North Lincolnshire Council

North Lincolnshire Council
North Lincolnshire Council
Type
Type	Unitary authority
History
Founded	1 April 1996
Preceded by	Humberside County Council
Leadership
Mayor	Janet Longcake, ; Conservative ; since 18 May 2023
Leader	Rob Waltham, ; Conservative ; since 16 January 2017
Chief Executive	Alison Barker ; since 1 November 2023
Structure
Seats	43 councillors
Political groups	Administration (27) Conservative (27) Opposition Labour (16)
Elections
Last election	4 May 2023
Next election	2027
Meeting place
	Church Square House, 30–40 High Street, Scunthorpe, DN15 6NL
Website
	www.northlincs.gov.uk

North Lincolnshire Council is the local authority of North Lincolnshire, a local government district in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, England. The council is a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council; it is independent from Lincolnshire County Council.

The council has been under Conservative majority control since 2011. It is based at Church Square House in Scunthorpe.

History

The district of North Lincolnshire and its council were created on 1 April 1996. The new district covered the whole area of two former districts of Glanford and Scunthorpe, and part of Boothferry district, all of which were abolished at the same time. They had all been lower-tier districts within the county of Humberside prior to the 1996 reforms, with Humberside County Council providing county-level services to the area. Humberside had only been created in 1974; prior to 1974 this area had been part of Lincolnshire.^[1]^[2]

The way the 1996 changes were implemented was to create both a non-metropolitan district and a non-metropolitan county called North Lincolnshire, but with no separate county council. Instead, the district council also performs the functions that legislation assigns to county councils, making it a unitary authority.^[3]

At the same time, the new district was transferred for ceremonial purposes back to Lincolnshire, but as a unitary authority the council has always been independent from Lincolnshire County Council.^[4]^[5] The district was awarded borough status with effect from 16 December 1996, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.^[6]

Governance

As a unitary authority, North Lincolnshire provides the local government services of a non-metropolitan county council and non-metropolitan district council combined.^[7] Some functions are still delivered covering the whole of the former county of Humberside, notably the Humberside Fire and Rescue Service. Such functions are managed by joint committees of the four unitary authorities which now cover the area.^[3] Much of the borough is covered by civil parishes, which form a lower tier of local government. The only part of the borough not covered by civil parishes is Scunthorpe, which is an unparished area.^[8]

Political control

The first election to the council was held in 1995, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until coming into its powers on 1 April 1996. Political control of the council since 1995 has been as follows:^[9]

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1996–2003
	Conservative	2003–2007
	Labour	2007–2011
	Conservative	2011–present

Leadership

The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in North Lincolnshire. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 2006 have been:^[10]

Councillor		From	To
Liz Redfern	Conservative	2006	2007
Mark Kirk	Labour	2007	25 May 2011
Liz Redfern	Conservative	25 May 2011	15 Jan 2017
Rob Waltham	Conservative	16 Jan 2017

Composition

Following the 2023 election, the composition of the council was:^[11]

Party		Councillors
	Conservative	27
	Labour	16
Total		43

The next election is due in 2027.

Premises

Civic Centre, Scunthorpe: Council's headquarters until 2019

The council is based at Church Square House in the centre of Scunthorpe.

Until 2019 the council's main offices were at Scunthorpe Civic Centre on Ashby Road. The Civic Centre had been completed in 1962 for the former Scunthorpe Borough Council.^[12] In 2019 the council extended its existing town centre office at Church Square House to become its main offices. The civic centre was then converted to become a campus of North Lindsey College, an associate college of the University of Lincoln.^[13]

Elections

Since the last boundary changes in 2023 the council has comprised 43 councillors representing 19 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years.^[14]

Wards and councillors

There are 19 wards, each represented by between one and three councillors. Following the 2023 election the councillors were:^[15]

