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East Riding of Yorkshire: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council: Unitary authority (unitary), England, Yorkshire and The Humber; part of the HYCA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E06000011.

Council website

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The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by East Riding of Yorkshire for 2026–27: £1,968.90 of a £2,466.08 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as East Riding of Yorkshire reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

East Riding of Yorkshire: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
ServiceBudget
Education services£295.0 million
Highways and transport services£23.3 million
Children's social care£79.0 million
Adult social care£187.1 million
Public health£17.3 million
Housing services (general fund only)£4.9 million
Cultural and related services£20.7 million
Environmental and regulatory services£51.5 million
Planning and development services£6.2 million
Police servicesnone budgeted
Fire and rescue servicesnone budgeted
Central services£11.3 million
Other services£6.9 million
Total service expenditure£703.3 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

East Riding of Yorkshire in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population
355,884 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age
49 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head
£24,783 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay
£620 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs
21.6% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count
2.3% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price
£220,408 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
6.0 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy
59.5 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy
59.5 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions
10.3 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband
94.5% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers
113.2 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses
13,140 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

67 seats in 2026. Run by: Conservatives, as a minority administration. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 24, Liberal Democrats 21, Independent / Other 11, Labour Party 4, Green Party (E&W) 3, Reform UK 3, Restore Britain 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 67 councillors, by ward
  • Diana Stewart (Liberal Democrats) — Beverley Rural
  • Jeremy Wilcock (Liberal Democrats) — Beverley Rural
  • Paul Smith (Liberal Democrats) — Beverley Rural
  • Liam Dealtry (Independent / Other) — Bridlington Central and Old Town
  • Maria Bowtell (Restore Britain) — Bridlington Central and Old Town
  • Jayne Phoenix (Liberal Democrats) — Bridlington North
  • Mike Heslop-Mullens (Liberal Democrats) — Bridlington North
  • Thomas Robson (Liberal Democrats) — Bridlington North
  • Andy Walker (Green Party (E&W)) — Bridlington South
  • Rick Arrand (Green Party (E&W)) — Bridlington South
  • Tim Norman (Green Party (E&W)) — Bridlington South
  • Alex Duke (Labour Party) — Cottingham North
  • Phillip Redshaw (Liberal Democrats) — Cottingham North
  • Carolyn Cantrell (Labour Party) — Cottingham South
  • Kevin Casson (Labour Party) — Cottingham South
  • Coleen Gill (Independent / Other) — Dale
  • Richard Meredith (Conservative and Unionist) — Dale
  • Terry Gill (Independent / Other) — Dale
  • Mark Blakeston (Independent / Other) — Driffield and Rural
  • Matt Rogers (Conservative and Unionist) — Driffield and Rural
  • Michael Lee (Conservative and Unionist) — Driffield and Rural
  • Denise Howard (Reform UK) — East Wolds and Coastal
  • Jonathan Bibb (Conservative and Unionist) — East Wolds and Coastal
  • Jonathan Owen (Conservative and Unionist) — East Wolds and Coastal
  • Anne Handley (Conservative and Unionist) — Goole North
  • Nick Coultish (Conservative and Unionist) — Goole North
  • Barbara Jeffreys (Independent / Other) — Goole South
  • David Jeffreys (Independent / Other) — Goole South
  • David Nolan (Independent / Other) — Hessle
  • John Bovill (Liberal Democrats) — Hessle
  • Simon Pickering (Liberal Democrats) — Hessle
  • David Howard (Independent / Other) — Howden
  • Linda Bayram (Conservative and Unionist) — Howdenshire
  • Nigel Wilkinson (Conservative and Unionist) — Howdenshire
  • Victoria Aitken (Conservative and Unionist) — Howdenshire
  • Amanda Talbot (Conservative and Unionist) — Mid Holderness
  • John Holtby (Conservative and Unionist) — Mid Holderness
  • Samantha Christon-Whyte (Reform UK) — Mid Holderness
  • Eliza Whitaker (Liberal Democrats) — Minster and Woodmansey
  • Tom Astell (Liberal Democrats) — Minster and Woodmansey
  • Tony Henderson (Liberal Democrats) — Minster and Woodmansey
  • Barbara Jefferson (Independent / Other) — North Holderness
  • John Whittle (Independent / Other) — North Holderness
  • Andrew Cousins (Liberal Democrats) — Pocklington Provincial
  • Dale Needham (Liberal Democrats) — Pocklington Provincial
  • Gareth Shephard (Liberal Democrats) — Pocklington Provincial
  • Caroline Fox (Independent / Other) — Snaith, Airmyn, Rawcliffe and Marshland
  • Liz Sargeantson (Conservative and Unionist) — Snaith, Airmyn, Rawcliffe and Marshland
  • Jon Dimberline (Reform UK) — South East Holderness
  • Lyn Healing (Conservative and Unionist) — South East Holderness
  • Sean McMaster (Conservative and Unionist) — South East Holderness
  • Margaret Corless (Liberal Democrats) — South Hunsley
  • Paul Hopton (Conservative and Unionist) — South Hunsley
  • John Dennis (Conservative and Unionist) — South West Holderness
  • Steve Gallant (Labour Party) — South West Holderness
  • Sue Steel (Conservative and Unionist) — South West Holderness
  • David Boynton (Liberal Democrats) — St Mary's
  • Denis Healy (Liberal Democrats) — St Mary's
  • Linda Johnson (Liberal Democrats) — St Mary's
  • Margot Sutton (Liberal Democrats) — Tranby
  • Ross Harrison (Liberal Democrats) — Tranby
  • David Tucker (Conservative and Unionist) — Willerby and Kirk Ella
  • Gary McMaster (Conservative and Unionist) — Willerby and Kirk Ella
  • Zahra Saribal (Conservative and Unionist) — Willerby and Kirk Ella
  • Derek Cary (Conservative and Unionist) — Wolds Weighton
  • Leo Hammond (Conservative and Unionist) — Wolds Weighton
  • Paul West (Conservative and Unionist) — Wolds Weighton

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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