Freshney Ward Councillor
Jane Hyldon-King has lived there since 1974 (though Ward Boundaries have changed more than once). She has been a governor of several local schools, and works with the Bishop King Learning Centre, Chatter Box drop in centre and the Salvation Army lunch group.

Jane is also active in wider local affairs. She has been Mayor of North East Lincs. Now she is much concerned with health matters, being a non-executive Director of the Hospital Trust. Her other interests include the Industrial Mission and the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen.

Amongst her hobbies is a keen interest, together with her husband Paul, in tracing family histories.

South Ward Councillor
Norma Lincoln was secretary of the Grimsby Labour Party for over ten years. She came into public life through working at the Nunsthorpe Community Centre. Norma and her family made it a place where there was fun and friendship, with lots of activities, including Churches Together - Drop in Centre

When it was closed by the Con-Dems, Norma was the leading spirit to get a committee together, lease the building and obtain funding to run a Kids Disco. Other awards will enable a luncheon club and Senior Citizen club to function, as well as fund raising Bingo.

Norma has been a Nunsthorpe Councillor since 1996. In 2001/2 she was the runner up in the most popular Mayor of the Year award. She is a Councillor representative on the Shoreline Board and still takes time to run three surgeries a week at Burwell Drive for the residents of Nunsthorpe.

East Marsh Ward
Muriel Barker has been a Councillor since 1979 when she represented Nunsthorpe. With the birth of North East Lincs she became Leader of the Labour Group, standing in the East Marsh Ward.

Her interests are wide but always centred on the needs of our area – employment, and education. As a primary school teacher she focused on the need to read and to be numerate, but recognised the need for sport, fun and adventure. Along with her colleagues she took part in camping and hostel trips for the children of the Grange; for some these were the only times they left the town.

For several years she was Chairman of the Early Years Partnership and has worked with providers and professionals to give encouragement and help to child minders, nursery nurses and all those who aim to give our kids an excellent start in life.

As a member of Yorkshire Forward and a representative on the EU Committee of the Regions she has worked for recognition of the importance and potential of the Humber Estuary and in the early days led the campaigns called Grimsby Europe’s Food Town and Greening Grimsby. Latterly she has been working with Shoreline and residents to regenerate the Podium between Nelson, Garibaldi and Thesiger Multi storeys. The largest share of the £10,000, however, went to Shalom to run activities in Grant Thorold Park and other places.

For her efforts for the Community of North East Lincs over fifty years she was made a Commander of the British Empire, which she was proud to accept from the Queen.

Labour only has two Coucillors in Grimsby, namely Peggy Elliott in Freshney ward and Norma Lincoln in South ward. Jane Hyldon-King lost her seat in May, and Muriel Barker retired in East Marsh ward, and Labour did not succeed in holding it. Labour also has two Councillors for Cleethorpe wards.

 

South Ward Councillor
Norma Lincoln was secretary of the Grimsby Labour Party for over ten years. She came into public life through working at the Nunsthorpe Community Centre. Norma and her family made it a place where there was fun and friendship, with lots of activities, including Churches Together - Drop in Centre

When it was closed by the Con-Dems, Norma was the leading spirit to get a committee together, lease the building and obtain funding to run a Kids Disco. Other awards will enable a luncheon club and Senior Citizen club to function, as well as fund raising Bingo.

Norma has been a Nunsthorpe Councillor since 1996. In 2001/2 she was the runner up in the most popular Mayor of the Year award. She has served as a Councillor representative on the Shoreline Board and still takes time to run three surgeries a week at Burwell Drive for the residents of Nunsthorpe.

 

Freshney Ward Councillor

Peggy Elliott and her husband Steve have for a long time been active workers in the labour movement, especially on the union side. Peggy was an officer in the TGWU on both the local and national stage. She is now putting this experience to good use on the council. She lives in the Freshney ward, and keeps in close touch with ward events and issues affecting the ward.