South Holland is a
local government district
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of
Lincolnshire
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, England. The council is based in
Spalding. Other notable towns and villages include
Crowland
Crowland (modern usage) or Croyland (medieval era name and the one still in ecclesiastical use; cf. ) is a town and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated between Peterborough and Spalding. Crowland ...
,
Sutton Bridge
Sutton Bridge is a town and civil parish in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated on the A17 road, north from Wisbech and west from King's Lynn. The village includes a commercial dock on the west bank of the ...
,
Donington,
Holbeach
Holbeach is a market town and civil parish in the South Holland District in Lincolnshire, England. The town lies from Spalding; from Boston; from King's Lynn; from Peterborough; and by road from Lincoln. It is on the junction of the ...
and
Long Sutton. The district is named after the historical division of Lincolnshire known as the
Parts of Holland.
The neighbouring districts are
Boston
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,
North Kesteven,
South Kesteven
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,
Peterborough
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,
Fenland and
King's Lynn and West Norfolk
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.
History
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the
Local Government Act 1972
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. It covered the area of three former districts from the
administrative county
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of
Holland
Holland is a geographical regionG. Geerts & H. Heestermans, 1981, ''Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal. Deel I'', Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht, p 1105 and former provinces of the Netherlands, province on the western coast of the Netherland ...
, which were all abolished at the same time:
*
East Elloe Rural District
*
Spalding Rural District
*
Spalding Urban District
The new district was named South Holland referencing its position within Holland, one of the three historic
parts of Lincolnshire
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.
In 2021 the district council joined
East Lindsey District Council and
Boston Borough Council in the "South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership" which shares management and other staff.
Governance
South Holland District Council provides
district-level services.
County-level services are provided by
Lincolnshire County Council. Much of the district is also covered by
civil parish
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es, which form a third tier of local government. The town of Spalding is an
unparished area
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.
Political control
The council has been under
Conservative
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majority control since 2003.
The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:
Leadership
The
leaders of the council since 2003 have been:
Composition
Following the
2023 election, a by-election in November 2023, and changes of allegiance up to March 2025, the composition of the council was:
The
South Holland Independents and three independent councillors sit together as the "Independent Group". The next election is due in 2027.
Premises
The council is based at the Council Offices on Priory Road in Spalding. The original building had been completed in 1954 for the Spalding Rural District Council, one of the modern council's predecessors. A large extension was added in front of the original building in 1991.
Elections
Since the last boundary changes in 2007 the council has comprised 37
councillor
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s representing 18
wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years.
Demographics
There were 76,512 residents in the district at the 2001 census.
The median age was nearly 43.
[ 82.6% of people in the district claimed to adhere to a Christian religion – the highest proportion of any district in the ]East Midlands
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.
The 2011 census reports 88,270 people at 1.2 per hectare in 37,264 households.
Much of the district is low-lying and highly fertile agricultural land which is protected from flooding by land drainage. This is the responsibility of the South Holland Internal Drainage Board and the Environment Agency
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.
Media
In terms of television, the area is served by BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire and ITV Yorkshire
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broadcast from the Belmont transmitter. BBC East Midlands and ITV Central
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can also be received from the Waltham TV transmitter. With the co-channel interference
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from the Waltham transmitter, a small number of households in the southern tip of the district are able to receive BBC East and ITV Anglia
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.
Radio stations for the area are:
*BBC Radio Lincolnshire
BBC Radio Lincolnshire is the Local BBC Radio, BBC's local radio station serving the county of Lincolnshire.
It broadcasts on frequency modulation, FM, Digital Audio Broadcasting, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios near Newport Ar ...
on 104.7 FM and 94.9 FM
* BBC Radio Cambridgeshire can also be received on 95.7 FM,
* Lincs FM on DAB
* Greatest Hits Radio Lincolnshire on 96.7FM and 102.2 FM
* Connect Radio on 106.8 FM
* Heart East on 102.7 FM
* Tulip Radio (for Spalding) on 107.5 FM
Arms
References
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Non-metropolitan districts of Lincolnshire
Local government districts of the East Midlands