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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

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Transport

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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).

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Environment

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Education

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

Carr Infant School (primary) — open, but proposed to close; reason recorded: for academy; proposed date 31 October 2026
Carr Infant School (primary) — proposed to open; reason recorded: new provision; proposed date 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).

York in numbers

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

Total population: 209,301 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 38 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £24,506 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £613 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 18.2% 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: 1.8% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £310,781 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 7.5 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 61.4 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: 60.8 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: 3.7 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 90.3% 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: 115.6 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: 7,485 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

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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