Politics of Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a ceremonial county in England, United Kingdom. The ceremonial county is a combination of the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire and two unitary authority areas in the north. The non-metropolitan county is governed by the Lincolnshire County Council, which is Conservative controlled, and further divided into seven district councils.[1]

Two further districts - North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire - are unitary authorities because they were previously districts of the controversial Humberside county from 1974.[2] In 1996, Humberside was abolished along with its county council.[3] However some services in those districts are still shared with the East Riding of Yorkshire ceremonial county, rather than the rest Lincolnshire.[4]

Lincolnshire is represented by 11 Members of Parliament (MPs). As of the 2019 general election, all 11 constituencies are represented by the Conservative Party.

  1. ^ "Lincolnshire County Council: Conservatives win 54 out of 70 seats". BBC News. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  2. ^ "House of Commons Hansard Debates". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 26 May 1993. col. 491. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
  3. ^ "Lords Hansard text". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Lords. 6 March 1995. col. 68.
  4. ^ There is still a Humberside Police, a Humberside Airport, a Humberside Fire Service, Humberside Scouts and BBC Radio Humberside.