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Lincolnshire County Council.

Council with no overall control county. £740m net revenue. 155 wards across 8 parliamentary constituencies. Comprises 7 districts: Boston, East Lindsey, Lincoln, North Kesteven, South Holland, South Kesteven, West Lindsey.

Typecounty
Seats0 councillors · 155 wards
Net revenue · 2025-26
£740m
Core spending power (MHCLG)
Band-D bill
For the council slice (incl. precepts)
Composition
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Westminster
8
constituencies overlap · 3 MP parties
Dispatch
8 Jun 2026

Council chamber, 3-party MP geography.

Lincolnshire County Council is a county with no overall control. Net revenue is £740m for 2025-26. It covers 155 wards spanning 8 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 3 parties — a heterogeneous setup.

§Districts.7 districts · Band D £2,187–£2,280
DistrictBand D billCounty tax sourcedWards
Boston£2,236.62£33.5m15
East Lindsey£2,201.57£77.7m37
Lincoln£2,260.98£42.2m11
North Kesteven£2,261.06£63.2m24
South Holland£2,205.31£50.0m18
South Kesteven£2,186.95£81.6m30
West Lindsey£2,279.77£53.1m20

Band D is the full household bill (county + district + police + fire + parish). “County tax sourced” is Lincolnshire County Council’s own precept (£1625.85/yr at Band D) collected through each district’s tax base — totalling £410.6m.

§ 01Composition.0 seats

Who sits in the chamber.

Councillors — the people.

Councillor data not yet ingested for Lincolnshire County Council.

§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

55%
Council tax
£410.6m · median 66%
34%
Central grants
£254.5m · median 27%
10%
Business rates
£75.2m · median 7%

This is a grant-heavy councils (county): 55% from council tax vs the cohort median of 66%.

Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)

Band-D bill.

Council slice£1,626

Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish

For household tax breakdown

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§ 03Service spend, ranked against peers.11 buckets · vs 20 other councils (county)

How does Lincolnshire County Council split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (county)-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.

Education41.4% of net spend · cohort median 40%
8 of 21+3% vs median
Adult Social Care28.4% of net spend · cohort median 31%
16 of 21-10% vs median
Children's Services12.5% of net spend · cohort median 14%
15 of 21-9% vs median
Highways & Transport5.7% of net spend · cohort median 4%
1 of 21+41% vs median
Public Health3.3% of net spend · cohort median 3%
13 of 21-3% vs median
Protective Services3.0% of net spend · cohort median 3%
2 of 9+8% vs median
Waste & Recycling2.8% of net spend · cohort median 3%
16 of 21-17% vs median
Culture & Leisure1.0% of net spend · cohort median 1%
11 of 210% vs median
Corporate & Central0.8% of net spend · cohort median 1%
16 of 21-42% vs median
Planning & Economic Development0.8% of net spend · cohort median 0%
5 of 21+159% vs median
Housing & Homelessness0.4% of net spend · cohort median 0%
2 of 18+84% vs median
How to read these bars

The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.

Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.

§ 04Top suppliers.61,535 payments · £271.4m gross · 3 Dec 20259 Dec 2026

Every invoice over £500, published under the Local Government Transparency Code. Best-effort, not statutory — counts and totals net negatives (refunds/reversals).

Top by total — last 180 days

SupplierPaidSharePmts
BALFOUR BEATTY - LIVING PLACES LTD£15.40m5.7%10
REDACTED - SPECIFIC VENDOR£12.79m4.7%9,235
WILLMOTT DIXON CONSTRUCTION LTD£8.13m3.0%3
REDACTED - SPECIFIC ACCOUNT£7.46m2.8%1,003
LINCOLNSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST£4.86m1.8%11
VERSION 1 SOLUTIONS LTD£3.93m1.4%53
GALLIFORD TRY INFRASTRUCTURE LTD£3.78m1.4%3
VINCI CONSTRUCTION UK LTD T/A VINCI FACILITIES£3.68m1.4%3
MILLBROOK HEALTHCARE LTD£3.29m1.2%7
ALDERSON LTD (LIBERTAS)£3.22m1.2%53

By service area · top supplier

ServiceTop supplierPaid
Corporate And CentralREDACTED - SPECIFIC ACCOUNT£6.52m
Adult Social CareREDACTED - SPECIFIC VENDOR£5.87m
Waste And RecyclingFCC ENVIRONMENT (LINCOLNSHIRE) LIMITED£2.18m
EducationQUEEN ELIZABETH'S HIGH SCHOOL£1.97m
Childrens ServicesREDACTED - SPECIFIC VENDOR£0.44m
§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.155 wards split across 8 parliamentary seats

Lincolnshire County Council’s territory crosses 8 Westminster constituencies, with 3 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.

ConstituencyWards% of councilCurrent MP
Boston and Skegness2617% Richard TiceRef
Louth and Horncastle2617% Victoria AtkinsCon
Grantham and Bourne2214% Gareth DaviesCon
Gainsborough2013% Edward LeighCon
Sleaford and North Hykeham2013% Caroline JohnsonCon
South Holland and The Deepings2013% John HayesCon
Lincoln128% Hamish FalconerLab
Rutland and Stamford96% Alicia KearnsCon
Of note · the mixed-MP geography

This council holds 6 Con, 1 Ref and 1 Lab MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a -controlled county — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
CompositionDemocracy Club (live)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Net revenueMHCLG Final LGFS
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
Service spendDerived from MHCLG CSP shares
vs 20 other councils (county)
SuppliersCouncil publication under LGTC
61,535 payments · 3 Dec 20259 Dec 2026
Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries
PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level