Lincolnshire County Council

From the middle ages it was administered in three parts, called Holland, Kesteven and Lindsey, each of which had their own quarter sessions.[4] 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.Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:[8][9] The leaders of the council since 1974 have been:[10] Following the 2021 election and a change of allegiance in summer 2023, the composition of the council was:[15] Of the four independent councillors, three sit with the Lincolnshire Independent councillor as the "Independent Group", and one does not belong to any group.Since the last boundary changes in 2017 the county has been divided into 70 electoral divisions, each of which elects one councillor.
Lincolnshire mobile library at Pode Hole .
Non-metropolitan countyConservativeLeaderChief ExecutiveLabourSouth Holland Ind.IndependentLiberal DemocratsLincolnshire Ind.Voting systemFirst-past-the-post4 May 20211 May 2025County OfficesLincolncounty councilLincolnshireceremonial countyNorth LincolnshireNorth East Lincolnshireunitary authoritieshistoric counties of EnglandHollandKestevenLindseyquarter sessionscounty corporateadministrative countycounty boroughLocal Government Act 1972Holland County CouncilKesteven County CouncilLindsey County CouncilCounty Borough of LincolnPode Holecounty-levelDistrict-levelBostonEast LindseyNorth KestevenSouth HollandSouth KestevenWest Lindseycivil parishesNo overall controlleaders of the councilAnthony ThoroldRob ParkerJim SpeechleyIan Croft2021 electionSouth Holland IndependentsLincolnshire IndependentLincolnshire County Council electionselectoral divisionscouncillorJill Helen BarrowDavid BowlesLocal Government Act 1888legislation.gov.ukThe National ArchivesHM GovernmentBBC News OnlineCounty councils of EnglandCambridgeshireCornwallDerbyshireDurhamEast SussexGloucestershireHampshireHertfordshireIsle of WightLancashireLeicestershireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshireShropshireSomersetStaffordshireSuffolkSurreyWarwickshireWest SussexWiltshireWorcestershire