The council consists of 90 councillors, each representing public interest as well as individuals living within the electoral division in which he or she has been elected to serve a term of office. The most recent elections were on 5 May 2022.
Local Councillors are elected by the community to decide how the council should carry out its various activities. They have regular contact with the general public through council meetings, telephone calls or surgeries. Surgeries provide an opportunity for any ward resident to go and talk their councillor face to face and these take place on a regular basis.
Each county councillor has a budget to allow them to respond to local needs by recommending funding to support specific activities.
Details of the funding allocations under the Councillor Locality Budget scheme for the years 2017/18 to 2021/22 are available here: Locality Budget. Details of the funding allocations for 2022/23 onwards are available to view here: Decisions
Councillors are not paid a salary for their work, but they do receive allowances. By law, all members of the Council are required to complete a declaration of interest form, the details of which are published annually.
To find your councillor please use the links below:
Aire Valley division
Green Party
Aiskew & Leeming division
Conservative
Amotherby & Ampleforth division
Liberal Democrats
Appleton Roebuck & Church Fenton division
Conservative
Barlby & Riccall division
Labour
Bedale division
Conservative
Bentham & Ingleton division
Conservative
Bilton & Nidd Gorge division
Independent Unaffiliated
Bilton Grange & New Park division
Liberal Democrats
Boroughbridge & Claro division
Conservative
Brayton & Barlow division
Conservative
Executive Member for Open to Business
Camblesforth & Carlton division
The Reform Party
Castle division
Independent
Catterick Village & Brompton-on-Swale division
Conservative
Leader of the Council and Leader of The Conservative and Independents Group
Cawood & Escrick division
Independent
Cayton division
Conservative
Cliffe & North Duffield division
Conservative
Coppice Valley & Duchy division
Liberal Democrats
Danby & Mulgrave division
Conservative
Derwent Valley & Moor division
Conservative
Easingwold division
Conservative
Eastfield division
Social Justice Party
Esk Valley & Coast division
Conservative
Fairfax & Starbeck division
Liberal Democrats
Falsgrave & Stepney division
Labour and Co-Operative Party
Filey division
Independent Unaffiliated
Glusburn, Cross Hills & Sutton-in-Craven division
Independent
Great Ayton division
Conservative
Harlow & St Georges division
Independent
Helmsley & Sinnington division
Conservative
High Harrogate & Kingsley division
Liberal Democrats
Hillside & Raskelf division
Conservative
Member Champion for Young People
Hipswell & Colburn division
Green Party
Green Party group leader, Armed Forces Champion
Huby & Tollerton division
Conservative
Hunmanby & Sherburn division
Independent Unaffiliated
Hutton Rudby & Osmotherley division
Conservative
Climate Change Champion
Killinghall, Hampsthwaite & Saltergate division
Conservative
Executive Member for Health and Adult Services
Kirkbymoorside & Dales division
Conservative
Executive Member for Managing our Environment
Knaresborough East division
Liberal Democrats
Knaresborough West division
Liberal Democrats
Leyburn & Middleham division
Conservative
Malton division
Independent
Masham & Fountains division
Liberal Democrats
Mid Craven division
Conservative
Executive Member for Culture, Arts and Housing
Monk Fryston & South Milford division
Conservative
Morton-on-Swale & Appleton Wiske division
Conservative
Executive Member for Education, Learning and Skills
Newby division
Labour
North Richmondshire division
Conservative
Northallerton North & Brompton division
Conservative
Member Champion for Road Safety
Northallerton South division
Conservative
Member Champion for Older People
Northstead division
Labour
Norton division
Conservative
Executive Member for Highways and Transportation, Road Safety and Cycling/Active Travel Champion
Oatlands & Pannal division
Conservative
Osgoldcross division
Independent
Ouseburn division
Green Party
Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale division
Liberal Democrats
Pickering division
Liberal Party
Richmond division
Independent
North Yorkshire Independents group leader
Ripon Minster & Moorside division
The Conservative and Independents Group
Ripon Ure Bank & Spa division
Liberal Democrats
Romanby division
Conservative
Scalby & the Coast division
Conservative
Scotton & Lower Wensleydale division
Conservative
Seamer division
Conservative
Executive Member for Corporate Services
Selby East division
Labour
Selby West division
Labour
Selby West division
Labour
Labour group leader
Settle & Penyghent division
Conservative
Sherburn in Elmet division
Labour
Sheriff Hutton & Derwent division
The Conservative and Independents Group
Skipton East & South division
The Conservative and Independents Group
Skipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby division
Green Party
Skipton West & West Craven division
Independent
Sowerby & Topcliffe division
Liberal Democrats
Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale & Tockwith division
Conservative
Stokesley division
Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrat and Liberal group leader
Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone division
Liberal Democrats
Tadcaster division
Independent
Thirsk division
Conservative
Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Finance and Resources, Digital Champion
Thornton Dale & Wolds division
Conservative
Executive Member for Children and Families
Thorpe Willoughby & Hambleton division
Conservative
Upper Dales division
Conservative
Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate division
Conservative
Washburn & Birstwith division
Conservative
Wathvale & Bishop Monkton division
Conservative
Weaponness & Ramshill division
Independent Unaffiliated
Wharfedale division
Conservative
Whitby Streonshalh division
Labour
Whitby West division
Conservative
Woodlands division
Labour and Co-Operative Party