Below is a complete list of High Sheriffs of Tyne and Wear since the creation of that county in 1974.

• 1974–1975: Fuller Mansfield Osborn, , of 9 Furzefield Road, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne^[1]
• 1975–1976: John Macaulay Hamilton Ross, of 1 Beresford Park, Sunderland^[2]
• 1976–1977: Robert Arthur Stuart Sisterson, of 22 Westfield Drive, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne^[3]
• 1977–1978: Thomas Anthony Greenwell, of Witton House, West Park Road, Cleadon, Sunderland^[4]
• 1978–1979: Colonel George Brown, of 9 West Dene Drive, North Shields^[5]
• 1979–1980: Robert Harvey Dunford, of Flat 7, Howard House, North Avenue, Newcastle upon Tyne^[6]
• 1980–1981: Captain John Darley Farrow, of Fatfield House, Fatfield, Washington^[7]
• 1981–1982: Nicholas Johnson Robinson, of 42 The Grove, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne^[8]
• 1982–1983: Robert Hackworth Chapman, of 25 Moor Crescent, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne^[9]
• 1983–1984: Mary Dobson, of Wildwoods, Orchard Road, Rowlands Gill^[10]
• 1984–1985: David Cowley Souter, of 4 Chatsworth, Moor Crescent, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne^[11]
• 1985–1986: Austen Ian Welch, of 1 Millview Drive, Tynemouth, North Shields^[12]
• 1986–1987: Frederick Wilson Hoult, of Stavros, 43 The Grove, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne^[13]
• 1987–1988: Michael Francis Pyman, of Dursley, Fencer Hill Park, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne^[14]
• 1988–1989: Roy Irvine Stewart, of Brockenhurst, 2 The Broadway, Tynemouth^[15]
• 1989–1990: Douglas Smith, of Flat 3, Dene Grange, Lindisfarne Road, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne^[16]
• 1990–1991: Nigel Sherlock, of 14 North Avenue, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne^[17]
• 1991–1992: Malcolm James Scott, of Appleby House, Saltwell Road South, Gateshead^[18]
• 1992–1993: Hugh Goundry Brown, of Heatherlea, 12 Lindisfarne Road, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne^[19]
• 1993–1994: Sir David Robert Macgowan Chapman, 3rd Baronet^[20]
• 1994–1995: Roger Charlton Spoor, of 5 Graham Park Road, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne^[21]
• 1995–1996: Alan William Lillington, of 30 Barnes View, Sunderland^[22]
• 1996–1997: Michael Litster Fisher, of 13 The Grove, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne^[23]
• 1997–1998: Sylvia Margaret Murray, 35 North Ridge, Whitley Bay^[24]
• 1998–1999: John Streeton Ward, Eastfields, 5 Eastfields, Whitburn, Sunderland
• 1999–2000: Michael Bird, Stone Cutters, Church Road, Northumberland