Proposed changes to ward names for unitary council

Name in preferred proposal submitted to DLUHC	Revised name	Rationale
Aiskew & Leeming Bar	Aiskew & Leeming	The unitary ward is bigger than the parish of the same name.  Askew & Leeming would better reflect the breadth of communities in the ward.
Burniston & Scalby	Scalby & the Coast	Scalby & the Coast would retain the traditional name of the county division.
Gargrave & Malhamdale	Mid Craven	The unitary ward is bigger than the district ward of the same name.  Mid Craven would better reflect the breadth of communities in the ward.
Spofforth with Lower Wharfdale & Tockwith	Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale & Tockwith	Correcting a spelling error.
Washburn	Washburn & Birstwith	The unitary ward is bigger than the district ward of the same name.  Washburn & Birstwith would better reflect the breadth of communities in the ward.
Wharfdale	Wharfedale	Correcting a spelling error.
Ryedale and Derwent	Sheriff Hutton and Derwent	This is to reflect that Sheriff Hutton is the largest settlement in the new Ward.
Glusburn and Sutton	Glusburn, Crosshills and Sutton	The issue is one of community identity as there is no mention of Crosshills which is larger than Glusburn.
The Stray and Hookstone	Stray, Woodlands and Hookstone	The deletion of “The” is consistent with earlier naming of Wards in the area and “The Stray” is an area of grassland rather than the residential area.  The addition of “Woodlands” reflects the fact that the new Ward is quite long and thin, with “Stray” at one end, Hookstone at the other, and in the middle an area called “Woodlands” comprising territory in both the predecessor “Stray” and “Hookstone” Wards.