Borough of Boston

Borough of Boston
Borough
Shown within the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	East Midlands
Administrative county	Lincolnshire
Admin. HQ	Boston
Government
• Type	Boston Borough Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• Executive:	Conservative
• MPs:	Mark Simmonds
Area
• Total	140.9 sq mi (364.9 km²)
Area rank	116th
Population (mid-2014 est.)
• Total	64,637
• Rank	Ranked 305th
• Density	460/sq mi (180/km²)
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	British Summer Time (UTC+1)
ONS code	32UB (ONS) E07000136 (GSS)
Ethnicity	98.4% White
Website	boston.gov.uk

The Borough of Boston is a local government district with borough status in Lincolnshire, England. Its council is based in the town of Boston. It lies around N 53°0' W 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.

History

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

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

Management

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

Political composition

The political composition of the council following the elections in May 2015 is as follows:^[1]

Party		Councillors
	Conservatives	13
	UKIP	12
	Independent Group	2
	Labour	2
	Unaligned	1

No party has a majority, but the Conservatives have minority control as of May 2015.^[2]

Election results

For full election results see: Boston local elections.

Electoral arrangements

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

The town electoral wards

They are as follows:

Central Ward elects one councillor.
Fenside Ward elects two councillors 1 2.
North Ward elects two councillors 1 2.
Pilgrim Ward elects one councillor.
Skirbeck Ward elects three councillors 1 2 3.
South Ward elects one councillor.
Staniland North Ward elects one councillor.
Staniland South Ward elects two councillors 1 2.
West Ward elects one councillor.
Witham Ward elects two councillors 1 2.

The rural electoral wards

Each comprises one or more civil parishes:

Coastal Ward elects two councillors 1 2.
Fishtoft Ward elects three councillors 1 2 3.
Five Village Ward elects two councillors 1 2.
Frampton & Holme Ward elects one councillor.
Kirton Ward elects two councillors 1 2.
Old Leake & Wrangle Ward elects two councillors 1 2.
Swineshead & Holland Fen Ward elects two councillors 1 2.
Wyberton Fen Ward elects two councillors 1 2.

Demographics

In 2007, for all districts of Lincolnshire, Boston got the lowest GCSE results. It also has the least-educated group of people in Lincolnshire. At the 2001 census, there were 55,739 citizens in the district. The district has the highest Total Fertility Rate for district councils in England. Only the unitary authorities of Peterborough, Luton, Slough, Blackburn with Darwen. Newham, Barking with Dagenham, and Rutland (the highest) have larger TFRs. It has the same TFR as Oldham, a unitary authority.

2016 EU Referendum

On Thursday 23 June 2016 the Borough of Boston voted in only the third major UK-wide referendum on the issue of the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union in the 2016 EU Referendum under the provisions of the European Union Referendum Act 2015. The result produced the highest majority vote to "Leave the European Union" in the United Kingdom out of 382 voting areas with over 75% of voters voting to leave on a high turnout of 77% and went against the views of the local MP Matt Warman who campaigned for a "Remain" vote.

The result was declared at the Peter Paine Sports Centre in Boston early on Friday 24 June 2016 by the "Counting officer" (CO) Phil Drury.

United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016 (Borough of Boston)
Choice	Votes	%
Leave	22,974	75.56
Remain	7,430	24.44
Valid votes	30,404	73.59
Invalid or blank votes	12	00.4
Total votes	30,416	100.00
Registered voters and turnout	39,363	77.27

References

↑ "Ward Map". Boston Borough Council. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
↑ "How the council works". Boston Borough Council. Retrieved 7 November 2015.

External links

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Districts of the East Midlands

Derbyshire	Amber Valley Bolsover Chesterfield Derby Derbyshire Dales Erewash High Peak North East Derbyshire South Derbyshire

Leicestershire	Blaby Charnwood Harborough Hinckley and Bosworth Leicester Melton North West Leicestershire Oadby and Wigston

Lincolnshire	Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey

Nottinghamshire	Ashfield Bassetlaw Broxtowe Gedling Mansfield Newark and Sherwood Nottingham Rushcliffe

Northamptonshire	Corby Daventry East Northamptonshire Kettering Northampton South Northamptonshire Wellingborough

Rutland	Rutland

Ceremonial county of Lincolnshire

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Unitary authorities	North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire

Boroughs or districts	Boston East Lindsey Lincoln North Kesteven South Holland South Kesteven West Lindsey

Major settlements	Alford Barton-upon-Humber Boston Bottesford Bourne Brigg Broughton Burgh-le-Marsh Caistor Cleethorpes Crowland Crowle Epworth Gainsborough Grantham Grimsby Holbeach Horncastle Immingham Kirton-in-Lindsey Lincoln Long Sutton Louth Mablethorpe Market Deeping Market Rasen North Hykeham Scunthorpe Skegness Sleaford Spalding Spilsby Stamford Wainfleet All Saints Winterton Wragby See also: List of civil parishes in Lincolnshire

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Coordinates: 52°57′N 0°09′W / 52.95°N 0.15°W / 52.95; -0.15

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