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North East Lincolnshire: 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.

North East Lincolnshire Council: Unitary authority (unitary), England, Yorkshire and The Humber; part of the GLCA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E06000012.

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 North East Lincolnshire for 2026–27: £2,039.88 of a £2,483.85 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: 1 opened (1 fresh start), 2 closed (1 fresh start, 1 closure)

Ormiston Maritime Academy (secondary) — closed; reason recorded: fresh start, 31 October 2026
Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary Voluntary Academy (primary) — closed; reason recorded: closure, 31 August 2026
Meridian Academy (secondary) — open; reason recorded: fresh start, 1 November 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 North East Lincolnshire reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

North East Lincolnshire: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£91.9 million
Highways and transport services	£14.6 million
Children's social care	£61.8 million
Adult social care	£77.2 million
Public health	£20.7 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£8.1 million
Cultural and related services	£6.3 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£17.6 million
Planning and development services	£1.5 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£17.9 million
Other services	£2.2 million
Total service expenditure	£319.7 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).

Life in North East Lincolnshire: the official facts

Facts about the people who live here: their pay, homes, health and more, from official statistics. They describe the place, not you, and every council gets the same list. Each shows when it was measured.

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Showing: North East Lincolnshire.

People living here: 160,101 people 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsAn official estimate of everyone who lives in the area, in the middle of the year.
Typical age: 43 years 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsHalf the people who live here are younger than this and half are older.
Money to live on, per person, per year: £21,068 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage household income per person after taxes, with benefits added: what people have to spend or save.
Typical weekly pay, before tax: £575 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsFor employees who live here: half earn more than this each week, half earn less.
Children growing up in poverty: 35.5% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsThe share of children under 16 in families on low incomes once housing costs are paid.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits: 4.1% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsThe share of people aged 16 to 64 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work.
Average price of a home: £146,370 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
How many years of pay a home costs: 4.7 times yearly pay 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsA typical home's price divided by the typical yearly pay of people who live here.
Years in good health: women: 54.9 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a girl born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Years in good health: men: 54.7 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a boy born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Greenhouse gases, per person: 6.3 tonnes per person 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroEmissions from the area in a year, shared out per resident, in tonnes of carbon dioxide or its equivalent.
Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband: 94.2% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars: 70.0 per 100,000 people 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublic charging points at all speeds, for every 100,000 people.
Businesses trading here: 5,035 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for North East Lincolnshire from the ONS

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

This council’s area is covered by Greater Lincolnshire combined authority, with its elected mayor.

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

Councillors by party: Reform UK 14, Labour Party 11, Conservative and Unionist 10, Independent / Other 4, Liberal Democrats 3.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

Elections here now: Croft Baker ward (12 November 2026).

All 42 councillors, by ward

Malcolm Morland (Labour Party) — Croft Baker
Marian Jervis (Labour Party) — Croft Baker
Oliver Freeston (Reform UK) — Croft Baker
Loyd Emmerson (Liberal Democrats) — East Marsh
Nicola Aisthorpe (Liberal Democrats) — East Marsh
Steve Beasant (Liberal Democrats) — East Marsh
Karen Batson (Reform UK) — Freshney
Lyndsey Downes (Independent / Other) — Freshney
Paul Bright (Independent / Other) — Freshney
Bill Parkinson (Conservative and Unionist) — Haverstoe
Keith Brookes (Conservative and Unionist) — Haverstoe
Samuel Grice (Reform UK) — Haverstoe
Emma Clough (Labour Party) — Heneage
Ingrid Oliver (Reform UK) — Heneage
Matthew Patrick (Labour Party) — Heneage
Hayden Dawkins (Conservative and Unionist) — Humberston and New Waltham
Simon Taylor (Reform UK) — Humberston and New Waltham
Stan Shreeve (Conservative and Unionist) — Humberston and New Waltham
Blake Russell (Reform UK) — Immingham
Karen Swinburn (Conservative and Unionist) — Immingham
Trevor Crofts (Conservative and Unionist) — Immingham
Marian Boyd (Conservative and Unionist) — Park
Nige Oliver (Reform UK) — Park
Robson Augusta (Labour Party) — Park
Dan Humphrey (Labour Party) — Scartho
Ian Lindley (Conservative and Unionist) — Scartho
Tony Charlesworth (Reform UK) — Scartho
Bob Callison (Reform UK) — Sidney Sussex
Edward Kaczmarek (Labour Party) — Sidney Sussex
Janet Haggis (Labour Party) — Sidney Sussex
Janet Goodwin (Labour Party) — South
Paul Batson (Reform UK) — South
Sheldon Mill (Labour Party) — South
James Sawkins (Reform UK) — Waltham
Philip Jackson (Conservative and Unionist) — Waltham
Karl Wilson (Labour Party) — West Marsh
Tanya Brasted (Reform UK) — West Marsh
Darren Mayne (Reform UK) — Wolds
Henry Hudson (Conservative and Unionist) — Wolds
John Mills (Reform UK) — Yarborough
Les Bonner (Independent / Other) — Yarborough
Paul Henderson (Independent / Other) — Yarborough

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.