North East Lincolnshire
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North East Lincolnshire is a unitary authority
Unitary authority
A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...

 in the Yorkshire and the Humber
Yorkshire and the Humber
Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the nine regions of England and formally one of the government office regions. It covers most of the historic county of Yorkshire, along with the part of northern Lincolnshire that was, from 1974 to 1996, within the former shire county of Humberside. The...

 region of England, bordering the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. For ceremonial purposes it is part of Lincolnshire....

 and the administrative county
Administrative county
An administrative county was an administrative division in England and Wales and Ireland used for the purposes of local government. They are now abolished, although in Northern Ireland their former areas are used as the basis for lieutenancy....

 of Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...

. These three administrative units make up the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire.

History

North East Lincolnshire was created from the boroughs of Cleethorpes
Cleethorpes (borough)
Cleethorpes was a local government district in Humberside, England from 1974 to 1996. It was granted borough status in 1975.It was formed on April 1, 1974, and covered Cleethorpes itself along with a wider area including Humberston, Laceby, Stallingborough, New Waltham, and Immingham...

 and Great Grimsby on 1 April 1996 on the abolition of Humberside
Humberside
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 Estuary, created from portions of the East and West ridings of Yorkshire and parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire...

.

Historically, it was part of the Kingdom of Lindsey
Kingdom of Lindsey
Lindsey or Linnuis is the name of a petty Anglo-Saxon kingdom, absorbed into Northumbria in the 7th century.It lay between the Humber and the Wash, forming its inland boundaries from the course of the Witham and Trent rivers , and the Foss Dyke between...

.

Council Wards and Elected Members

Croft Baker Ward
  • Cllr Matthew Jason Brown (L)
  • Cllr Michael Burnett (L) (Deputy Council Leader)
  • Cllr Leanor M Pidgen (LD)

Sidney Sussex Ward
  • Cllr Christopher D Shaw (L) (Council Leader)
  • Cllr Hazel Chase (L)
  • Cllr Alexander Wallace (L) (Portfolio Holder)

Freshney Ward
  • Cllr Peggy Elliott (L) (Portfolio Holder)
  • Cllr Ray Sutton (L)
  • Cllr Clifford Barber (L)

Heneage Ward
  • Cllr Matthew Patrick (L)
  • Cllr Rosalind A James (L)
  • Cllr Karl Wilson (L)

Immingham Ward
  • Cllr Mike Burton (L)
  • Cllr Trevor Oliver (C)
  • Cllr David Bolton (L) (Portfolio Holder)

Scartho Ward
  • Cllr Alex Baxter (C)
  • Cllr Pat Colebrook (C)
  • Cllr David J Hornby (C)

South Ward
  • Cllr Jane Bramley (L)
  • Cllr Norma Lincoln (L)
  • Cllr Susan Pickett (C)

East Marsh Ward
  • Cllr Terry Walker (L)
  • Cllr Stephen Beasant (LD)
  • Cllr Jon-Paul Howarth (L)

Haverstoe Ward
  • Cllr Bill Parkinson (C)
  • Cllr Margaret Cracknell (C)
  • Cllr Keith C Brookes (C)

Humberston and New Waltham Ward
  • Cllr John Colebrook (C)
  • Cllr Steve Norton (C)
  • Cllr John S Fenty (C)

Park Ward
  • Cllr Andrew De Freitas (LD)
  • Cllr Christina McGilligan-Fell (LD)
  • Cllr Geoff Lowis (LD)

Waltham Ward
  • Cllr Iain B Colquhoun (C)
  • Cllr Philip Jackson (C)

West Marsh Ward
  • Cllr Darren Billard(L)
  • Cllr Ian Lindley (L) (Portfolio Holder)

Yarborough Ward
  • Cllr Peter Wheatley (L)
  • Cllr Peter K Bailey (LD)
  • Cllr Anne Darby (LD)

Wolds Ward
  • Cllr Melanie Dickerson (C)
  • Cllr Peter M Mills (C)


KEY:
  • (L) = Labour Party
  • (C) = Conservative Party
  • (LD) = Liberal Democrat Party

Towns and villages

  • Ashby cum Fenby
    Ashby cum Fenby
    Ashby cum Fenby is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England, 4 miles south-west from Holton le Clay.In the 2001 census the population was recorded as 248. The village was recorded in the Domesday Book....

    , Aylesby
    Aylesby
    Aylesby may be confused with the town of Aylesbury in BuckinghamshireAylesby is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England. It is situated near the A18 road, 6 miles west of Cleethorpes and north of Laceby. The population at the 2001 census was 135.-St Lawrence's Church:Aylesby...

  • Barnoldby le Beck
    Barnoldby le Beck
    Barnoldby le Beck is a small village in North East Lincolnshire, England, It is situated just east of the A18 and is close to the village of Waltham and the town of Grimsby....

