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The Mayor
The Mayor of North Lincolnshire
Cllr Carol Ross, has been elected as the 29th Mayor of North Lincolnshire. She was elected in a ceremony at the Council’s Annual Meeting on 15 May 2025.
Cllr Ross moved to Brigg from Middle Rasen with her family in 1974 and started working for Humberside County Council in 1976 with what was then the Area Surveyors Office as a Cartographer (updating maps etc).
Eventually being based in Beverley and living in Driffield. Moved back down to live in Broughton in 1989 to carry on her career at North Lincolnshire Council, in Development Control and Highway Department, as a Senior Highways Engineer. In 1999 due to a horse-riding accident was forced to retire.
Cllr Ross became a Broughton Town Councillor first and then was elected as the North Lincolnshire Councils Ward Councillor for Broughton and Appleby, in May 2021, which is now Broughton and Scawby Ward.
Cllr Ross enjoys her Council related work immensely, and is an active member of the Planning Committee, sitting as Deputy Chair, the North Lincolnshire Standards and Audit Committee, together with the Children’s Scrutiny Panel, and a member of the Enhanced Bus Partnership for North Lincolnshire.
Cllr Ross’s Mayoral Chaplin is to be the Rev. David Eames and her chosen charities benefiting for the year will be the North Lincolnshire MacMillian Nurses Organisation and Jen’s Special Place, Scunthorpe (a young person’s bereavement charity).
The Mayor of North Lincolnshire, Cllr Carol Ross ‘I am looking forward to my year in office as the Mayor of North Lincolnshire and hope I can help promote our County, in as many ways as possible’.
The Deputy Mayor of North Lincolnshire
Councillor Janet Lee is the Deputy Mayor of North Lincolnshire.
How to request the Mayor’s attendance
To request the Mayor to attend an event please use our online form:
Current Mayoral engagements and events
The Civic office manages the Mayor’s diary, endeavouring to ensure the Mayor and Deputy Mayor attend as many events as possible, organised by outside organisations, voluntary sectors, other district councils, town councils, members of the public and so on. View the current Mayoral engagements [PDF, 60Kb]
Mayors are elected by their fellow councillors to serve in office for 12 months.
Deputy Mayors are appointed at the same time as the Mayor is elected.
It is normal practice for the deputy to be nominated for Mayor the following year, although they still have to be elected by their fellow councillors.
The Mayoral robes are made from red wool trimmed with artificial fur. It has been suggested that the original fur on former Mayoral robes may once have been a ‘flea trap’.
The Mayor’s hat, called Bicorn, has gold braid, and the Deputy’s has silver braid.
Lady Mayors wear a three-cornered hat called a Tricorn.
The Civic Office supports and promotes the role of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor as the civic head and ambassador of North Lincolnshire Council and the area it serves.
The Civic Office organises all civic hospitality and official functions on behalf of the Mayor. Staff attend and provide support at the civic functions organised by the office when needed. They give advice to the Mayor upon request on all aspects of civic protocol.
The Civic Office gives assistance in the planning and co-ordinating of Royal visits with the Clerk to the Lieutenancy, along with any other official ceremonies and receptions that involve the Mayor, leading members and officers of the council.
Occasionally, the council expect staff to provide support and attendance at events outside normal office working hours, for example, Civic Dinner, Civic Service, Remembrance Day and other major events and occasions.
The office manages the Mayor’s diary, endeavouring to ensure the Mayor and Deputy Mayor attend as many events as possible, organised by outside organisations, voluntary sectors, other district councils, town councils, members of the public and so on. View a list of the current Mayoral engagements above.
It is essential to obtain as much information as possible from external organisations anticipating attendance from the Mayor or Deputy. Please complete the online application form or contact the civic office directly.
In a 12 month period, the Mayor and their Deputy will attend around 600 civic functions. This shows that in a very short time North Lincolnshire Council has established a prominent position as part of the local community.
The Civic Office liaises with chief officers and senior staff within the directorates and decision makers in both the public and private sectors.
The office works very closely with staff in the public relations team, to inform and invite the press for coverage on all Mayoral engagements.
Contact details
mayoral.services@northlincs.gov.uk
01724 296346 or 01724 296358
Civic Office
North Lincolnshire Council
Church Square House
30-40 High Street
Scunthorpe
North Lincolnshire
DN15 6NL
Monday to Thursday: 8.30am to 5pm
Friday: 8.30am to 4.30pm