Humberside County Council

Humberside County Council was the county council of the non-metropolitan county of Humberside in northern England, which was created in 1974 and abolished in 1996.

Humberside County Council
History
Founded	1 April 1974
Disbanded	31 March 1996
Succeeded by	North Lincolnshire North East Lincolnshire Kingston upon Hull East Riding of Yorkshire
Meeting place
County Hall, Cross Street, Beverley

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 1974 until its abolition in 1996 was as follows:^[4][5]

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1974–1977
	Conservative	1977–1981
	Labour	1981–1985
	No overall control	1985–1989
	Labour	1989–1996

Leadership

The leaders of the council were:

Councillor	Party		From	To
Harry Lewis[6][7]		Labour	1 Apr 1974	May 1977
John Townend[8][9]		Conservative	May 1977	May 1979
Spencer Rudkin[10][11][12]		Conservative	9 May 1979	May 1981
Michael Wheaton[13][14]		Labour	May 1981	May 1984
Terry Geraghty[15][16]		Labour	May 1984	May 1992
Maggie Smith[17][18]		Labour	13 May 1992	31 Mar 1996

Council elections

• 1973 Humberside County Council election
• 1977 Humberside County Council election
• 1981 Humberside County Council election
• 1985 Humberside County Council election
• 1989 Humberside County Council election
• 1993 Humberside County Council election

County result maps

• 
  1981 results map