    , Beelsby
    Beelsby
    Beelsby is a village in North East Lincolnshire, England. The village lies 8 miles south-east of Grimsby.Beelsby population at the 2001 census was 114.The Grade II listed village church is dedicated to St...

    , Bradley
    Bradley, Lincolnshire
    Bradley is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England. It lies 3 miles west of Grimsby and 2 miles north of Barnoldby le Beck. Its population recorded in the 2001 census was 198....

    , Brigsley
    Brigsley
    Brigsley is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England, 1 mile south of Waltham on the B1203According to the 20001 census its population was 370....

  • Cleethorpes
    Cleethorpes
    Cleethorpes is a town and unparished area in North East Lincolnshire, England, situated on the estuary of the Humber. It has a population of 31,853 and is a seaside resort.- History :...

  • East Ravendale
    East Ravendale
    East Ravendale is a small village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England. It lies south-south-west of Grimsby, and west of the A18.The village has a small school, a church, approximately twenty houses, and a postbox....

  • Great Coates
    Great Coates
    Great Coates is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England. It is to the north-west of the Grimsby urban area, and is served by Great Coates railway station...

    , Grimsby
    Grimsby
    Grimsby is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. It has been the administrative centre of the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire since 1996...

  • Habrough
    Habrough
    Habrough is a village in North East Lincolnshire, England. Habrough railway station serves the village and the town of Immingham. The name Habrough is found in many old records as "Haburgh"....

    , Hatcliffe
    Hatcliffe
    Hatcliffe is a small village and civil parish in rural North East Lincolnshire, England. The village sits in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It lies 12 km south-west of Grimsby and west of the A18...

    , Healing
    Healing, Lincolnshire
    Healing is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England. It lies between Stallingborough and Great Coates, and to the west from Grimsby. Its population at the 2001 census was 2,606....

    , Humberston
    Humberston
    Humberston is a large village and civil parish to the south of Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire...

  • Immingham
    Immingham
    Immingham is a town in North East Lincolnshire, located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary...

    , Irby upon Humber
    Irby upon Humber
    Irby upon Humber or Irby-on-Humber is a small village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated on the A46 road south-west of Laceby....

  • Laceby
    Laceby
    Laceby is a village in North East Lincolnshire, England, located on the A46 road just outside the western boundary of Grimsby. The main feature of the village is the 15th century Anglican parish church.-History:...

    , Little Coates
    Little Coates
    Little Coates is an area of western Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England. Its history goes back to medieval times with a mention in the Domesday Book....

  • New Waltham
    New Waltham
    New Waltham is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire. It is located just south of Grimsby and Cleethorpes close to the A16 , and is situated between the villages of Waltham and Humberston. Previously part of Waltham parish, the parish of New Waltham was created in 1961...

  • Old Clee
    Old Clee
    Old Clee is located in the Clee Road and Carr Lane area of eastern Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England and adjoins the neighbouring town of Cleethorpes, with which it has historic links. Previously a separate village, its parish church of Holy Trinity and Saint Mary, claimed to be the oldest...

  • Scartho
    Scartho
    Scartho is a suburb located in the southern part of Grimsby, England, in the county of North East Lincolnshire. with a population of around 11,000. Up until the end of the Second World War it was a village; subsequent post-war expansion on the greenfield areas between Scartho and Grimsby has...

    , Stallingborough
    Stallingborough
    Stallingborough is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, a short distance from both Grimsby and Immingham. The parish stretches from Lincolnshire to the Humber coast, and includes the hamlet of Little London.-Geography:...

  • Waltham
    Waltham, Lincolnshire
    Waltham is a village and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England. It is south-west of Grimsby and is close to the villages of Scartho, Brigsley, Barnoldby-le-Beck, and Bradley...

    , Weelsby
    Weelsby
    Weelsby is located in the Weelsby Road area of eastern Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England. Previously separate from Grimsby, Weelsby Woods and Weelsby Hall lie within the area, as does the Grimsby Tennis Centre, Peaks Lane fire station, Saint Andrews Hospice, Saint Hughs Hospital and the...

    , Wold Newton

Places of interest

  • Waltham Windmill
    Waltham Windmill
    Waltham Windmill is a six-sailed windmill located in the village of Waltham, five miles from Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire. It is renowned in the area for having all six sails still in full working capacity, being one of the very few windmills like this in the United Kingdom.-Construction:The...

  • Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway
    Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway
    Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway is a railway built in 1948 in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire operating between Cleethorpes Leisure Centre and behind Pleasure Island/buck beck. It was originally built to a slightly smaller gauge.-History:...

