North East Lincolnshire Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of North East Lincolnshire in Lincolnshire, England. It was created on 1 April 1996 replacing Cleethorpes, Great Grimsby and Humberside County Council.
The first election to the council was held in 1995, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1996. Political control of the council since 1995 has been held by the following parties:[1]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Labour | 1995–2003 | |
No overall control (Con/Lib coalition) | 2003–2011 | |
No overall control (Labour minority) | 2011–2012 | |
Labour | 2012–2014 | |
No overall control (Labour minority with Lib Dem support) | 2014–2019 | |
Conservative | 2019–present |
The leaders of the council since 2015 have been:[2]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ray Oxby[3] | Labour | May 2015 | 11 Mar 2019 | |
Philip Jackson | Conservative | 21 May 2019 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sheldon James Mill | 692 | 41.3 | ||
Conservative | Steve Holland | 650 | 38.8 | ||
Independent | Mick Kiff | 231 | 13.8 | ||
UKIP | Barry Charles Fisher | 78 | 4.7 | ||
Green | Loyd Layton Emmerson | 24 | 1.4 | ||
Majority | 42 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Janet Angela Goodwin | 758 | 50.6 | ||
UKIP | Stephen Whittingham | 462 | 30.8 | ||
Conservative | Paul David Batson | 212 | 14.2 | ||
Green | Lloyd Layton Emmerson | 40 | 2.7 | ||
TUSC | Val O'Flynn | 26 | 1.7 | ||
Majority | 296 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Annie Darby | 768 | 37.0 | ||
Conservative | Hayden Dawkins | 513 | 24.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Roy Horobin | 323 | 15.6 | ||
UKIP | Graham John Critchley | 318 | 15.3 | ||
TUSC | Dave Mitchell | 85 | 4.1 | ||
Green | James William Barker | 66 | 3.1 | ||
Majority | 255 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Stephen William Harness | 1,098 | 42.0 | ||
Conservative | Harry Hall | 738 | 28.2 | ||
Labour | Ashley David Smith | 470 | 18.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen John Stead | 311 | 11.9 | ||
Majority | 360 | ||||
UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing |