Boston (borough)

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Borough of Boston
Image:LincolnshireBoston.png Shown within the non-metropolitan county of Lincolnshire
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	East Midlands
Admin. County:	Lincolnshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 132nd 361.54 km²
Admin. HQ:	Boston
ONS code:	32UB
Demographics
Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density	Ranked 331st 58,300 161 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.4% White
Politics
Boston Borough Council http://www.boston.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Mayor:	Cllr.Michael Brookes
Executive:	Independent
MP:	Mark Simmonds

Boston is a local government district with borough status in Lincolnshire, England. Its council is based in the town of Boston. It lies around N53°0'0" W0°0'0".

Boston borough borders East Lindsey to the north, The Wash to the east, South Holland to the south, and North Kesteven to the west.

Post codes used in the district are: in Boston town, PE21 and elsewhere, PE20 and PE22.

1 History
2 Management
3 Politics
- 3.1 Boston Borough Council
4 Electoral arrangements
- 4.1 The town electoral wards
- 4.2 The rural electoral wards

[edit] History

The borough was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the former borough of Boston with Boston Rural District.

Until 1974, Lincolnshire comprised three parts, like the ridings of Yorkshire. In Lincolnshire, "parts" was the formal designation. They were Lindsey, Kesteven and Holland. In their final form, they were each, in effect, a county. The 1974 changes divided the Parts of Holland into two districts; the Borough of Boston is the northern one.

[edit] Management

Summary of the Council's organization.
Day to day management
Key to descriptions of council services.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Boston Borough Council

Summary of council election results:

	Overall control	Conservative	Labour	Lib Dem	Others
2007	Others	5	0	0	27
2003	No overall control	12	11	4	5
1999	No overall control	14	10	3	5

[edit] Electoral arrangements

The Borough includes the town of Boston and 18 other, rural wards.

[edit] The town electoral wards

They are as follows:

	Councillor(s)	Entered Office	Political party
Central Ward	Mike Gilbert	3 May 2007	Con
Fenside Ward	Guy Curley & Shelia Newell	3 May 2007	BBI
North Ward	Gerry Clare & Peter Jordan	3 May 2007	BBI
Pilgrim Ward	John Ruskin	3 May 2007	Con
Skirbeck Ward	Anne Dorrian, Dave Hobson & Paddy Rush	3 May 2007	BBI
South Ward	Alison Austin	3 May 2007	BBI
Stanliand North Ward	David Lingard	3 May 2007	BBI
Stanliand South Ward	Martin Clarkson & Ray Newell	3 May 2007	BBI
West Ward	Brenda Owen	3 May 2007	BBI
Witham Ward	Graham Dovey & Jim Blaylock	3 May 2007	BBI

[edit] The rural electoral wards

Each comprises one or more civil parishes:

	Councillor(s)	Entered Office	Political party
Coastal Ward	Neil McGregor & Peter Bedford	3 May 2007	BBI & Con
Fishtoft Ward	Richard Lenton, Elizabeth Barker & Helen Staples	3 May 2007	BBI
Five Village Ward	Tony Clarke & Witts	3 May 2007	BBI
Frampton & Holme Ward	Brian Rush	3 May 2007	BBI
Kirton Ward	Richard Dungworth & John Rylatt	3 May 2007	BBI & Con
Old Leake & Wrangle Ward	John Grant & Maureen Dennis	3 May 2007	BBI & Con
Swineshead & Holland Fen Ward	Michael Brookes & Richard Leggott	3 May 2007	Ind
Wyberton Ward	Richard Austin & John Storry	3 May 2007	BBI