Editing York (section)

==Governance==
===Local===
{{For|detailed history on local government in the City of York|City of York Council}}{{Outdated section|date=July 2024}}[[File:York Guildhall.jpg|thumb|[[York Guildhall]] is the seat of local government.|200x200px]]

The City of York is governed by the [[City of York Council]]. It is a [[unitary authority]] that operates on a [[leader and cabinet]] style of governance, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government services including Council Tax billing, libraries, social services, processing planning applications, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority. The city council consists of 47 councillors<ref name="councillors">{{cite web |url=http://democracy.york.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.asp?bcr=1 |title=Your councillors |publisher=City of York Council |access-date=19 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711184047/http://democracy.york.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.asp?bcr=1 |archive-date=11 July 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Constitution">{{cite web |url=http://democracy.york.gov.uk/Published/StdDataDocs/3/1/6/0/SD00000613/$part1.doc.pdf |title=The Constitution – Part 1 Summary and explanation |publisher=City of York Council |access-date=19 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726095920/http://democracy.york.gov.uk/Published/StdDataDocs/3/1/6/0/SD00000613/%24part1.doc.pdf |archive-date=26 July 2011}}</ref> representing 21 [[Ward (electoral subdivision)|wards]], with one, two or three per ward serving four-year terms. Its headquarters are at the [[York Guildhall|Guildhall]] and West Offices in the city centre.

York is divided into 21 administrative wards: [[Acomb, North Yorkshire|Acomb]], [[Bishopthorpe]], [[Clifton, York|Clifton]], [[Copmanthorpe]], [[Dringhouses]] and [[Woodthorpe, North Yorkshire|Woodthorpe]], [[Fishergate]], [[Fulford, North Yorkshire|Fulford]] and [[Heslington]], Guildhall, [[Haxby]] and [[Wigginton, North Yorkshire|Wigginton]], [[Heworth, York|Heworth]], [[Heworth Without]], [[Holgate, North Yorkshire|Holgate]], Hull Road, [[Huntington, City of York|Huntington]] and [[New Earswick]], [[Micklegate]], [[Osbaldwick]] and [[Derwent (ward)|Derwent]], [[Rawcliffe, York|Rawcliffe]] and [[Clifton Without]], [[Rural West York]], [[Strensall]], [[Westfield, York|Westfield]], and [[Wheldrake]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.york.gov.uk/wards/|title=City of York Council – wards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121022206/https://www.york.gov.uk/wards|archive-date=21 November 2018|publisher= City of York Council|access-date= 20 November 2018}}</ref>

The members of the cabinet, led by the [[Leader of the City of York Council|Council Leader]], makes decisions on their portfolio areas individually.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://democracy.york.gov.uk/mgCommitteeDetails.aspx?ID=676 |publisher=City of York Council |access-date=10 May 2010 |title=committee details – leisure culture and social inclusion |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726095939/http://democracy.york.gov.uk/mgCommitteeDetails.aspx?ID=676 |archive-date=26 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://democracy.york.gov.uk/mgCommitteeDetails.aspx?ID=672 |publisher=City of York Council |access-date=10 May 2010 |title=committee details – city strategy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726100010/http://democracy.york.gov.uk/mgCommitteeDetails.aspx?ID=672 |archive-date=26 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Following the [[Local Government Act 2000]], the Council Leader commands the [[Confidence and supply|confidence]] of the city council; the leader of the largest political group and head of the City of York Council. The Leader of the council and the cabinet (consisting of all the executive councillors) are collectively [[Accountability|accountable]] for their policies and actions to the city council. The current Council Leader, [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]' Cllr Keith Aspden, was appointed on 22 May 2019, following the [[2019 City of York Council election]].

[[File:St Helen's Square, York.jpg|thumb|The [[Mansion House, York|Mansion House]] is home to the [[List of lord mayors of York|Lord Mayor of York]].|200x200px]]

York's first citizen and civic head is the [[List of lord mayors of York|Lord Mayor]], who is the [[chairman]] of the City of York Council. The appointment is made by the city council each year in May, at the same time appointing the Sheriff, the city's other civic head. The offices of Lord Mayor and Sheriff are purely ceremonial. The Lord Mayor carries out civic and ceremonial duties in addition to chairing full council meetings.<ref name="Constitution"/> The incumbent Lord Mayor since 26 May 2022 is Councillor David Carr, and the Sheriff is Suzie Mercer.<ref>{{cite news|last=Cooper|first=Joe|url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/20169052.new-lord-mayor-york-david-carr-pledges-help-cost-living/|title=New Lord Mayor of York David Carr pledges to help over cost of living|work=YorkMix|date=26 May 2022|access-date=27 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522210035/https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/20169052.new-lord-mayor-york-david-carr-pledges-help-cost-living/|archive-date=22 May 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

