The local authorityCouncil · Unitary · England · 1 of 63 unitary authorities

North Yorkshire.

Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled unitary. £689m net revenue. 89 wards across 7 parliamentary constituencies.

TypeUnitary
Seats90 councillors · 89 wards
Last election5 May 2022
Websitenorthyorks.gov.uk ↗

Net revenue · 2025-26

£689m

Core spending power (MHCLG)

Band-D bill

£2,418

For the council slice (incl. precepts)

Composition

47/90

Conservative and Unionist Party 52%

Westminster

constituencies overlap · 3 MP parties

Dispatch
31 May 2026

Conservative and Unionist Party chamber, 3-party MP geography.

North Yorkshire is a unitary controlled by Conservative and Unionist Party (47 of 90 seats). Net revenue is £689m for 2025-26. It covers 89 wards spanning 7 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 3 parties — a heterogeneous setup.

§ 01Composition.90 seats · last contested 5 May 2022

Who sits in the chamber.

Con 47Independent Berwick Hills Resident 13Lab 12LD 12Green 5The Liberal Party 1

Conservative and Unionist Party 52% · last contested 5 May 2022

Councillors — the people.

Councillor		Ward	Elected
Andy Brown	Grn	Aire Valley	2022
John Keith Weighell	Con	Aiskew Leeming	2022
Steve Mason	LD	Amotherby Ampleforth	2022
Andrew Lee	Con	Appleton Roebuck Church Fenton	2022
Steph Duckett	Lab	Barlby Riccall	2022
David Webster	Con	Bedale	2022
David Lloyd Ireton	Con	Bentham Ingleton	2022
Monika Slater	LD	Bilton Grange New Park	2022
Paul Haslam	Con	Bilton Nidd Gorge	2022
Robert Windass	Con	Boroughbridge Claro	2022
Mark Crane	Con	Brayton Barlow	2022
Mike Jordan	Con	Camblesforth Carlton	2022

Showing 12 of 90·All 90 councillors

§ 02Revenue mix & Band-D bill.MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table

Where revenue comes from.

70%

Council tax

£482.3m · median 59%

23%

Central grants

£159.6m · median 30%

Business rates

£47.2m · median 11%

This is a high-council-tax unitary authoritie: 70% of revenue from council tax, above the cohort median (59%).

Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)

Band-D bill.

Council slice	£1,940
County / upper-tier	£0
Police	£321
Fire & rescue	£0
GLA precept	£107
Parish average	£51
Total Band-D	£2,418

Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish

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§ 03Service spend, ranked against peers.10 buckets · vs 62 other unitary authorities

How does North Yorkshire split its revenue across services, compared with peer unitary authoritie-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.

Education37.0% of net spend · cohort median 36%

25 of 61+3% vs median

Adult Social Care32.9% of net spend · cohort median 27%

6 of 61+21% vs median

Waste & Recycling7.6% of net spend · cohort median 6%

8 of 61+32% vs median

Children's Services7.4% of net spend · cohort median 15%

61 of 61-50% vs median

Corporate & Central3.3% of net spend · cohort median 3%

22 of 61+15% vs median

Highways & Transport3.1% of net spend · cohort median 3%

22 of 61+19% vs median

Culture & Leisure2.7% of net spend · cohort median 2%

21 of 61+23% vs median

Public Health2.4% of net spend · cohort median 4%

53 of 61-34% vs median

Planning & Economic Development2.3% of net spend · cohort median 1%

9 of 61+70% vs median

Housing & Homelessness1.3% of net spend · cohort median 2%

46 of 61-32% vs median

How to read these bars

The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.

Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.

§ 05Westminster constituencies — the overlap.89 wards split across 7 parliamentary seats

North Yorkshire’s territory crosses 7 Westminster constituencies, with 3 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.

Constituency	Wards	% of council	Current MP
Scarborough and Whitby	15	17%	Alison Hume	Lab
Richmond and Northallerton	14	16%	Rishi Sunak	Con
Skipton and Ripon	14	16%	Julian Smith	Con
Thirsk and Malton	14	16%	Kevin Hollinrake	Con
Harrogate and Knaresborough	12	13%	Tom Gordon	LD
Selby	11	12%	Keir Mather	Lab
Wetherby and Easingwold	9	10%	Alec Shelbrooke	Con

Of note · the mixed-MP geography

This council holds 4 Ind, 2 Ind and 1 Ind MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a Conservative and Unionist Party-controlled unitary — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.

Sources, methods & last update

Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.

CompositionDemocracy Club (live)
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)

Net revenueMHCLG Final LGFS
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26

Service spendDerived from MHCLG CSP shares
vs 62 other unitary authorities

Band-DMHCLG CSP · precept schedules
Police, Fire, Parish on top

SuppliersCouncil publication under LGTC
Not yet ingested for North Yorkshire

Westminster overlapONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundaries

PopulationONS mid-year estimates
Pending ingest at LAD level