Lincolnshire County Council

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Lincolnshire County Council
Arms of Lincolnshire County Council.svg
Lincolnshire County Council.svg
Type
Type
Leadership
Eddie Strengiel,
Conservative
since 17 May 2024 [1]
Martin Hill,
Conservative
since March 2005
Debbie Barnes
since 1 January 2020 [2]
Structure
Seats70 seats
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Political groups
Administration (54)
  Conservative (54)
Other parties (16)
  Labour (4)
  South Holland Ind. (4)
  Independent (4)
  Liberal Democrats (3)
  Lincolnshire Ind. (1)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
 4 May 2021
Next election
 1 May 2025
Meeting place
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County Offices, Newland, Lincoln, LN1 1YL
Website
www.lincolnshire.gov.uk

Lincolnshire County Council is the county council that governs the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire in England. The non-metropolitan county is smaller than the ceremonial county; the latter additionally includes North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire which are both unitary authorities and therefore independent from the county council.

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History

Lincolnshire was one of the historic counties of England. From the middle ages it was administered in three parts, called Holland, Kesteven and Lindsey, each of which had their own quarter sessions. From 1409 the city of Lincoln was also an independent county corporate. When elected county councils were created in 1889 taking over the administrative functions of the quarter sessions, each of Lincolnshire's three parts became a separate administrative county with its own county council, and Lincoln was made a county borough, maintaining its independence. [3]

That arrangement continued until 1974 when the Local Government Act 1972 abolished Holland County Council, Kesteven County Council and Lindsey County Council and the County Borough of Lincoln, creating a Lincolnshire County Council for the first time. [4]

Governance

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Lincolnshire mobile library at Pode Hole.

Lincolnshire County Council provides county-level services. District-level services are provided by the area's seven district councils: [5] [6]

Much of the county is also covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government. [7]

Political control

The council has been under Conservative majority control since 2017.

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: [8] [9]

Party in controlYears
No overall control 1974–1977
Conservative 1977–1993
No overall control 1993–1997
Conservative 1997–2013
No overall control 2013–2017
Conservative 2017–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1974 have been: [10]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Anthony Thorold Conservative 19741981
David Guttridge Conservative 19811987
Bill Wyrill Conservative 19871993
Rob Parker [11] Labour May 1993May 1997
Jim Speechley [12] [13] Conservative May 199713 Sep 2002
Ian Croft [14] Conservative 4 Oct 200218 Mar 2005
Martin Hill Conservative Mar 2005

Composition

Following the 2021 election and a change of allegiance in summer 2023, the composition of the council was: [15]

PartyCouncillors
Conservative 54
Labour 4
South Holland Independents 4
Independent 4
Liberal Democrats 3
Lincolnshire Independent 1
Total70

Of the four independent councillors, three sit with the Lincolnshire Independent councillor as the "Independent Group", and one does not belong to any group. [16] The next election is due in 2025.

Elections

Since the last boundary changes in 2017 the county has been divided into 70 electoral divisions, each of which elects one councillor. Elections are held every four years. [17]

Premises

The council has its main offices and meeting place at County Offices on Newland in Lincoln. The building was built in 1926–1932 as the headquarters for the former Lindsey County Council, one of Lincolnshire County Council's predecessors. [18]

Chief executives

Chief executives have included:

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