North Yorkshire County Council

North Yorkshire County Council
North Yorkshire County Council
	File:North Yorkshire County Council.svg
Type
Type	County council
Leadership
Chair of the Council	Margaret Atkinson, Conservative ; since 18 May 2022
Leader of the Council	Carl Les, Conservative ; since 20 May 2015
Chief executive	Richard Flinton ; since 12 May 2010
Structure
Seats	90 councillors
Political groups	Executive Conservative (47) Opposition Independent (13) Labour (12) Liberal Democrat (12) Green (5) Liberal Party (1)
Length of term	1 year
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	5 May 2022
Next election	none
Meeting place
	County Hall; Northallerton; North Yorkshire
Website
	www.northyorks.gov.uk

North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) is the county council governing the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire; an area composing most of North Yorkshire in England. The council currently consists of 90 councillors. The council is currently controlled by the Conservative Party. The headquarters of the council is county hall in Northallerton.

In July 2021 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced that in April 2023, the non-metropolitan county will be reorganised into a unitary authority. The county council will be abolished and its functions transferred to a new authority, North Yorkshire Council.^[1]

History

The council was formed in 1974 when North Riding County Council was abolished.^[2] The council occupies County Hall at Northallerton.^[3] As a County Council, it is a "top-tier" system that has the responsibility for social care, education and roads. Until 31 March 2023 other functions are the responsibility of seven district councils.^[4]

Governance

Until May 2022 the Council was composed of 72 councillors. Elections were held every four years, except in 2021. The 2017 election returned an increased Conservative majority, with the Conservative Party holding 55 seats. Independent candidates saw an increase to 10 seats, with the Liberal Democrats and Labour seeing large reductions in their seat counts. UKIP and the Liberal Party both lost their representation on the council, with the Liberal Party incumbent in Pickering losing by just 2 votes.^{[citation needed]}

Across the 2017–2022 period of governance, the Conservative Party saw a net loss of 4 seats, and their governing majority was 30 by 2022.^[5]

The number of councillors was increased to 90 in 2022, and the last election was held in May 2022. The 2022 election returned a much reduced Conservative majority, with the Conservative Party holding 47 seats. Independent candidates saw an increase to 13 seats and the Liberal Democrats and Labour increased their seats to 12 each. The Greens won representation with 5 seats and the Liberal Party regained its representation on the council with 1 seat.

Executive

North Yorkshire County Council's executive is composed of nine Conservative councillors and the Conservative Leader of the council. The Executive makes most decisions, except for decisions about the budget and major policy framework, which are made by the full council.^[6]

Title	Councillor
Leader of the Council	Carl Les
Deputy leader of the council	Gareth Dadd
Children's services	Janet Sanderson
Education and skills	Annabel Wilkinson
Stronger communities	David Chance
Health and adult services	Michael Harrison
Open to business	Derek Bastiman
Climate change and customer engagement	Greg White
Highways and transportation	Keane Duncan
Planning for Growth	Simon Myers

Districts

Until 31 March 2023 the seven district councils in North Yorkshire council area are:

These district councils are responsible for local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism.

The functions of the district councils will be transferred to the new North Yorkshire Council on 1 April 2023.

Political control

Political control of the non-metropolitan county has been held by the following groups:^[7]

Election		Party
	1973	Conservative
	1977
	1981
	1985
	1989
	1993	No overall control
	1997	No overall control
	2001	Conservative
	2005
	2009
	2013
	2017
	2022

The last elections to the county council took place on 5 May 2022. On 17 March 2022 the government legislated to increase the number of councillors from 72 to 90 and to reorganise the electoral divisions.^[8] The councillors elected will serve until May 2027, one year as county councillors for the existing North Yorkshire County Council and another four years as councillors for the new unitary North Yorkshire Council when it begins in April 2023.^[9]

References

^ "Next steps for new unitary councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
^ Brown, Jonathan (27 May 2014). "Spinning Yarm: The referendum hoping to bring this picturesque". The Independent. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
^ Chrystal, Paul; Sunderland, Mark (2010). Northallerton through time. Stroud: Amberley. p. 18. ISBN 9781848681811.
^ "North Yorkshire County Council - Latest news updates, pictures, video, reaction - Teesside Live". www.gazettelive.co.uk. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
^ "Your Councillors by Party". northyorks.gov. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
^ "Committee membership". North Yorkshire County Council. North Yorkshire County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
^ "Election 2009 | North Yorkshire council". BBC News. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
^ "The North Yorkshire (Structural Changes) Order 2022". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
^ "The new council". North Yorkshire County Council. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2022.

External links

[1] "Next steps for new unitary councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset". GOV.UK. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

[2] Brown, Jonathan (27 May 2014). "Spinning Yarm: The referendum hoping to bring this picturesque". The Independent. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

[3] Chrystal, Paul; Sunderland, Mark (2010). Northallerton through time. Stroud: Amberley. p. 18. ISBN 9781848681811.

[4] "North Yorkshire County Council - Latest news updates, pictures, video, reaction - Teesside Live". www.gazettelive.co.uk. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

[5] "Your Councillors by Party". northyorks.gov. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

[6] "Committee membership". North Yorkshire County Council. North Yorkshire County Council. Retrieved 18 June 2022.

[7] "Election 2009 | North Yorkshire council". BBC News. Retrieved 29 March 2021.

[8] "The North Yorkshire (Structural Changes) Order 2022". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 12 May 2022.

[9] "The new council". North Yorkshire County Council. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2022.

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v t e County councils of England
Councils	Cambridgeshire Cumbria Derbyshire Devon East Sussex Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Norfolk North Yorkshire Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Warwickshire West Sussex Worcestershire
Elections	Cambridgeshire Cumbria Derbyshire Devon East Sussex Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Norfolk North Yorkshire Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Warwickshire West Sussex Worcestershire

v t e Local authorities in North Yorkshire
County council and unitary	Middlesbrough North Yorkshire Redcar and Cleveland Stockton-on-Tees York
District councils	Craven Hambleton Borough of Harrogate Richmondshire Ryedale Borough of Scarborough Selby

v t e Council elections in North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2022
City of York Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Craven District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019
Hambleton District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Harrogate Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018
Middlesbrough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Richmondshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Ryedale District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Scarborough Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Selby District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2005 2007 2011 2015 2019
Cleveland County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished
Tees Valley Mayor	2017 2021
See also: Wards Boundary changes