The

East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire to t ...

is a

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in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire,

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. It was created on 1 April 1996 replacing East Yorkshire, East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley,

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, part of Boothferry and

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. The

East Riding of Yorkshire Council East Riding of Yorkshire Council is the local authority of the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government serv ...

is fully elected every four years. The council consists of 67

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s who are elected from 26 wards. Each ward elects one, two or three councillors.

Political control

The first election to the council was held in 1995, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1996. Political control of the council since 1995 has been held by the following parties:

Leadership

The first leader of the council, Stephen Parnaby, was the last leader of one of the predecessor councils, the East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley. The leaders of the council since 1996 have been:

Council elections

* 1995 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election * 1999 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election * 2003 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election * 2007 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election * 2011 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election * 2015 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election * 2019 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election * 2023 East Riding of Yorkshire Council election

By-election results

1995–1999

1999–2003

2003–2007

2011–2015

2015–2019

2019–2023

2023–2026

Held following the death of Tom Astell. Held following the death of Viv Padden.

References

External links

East Riding of Yorkshire Council
{{Unitary authorities of England Council elections in the East Riding of Yorkshire Unitary authority elections in England