Photo: The original uploader was Asterion at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 2.5The Conservatives hold a majority on North Lincolnshire Council
Wroot is run by North Lincolnshire Council, with Wroot parish council for local matters. The Conservatives have a majority on North Lincolnshire Council. Its MP is Lee Pitcher (Labour), member for Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme.
£2,470
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Wroot’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on North Lincolnshire Council
The Conservatives hold a majority on North Lincolnshire Council: 27 of its 43 seats as elected. Labour holds 15, Reform UK 1. Who’s in charge ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Wroot is £2,470 for 2026–27; North Lincolnshire Council keeps 76% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 47% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
Who holds the seats
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 22 of North Lincolnshire’s 43 seats to run the council alone.
- Conservative27
- Labour15
- Reform UK1
Latest election: May 2023.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
The councils that run Wroot
One council runs every main service here.
Local matters: allotments, play areas, halls, footpaths and benches; it is consulted on planning and adds a precept to the council tax bill. A town council is a parish council by another name.
100% of Wroot’s residents · Band D precept £164
Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.
Website ↗Transport, skills and regeneration across several council areas. It is led by an elected mayor.
Mayor: Andrea Marie Jenkyns (Reform UK), elected May 2025
Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: here one council runs every main service.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the parish to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Wroot, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parishParish tierWroot parish council
- 2North Lincolnshire Council1 ward · 2 councillorsDavid RoseJudy Kennedy
- 3Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire Combined County AuthorityGreater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority · elected May 2025Andrea Marie Jenkyns
- 4Police and crime commissionerHumberside Police · elected May 2024Jonathan Evison
- 5House of CommonsDoncaster East and the Isle of Axholme
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
2 councillors for 1 ward
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- David RoseConservative · May 2023
- Judy KennedyConservative · May 2023
Show as a table
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Axholme South7% in Wroot · 471 residents2 seats · May 2023 | 2 | David RoseJudy Kennedy | May 2023 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. North Lincolnshire Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
North Lincolnshire council election, May 2023
Results in the wards that make up Wroot, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
1 ward voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Wroot’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗3,502 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Wroot is in Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Wroot).
39,132 votes for candidates · majority 2,311
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 39,132 votes from 70,154 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 2,311 of 39,132 votes (5.9%): the 115th-narrowest of 543 in England.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Wroot’s Band D council tax is £2,470 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
North Lincolnshire Council keeps £1,884.70 of a Band D bill (76%); the rest goes to the Wroot parish council, the Humberside police and crime commissioner and the Humberside Fire and Rescue Authority.
Band D since 1996
North Lincolnshire’s Band D bill has risen 47% in ten years, from £1,601.19 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £886.82 in 1996–97.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in Wroot, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Lincolnshire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,100.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Lincolnshire
| North Lincolnshire | Wroot’s councils | Lincolnshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £515 | £458 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £250 | £252 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £72 | £85 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £47 | £35 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £163 | £137 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £75 | £44 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £21 | £28 | £26 |
| Public health | £80 | £71 | £78 |
| Running the council | £48 | £63 | £59 |
| Other | £5 | £2 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,275 | £1,214 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Lincolnshire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Wroot is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
northlincs.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
northlincs.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Wroot is run
Which council runs Wroot?
Wroot is run by North Lincolnshire Council.
Does Wroot have a town council?
Yes: Wroot has its own parish-tier council (Wroot parish council; town councils are parish councils by another name), which adds £164 to a Band D bill in 2026–27.
Who is the MP for Wroot?
Lee Pitcher (Labour) is the MP for Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme, which covers Wroot.
How many councillors does Wroot have?
2 ward councillors represent Wroot’s 1 ward.
When are the next elections in Wroot?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Wroot’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Wroot?
Band D council tax in Wroot is £2,470 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls North Lincolnshire Council?
The Conservatives have a majority: 27 of 43 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who won the 2023 council election in Wroot?
In Wroot’s wards on 4 May 2023, Conservative 2 of the 2 seats up. The Conservatives had the largest share of votes, 77.2%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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