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East Lindsey: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

East Lindsey District Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, East Midlands; within the county of LIN. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Lincolnshire County Council. ONS code E07000137.

Council website

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by East Lindsey for 2026–27: £176.67 of a £2,275.88 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 2 opened (1 new provision, 1 result of amalgamation), 2 closed (2 result of amalgamation/merger)

Frithville Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: result of amalgamation/merger, 31 August 2026
New York Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: result of amalgamation/merger, 31 August 2026
Venture Independent School — open; reason recorded: new provision, 4 September 2026
West Fen Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: result of amalgamation, 1 September 2026

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as East Lindsey reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

East Lindsey: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	none budgeted
Highways and transport services	−£1.4 million
Children's social care	none budgeted
Adult social care	none budgeted
Public health	none budgeted
Housing services (general fund only)	£3.9 million
Cultural and related services	£5.5 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£15.4 million
Planning and development services	£2.2 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£7.4 million
Other services	none budgeted
Total service expenditure	£33.0 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

East Lindsey in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 145,183 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 54 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £23,534 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £548 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 33.6% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 3.2% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £214,508 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 7.0 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Greenhouse gas emissions: 7.5 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 67.0% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 143.3 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 4,885 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

55 seats in 2026. Run by: Conservatives, as a minority administration. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 26, Independent / Other 14, Reform UK 6, Labour Party 6, Liberal Democrats 1, East Lindsey Independent Group 1, Green Party (E&W) 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 55 councillors, by ward

Graham Marsh (Conservative and Unionist) — Alford
Sarah Devereux (Conservative and Unionist) — Alford
Richard Fry (Conservative and Unionist) — Binbrook
Jimmy Brookes (Reform UK) — Burgh le Marsh
Paul Sutton (Reform UK) — Chapel St Leonards
Roger Dawson (Labour Party) — Chapel St Leonards
Alex Hall (Conservative and Unionist) — Coningsby & Mareham
James Knowles (Conservative and Unionist) — Coningsby & Mareham
Martin Foster (Conservative and Unionist) — Coningsby & Mareham
Carl Drury (Conservative and Unionist) — Croft
Carleen Dickinson (Reform UK) — Friskney
Edward Mossop (Independent / Other) — Fulstow
Terry Knowles (Reform UK) — Grimoldby
Will Grover (Conservative and Unionist) — Hagworthingham
Terry Taylor (Conservative and Unionist) — Halton Holegate
Stephen Lyons (Conservative and Unionist) — Holton-le-Clay & North Thoresby
Terry Aldridge (Independent / Other) — Holton-le-Clay & North Thoresby
Fiona Martin (Liberal Democrats) — Horncastle
Richard Avison (Conservative and Unionist) — Horncastle
Sandra Campbell-Wardman (Independent / Other) — Horncastle
Colin Davie (Conservative and Unionist) — Ingoldmells
Adam Grist (Conservative and Unionist) — Legbourne
Claire Arnold (Labour Party) — Mablethorpe
Graham Cullen (Labour Party) — Mablethorpe
Kate Marnoch (Labour Party) — Mablethorpe
Daniel McNally (Conservative and Unionist) — Marshchapel & Somercotes
Paul Rickett (Conservative and Unionist) — Marshchapel & Somercotes
David Hall (Labour Party) — North Holme
Andrew Leonard (Independent / Other) — Priory & St James'
Darren Hobson (Independent / Other) — Priory & St James'
William Gray (Conservative and Unionist) — Roughton
Billy Brookes (Independent / Other) — Scarbrough & Seacroft
Dick Edginton (Conservative and Unionist) — Scarbrough & Seacroft
Steve Kirk (Conservative and Unionist) — Scarbrough & Seacroft
Neil Jones (Conservative and Unionist) — Sibsey & Stickney
Tom Ashton (Conservative and Unionist) — Sibsey & Stickney
Ellie Marsh (Independent / Other) — Spilsby
Mark Dannatt (Reform UK) — St Clement's
Richard Cunnington (East Lindsey Independent Group) — St Clement's
Samuel Kemp (Conservative and Unionist) — St Margaret's
Jill Makinson-Sanders (Independent / Other) — St Mary's
George Horton (Independent / Other) — St Michael's
Robert Watson (Green Party (E&W)) — Sutton on Sea
Stef Bristow (Independent / Other) — Sutton on Sea
Daniel Simpson (Independent / Other) — Tetford & Donington
Steve McMillan (Independent / Other) — Tetney
Rosalind Jackson (Labour Party) — Trinity
Wendy Bowkett (Conservative and Unionist) — Wainfleet
Stephen Eyre (Independent / Other) — Willoughby with Sloothby
Carl Macey (Conservative and Unionist) — Winthorpe
Danny Brookes (Reform UK) — Winthorpe
Travis Hesketh (Independent / Other) — Withern & Theddlethorpe
Craig Leyland (Conservative and Unionist) — Woodhall Spa
Thomas Kemp (Conservative and Unionist) — Woodhall Spa
Ruchira Yarsley (Conservative and Unionist) — Wragby

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Council list: mySociety, UK Local Authorities (CC BY 4.0) and WhatDoTheyKnow authorities (CC BY-SA 4.0); council websites, tiers and service links: GOV.UK (Open Government Licence); codes: ONS Code History Database (Open Government Licence). Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.