Parliamentary constituency	Ward	Councillor
Brigg and Goole constituency	Axholme Central	David Robinson	Conservative
	Axholme Central	Tim Mitchell	Conservative
	Axholme North	John Briggs	Conservative
	Axholme North	Julie Reed	Conservative
	Axholme South	David Rose	Conservative
	Axholme South	Judy Kennedy	Conservative
	Brigg and Wolds	Carl Sherwood	Conservative
		Nigel Sherwood	Conservative
		Rob Waltham	Conservative
	Broughton and Scawby	Janet Lee	Conservative
	Broughton and Scawby	Carol Ross	Conservative
	Burringham and Gunness	Josh Walshe	Conservative
	Burton upon Stather and Winterton	Elaine Marper	Conservative
		Helen Rowson	Conservative
		Ralph Ogg	Conservative
Cleethorpes constituency	Barton	Chris Patterson	Conservative
		Keith Vickers	Conservative
		Paul Vickers	Conservative
	Ferry	David Wells	Conservative
		Peter Clark	Conservative
		Richard Hannigan	Conservative
Scunthorpe constituency	Ashby Central	Mick Grant	Labour
	Ashby Central	Andrea Davison	Labour
	Ashby Lakeside	Max Bell	Labour
	Ashby Lakeside	Judith Matthews	Labour
	Bottesford	John Davison	Conservative
		Margaret Armiger	Conservative
		Janet Longcake	Conservative
	Brumby	Len Foster	Labour
		Steve Swift	Labour
		Susan Armitage	Labour
	Crosby and Park	Naseer Ahmed	Labour
		Christine O'Sullivan	Labour
		Helen Yates	Labour
	Frodingham	Darryl Southern	Labour
	Frodingham	Tony Ellerby	Labour
	Kingsway with Lincoln Gardens	Helen Rayner	Labour
	Kingsway with Lincoln Gardens	Tony Gosling	Labour
	Messingham	Neil Poole	Conservative
	Ridge	David Garritt	Conservative
	Ridge	Trevor Foster	Conservative
	Town	Lorraine Yeadon	Labour
	Town	Mashook Ali	Labour

Arms

Coat of arms of North Lincolnshire Council
Notes Granted 7 September 1998 by the College of Arms. Crest Issuing from a mural crown Vert a Lincoln Red Bull rampant Gules supporting a blast furnace Argent enflamed Or. Torse Argent and Azure.^[16] Escutcheon Or on a fess enarched Vert between three fleurs-de-lys Gules as many cornucopiae Or replenished Proper a bordure engrailed Azure. Supporters Dexter an angel Proper habited Argent winged and crined Or wreathed about the temples Argent and Azure about the waist a rope tied in a figure of eight knot Or holding in the exterior hand a trympet bendwise bell downwards also Or sinister a representation of John Wesley Proper habited Sable with the cuffs of his shirt and bands Argent gown hat and stockings Sable his shoes also Sable buckled Or holding in the exterior hand a Bible Proper bound Or holding in the interior hand a chain of five links also Or.

References

^ "Lincolnshire (North Part): Diagram showing administrative boundaries, 1972". National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
^ "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1972/2039, retrieved 14 July 2024
^ ^a ^b "The Humberside (Structural Change) Order 1995", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1995/600, retrieved 14 July 2024
^ "The Local Government Changes for England (Miscellaneous Provision) Regulations 1995", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1995/1748, retrieved 6 March 2024
^ "Lieutenancies Act 1997". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. 1997 c. 23. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
^ Bulletin of Changes of Local Authority Status, Names and Areas, 1 April 1994–31 March 1997 (PDF). London: Department of the Environment. 1997. p. 9. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
^ "Local Government Act 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1972 c. 70, retrieved 4 July 2023
^ "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ "Council minutes". North Lincolnshire Council. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ "Local elections 2023: live council results for England". The Guardian.
^ Historic England. "North Lincolnshire Council Offices formerly Scunthorpe Civic Centre, Ashby Road (Grade II) (1323702)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
^ Robinson, Calvin (8 February 2019). "Plans to transform Civic Centre into new university campus set to be given green light". Grimsby Live. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
^ "The North Lincolnshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/1139, retrieved 4 July 2023
^ "Electoral wards".
^ "Armorial Bearings". WhatDoTheyKnow. Retrieved 6 October 2024.

[1] "Lincolnshire (North Part): Diagram showing administrative boundaries, 1972". National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 14 July 2024.

[2] "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1972/2039, retrieved 14 July 2024

[1995order-3] "The Humberside (Structural Change) Order 1995", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1995/600, retrieved 14 July 2024

[4] "The Local Government Changes for England (Miscellaneous Provision) Regulations 1995", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1995/1748, retrieved 6 March 2024

[5] "Lieutenancies Act 1997". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. 1997 c. 23. Retrieved 25 February 2024.

[6] Bulletin of Changes of Local Authority Status, Names and Areas, 1 April 1994–31 March 1997 (PDF). London: Department of the Environment. 1997. p. 9. Retrieved 14 July 2024.

[7] "Local Government Act 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1972 c. 70, retrieved 4 July 2023

[8] "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 4 July 2023.

[9] "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

[10] "Council minutes". North Lincolnshire Council. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

[11] "Local elections 2023: live council results for England". The Guardian.

[12] Historic England. "North Lincolnshire Council Offices formerly Scunthorpe Civic Centre, Ashby Road (Grade II) (1323702)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 July 2023.

[13] Robinson, Calvin (8 February 2019). "Plans to transform Civic Centre into new university campus set to be given green light". Grimsby Live. Retrieved 4 July 2023.

[14] "The North Lincolnshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/1139, retrieved 4 July 2023

[15] "Electoral wards".

[16] "Armorial Bearings". WhatDoTheyKnow. Retrieved 6 October 2024.

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