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Humberside County Council was the county council of the non-metropolitan county of Humberside in northern England.

History

Humberside was a non-metropolitan county governed by Humberside County Council and nine non-metropolitan district councils. The county council came into its powers on 1 April 1974 and was abolished in 1996.[1] The county council was based at County Hall in Beverley.[2] On 1 April 1996 the county council was replaced with four unitary authorities: North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, Kingston upon Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire.[1]

The coat of arms was submitted to the council for approval by a resident of Humberside (in Thorngumbald), and depicts several characters in the blazon. The shield bears two Yorkshire roses, a pair of gold fleur-de-lys for Lincolnshire and a gold ducet for Hull. The crest depicts a blue eagle issuing from the old East Riding arms - an allusion of the new deriving from the old. The eagles has droplets on its wings, representing North Sea oil. A sword represents Scunthorpe steel, with a dolphin, anchor, waves and globe representing the docks and shipping of the Humber, and the goddess Ceres represents agriculture.[3]

Political control

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council from 1973 until its abolition in 1996 was held by the following parties:[4][5]

Party in control Years
Labour 1973–1977
Conservative 1977–1981
Labour 1981–1985
No overall control 1985–1989
Labour 1989–1996

Leadership

The leaders of the council included:

Councillor Party From To
Harry Lewis[6] Labour 1974 1977
John Townend[7] Conservative 1977 1979
Spencer Rudkin[8] Conservative pre-1981 May 1981
Michael Wheaton[9] Labour May 1981 post-1982
Terry Geraghty Labour pre-1985 May 1993
Maggie Smith[10] Labour May 1993 Mar 1996

Council elections

County result maps

  • 1981 results map
    1981 results map

References

  1. ^ a b "The Humberside (Structural Change) Order 1995". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1982, p. 628
  3. ^ Kershaw, Ronald (15 July 1976). "Humberside". The Times. No. 59796. p. 20. ISSN 0140-0460.
  4. ^ "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Humberside County Council Election Results 1973-1993" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  6. ^ Aldous, Tony (1 March 1976). "Who belongs to Humberside?". Illustrated London News. pp. 48–50. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Classified list of election results". The Times. London. 11 June 1983. p. 25.
  8. ^ "Humberside rates". The Times. London. 16 April 1981. p. 15.
  9. ^ O'Leary, Patrick (17 July 1981). "The Humber Bridge". The Times. London. p. 12.
  10. ^ "Former Labour leaders deny conspiracy claim". Grimsby Daily Telegraph. 27 February 1993. p. 3. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
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