Editing Whitby (section)

==Governance==
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{{Infobox legislature
| name          = Whitby Town Council
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| house_type    = Town Council
| leader1_type  = [[Mayors in England|Mayor]]
| leader1       = Robert Dalrymple<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitbytowncouncil.gov.uk/mayor-of-whitby.html|title=Mayor of Whitby|date=5 June 2024|publisher=Whitby Town Council|accessdate=12 July 2024|archive-date=12 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712214859/https://www.whitbytowncouncil.gov.uk/mayor-of-whitby|url-status=live}}</ref>
| leader2_type  = [[Municipal clerk#United Kingdom|Town clerk]]
| leader2       = Michael King
| members       = 19 Councillors <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitbytowncouncil.gov.uk/councillors.html|access-date=12 July 2024|title=Your Town Councillors|date=27 June 2024|publisher=Whitby Town Council|archive-date=12 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712220014/https://www.whitbytowncouncil.gov.uk/councillors|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| seats3_title   = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
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| seats4_title   = [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]
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| last_election1 = 2 May 2023
| next_election1 = 7 May 2027
| website        = {{URL|https://www.whitbytowncouncil.gov.uk}}
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| meeting_place  = [[Whitby Museum]]
| session_room   = Whitby museum.JPG
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[[File:The Old Town Hall at Whitby (geograph 7266230).jpg|thumb|[[Old Town Hall, Whitby|Old Town Hall]], a grade II* listed building no longer in municipal use]]
By an Act of 1837 government of the town was entrusted to a board of Improvement Commissioners, elected by the [[Rates (tax)|ratepayers]]. A Local Board was formed in 1872, and lasted until [[Whitby Urban District Council]] was formed under the [[Local Government Act 1894]].<ref name="vch"/> The townships of Whitby, Ruswarp and Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre were formed into a Parliamentary borough under the [[Reform Act 1832]] returning one member until the [[Redistribution of Seats Act 1885]].<ref name=vch/>

From 1974 to 2023 Whitby was administered as part of a two tier council system by [[Scarborough (borough)|Scarborough Borough Council]], one of the seven district councils in [[North Yorkshire]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Development Framework and Local Plan Proposals Map |url=http://planaccess.scarborough.gov.uk/planaccessGui216/LDF-Proposals-Maps.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728122426/http://planaccess.scarborough.gov.uk/planaccessGui216/LDF-Proposals-Maps.html |archive-date=28 July 2011 |access-date=19 July 2011 |publisher=Scarborough. Borough Council}}</ref> For borough council purposes the town comprised three wards: Mayfield, Streonshalh and Whitby West Cliff. The borough council was a [[non-metropolitan district]], responsible for housing, planning, leisure and recreation, waste collection, environmental health and revenue collection.<ref>{{cite web |year=2011 |title=Scarborough Borough Council Homepage – Whitby {{pipe}} Scarborough {{pipe}} Filey |url=http://www.scarborough.gov.uk/default.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810093557/http://www.scarborough.gov.uk/%2fdefault.aspx |archive-date=10 August 2011 |access-date=13 August 2011}}</ref> Above the Borough council was North Yorkshire County Council, which was a [[non-metropolitan county]] providing education, transport, highways, fire, waste disposal, social and library services.<ref>{{cite web |year=2011 |title=Home : North Yorkshire County Council |url=http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3112 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807153029/http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=3112 |archive-date=7 August 2011 |access-date=13 August 2011}}</ref>

In April 2023 both councils were replaced by [[North Yorkshire Council]] along with all district councils in North Yorkshire.<ref>{{cite news |date=1 April 2023 |title=North Yorkshire Council: New local authority begins work |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-65140906 |access-date=7 May 2023 |archive-date=29 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429032254/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-65140906 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authority]] now provides all the services previously provided separately by the two councils.

At the lowest level of governance Whitby has a town council which, for election and administrative purposes, is divided into six electoral wards represented by 19 councillors responsible for burial grounds, allotments, play areas and street lighting. Elections to the town council are held every four years.<ref>{{cite web |year=2011 |title=Councillors and Clerks |url=http://www.whitbytowncouncil.gov.uk/councillors+and+clerks |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327212921/http://www.whitbytowncouncil.gov.uk/councillors+and+clerks |archive-date=27 March 2012 |access-date=19 July 2011 |publisher=Whitby Town Council}}</ref>

In the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]], the town is represented by [[Alison Hume]] of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], who was elected as the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for the [[Scarborough and Whitby (UK Parliament constituency)|Scarborough and Whitby constituency]] in [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Scarborough and Whitby – General election results 2024 |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001461 |access-date=12 July 2024 |archive-date=5 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240705034020/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001461 |url-status=live }}</ref>