Selby District
Coordinates: 53°46′37″N 1°04′44″W / 53.777°N 1.079°W
Selby District | |
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District | |
 Selby District Community House | |
 Coat of Arms | |
 Shown within North Yorkshire | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Admin. HQ | Selby |
| Government | |
| • Type | Selby District Council |
| • Leadership: | Leader and Executive |
| • Executive: | Conservative |
| • MPs: | Nigel Adams |
| Area | |
| • Total | 231.4 sq mi (599.3 km2) |
| Area rank | 69th |
| Population (mid-2019 est.) | |
| • Total | 90,620 |
| • Rank | Ranked 268th |
| • Density | 390/sq mi (150/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
| ONS code | 36UH (ONS) E07000169 (GSS) |
| Ethnicity | 92.3% White |
| Website | selby.gov.uk |
Selby District is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England. The local authority, Selby District Council, is based in the town of Selby. The Local Authority had a population of 83,449 at the 2011 Census.[1] It is the southernmost district of North Yorkshire, and it borders the City of York, the boroughs of the City of Leeds and the City of Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, the Borough of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire. Selby District also borders 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, but 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 Council unitary authority. According to the 2001 census, those parishes had a population of 22,873.
Selby is twinned with Carentan in France and Filderstadt in Germany.
Towns and villages[]
Settlements (towns in bold) in the district of Selby include:
- 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[]
The Conservative party currently have a majority on the council, with Labour in opposition. In July 2018, a senior Tory defected to the Yorkshire Party.[2]
References[]
- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Selby Local Authority (E07000169)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ Laversuch, Chloe (23 July 2018). "Conservative councillor quits to join Yorkshire Party". The York Press. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
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- Districts of England established in 1974
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- Non-metropolitan districts of North Yorkshire