York Youth Council consists of several young people who negotiate with the councillors to get better facilities for York's young people, and who also elect York's [[Member of Youth Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://yorkyouthcouncil.com/ |title=York Youth Council |publisher=York Youth Council |access-date=15 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215202200/https://yorkyouthcouncil.com/ |archive-date=15 February 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/14274284.York_teenagers_to_help_improve_bus_services/ |title=York teenagers to help improve bus services |date=13 February 2016 |work=York Press |access-date=15 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217143236/http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/14274284.York_teenagers_to_help_improve_bus_services/ |archive-date=17 February 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The results of the [[2023 City of York Council election]] saw the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] with three councillors, the Liberal Democrats with 19 councillors, the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] had 24 councillors and one Independent.<ref name="yorkgovelection23">{{cite news|url=https://www.york.gov.uk/ElectionResults2023|title=City of York local elections May 2023|publisher=City of York Council|date=5 May 2023|access-date=17 July 2024}}</ref> The council went from [[no overall control]] in the 2019 election, to being run by the Labour Party holding a majority.
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|-
| {{Party name with color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}
| 19
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York is the traditional [[county town]] of [[Yorkshire]], and therefore did not form part of any of its [[Ridings of Yorkshire|three historic ridings]], or divisions. Its Mayor has had the status of Lord Mayor since 1370,<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/548255|title=York in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries|author=Maud Sellers|year=1897|journal=The English Historical Review|volume=12|issue=47|pages=437–447|jstor=548255 }}</ref> one of 23 in England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/20158/lord_mayor/318/lord_mayors_office|title=Lord Mayor's Office|publisher=Birmingham City Council|website=www.birmingham.gov.uk|accessdate=21 May 2024}}</ref> Only five of these have the title "[[The Right Honourable]]", the others being the Lord Mayors of [[London]], [[Bristol]], [[Cardiff]] and [[Belfast]].{{cn|date=April 2024}} York is an ancient [[borough]], and was reformed by the [[Municipal Corporations Act 1835]] to form a [[municipal borough]]. It gained the status of a [[county borough]] in 1889, under the [[Local Government Act 1888]], and existed so until 1974, when, under the [[Local Government Act 1972]], it became a [[non-metropolitan district]] in the county of North Yorkshire, whilst retaining its Lord Mayor and its Sheriff.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=1960380&word=NULL |title=Gazetteer of the British Isles entry for York |year=1887 |access-date=19 July 2009 |work=A Vision of Britain Through Time |publisher=Great Britain Historical GIS Project |last=Bartholomew |first=John |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005205241/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=1960380&word=NULL |archive-date=5 October 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gazetteer.co.uk/gazmap2.htm |title=Gazetteer of British Place Names – Map 2. Administrative counties and unitary authority areas |publisher=Association of British Counties |date=10 September 2006 |access-date=17 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722102437/http://www.gazetteer.co.uk/gazmap2.htm |archive-date=22 July 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> As a result of [[1990s UK local government reform]], York regained unitary status and saw a substantial alteration in its borders, taking in parts of [[Selby (district)|Selby]] and [[Harrogate (borough)|Harrogate]] districts, and about half the population of the [[Ryedale]] district.<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/SI/si1995/Uksi_19950610_en_9.htm |title=The North Yorkshire (District of York) (Structural and Boundary Changes) Order |publisher=Stationery Office Books |isbn=978-0-11-052605-8 |date=1995 |access-date=17 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419182300/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19950610_en_9.htm |archive-date=19 April 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> The new boundary was imposed after central government rejected the former city council's own proposal.

===Parliament===
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From 1997 to 2010, the central part of the district was covered by the [[City of York (UK Parliament constituency)|City of York]] constituency, while the remainder was split between the constituencies of [[Ryedale (UK Parliament constituency)|Ryedale]], [[Selby (UK Parliament constituency)|Selby]], and [[Vale of York (UK Parliament constituency)|Vale of York]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://democracy.york.gov.uk/mgMemberIndexMP.asp?bcr=1 |title=Your MPs |publisher=City of York Council |access-date=19 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509032822/http://democracy.york.gov.uk/mgMemberIndexMP.asp?bcr=1 <!--Added by H3llBot--> |archive-date=9 May 2009}}</ref> These constituencies were represented by [[Hugh Bayley]], [[John Greenway (MP)|John Greenway]], [[John Grogan (UK politician)|John Grogan]], and [[Anne McIntosh]] respectively.

Following their review in 2003 of parliamentary representation in [[North Yorkshire]], the [[Boundary Commission for England]] recommended the creation of two new seats for the City of York, in time for the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|general election in 2010]]. These are [[York Central (UK Parliament constituency)|York Central]], which covers the inner urban area, and is entirely surrounded by the [[York Outer (UK Parliament constituency)|York Outer]] constituency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/review_areas/downloads/FR_NR_NYorks_York.doc|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20091102211613/http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/review_areas/downloads/FR_NR_NYorks_York.doc|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2 November 2009|title=Final recommendations for Parliamentary constituencies in the County of North Yorkshire and the City of York|format=[[Microsoft Word|Microsoft Word document]]|publisher=Boundary Commission for England|date=5 November 2003|access-date=20 April 2010}}</ref>

===Ceremonial===
York is within the [[ceremonial county]] of [[North Yorkshire]] and, until 1974, was within the jurisdiction of the [[Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire|Lord Lieutenant of the County of York, West Riding and the County of The City of York]]. The city does retain the right to appoint its own Sheriff. The holder of the [[Royal Duke|Royal]] [[Duke of York|dukedom of York]] has no responsibilities either ceremonially or administratively as regards to the city.