne | D R Colvin |
| 1973 | Scarborough | B R Austin |
| 1972 | Harrogate | H J Slater |
| 1971 | Eastbourne | J Woodhouse |
| 1970 | Blackpool | K J Goddard |
1960s
| Year | Conference Venue | President |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Brighton | J R Brodie |
| 1968 | Harrogate | D R Colvin |
| 1967 | Eastbourne | H F Cork TD |
| 1966 | Blackpool | W R Stevens OBE |
| 1965 | Brighton | W Robinson |
| 1964 | Edinburgh | T M Lappin |
| 1963 | Eastbourne | W T Souter |
| 1962 | Blackpool | J H Morrison |
| 1961 | Scarborough | E C Lennox |
| 1960 | Folkestone | R C Smith MBE |
1950s
| Year | Conference Venue | President |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Aberdeen | R Parker |
| 1958 | Harrogate | G Berry |
| 1957 | Torquay | H Carpenter |
| 1956 | Blackpool | H Carpenter |
| 1955 | Folkestone | J M Waldram |
| 1954 | Eastbourne | L A Doxey |
| 1953 | Liverpool | C C Smith |
| 1952 | Harrogate | E Howard |
| 1951 | Brighton | H Pryce-Jones JP |
| 1950 | Bournemouth | P Richbell |
1940s
| Year | Conference Venue | President |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Llandudno | A S Tapsfield |
| 1948 | Eastbourne | N Boydell |
| 1947 | Southport | T Wilkie |
| 1946 | London | W N Clinch |
| 1945 | Glasgow | E J Stewart |
| 1938 – 1944 | Bournemouth | C H Woodward |
1930s
| Year | Conference Venue | President |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 – 1944 | Bournemouth | C H Woodward |
| 1937 | Folkestone | C I Winstone |
| 1936 | Cheltenham | E C Lennox |
| 1935 | London | A M Bell |
| 1934 | Aberdeen | A Forbes |
| 1933 | Margate | E M Severn |
| 1932 | Blackpool | H Davies |
| 1931 | Edinburgh | R Beveridge |
| 1930 | Leicester | T Wilkie |
1920s
| Year | Conference Venue | President |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Bournemouth | S B Langlands |
| 1928 | Sheffield | J F Colquhoun |
| 1927 | Brighton | A C Cramb |
| 1926 | Newcastle Upon Tyne | A Davison |
| 1925 | Leeds | C S Shapley OBE |
| 1924 | Glasgow | S B Langlands |