Rural West York is one of the outer wards of the
unitary authority
A unitary authority is a type of local government, local authority in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Unitary authorities are responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are ...
of
City of York
The City of York, officially simply "York", is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with City status in the United Kingdom, city status in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England.
...
, England.
The ward is situated to the west of the city and includes the villages of
Askham Bryan,
Askham Richard,
Hessay,
Knapton,
Nether Poppleton,
Rufforth
Rufforth is a village in the civil parish of Rufforth with Knapton, in the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area of the City of York in North Yorkshire, England. It lies about west of York. The village is mentioned in the ''Dom ...
,
Skelton and
Upper Poppleton.
Governance
As of the 2023 elections it is represented by Councillors Anne Hook and Emilie Knight who are both members of the local Liberal Democrats.
It is a part of the UK Parliamentary Constituency of
York Outer. Until January 2020 it also fell within the boundaries of the
Yorkshire and the Humber
Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. It is one of the three regions covering Northern England, alongside the North West England and North East England regio ...
European Parliament constituency.
References
Villages and areas in the City of York
Wards of North Yorkshire
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