  • Pleasure Island
    Pleasure Island
    Pleasure Island is an area of the Downtown Disney shopping, dining and entertainment district at Walt Disney World Resort. Pleasure Island officially opened on May 1, 1989. In September 2008, all of the clubs on the island were closed, however, the island's retail stores and restaurants remain open...


Governance

North East Lincolnshire is a unitary authority
Unitary authority
A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...

 that operates a cabinet-style council
Cabinet-style council
A Cabinet-style Council is a type of local government which has been introduced in the United Kingdom for Local Councils following the introduction of the Local Government Act 2000....

 since 2003. There are 42 councillors. They elect the cabinet in May each year. Each cabinet member is responsible for making decisions within their portfolio area.
The governance of North East Lincolnshire council has come under scrutiny from the audit commission on two occasions leading to special public interest reports for there failings.

It been declared the worst Council in the country.
It is currently run politically on agreement between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats and has been since 2004.

North East Lincolnshire council was also the council subject to the Kelly report for Ian Huntley involvement and the Soham murders
Soham murders
The Soham murders was an English murder case in 2002 of two 10-year-old girls in the village of Soham, Cambridgeshire.The victims were Holly Marie Wells and Jessica Aimee Chapman...

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Media

The radio station for the area is called Compass FM
Compass FM
Compass FM is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting from Lincs FM in Lincoln. The station serves Grimsby, Immingham and Cleethorpes and is part of the Lincs FM Group. It's strap line is 'The Music You Love'.-Format:...

, and takes its logo from the logo of North East Lincolnshire, being based south of Grimsby railway station. BBC Radio Humberside
BBC Radio Humberside
BBC Radio Humberside is a BBC Local Radio service covering the area of the former English county of Humberside, which was returned to North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire the East Riding of Yorkshire and the City of Kingston upon Hull on 1 April 1996....

 have a small studio to the east of Grimsby town centre. Grimsby Institute have the innovative Seven (former Channel 7) television, based in Immingham at the Immage Studios. Propeller TV
Propeller TV
Propeller TV is a free-to-air television channel broadcasting on Sky and Freewire in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Owned by the advertising company, Xiking Group.-Partners:...

 was also part of Grimsby Institute. The Grimsby Telegraph
Grimsby Telegraph
The Grimsby Telegraph is a daily British regional newspaper for the town of Grimsby and the surrounding area that makes up North East Lincolnshire. It is owned by Northcliffe Newspapers. The main area for the paper's distribution is in or around Grimsby and Cleethorpes...

is a daily newspaper.

Economy

The North East Lincolnshire towns of Grimsby
Grimsby
Grimsby is a seaport on the Humber Estuary in Lincolnshire, England. It has been the administrative centre of the unitary authority area of North East Lincolnshire since 1996...

, Immingham
Immingham
Immingham is a town in North East Lincolnshire, located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary...

 and Cleethorpes
Cleethorpes
Cleethorpes is a town and unparished area in North East Lincolnshire, England, situated on the estuary of the Humber. It has a population of 31,853 and is a seaside resort.- History :...

, form the economic area known as Greater Grimsby
Greater Grimsby
The North East Lincolnshire towns of Grimsby, Immingham and Cleethorpes, form the economic area known as Greater Grimsby. The main sectors of the Greater Grimsby economy are food and drink; ports and logistics; renewable energy; chemicals and process industries and digital media.- Europe’s food...

. The main sectors of the Greater Grimsby economy are food and drink; ports and logistics; renewable energy; chemicals and process industries and digital media.

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of North and North East Lincolnshire at current basic prices published (pp. 240–253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
Year Regional Gross Value Added Agriculture Industry Services
1995 3,512 82 1,701 1,729
2000 3,861 60 1,805 1,997
2003 4,569 62 1,896 2,611


The area has one power station, the South Humber Bank Power Station
South Humber Bank Power Station
South Humber Bank Power Station is a 1260MW gas-fired power station on South Marsh Road at Stallingborough in North East Lincolnshire of Healing and the A180 near the South Marsh Road Industrial Estate....

, which is owned and operated by Centrica
Centrica
Centrica plc is a multinational utility company, based in the United Kingdom but also with interests in North America. Centrica is the largest supplier of gas to domestic customers in the UK, and one of the largest suppliers of electricity, operating under the trading names "Scottish Gas" in...

 sited at Stallingborough.

Similar to North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire is a unitary authority area in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber in England. For ceremonial purposes it is part of Lincolnshire....

, the area has its fire and police run by Humberside Fire and Rescue Service
Humberside Fire and Rescue Service
Humberside Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering the area of what was the county of Humberside , but now consists of the unitary authorities of East Riding of Yorkshire, Kingston upon Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire in northern England.-Fire...

 and Humberside Police
Humberside Police
Humberside Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing an area covering the East Riding of Yorkshire, the city of Kingston upon Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire...

