Local authority of the East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
is the local authority for the
East Riding of Yorkshire
, a
local government district
within the larger
ceremonial county
of the same name. It is a
unitary authority
, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. The council has been under
no overall control
since 2023, being led by a
Conservative
minority administration. It is based at
County Hall
in
Beverley
.
History
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The East Riding was one of the traditional subdivisions of the
historic county
of
Yorkshire
. From the middle ages the
quarter sessions
were held separately for each of Yorkshire's three ridings, and from 1660 there was a
Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire
. Elected county councils were established in 1889 to take over the administrative functions previously exercised by unelected magistrates at the quarter sessions.
East Riding County Council
was therefore created and the East Riding became an
administrative county
, whilst remaining part of the wider judicial and
shrieval
county of Yorkshire.
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East Riding County Council based itself in Beverley, where it built County Hall in 1891.
[4]
The East Riding was abolished as an administrative area in 1974 under the
Local Government Act 1972
, with most of its area passing to a new county called
Humberside
.
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Just 22 years later, in 1996, Humberside was abolished and its area was split into four districts, one of which is called East Riding of Yorkshire. Each of the four districts is legally both a
non-metropolitan district
and a
non-metropolitan county
but with no separate county council, instead having the district council also perform county functions. The district of East Riding of Yorkshire covers a slightly different area to the pre-1974 administrative county; notably the modern district includes the area around
Goole
which was in the
West Riding
prior to 1974, but excludes some northern and western parts of the pre-1974 administrative county, including the towns of
Filey
and
Norton-on-Derwent
, which had been transferred to
North Yorkshire
in 1974.
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A ceremonial county called East Riding of Yorkshire was established at the same time, with the position of Lord Lieutenant that had been abolished in 1974 being re-created. The ceremonial county covers a larger area than the district, also including the neighbouring city of
Kingston upon Hull
.
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Governance
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The council provides both
district-level
and
county-level
functions.
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The whole district is also covered by
civil parishes
, which form a second tier of local government for their areas.
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Political control
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The council has been under no overall control since the
2023 election
, being run by a Conservative minority administration.
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The first election to the council was held in 1995, initially acting as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until it came into its powers on 1 April 1996.
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Political control of the council since 1996 has been as follows:
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Leadership
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The first
leader of the council
, Stephen Parnaby, was the last leader of one of the predecessor councils, the
East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley
.
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The leaders since 1996 have been:
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Composition
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Following the
2023 election
and subsequent by-elections and changes of allegiance up to February 2024, the composition of the council was as follows:
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Seven of the independent councillors sit together as the "Independent Group", the other two do not form part of a group.
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The next election is due in 2027.
Premises
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Council's offices in Goole, formerly the headquarters of Boothferry Borough Council
Council's offices in Skirlaugh, formerly the headquarters of Holderness Borough Council
The council's headquarters are at County Hall in Beverley, which was completed in 1891 for the old East Riding County Council and served as the headquarters of Humberside County Council between 1974 and 1996.
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The council has several other offices around the district, including some inherited from the pre-1996 district councils, being the
Boothferry Borough Council
offices in Goole, the
East Yorkshire District Council
offices at
Bridlington Town Hall
, and the
Holderness Borough Council
offices at
Skirlaugh
.
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Elections
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Since the last full review of boundaries in 2003 the council has comprised 67
councillors
representing 26
wards
, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors.
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East Riding of Yorkshire wards
Ward
|
Councillors
|
Map location
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Beverley Rural
|
3
|
20
|
Bridlington North
|
3
|
26
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Bridlington South
|
3
|
24
|
Bridlington Central and Old Town
|
2
|
25
|
Cottingham North
|
2
|
12
|
Cottingham South
|
2
|
11
|
Dale
|
3
|
6
|
Driffield and Rural
|
3
|
22
|
East Wolds and Coastal
|
3
|
23
|
Goole North
|
2
|
3
|
Goole South
|
2
|
2
|
Hessle
|
3
|
8
|
Howden
|
1
|
4
|
Howdenshire
|
3
|
5
|
Mid Holderness
|
3
|
17
|
Minster and Woodmansey
|
3
|
13
|
North Holderness
|
2
|
21
|
Pocklington Provincial
|
3
|
18
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Snaith, Airmyn, Rawcliffe and Marshland
|
2
|
1
|
South East Holderness
|
3
|
15
|
South Hunsley
|
2
|
7
|
South West Holderness
|
3
|
16
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St Mary's
|
3
|
14
|
Tranby
|
2
|
9
|
Willerby and Kirk Ella
|
3
|
10
|
Wolds Weighton
|
3
|
19
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References
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External links
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