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Mayor Of York And North Yorkshire
The Mayor of York and North Yorkshire is the mayor of the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority covering the City of York and North Yorkshire unitary authority areas and was elected for the first time in May 2024. An agreement signed on 1 August 2022 ( Yorkshire Day) by Greg Clark, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and leaders of City of York Council and North Yorkshire County Council, created a new combined authority across the region led by a directly elected mayor who has the power to spend public money on local priorities such as transport, education and housing and who will be vested with the police and crime commissioner functions for the North Yorkshire Police area from 7 May 2024. The mayor will receive an annual allowance of £81,300, which will be reviewed in May 2025. The election in May 2024 was won by the Labour Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Skaith
David Robert Skaith (born December 1985) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who has served as Mayor of York and North Yorkshire since May 2024. Early life Skaith was born in December 1985. He was raised in Harrogate and was a keen cricketer in his youth before studying sport at York St John University. Career He moved to Brighton while his future wife studied to be a teacher before returning to North Yorkshire where he started a small business, Winstons of York menswear store, in York in 2015 and, in the same year, joined the Labour Party. He also served as the chair of the York High Street Forum. Skaith resolved to get into politics after his father died during the Covid pandemic. He unsuccessfully stood for election for City of York Council in May 2023 before being elected as the first-ever mayor of York and North Yorkshire in May 2024. Campaign pledges included turning the A64 road into a dual carriageway, expanding affordable housing and more police ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Yorkshire Police
North Yorkshire Police is the territorial police force covering the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire and the unitary authority of York in northern England. As of September 2018 the force had a strength of 1,357 police officers, 127 special constables, 192 PCSOs and 1,072 police staff. Of the 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales, the force has the 5th largest geographic area of responsibility whilst being the 15th smallest force in terms of police officer numbers. History The force was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was largely a successor to the York and North East Yorkshire Police, also taking part of the old West Riding Constabulary's area. The York and North East Yorkshire Police had covered the North Riding of Yorkshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire and the county borough of York; it was itself formed in 1968 from a merger of the two riding forces with the York City Police. Proposals made by the Home Secretary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayors Of Places In Yorkshire And The Humber
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as the means by which a mayor is elected or otherwise mandated. Depending on the system chosen, a mayor may be the chief executive officer of the municipal government, may simply chair a multi-member governing body with little or no independent power, or may play a solely ceremonial role. A mayor's duties and responsibilities may be to appoint and oversee municipal managers and employees, provide basic governmental services to constituents, and execute the laws and ordinances passed by a municipal governing body (or mandated by a state, territorial or national governing body). Options for selection of a mayor include direct election by the public, or selection by an elected governing council or board. The term ''mayor'' shares a linguistic or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour And Co-operative
Labour and Co-operative Party (often abbreviated Labour Co-op; cy, Llafur a'r Blaid Gydweithredol) is a description used by candidates in United Kingdom elections who stand on behalf of both the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party. Candidates contest elections under an electoral alliance between the two parties, that was first agreed in 1927. This agreement recognises the independence of the two parties and commits them to not standing against each other in elections. It also sets out the procedures for both parties to select joint candidates and interact at a local and national level. There were 26 Labour and Co-operative Party MPs elected at the December 2019 election, making it the fourth largest political grouping in the House of Commons, although Labour and Co-operative MPs are generally included in Labour totals. The chair of the Co-operative Parliamentary Group is Preet Gill and the vice-chair is Jim McMahon. Description ''Labour and Co-operative'' is a joint descrip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Coles
Jo, jo, JO, or J.O. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Jo'' (film), a 1972 French comedy * ''Jo'' (TV series), a French TV series *"Jo", a song by Goldfrapp from '' Tales of Us'' *"Jo", a song by Mr. Oizo from '' Lambs Anger'' * Jo a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise People * Jo (given name) * Jô, Brazilian footballer João Alves de Assis Silva (born 1987) * Josiel Alves de Oliveira (born 1988), Brazilian footballer also known as Jô * Jō (surname), a Japanese surname * Cho (Korean name), a common Korean surname which can be romanized as Jo Codes * JO, ISO 3166 country code for Jordan * .jo, the Internet country code top-level domain for Jordan * JO, IATA code for JALways, a subsidiary of Japan Airlines Other uses * ''jō'' (), a wooden staff used in some Japanese martial arts * ''jō'' (), a Japanese unit of length equivalent to the Chinese zhang * ''jō'' (), a Japanese unit of area corresponding to the area of a standard tatami mat (1×½ ken or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Burns-Williamson
