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York: 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.

City of York Council: Unitary authority (unitary), England, Yorkshire and The Humber; part of the YNYC combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E06000014.

Council website · Publication scheme

Do it online

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

We haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website

Transport

We haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website

Council tax

Band D set by York for 2026–27: £1,817.43 of a £2,287.15 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

We haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website

Environment

The council’s climate-emergency motion, in its own words:

“Declare a ‘Climate Emergency’.”

The council's document gives no date for the motion: it shows what the council resolved then, not what it does now. City of York Council's document (City of York Council), found through mySociety and Climate Emergency UK, Local authority climate emergency declarations (CC BY 4.0); the sentence was checked word for word on 26 October 2026.

Beyond that document, we haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website

Education

We haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website

Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 2 opened (1 new provision, 1 academy converter), 2 closed (1 for academy, 1 academy converter)

Carr Infant School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: for academy, 31 October 2026
Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 October 2026
Carr Infant School (primary) — open; reason recorded: new provision, 1 November 2026
Saint Barnabas Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 November 2026

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

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

York: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£120.1 million
Highways and transport services	£3.7 million
Children's social care	£32.7 million
Adult social care	£95.2 million
Public health	£11.5 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£8.0 million
Cultural and related services	£5.9 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£19.0 million
Planning and development services	£4.6 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£14.0 million
Other services	none budgeted
Total service expenditure	£314.7 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).

Life in York: the official facts

Facts about the people who live here: their pay, homes, health and more, from official statistics. They describe the place, not you, and every council gets the same list. Each shows when it was measured.

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People living here: 209,118 people 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsAn official estimate of everyone who lives in the area, in the middle of the year.
Typical age: 38 years 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsHalf the people who live here are younger than this and half are older.
Money to live on, per person, per year: £24,506 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage household income per person after taxes, with benefits added: what people have to spend or save.
Typical weekly pay, before tax: £613 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsFor employees who live here: half earn more than this each week, half earn less.
Children growing up in poverty: 18.2% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsThe share of children under 16 in families on low incomes once housing costs are paid.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits: 1.8% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsThe share of people aged 16 to 64 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work.
Average price of a home: £311,865 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
How many years of pay a home costs: 7.5 times yearly pay 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsA typical home's price divided by the typical yearly pay of people who live here.
Years in good health: women: 61.4 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a girl born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Years in good health: men: 60.8 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a boy born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Greenhouse gases, per person: 3.7 tonnes per person 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroEmissions from the area in a year, shared out per resident, in tonnes of carbon dioxide or its equivalent.
Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband: 90.3% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars: 115.6 per 100,000 people 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublic charging points at all speeds, for every 100,000 people.
Businesses trading here: 7,485 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for York from the ONS

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

This council’s area is covered by York and North Yorkshire combined authority, with its elected mayor.

47 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Labour Party 24, Liberal Democrats 19, Conservative and Unionist 3, Restore Britain 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 47 councillors, by ward

Jason Rose (Labour Party) — Acomb
Katie Lomas (Labour Party) — Acomb
Michael Nicholls (Conservative and Unionist) — Bishopthorpe
Danny Myers (Labour Party) — Clifton
Margaret Wells (Labour Party) — Clifton
Chris Steward (Conservative and Unionist) — Copmanthorpe
Ashley Mason (Liberal Democrats) — Dringhouses & Woodthorpe
Paula Widdowson (Liberal Democrats) — Dringhouses & Woodthorpe
Stephen Fenton (Liberal Democrats) — Dringhouses & Woodthorpe
Conrad Whitcroft (Labour Party) — Fishergate
Sarah Wilson (Labour Party) — Fishergate
Kate Ravilious (Labour Party) — Fulford & Heslington
Dave Merrett (Labour Party) — Guildhall
Rachel Melly (Labour Party) — Guildhall
Tony Clarke (Labour Party) — Guildhall
Andrew Hollyer (Liberal Democrats) — Haxby & Wigginton
Ian Cuthbertson (Liberal Democrats) — Haxby & Wigginton
Richard Watson (Liberal Democrats) — Haxby & Wigginton
Anna Perrett (Labour Party) — Heworth
Claire Douglas (Labour Party) — Heworth
Robert Webb (Labour Party) — Heworth
Nigel Ayre (Liberal Democrats) — Heworth Without
Jenny Kent (Labour Party) — Holgate
Kallum Taylor (Labour Party) — Holgate
Lucy Steels-Walshaw (Labour Party) — Holgate
Anna Baxter (Labour Party) — Hull Road
John Moroney (Labour Party) — Hull Road
Michael Pavlovic (Labour Party) — Hull Road
Carol Runciman (Liberal Democrats) — Huntington & New Earswick
Chris Cullwick (Liberal Democrats) — Huntington & New Earswick
Keith Orrell (Liberal Democrats) — Huntington & New Earswick
Jane Burton (Labour Party) — Micklegate
Jonny Crawshaw (Labour Party) — Micklegate
Peter Kilbane (Labour Party) — Micklegate
Mark Warters (Restore Britain) — Osbaldwick & Derwent
Martin Rowley (Conservative and Unionist) — Osbaldwick & Derwent
Darryl Smalley (Liberal Democrats) — Rawcliffe & Clifton Without
Derek Wann (Liberal Democrats) — Rawcliffe & Clifton Without
Sam Waudby (Liberal Democrats) — Rawcliffe & Clifton Without
Anne Hook (Liberal Democrats) — Rural West York
Emilie Knight (Liberal Democrats) — Rural West York
Paul Healey (Liberal Democrats) — Strensall
Tony Fisher (Liberal Democrats) — Strensall
Andrew Waller (Liberal Democrats) — Westfield
Emily Nelson (Labour Party) — Westfield
Jo Coles (Labour Party) — Westfield
Christian Vassie (Liberal Democrats) — Wheldrake

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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Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Council list: mySociety, UK Local Authorities (CC BY 4.0) and WhatDoTheyKnow authorities (CC BY-SA 4.0); council websites, tiers and service links: GOV.UK (Open Government Licence); codes: ONS Code History Database (Open Government Licence). Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.