City of Lincoln Council
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Type
Type
Leadership
Biff Bean,
Labour
since 16 May 2023[1]
Ric Metcalfe,
Labour
since 24 May 2011[2]
Angela Andrews
since September 2014[3]
Structure
Seats33 councillors
Political groups
Administration
  Labour (20)
Other parties
  Conservative (9)
  Liberal Democrats (4)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
Last election
4 May 2023
Next election
2 May 2024
Meeting place
Guildhall, Saltergate, Lincoln, LN1 1DH
Website
www.lincoln.gov.uk

The City of Lincoln Council is the local authority for the district of Lincoln, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. The council consists of 33 councillors, three for each of the 11 wards in the city.[4] It is currently controlled by the Labour Party, led by Ric Metcalfe.[5] The administrative headquarters is at Lincoln City Hall although council meetings are held at the guildhall.[6]

History

The city of Lincoln had been an ancient borough and was made a county corporate in 1409 with its own court of quarter sessions, making it independent from the Lindsey Quarter Sessions. The borough corporation was reformed in 1836 to become a municipal borough.[7] When elected county councils were established in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888 to take over the local government functions of the quarter sessions, Lincoln was considered large enough to provide its own county-level services and so it was made a county borough, independent from the new Lindsey County Council.[8]

On 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, Lincoln was reconstituted to become a non-metropolitan district, altering its powers and responsibilities but keeping the same area and name. The separate county councils which had existed for each of the Parts of Lincolnshire were also amalgamated to create a single Lincolnshire County Council for the first time, with responsibility for county-level services in the city of Lincoln too.[9]

Governance

City of Lincoln Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Lincolnshire County Council. There are no civil parishes in the city, which is an unparished area.[10][11]

Political control

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2011.

Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms has been as follows:[12][13]

Party in controlYears
Democratic Labour1974–1978
No overall control1978–1979
Conservative1979–1982
Labour1982–2007
Conservative2007–2010
No overall control2010–2011
Labour2011–present

Leadership

The role of Mayor of Lincoln is now largely ceremonial. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1974 have been:[14]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Fred Allen Democratic Labour1 Apr 1974May 1975
Jean Bates[15][16] Democratic LabourMay 19753 Oct 1978
Cecil Robinson[17] Conservative3 Oct 1978May 1979
Jim Sullivan[18] ConservativeMay 1979May 1982
Peter Archer[19] LabourMay 1982May 1984
Derek Miller[20] LabourMay 1984May 1993
Chris Meanwell[21] LabourMay 1993May 1995
Roland Hurst LabourMay 1995May 1999
Ric Metcalfe[22] Labour18 May 199922 May 2007
Edmund Strengiel Conservative22 May 2007May 2008
Darren Grice ConservativeMay 200824 May 2011
Ric Metcalfe Labour24 May 2011

Composition

Following the 2023 election, the composition of the council was:[23]

Party Councillors
Labour20
Conservative9
Liberal Democrats4
Total33

The next election is due in 2024.

Elections

Since the last boundary changes in 2016 the council has comprised 33 councillors representing 11 wards, with each ward electing three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council (one councillor for each ward) elected each time for a four year term of office. Lincolnshire County Council elections are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no city council elections.[24]

Premises

City Hall, Beaumont Fee, Lincoln, LN1 1DD: Council's main offices

Council meetings are held at the Guildhall on Saltergate; the current building was completed c. 1520 on a site which had been used as a guildhall since 1237, having been created from part of one of the gates in the city wall.[25][26][27]

The council's main offices are at City Hall on Beaumont Fee, which was built in 1973 and formally opened on 16 March 1974.[28]

References

  1. ↑ "Council minutes, 16 May 2023". City of Lincoln Council. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Council minutes, 24 May 2011" (PDF). City of Lincoln Council. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Lincoln council appoints new chief executive". ITV News. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Councillors". City of Lincoln Council. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Ric Metcalfe: Coal is the dirtiest of all green house gases". The Lincolnite. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Famous Lincoln landmark wins prestigious award". Lincolnshire Live. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  7. ↑ Municipal Corporations Act 1835
  8. ↑ "Relationships and changes Lincoln MB/CB through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "Local Government Act 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1972 c. 70, retrieved 31 May 2023
  11. ↑ "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  12. ↑ "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  13. ↑ "Lincoln". BBC News Online. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
  14. ↑ "Council minutes". City of Lincoln Council. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  15. ↑ "Woman leader for city council". Lincolnshire Echo. Lincoln. 1 March 1975. p. 1. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  16. ↑ "Tories take over – and get warning from Dem-Labs". Lincolnshire Echo. Lincoln. 4 October 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  17. ↑ "City Council leader not to stand". Lincolnshire Echo. Lincoln. 27 March 1979. p. 1. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  18. ↑ "Tories draw up 'Better Lincoln' plan". Lincolnshire Echo. Lincoln. 10 May 1979. p. 1. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  19. ↑ "Lincoln's rulers decide future". Lincolnshire Echo. Lincoln. 7 May 1982. p. 1. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  20. ↑ "Leader retires". Lincoln Target. 13 May 1993. p. 9. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  21. ↑ "Leader goes in Labour Party's shake-up". Lincolnshire Echo. Lincoln. 9 May 1995. p. 3. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  22. ↑ "New boss for City Council". Lincolnshire Echo. Lincoln. 10 May 1999. p. 12. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  23. ↑ "Local elections 2023: live council results for England". The Guardian.
  24. ↑ "The Lincoln (Electoral Changes) Order 2015", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2015/1461
  25. ↑ Historic England. "Stonebow and Guildhall, Lincoln (1388605)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  26. ↑ "The Stonebow and Guildhall" (PDF). Lincolnshire Museums. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  27. ↑ Antram, N.; Pevsner, N.; J., Harris (1989). The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire. Yale University Press. p. 503. ISBN 978-0300096200.
  28. ↑ "City Hall opened - and relic saved". Lincolnshire Echo. Lincoln. 18 March 1974. p. 7. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
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