Your council

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.

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.

Emergencies

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

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 and for 22/23 this includes the accounts of the former North Yorkshire County Council and the former district and borough councils in North Yorkshire.

Websites and media

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

Partnerships

Find out about the work we do in partnership with other organisations across North Yorkshire and how this benefits the county and its people.

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.