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Councillors, committees and meetings

Find out about your councillors and their work, council meetings, information about scrutiny procedures, and how to get involved in decision making.

Elections and voting

Find information about candidates, election results, division maps, polling stations, voting and more. The next full council elections will take place in May 2027.

Council plan, constitution and strategies

View our council plan, constitution plus strategies, plans and policies.

Consultations and engagement

Give us your views and get involved with the decisions we make.

Transparency, freedom of information and data protection

Find out how we use your data including privacy, freedom of information, data protection, information security, and subject access requests.

Our role, structure and objectives

Information about who we are, what we do, the constitution, our objectives.

Equality and diversity

Find out about our equality and diversity policy and equal opportunities.

Referendums and verification number

Information about referendums at local and national levels and the verification number which is equal to 5% of the local government electorate on 15 February every year.

Parish and town councils

Find out about parish and town councils, including how to contact your parish clerk.

Parish Charter

How local city, town and parish councils and meetings work together with North Yorkshire Council for the benefit of local people in North Yorkshire.

Fraud investigation and whistleblowing

We consider any allegations of fraud, loss or corruption to be very serious and will investigate them as a matter of urgency.

Get in touch

Information about how to get in contact with us.

North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum

Find out how we plan, prepare and recover from emergencies in North Yorkshire.

Pay an invoice

Use this page to pay an invoice you have received from North Yorkshire Council, or one of the former councils of Craven, Hambleton, Harrogate, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough, Selby or North Yorkshire County.

Financial information

Statement of financial accounts, examined by external auditors, are published each year.

Websites and media

Find out about our website, media, press, publicity and branding, including logo guidance.

North Yorkshire statistics

View the Census, economic and population statistics for North Yorkshire.

North Yorkshire Rural Commission

The North Yorkshire Rural Commission was the first of its kind to be launched nationally to tackle a range of long-standing issues affecting countryside communities.

Community Governance Reviews

Information about Community Governance Reviews and any current Community Governance Reviews.

Personal injury claims

Information about making a personal injury claim if you have been injured as a result of something we are responsible for or a service we provide.

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Find out more about local government reorganisation, devolution and the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

North Yorkshire Pension Fund

Information about the North Yorkshire Pension Fund (NYPF), the pension scheme for local government employees in North Yorkshire.

Brexit

The UK left the European Union (EU) single market and customs union on 31 December 2020 and this will affect many people and businesses.

Support for Ukraine

Find out how you can help to support people from Ukraine.

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The council provides services across North Yorkshire including Harrogate, Ripon, Scarborough, Whitby, Northallerton, Thirsk, Selby, Tadcaster, Malton, Pickering, Richmond, Skipton and more.

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