East Riding of Yorkshire Council is the local authority of the

East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire t ...

. It is a

unitary authority A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...

, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government services including Council Tax billing, libraries, social services, processing planning applications, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority.

Powers and functions

The local authority derives its powers and functions from the Local Government Act 1972 and subsequent legislation. For the purposes of local government, the East Riding of Yorkshire is within a non-metropolitan area of England. As a

, East Riding of Yorkshire Council has the powers and functions of both a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. In its capacity as a district council it is a billing authority collecting Council Tax and business rates; it processes local planning applications; and it is responsible for

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, waste collection and environmental health. In its capacity as a county council it is a

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, responsible for social services, libraries and waste disposal.

Politics

Elections to the authority are held every four years, with all of the 67 seats, representing 26 wards, on the council being filled. It was under no overall control from 1995 to 2007; the

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regained a majority at the 2007 election, which it then increased in

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. The composition of the council after the latest election on 2 May 2019, and subsequent by-elections, and defections is as follows:

Structure

The council consists of 67 councillors who are elected every four years from 26

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s, each ward returning up to three councillors. The council was led by Steven Parnaby of the

from its creation until his retirement at the 2019 election, when Richard Burton was elected as his replacement. On 13 May 2021, Jonathan Owen was elected as the new leader of the council. John Whittle is the chairman of the authority. East Riding of Yorkshire Council UK ward map 2010 annotated

East Riding of Yorkshire Council UK ward map 2010 annotated

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* {{Authority control Unitary authority councils of England Local education authorities in England Local authorities in the East Riding of Yorkshire Leader and cabinet executives Billing authorities in England