Mark Burns-Williamson, (born January 1964) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner from 2012 to 2021. He was the chair of the West Yorkshire Police Authority from 2003 to 2012 He was also the Wakefield District Councillor for Castleford Central and Glasshoughton Ward from 1998 to 2012. Early life Burns-Williamson was born in 1964 in Castleford, Yorkshire, England. His employment has spanned over 20 years in public and private sector organisations, including West Yorkshire County Council, Citizens Advice Bureaux, CableTel Ltd, The Rugby Football League (RFL) and Halifax Plc. He is also a graduate of Bradford University (History/Politics Bsc Joint Hons), president of Glasshoughton Cricket Club, an ex rugby player and a lifelong rugby supporter. He is flat-footed; his childhood friends nicknamed him Wombat because of this. Political career Burns-Williamson was elected to represent the ward of Castleford Central and Glassh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Yorkshire Police, Fire And Crime Commissioner
The North Yorkshire police, fire and crime commissioner is the police and crime commissioner, an elected official responsible for overseeing how crime and community safety are tackled, and for providing services for victims of crime, holding North Yorkshire Police to account in the English County of North Yorkshire. The post was created in November 2012, following an election held on 15 November 2012, and replaced the North Yorkshire Police Authority. On 15 November 2018, Police and Crime Commissioner Julia Mulligan became the North Yorkshire police, fire & crime commissioner, taking over the governance of North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service. Commissioner Philip Allott of the Conservative Party was elected on 13 May 2021 and replaced Julia Mulligan. He resigned on 15 October 2021 following comments surrounding the murder of Sarah Everard. The incumbent commissioner is Zoë Metcalfe Zoë Metcalfe is a British Conservative politician. She was elected to the post of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Mulligan
Julia Rosemary Mulligan (born June 1967) was the Conservative North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner. She is the first person to hold the post and was elected on 15 November 2012. Mulligan stood as the official Conservative Party PCC candidate and previously served as a local district councillor, in Craven, where she lives. She also stood for parliament in the 2010 general election. Mulligan was elected North Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner in November 2012, and was re-elected in May 2016. On 15 November 2018 she became the North Yorkshire Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner, taking over the governance of North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service. In May 2021, Mulligan was replaced by Philip Allott in this role, and she took a job at the Independent Office for Police Conduct. Role As a Police and Crime Commissioner, Ms Mulligan is responsible for the "efficient and effective policing" of North Yorkshire. The role of the PCCs is to be the voice of the people and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Yorkshire Fire And Rescue Service
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service covering the seven districts of administrative county of North Yorkshire: Craven, Harrogate, Hambleton, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scarborough, Selby; as well as the unitary authority of City of York. The service covers an area of and serves a population of 830,000. It is divided into eight groups related to the above districts. Performance In 2018/2019, every fire and rescue service in England and Wales was subjected to a statutory inspection by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HIMCFRS). The inspection investigated how well the service performs in each of three areas. On a scale of outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service was rated as follows: History Like all areas of the country, independent fire brigades developed in towns and cities across England which catered for the immediate area and were sponsore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The Labour Party sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. In all general elections since 1922, Labour has been either the governing party or the Official Opposition. There have been six Labour prime ministers and thirteen Labour ministries. The party holds the annual Labour Party Conference, at which party policy is formulated. The party was founded in 1900, having grown out of the trade union movement and socialist parties of the 19th century. It overtook the Liberal Party to become the main opposition to the Conservative Party in the early 1920s, forming two minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in the 1920s and early 1930s. Labour served in the wartime coalition of 1940–1945, after which Clement Attlee's Labour government established the National Health Service and expanded the welfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stray Ferret
The ''Stray Ferret'', known locally as ''The Ferret'', is a daily online newspaper, serving Harrogate, Ripon, Knaresborough, Boroughbridge, Pateley Bridge and Masham in North Yorkshire, England. It was established in 2020 by Tamsin O'Brien and Chris Bentley, and has a bricks and mortar newsroom and shop front in Cambridge Crescent, Harrogate. This news outlet provides local and political information, and investigations of environmental subjects such as river pollution, air pollution and light pollution. In 2024 the newspaper's online platform changed from free access to subscriber access. History Before the ''Stray Ferret'' existed, the remaining major newspaper in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, was the ''Harrogate Advertiser'' which had been started by Thomas Hollins as a Conservative newspaper in 1836. That business was bought out in the 1870s by the Liberal newspaperman Robert Ackrill, who then founded Ackrill Newspapers and expanded the business with other local news title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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