Editing Scunthorpe (section)

==Governance==
[[File:HumbersideScunthorpe.png|thumb|Scunthorpe within [[Humberside]] (1974–1996)]]
[[File:The Civic Centre, Scunthorpe - geograph.org.uk - 3715514.jpg|thumb|The former [[Scunthorpe Civic Centre]]]]
Scunthorpe forms an [[unparished area]] located within the [[borough]] and unitary authority of [[North Lincolnshire]].<ref name=humbso>{{cite web|url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19950600_en_1.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214105047/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19950600_en_1.htm|url-status=dead|title=The Humberside (Structural Change) Order 1995|archive-date=14 February 2009|access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref> The town forms six of the borough's seventeen wards, namely Ashby, Brumby, Crosby & Park, Frodingham, Kingsway with Lincoln Gardens and Town. The Scunthorpe wards elect 16 of the borough's 43 councillors. As of 2018, 26 are members of the [[Conservative party (UK)|Conservative party]], and 13 are members of the [[Labour party (UK)|Labour party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/CouncilandDemocracy/councillors/Wards.htm |title=Electoral Wards |access-date=14 February 2018|publisher=North Lincolnshire Council |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106171358/http://www.northlincs.gov.uk/NorthLincs/CouncilandDemocracy/councillors/Wards.htm |archive-date=6 January 2007 }}</ref> The councillors form the [[charter trustees]] of the Town of Scunthorpe and they continue to elect a town mayor.<ref name=trustees>{{cite web |url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19960263_en_1.htm |title=The Charter Trustees Regulations 1996 (1996 No. 263 ) |access-date=3 August 2008 |year=1996 |publisher=Office for Public Sector Information}}</ref>

North Lincolnshire Council was based in [[Scunthorpe Civic Centre]] off Ashby Road (former [[A159 road|A159]]) next to Festival Gardens. It was designed by Charles B. Pearson, Son and Partners and was completed in 1962.<ref>{{NHLE|desc=North Lincolnshire Council, formerly Scunthorpe Civic Centre|num=1323702|access-date=8 February 2021}}</ref> It was the home of Scunthorpe Borough Council until 1996. It was named Pittwood House after Edwin Pittwood, a local Labour politician, who worked in the opencast ironstone workings near Normanby Park.<ref>{{cite web |title=Studio portrait of Alderman Edwin Pittwood, c.1950 |url=https://northlincsmuseumimagearchive.org.uk/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s08283&pos=2&action=zoom |website=Service Image Archive |publisher=North Lincolnshire Museum |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref>

===Civic history===
{{see also|Municipal Borough of Scunthorpe}}

[[File:Church of St. Lawrence, Scunthorpe - geograph.org.uk - 586834.jpg|thumb|left|Church of St. Lawrence]]
In 1889 the area was included in the Lincolnshire, [[Parts of Lindsey]] [[Administrative counties of England|administrative county]]. Separate local government began in 1890 when the Scunthorpe [[local board of health]] was formed. In 1894 the local board was replaced with an [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]] council. At the same time the neighbouring townships of Brumby and Frodingham were also constituted an [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]]. The two urban districts were amalgamated, along with the [[Civil parishes of England|parishes]] of Crosby and Ashby in 1919 to form an enlarged Scunthorpe urban district.<ref>[http://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10450380 Scunthorpe CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Scunthorpe received a charter incorporating the town as a [[municipal borough]] in 1936.<ref>Youngs, F.&nbsp;A., ''Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol. II'', London 1991</ref>

Local authority boundary changes brought the town into the new county of [[Humberside]] in 1974, and a new [[non-metropolitan district]], the Borough of Scunthorpe was formed with the same boundaries as the old municipal borough. The opening of the [[Humber Bridge]] on 24 June 1981 provided a permanent link between North and South Humberside but did not secure Humberside's future. To the relief of its many detractors, the county of Humberside (and [[Humberside County Council]]) was abolished on 1 April 1996 and succeeded by four [[unitary authorities]].

The previous Humberside districts of [[Glanford]] and Scunthorpe, and that part of [[Boothferry (district)|Boothferry]] district south of the northern boundaries of the parishes of [[Crowle, Lincolnshire|Crowle]], [[Eastoft]], [[Luddington, North Lincolnshire|Luddington]], Haldenby and [[Amcotts]], now compose the unitary authority of [[North Lincolnshire]].<ref name=humbso /> On amalgamation [[charter trustees]] were formed for Scunthorpe,<ref name=trustees /> and they continue to elect a town mayor.
[[File:Scunthorpe arms.png|left|thumb|upright|Arms of former [[municipal borough]] of Scunthorpe]]

===Coat of arms===
When Scunthorpe was incorporated as a borough in 1936, it also received a grant of a [[coat of arms]] from the [[College of Arms]].<ref>Letters Patent dated 25 September 1936</ref> These arms were transferred to the new borough council formed in 1974,<ref>The Local Authorities (Armorial Bearings) Order 1974 (1974 No.869)</ref> and are now used by the town's charter trustees.

The green shield and golden wheatsheaf recall that the area was until recently agricultural in nature. Across the centre of the shield is a length of chain. This refers to the five villages of Crosby, Scunthorpe, Frodingham, Brumby & Ashby linking together as one. At the top of the shield are two fossils of the species ''Gryphaea incurva''. These remains of oysters, known as the "devil's toenails", were found in the rock strata from which ironstone was quarried.
The crest, on top of the helm, shows a blast furnace. This is also referred to in the [[Latin]] motto: ''Refulget labores nostros coelum'' or ''The heavens reflect our labours'' popularly attributed to the glow observed in the night sky from the steelmaking activities.<ref>Scott-Giles, C.&nbsp;W., ''Civic Heraldry of England and Wales'', 2nd edition, London, 1953</ref>
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