Selby District
Non-metropolitan district
Selby District Community House
Selby District Community House
Official logo of Selby District
Coat of Arms
Shown within North Yorkshire
Shown within North Yorkshire
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
Shire countyNorth Yorkshire
Admin. HQSelby
Government
 • TypeSelby District Council
 • Leadership:Leader and Executive
 • Executive: 
 • MPs:Nigel Adams
Area
 • Total231.4 sq mi (599.3 km2)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total92,401
 • Density400/sq mi (150/km2)
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code36UH (ONS)
E07000169 (GSS)
Ethnicity92.3% White
Websiteselby.gov.uk

Selby District was a local government district of North Yorkshire, England, from 1974 to 2023. Its council was based in the town of Selby. The district had a population of 83,449 at the 2011 Census.[1] The southernmost district of North Yorkshire, it bordered the City of York unitary authority, the Borough of Harrogate in North Yorkshire, the City of Leeds and City of Wakefield districts in West Yorkshire, the City of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, and the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire.

History

The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Selby Urban District, Selby Rural District and parts of Derwent Rural District, Hemsworth Rural District, Osgoldcross Rural District and Tadcaster Rural District. Of them, Derwent Rural District was in the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, while the rest were in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

On 1 April 1996, the parishes of Acaster Malbis, Askham Bryan, Askham Richard, Bishopthorpe, Copmanthorpe, Deighton, Dunnington, Elvington, Fulford, Heslington, Kexby, Naburn and Wheldrake were all transferred from the district to form part of the new City of York unitary authority area. According to the 2001 census, those parishes had a population of 22,873.

Towns and villages

Settlements in the district of Selby included:

Selby
Tadcaster
Sherburn in Elmet
Balne, Barlby, Barlow, Biggin, Bilbrough, Bolton Percy, Burn, Burton Salmon, Brayton, Brotherton
Camblesforth, Carlton, Cawood, Church Fenton, Cliffe, Chapel Haddlesey, Cridling Stubbs
Drax
Eggborough, Escrick
Fairburn
Gateforth
Hambleton, Hemingbrough, Hensall, Hillam, Hirst Courtney
Kelfield, Kellington, Kirk Smeaton
Long Drax, Lumby
Monk Fryston
Newthorpe, North Duffield
Osgodby
Riccall
Selby, Sherburn in Elmet, Skipwith, Stutton, South Milford, Stillingfleet
Tadcaster, Temple Hirst, Thorganby, Thorpe Willoughby, Towton
Ulleskelf
Walden Stubbs, West Haddlesey, Whitley, Wistow, Womersley

Council

See also: Selby District Council elections

In the final elections to the council in 2019, the Conservative Party held a majority on the council, with Labour in opposition.[2]

Abolition

In July 2021 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced that in April 2023, the non-metropolitan county would be reorganised into a unitary authority. Selby District Council was abolished and its functions were transferred to a new single authority for the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Selby Local Authority (E07000169)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Council structure". Selby District Council. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Next steps for new unitary councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset". gov.uk. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  4. ^ "The new council". North Yorkshire County Council. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

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