.

Transport

There are two main roads that link to the unitary authority - the A180 (from the M180
M180 motorway
The M180 motorway is a short but major motorway in England from junction 5 on the M18 motorway in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster to a point close to Humberside Airport some from the ports of Immingham and Grimsby and the east coast and provides access for major routes to Cleethorpes,...

) which was built in 1984, and the A46
A46 road
The A46 is an A road in England. It starts east of Bath, Somerset and ends in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, but it does not form a continuous route. Large portions of the old road have been lost, bypassed, or replaced by motorway development...

 from Lincoln. The A46 terminates in Cleethorpes, previously terminating at the Laceby roundabout, and follows the former route of the A18 through Grimsby and Cleethorpes.

There are good connections by railway from Doncaster and Sheffield, which start at Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport railway station
Manchester Airport railway station is the railway station that serves Manchester Airport and is built into the airport's terminal buildings. The station was opened together with the second airport terminal in 1993.- Description:...

 - the Transpennine Express.

It is transport by sea that the area has national significance. The two ports of Immingham and Grimsby, when combined, have the largest tonnage of freight of any UK port. Immingham has many DFDS freight routes (DFDS Seaways
DFDS Seaways
DFDS Seaways is a large Danish shipping company operating passenger and freight services across Northern Europe. Following the acquisition of Norfolkline in 2010, DFDS restructured its other shipping divisions into the previously passenger only operation of DFDS Seaways.-History:The company has...

 since 2010, the former DFDS Tor Line
DFDS Tor Line
DFDS Tor Line was a freight shipping company owned by the Denmark-based DFDS. DFDS Tor Line was a freight-carrying division of DFDS along with DFDS Lisco, DFDS Lys Line and DFDS Container Line...

) to Europe.

Education

The local LEA has comprehensive schools, becoming comprehensive in the early 1970s when part of the County Borough of Grimsby, and the Lindsey
Lindsey
Lindsey was a unit of local government until 1974 in 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...

 Education Committee, based in Lincoln. However, due to the proximity of West
West Lindsey
West Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England.-History:The district was formed on 1 April 1974, from the urban districts of Gainsborough, Market Rasen, along with Caistor Rural District, Gainsborough Rural District and Welton Rural District...

 and East Lindsey
East Lindsey
East Lindsey is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The council is based in Manby near Louth, and other major settlements in the district include Alford, Spilsby, Mablethorpe, Skegness, Horncastle and Chapel St Leonards....

 which have grammar school
Grammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...

s, some children capable of passing the eleven-plus are bussed over the border to places like Caistor
Caistor
See Caistor St Edmund for the Roman settlement in Norfolk or Caister-on-Sea for the town in NorfolkCaistor is a town and civil parish situated in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. As its name implies, it was originally a Roman castrum or fortress...

, a short journey along the A46. Previous to this Cleethorpes had girls' and boys' grammar schools, and Grimsby had the girls' and boys' (which joined in the late 1960s) Wintringham grammar schools.

The local secondary schools have improved in recent years, but Grimsby still has some of the worst GCSE results in the country. There is a clear cut dichotomy of education up to 16, with schools on the edge of Grimsby and Cleethorpes performing with respectable results, leaving the centre of these towns with struggling schools that have faced closure. Most schools have converted to Academy status, with some also lucky enough to move into brand new spacious buildings. It is more the case that affluent parents would refuse to send their children to schools in central Grimsby, hence the schools on the outer edge do much better.

Once the age of 16 is reached, then the LEA is able to confidently stand on its own two feet and compete with the best. The Franklin College
Franklin College, Grimsby
Franklin College is a sixth form college on Chelmsford Avenue in Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire.-Admissions:It is specifically for students aged 16–19 who want to study for A-levels from the whole of North East Lincolnshire, however mature students are also welcome to enrol and evening classes...

 has a good reputation at A level, and regularly produces the best A level results for state schools in the former area of Humberside
Humberside
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 Estuary, created from portions of the East and West ridings of Yorkshire and parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire...

 (north and south). It was formed by the (Conservative-controlled) Humberside Education Committee, based in Beverly. Sixth formers travelled from East and West Lindsey to attend this college, such was its reputation.

The main FE college in Grimsby is the Grimsby Institute
Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education
The Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education is a further and higher education college in North East Lincolnshire, England.-Grimsby College of Further Education:...

. This offers a wide range of vocational courses and has links with the fishing industry. It offers higher education courses, and has done for many years - HNDs, for vocational subjects. It has the long-term ambition to become a university. The University of Humberside used to have its food science campus at the college, but removed this when it became the University of Lincoln
University of Lincoln
The University of Lincoln is an English university founded in 1992, with origins tracing back to the foundation and association with the Hull School of Art 1861....

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