Martin Hill (councillor)

Martin John Hill OBE (born 1954) is the Leader of Lincolnshire County Council.

Hill was born in Leicester. He was brought up in Lincolnshire, near Grimsby.

Career

He is the Conservative county councillor for Folkingham Rural,^[1] which represents 25 (small) parishes. He has been a councillor since 1993.^[2]

He has been the Chairman of Heydour Parish Council since 1991. He has been Leader of Lincolnshire County Council since 24 March 2005^[3] when Ian Croft resigned. He is the LG Group Executive representative for East Midlands Councils on the Local Government Association.^[4] Also on the Executive is Gary Porter,^[5] the Leader of South Holland District Council.

He is also the Chairman of the East Midlands Improvement and Efficiency Partnership.^[6][7]

Personal life

Hill is a farmer, and lives in a former pub in rural South Kesteven, towards Bourne. He was married in 1987 in Swindon. He was awarded the OBE in the 2008 New Year Honours.^[8]

References

1. ^ Folkingham Rural
2. ^ 2009 election leaflet
3. ^ Leadership March 2005
4. ^ Local Government Association
5. ^ Gary Porter
6. ^ East Midlands IEP
7. ^ East Midlands Select Committee
8. ^ OBE

External links

• Biography

News items

• Daily Mail June 2010

Video clips

• Election win in June 2009

Civic offices
Preceded by Ian Croft	Leader of Lincolnshire County Council 2005–	Succeeded by Incumbent

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Name	Hill, Martin
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Short description	Leader of Lincolnshire County Council
Date of birth	1954
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