City of Lincoln Council

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City of Lincoln Council
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Type
Type
Leadership
Biff Bean,
Labour
since 16 May 2023 [1]
Naomi Tweddle,
Labour
since 7 May 2024 [2]
Angela Andrews
since September 2014 [3]
Structure
Seats33 councillors
Lincoln2024.svg
Political groups
Administration
  Labour (23)
Other parties
  Liberal Democrats (5)
  Conservative (5)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
Last election
 2 May 2024
Next election
 May 2026
Meeting place
Guildhall and Stonebow, Lincoln.jpg
Guildhall, Saltergate, Lincoln, LN1 1DH
Website
www.lincoln.gov.uk

The City of Lincoln Council is the local authority for the district of Lincoln, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. The council consists of 33 councillors, three for each of the 11 wards in the city. [4] It is currently controlled by the Labour Party, led by Naomi Tweddle. The administrative headquarters is at Lincoln City Hall although council meetings are held at the guildhall. [5]

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History

The city of Lincoln had been an ancient borough and was made a county corporate in 1409 with its own court of quarter sessions, making it independent from the Lindsey Quarter Sessions. The borough corporation was reformed in 1836 to become a municipal borough. [6] When elected county councils were established in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888 to take over the local government functions of the quarter sessions, Lincoln was considered large enough to provide its own county-level services and so it was made a county borough, independent from the new Lindsey County Council. [7]

On 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, Lincoln was reconstituted to become a non-metropolitan district, altering its powers and responsibilities but keeping the same area and name. The separate county councils which had existed for each of the Parts of Lincolnshire were also amalgamated to create a single Lincolnshire County Council for the first time, with responsibility for county-level services in the city of Lincoln too. [8]

Governance

City of Lincoln Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Lincolnshire County Council. There are no civil parishes in the city, which is an unparished area. [9] [10]

Political control

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2011.

Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms has been as follows: [11] [12]

Party in controlYears
Democratic Labour 1974–1978
No overall control 1978–1979
Conservative 1979–1982
Labour 1982–2007
Conservative 2007–2010
No overall control 2010–2011
Labour 2011–present

Leadership

The role of Mayor of Lincoln is now largely ceremonial. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1974 have been: [13]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Fred Allen Democratic Labour 1 Apr 1974May 1975
Jean Bates [14] [15] Democratic Labour May 19753 Oct 1978
Cecil Robinson [16] Conservative 3 Oct 1978May 1979
Jim Sullivan [17] Conservative May 1979May 1982
Peter Archer [18] Labour May 1982May 1984
Derek Miller [19] Labour May 1984May 1993
Chris Meanwell [20] Labour May 1993May 1995
Roland Hurst Labour May 1995May 1999
Ric Metcalfe [21] Labour 18 May 199922 May 2007
Edmund Strengiel Conservative 22 May 2007May 2008
Darren Grice Conservative May 200824 May 2011
Ric Metcalfe Labour 24 May 20112 May 2024
Naomi Tweddle Labour Co-op 7 May 2011

Composition

Following the 2024 election, the composition of the council was: [22]

PartyCouncillors
Labour 23
Conservative 5
Liberal Democrats 5
Total33

The next election is due in 2026.

Elections

Since the last boundary changes in 2016 the council has comprised 33 councillors representing 11 wards, with each ward electing three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council (one councillor for each ward) elected each time for a four year term of office. Lincolnshire County Council elections are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no city council elections. [23]

Premises

City Hall, Beaumont Fee, Lincoln, LN1 1DD: Council's main offices Lincoln City Hall - geograph.org.uk - 108761.jpg
City Hall, Beaumont Fee, Lincoln, LN1 1DD: Council's main offices

Council meetings are held at the Guildhall on Saltergate; the current building was completed c. 1520 on a site which had been used as a guildhall since 1237, having been created from part of one of the gates in the city wall. [24] [25] [26]

The council's main offices are at City Hall on Beaumont Fee, which was built in 1973 and formally opened on 16 March 1974. [27]

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  2. ↑ Administrator. "Naomi Tweddle chosen as next City of Lincoln Council leader following Ric Metcalfe's retirement". LincolnshireLive. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
  3. ↑ "Lincoln council appoints new chief executive". ITV News. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Councillors". City of Lincoln Council. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Famous Lincoln landmark wins prestigious award". Lincolnshire Live. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Municipal Corporations Act 1835
  7. ↑ "Relationships and changes Lincoln MB/CB through time". A Vision of Britain through Time . Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972". legislation.gov.uk . Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "Local Government Act 1972", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, 1972 c. 70, retrieved 31 May 2023
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  15. ↑ "Tories take over – and get warning from Dem-Labs". Lincolnshire Echo. Lincoln. 4 October 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
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