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There are 21 local government districts in Yorkshire and the Humber. Nine metropolitan districts in South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire, seven non-metropolitan districts within North Yorkshire, and five non-metropolitan districts that are unitary authorities.
The region [nb 1] of Yorkshire and the Humber is divided into 54 parliamentary constituencies which is made up of 23 borough constituencies and 31 county constituencies. Since the general election of July 2024 , 43 are represented by Labour MPs, 9 by Conservative MPs, one by a Liberal Democrat MP, and one by an Independent MP.
Council elections in Yorkshire and the Humber (5 C) ... Local government in West Yorkshire (14 C, 18 P) Lord-lieutenants of the West Riding of Yorkshire (1 C, 23 P)
Local government in England was reformed in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. [13] Under the act, the ridings lost their lieutenancies and shrievalties and the administrative counties, county boroughs and their councils were abolished. [4] The area of Yorkshire was divided between a number of metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties: [14]
The first county councils were created in 1889 under the Local Government Act 1888. There was a significant reform of the number, powers and jurisdictions of county councils in 1974. County councils were also established for the metropolitan counties created in 1974, but the metropolitan county councils were all abolished in 1986. From 1995 ...
When elected county councils were established in 1889, rather than have a single Yorkshire County Council, each of the three ridings was made an administrative county with its own county council, and the eight larger towns and cities of Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Hull, Leeds, Middlesbrough, Sheffield and York were made county boroughs ...
This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of East Riding of Yorkshire in Yorkshire and the Humber. All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown. The number of councillors elected for each electoral division or ward is shown in brackets.
The non-metropolitan county has an area of 2,483 square miles (6,430 km 2), and, with the City of York and the boroughs of Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees (south of the River Tees), forms the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire. [6] It is governed by North Yorkshire Council.