North East Lincolnshire Council | |
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Type | |
Type | |
History | |
Founded | 1 April 1996 |
Preceded by | Humberside County Council District councils
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Leadership | |
Rob Walsh since 1 January 2014 [2] | |
Structure | |
Seats | 42 councillors |
Political groups |
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Length of term | 4 years |
Elections | |
First past the post | |
Last election | 2 May 2024 |
Next election | 7 May 2026 |
Meeting place | |
Town Hall, Town Hall Square, Grimsby, DN31 1HU | |
Website | |
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North East Lincolnshire Council is the local authority of North East 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 no overall control since May 2024, being run by a Conservative minority administration. It meets at Grimsby Town Hall and has its main offices in the nearby Municipal Buildings.
The district of North East Lincolnshire and its council were created on 1 April 1996. The new district covered the area of two former districts, both of which were abolished at the same time: Cleethorpes and Great Grimsby. Both had 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. [3] [4]
The way the 1996 changes were implemented was to create both a non-metropolitan district and a non-metropolitan county called North East Lincolnshire, each covering the combined area of Cleethorpes and Great Grimsby, 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. [5]
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. [6] [7] The district was awarded borough status with effect from 23 August 1996, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor. [8]
The local authority derives its powers and functions from the Local Government Act 1972 and subsequent legislation. For the purposes of local government, North East Lincolnshire is within a non-metropolitan area of England. As a unitary authority, North East Lincolnshire Council has the powers and functions of both a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. In its capacity as a district council it is a billing authority collecting Council Tax and business rates, it processes local planning applications, it is responsible for housing, waste collection and environmental health. In its capacity as a county council it is a local education authority, responsible for social services, libraries and waste disposal.
In July 2017 it was announced that the Council and the local Clinical Commissioning Group would have a joint chief executive. [9]
The council has been under no overall control since the 2024 election, being led by a Conservative minority administration. [10]
The first election to the council was held in 1995, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect 1 April 1996. Political control of the council since 1996 has been as follows: [11]
Party in control | Years | |
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Labour | 1996–2003 | |
No overall control | 2003–2012 | |
Labour | 2012–2014 | |
No overall control | 2014–2019 | |
Conservative | 2019–2024 | |
No overall control | 2024–present |
The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in North East Lincolnshire. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 2015 have been: [12]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
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Ray Oxby [13] | Labour | May 2015 | 11 Mar 2019 | |
Philip Jackson | Conservative | 21 May 2019 |
Following the 2024 election and a subsequent change of allegiance later in May 2024, the composition of the council was: [14] [15]
Party | Councillors | |
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Conservative | 18 | |
Labour | 15 | |
Independent | 5 | |
Liberal Democrats | 3 | |
Reform UK | 1 | |
Total | 42 |
The next election is due in 2026.
Council meetings are held at Grimsby Town Hall, which had been built in 1863 for the old borough council of Great Grimsby. [16] The council's main offices are in the Municipal Buildings opposite the town hall, which had been completed in 1941. [17] [18]
Since the last boundary changes in 2003 the council has comprised 42 councillors representing 15 wards, with each ward electing two or three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with roughly a third of the council elected each time for a four-year term of office. [19]
The wards are: [19]
The borough straddles the parliamentary constituencies of Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes and Brigg and Immingham. [20]
North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area with borough status in Lincolnshire, England. At the 2011 Census, it had a population of 167,446. The administrative centre and largest settlement is Scunthorpe, and the borough also includes the towns of Brigg, Broughton, Haxey, Crowle, Epworth, Bottesford, Winterton, Kirton in Lindsey and Barton-upon-Humber. North Lincolnshire is part of the Yorkshire and the Humber region. The borough is mostly rural in character aside from near the town of Scunthorpe and near the Port of Immingham where most of the nearby villages and towns form part of the wider urban areas.
North East Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area with borough status in Lincolnshire, England. It borders the borough of North Lincolnshire and districts of West Lindsey and East Lindsey. The population of the district in the 2011 Census was 159,616. The administrative centre and largest settlement is Grimsby and the borough includes the towns of Cleethorpes and Immingham as well as the villages of New Waltham, Waltham, Humberston, Healing and Great Coates. The borough is also home to the Port of Grimsby and Port of Immingham as well as Cleethorpes beach.
Cleethorpes is a seaside town on the estuary of the Humber in North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England with a population of 29,678 in 2021. It has been permanently occupied since the 6th century, with fishing as its original industry, then developing into a resort in the 19th century. Before becoming a unified town, Cleethorpes was made up of the three small villages of Itterby, Oole and Thrunscoe.
Humberside was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in Northern England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. It was composed of land from either side of the Humber, created from portions of the East Riding of Yorkshire, West Riding of Yorkshire, and the northern part of Lindsey, Lincolnshire. The county council's headquarters was County Hall at Beverley, inherited from East Riding County Council. Its largest settlement and only city was Kingston upon Hull. Other notable towns included Goole, Beverley, Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Bridlington. The county stretched from Wold Newton at its northern tip to a different Wold Newton at its southernmost point.
The counties of England are a type of subdivision of England. Counties have been used as administrative areas in England since Anglo-Saxon times. There are three definitions of county in England: the 48 ceremonial counties used for the purposes of lieutenancy; the 84 metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties for local government; and the 39 historic counties.
East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. Its council is based in Horncastle and the largest town is Skegness. Other towns include Alford, Burgh le Marsh, Coningsby, Louth, Mablethorpe, Spilsby, Sutton on Sea, Wainfleet All Saints, Wragby and Woodhall Spa. The district also covers a large rural area, including many smaller settlements.
The Parts of Lindsey are a traditional division of Lincolnshire, England, covering the northern part of the county. The Isle of Axholme, which is on the west side of the River Trent, has normally formed part of it. The district's name originated from the Kingdom of Lindsey of Anglo-Saxon times, whose territories were merged with that of Stamford to form Lincolnshire.
Glanford was, from 1974 to 1996, a local government district with borough status in the non-metropolitan county of Humberside, England.
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Cleethorpes was a constituency created in 1997, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Martin Vickers of the Conservative Party.
Humberside was abolished in 1996 both as a county council and a non-metropolitan county, being succeeded by the four unitary authorities of East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. The constituency boundaries used up to the 2005 United Kingdom general election were drawn up when the county still existed. For the review which came into effect for the 2010 general election, the four unitary authorities were considered together, and for the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, coming into effect for the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England considered the area comprising the former county of Humberside with the county of South Yorkshire as a sub-region of Yorkshire and the Humber.
Grimsby Rural District was a rural district in Lincolnshire, England, part of the administrative county of Lindsey, from 1894 to 1974.
South Humberside is a former postal county of England. It was introduced by the Royal Mail on 1 July 1974, when some addresses were altered in response to the changes in administration brought about under the Local Government Act 1972.
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Humberside County Council was the county council of the non-metropolitan county of Humberside in northern England.
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