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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.
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.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Road maintenance: Reporting
- Street lighting: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Primary school places: Applications for service
- Secondary school places: Applications for service
- Library facilities: Providing information
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
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.
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Environment
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Education
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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| 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 services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £11.3 million |
| Other services | £6.9 million |
| Total service expenditure | £703.3 million |
Life in East Riding of Yorkshire: the official facts
- People living here
- 360,334 people
- Typical age
- 49 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £24,783
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £620
- Children growing up in poverty
- 21.6%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 2.3%
- Average price of a home
- £219,871
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 6.0 times yearly pay
- Years in good health: women
- 59.5 years
- Years in good health: men
- 59.5 years
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 10.3 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 94.5%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 113.2 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 13,140 businesses
Who runs the council
This council’s area is covered by Hull and East Yorkshire combined authority, with its elected mayor.
67 seats in 2026. Run by: Conservatives, as a minority administration.
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