For Parliamentary, County, and District elections, the parish is taken together with its bigger sibling, Long Sutton.

[2] On South Holland District Council, it is part of the Long Sutton ward, with Lutton and Tydd.

It follows Hospital Drove southwards, crossing Woad Lane, past Common Farm.

As Hospital Drove, the boundary meets Tydd St Mary at the South Holland Main Drain.

The factory uses around 16,000MWh of electricity a year, canning baked beans, vegetables, puddings and meat.