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North 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.
North Lincolnshire Council: Unitary authority (unitary), England, Yorkshire and The Humber; part of the GLCA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Road maintenance: Reporting
- Street lighting: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Primary school places: Applications for service
- Secondary school places: Applications for service
- Library facilities: Providing information
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by North Lincolnshire for 2026–27: £1,884.70 of a £2,348.46 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | £161.9 million |
| Highways and transport services | £12.3 million |
| Children's social care | £42.8 million |
| Adult social care | £88.2 million |
| Public health | £13.6 million |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £8.0 million |
| Cultural and related services | £12.8 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £28.0 million |
| Planning and development services | £3.6 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £8.3 million |
| Other services | £926,000 |
| Total service expenditure | £380.5 million |
Life in North Lincolnshire: the official facts
- People living here
- 171,421 people
- Typical age
- 45 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £20,892
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £614
- Children growing up in poverty
- 30.1%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 3.5%
- Average price of a home
- £180,345
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 5.1 times yearly pay
- Years in good health: women
- 59.6 years
- Years in good health: men
- 58.7 years
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 28.9 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 93.8%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 105.1 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 5,775 businesses
Who runs the council
This council’s area is covered by Greater Lincolnshire combined authority, with its elected mayor.
43 seats in 2026. Run by: Conservatives, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 27, Labour Party 15, Reform UK 1.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 43 councillors, by ward
- Andrea Davison (Labour Party) — Ashby Central
- Mick Grant (Labour Party) — Ashby Central
- Judith Matthews (Labour Party) — Ashby Lakeside
- Max Bell (Labour Party) — Ashby Lakeside
- Caroline Finch (Conservative and Unionist) — Axholme Central
- Tim Mitchell (Conservative and Unionist) — Axholme Central
- Ian Bint (Conservative and Unionist) — Axholme North
- Julie Reed (Conservative and Unionist) — Axholme North
- David Rose (Conservative and Unionist) — Axholme South
- Judy Kennedy (Conservative and Unionist) — Axholme South
- Christine Patterson (Conservative and Unionist) — Barton
- Keith Vickers (Conservative and Unionist) — Barton
- Paul Vickers (Conservative and Unionist) — Barton
- Janet Longcake (Conservative and Unionist) — Bottesford
- John Davison (Conservative and Unionist) — Bottesford
- Margaret Armiger (Conservative and Unionist) — Bottesford
- Carl Sherwood (Conservative and Unionist) — Brigg & Wolds
- Nigel Sherwood (Conservative and Unionist) — Brigg & Wolds
- Robert Waltham (Conservative and Unionist) — Brigg & Wolds
- Carol Ross (Conservative and Unionist) — Broughton & Scawby
- Janet Lee (Conservative and Unionist) — Broughton & Scawby
- Daniel Hart (Labour Party) — Brumby
- Ellen Dew (Reform UK) — Brumby
- Len Foster (Labour Party) — Brumby
- Josh Walshe (Conservative and Unionist) — Burringham & Gunness
- Elaine Marper (Conservative and Unionist) — Burton upon Stather & Winterton
- Helen Rowson (Conservative and Unionist) — Burton upon Stather & Winterton
- Ralph Ogg (Conservative and Unionist) — Burton upon Stather & Winterton
- Christine O'Sullivan (Labour Party) — Crosby & Park
- Helen Yates (Labour Party) — Crosby & Park
- Naseer Ahmed (Labour Party) — Crosby & Park
- David Wells (Conservative and Unionist) — Ferry
- Peter Clark (Conservative and Unionist) — Ferry
- Richard Hannigan (Conservative and Unionist) — Ferry
- Darryl Southern (Labour Party) — Frodingham
- Tony Ellerby (Labour Party) — Frodingham
- Helen Rayner (Labour Party) — Kingsway with Lincoln Gardens
- Tony Gosling (Labour Party) — Kingsway with Lincoln Gardens
- Neil Poole (Conservative and Unionist) — Messingham
- David Garritt (Conservative and Unionist) — Ridge
- Trevor Foster (Conservative and Unionist) — Ridge
- Lorraine Yeadon (Labour Party) — Town
- Mashook Ali (Labour Party) — Town