Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to:
People
* Scarborough (surname)
* Earl of Scarbrough
Places Australia
* Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth
* Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong
* Scarborough, Queensland, su ...
Borough Council
A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely.
History
In the Middle Ag ...
in
North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...
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England
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was established in 1974 and abolished in 2023. It was elected once every four years.
Political control
Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:
Leadership
Political leadership is provided by the
leader
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of the council, with the role of mayor being largely ceremonial in Scarborough. The leaders of the council since 1979 have been:
Council elections
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1973 Scarborough Borough Council election
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1976 Scarborough Borough Council election
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1979 Scarborough Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)
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1983 Scarborough Borough Council election
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1987 Scarborough Borough Council election
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1991 Scarborough Borough Council election
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1995 Scarborough Borough Council election
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1999 Scarborough Borough Council election
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2003 Scarborough Borough Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 1)
[legislation.gov.uk ]
The Borough of Scarborough (Electoral Changes) Order 2000
Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
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2007 Scarborough Borough Council election
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2011 Scarborough Borough Council election
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2015 Scarborough Borough Council election
The 2015 Scarborough Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Scarborough Borough Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections.
Results summary
Ward results
Castle
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2019 Scarborough Borough Council election
By-election results
1999-2003
2003-2007
2007-2011
2011-2015
2015-2019
2019-2023
References
By-election results
External links
Scarborough Borough Council
{{Former non-metropolitan districts of England
Politics of the Borough of Scarborough
Council elections in North Yorkshire
District council elections in England