North Lincolnshire Council

North Lincolnshire Council
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1996
Leadership
Carol Ross,
Conservative
since 15 May 2025[1]
Rob Waltham,
Conservative
since 16 January 2017
Alison Barker
since 1 November 2023
Structure
Seats43 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.[2][3]

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.[4]

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.[5][6] The district was awarded borough status with effect from 16 December 1996, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor.[7]

In 2025 the council became a member of the new Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority, along with North East Lincolnshire Council and Lincolnshire County Council.[8] The combined authority is chaired by the directly-elected Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire.[9]

Governance

As a unitary authority, North Lincolnshire provides the local government services of a non-metropolitan county council and non-metropolitan district council combined.[10] 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.[4] 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.[11]

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:[12]

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 the council's creation in 1996 have been:

Councillor Party From To
Ian Cawsey[13][14] Labour 1 Apr 1996 May 1997
Nic Dakin[14][15] Labour May 1997 May 2003
Don Stewart[16][17] Conservative May 2003 Nov 2004
Alan Holgate[18][19] Conservative 9 Dec 2004 2006
Liz Redfern[20] Conservative 2006 2007
Mark Kirk[21] Labour 2007 May 2011
Liz Redfern[22][23][24] Conservative 25 May 2011 15 Jan 2017
Rob Waltham[24] Conservative 16 Jan 2017

Composition

Following the 2023 election, the composition of the council was:[25]

Party Councillors
Conservative 27
Labour 16
Total 43

The next election is due in 2027.[26]

Premises

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.[27] 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.[28]

Elections

See also: North Lincolnshire Council 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.[29]

Wards and councillors

There are 19 wards, each represented by between one and three councillors. Following the 2023 election the councillors were:[30]

Parliamentary constituency Ward Councillor Party
Brigg and Goole
constituency 		Axholme Central David Robinson Conservative
Tim Mitchell Conservative
Axholme North John Briggs Conservative
Julie Reed Conservative
Axholme South David Rose Conservative
Judy Kennedy Conservative
Brigg and Wolds Carl Sherwood Conservative
Nigel Sherwood Conservative
Rob Waltham Conservative
Broughton and Scawby Janet Lee Conservative
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
Andrea Davison Labour
Ashby Lakeside Max Bell Labour
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
Tony Ellerby Labour
Kingsway with Lincoln Gardens Helen Rayner Labour
Tony Gosling Labour
Messingham Neil Poole Conservative
Ridge David Garritt Conservative
Trevor Foster Conservative
Town Lorraine Yeadon Labour
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.[31]
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

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  18. ^ "Holgate is the new leader". Epworth Bells. 9 December 2004. p. 1. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
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  27. ^ Historic England. "North Lincolnshire Council Offices formerly Scunthorpe Civic Centre, Ashby Road (Grade II) (1323702)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  28. ^ 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.
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  31. ^ "Armorial Bearings". WhatDoTheyKnow. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
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