| City of York | |
| Official Name: | York |
| Settlement Type: | Unitary authority area with city status |
| Motto: | Let the Banner of York Fly High[1] |
| Nickname: | Chocolate City[2] |
| Image Alt: | York |
| Flag Size: | 120px |
| Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom#Europe |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the United Kingdom##Location within Europe |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Shield Link: | Coat of arms of York |
| Blank Emblem Type: | Logo of the City of York Council |
| Blank Emblem Size: | 150px |
| Subdivision Type: | Sovereign state |
| Subdivision Name: | United Kingdom |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | England |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Subdivision Type4: | Ceremonial county |
| Subdivision Name4: | North Yorkshire |
| Subdivision Type6: | Historic county |
| Subdivision Name6: | Yorkshire |
| Government Type: | Unitary authority |
| Governing Body: | City of York Council |
| Leader Title: | Leadership |
| Leader Name: | Leader and cabinet |
| Leader Title1: | Executive |
| Leader Name1: | Labour Party |
| Leader Title2: | Lord Mayor |
| Leader Name2: | David Carr (IND) |
| Leader Title3: | Council Leader |
| Leader Name3: | Claire Douglas (Labour) |
| Established Title: | Unitary status |
| Established Date: | 1 April 1996[3] |
| Seat Type: | Administrative centre |
| Seat: | York Guildhall West Offices |
| Total Type: | Total |
| Area Total Km2: | 271.94 |
| Population Rank: | (Ranked ) |
| Population Density Km2: | 687 |
| Population Urban: | 153,717 |
| Demographics Type1: | Ethnicity (2021) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Ethnic groups |
| Demographics Type2: | Religion (2021) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Religion |
| Population Demonym: | Yorker Yorkie[4] |
| Timezone: | Greenwich Mean Time |
| Utc Offset: | +0 |
| Timezone Dst: | British Summer Time |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +1 |
| Coordinates: | 53.9583°N -1.0803°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postcode areas |
| Postal Code: | YO |
| Area Code Type: | Dialling codes |
| Area Codes: | 01904 |
| Blank Name: | ISO 3166-2 |
| Blank Info: | GB-YOR |
| Blank1 Name: | ONS code |
| Blank1 Info: | 00FF (ONS) E06000014 (GSS) |
| Blank2 Name: | OS grid reference |
| Blank2 Info: | SE603517 |
| Blank3 Name: | NUTS 3 |
| Blank3 Info: | UKE21 |
| Blank4 Name: | Primary airport |
| Blank4 Info: | Leeds Bradford Airport (outside of York) |
| Blank4 Name Sec2: | Councillors |
| Blank4 Info Sec2: | 47 |
| Blank5 Name Sec2: | List of MPs |
The City of York, officially simply "York",[5] is a unitary authority area with city status in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England.[6]
The district's main settlement is York, and its coverage extends to the town of Haxby and the villages of Earswick, Upper Poppleton, Nether Poppleton, Copmanthorpe, Bishopthorpe, Dunnington, Stockton on the Forest, Rufforth, Askham Bryan and Askham Richard, among other villages and hamlets. The district had a population of 202,800 in the 2021 Census[7] [8] The City of York is administered by the City of York Council based in The Guildhall.[9]
York's first citizen and civic head is the Lord Mayor, who is the chairperson of the City of York Council. The appointment is made by the city council each year in May, at the same time as appointing the Sheriff, the city's other civic head. The offices of lord mayor and sheriff are purely ceremonial. The Lord Mayor carries out civic and ceremonial duties in addition to chairing full council meetings.[10] The incumbent lord mayor since 23 May 2024 is Councillor Margaret Wells, the sheriff is Fiona Fitzpatrick.[11]
As a result of the 2023 City of York Council election, the Labour Party gained a majority of the seats on the council, receiving 24 seats. The Liberal Democrats have 19 councillors, while the Conservative Party had 3 councillors with one Independent councillor. The Green Party lost all 3 of the seats it held before this election.[12] Claire Douglas was sworn in as the new leader of the Labour administration on 25 May 2023.[13]
| Party | Seats | City of York Council (2023 election) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The district contains the unparished area of York and 31 civil parishes:[14]
York is divided into 21 electoral wards: Acomb, Bishopthorpe, Clifton, Copmanthorpe, Dringhouses and Woodthorpe, Fishergate, Fulford and Heslington, Guildhall, Haxby and Wigginton, Heworth, Heworth Without, Holgate, Hull Road, Huntington and New Earswick, Micklegate, Osbaldwick and Derwent, Rawcliffe and Clifton Without, Rural West York, Strensall, Westfield, and Wheldrake.[15]
The district was formed on 1 April 1996 from the previous non-metropolitan district of York and the parishes of Hessay, Nether Poppleton, Rufforth and Upper Poppleton from Harrogate district, the parishes of Clifton Without, Earswick, Haxby, Heworth Without, Holtby, Huntington, Murton, New Earswick, Osbaldwick, Rawcliffe, Skelton, Stockton-on-the-Forest, Strensall, Towthorpe and Wigginton from Ryedale district, and the parishes of Acaster Malbis, Askham Bryan, Askham Richard, Bishopthorpe, Copmanthorpe, Deighton, Dunnington, Elvington, Fulford, Heslington, Kexby, Naburn and Wheldrake from Selby district. The previous district was in the non-metropolitan county (administrative county) of North Yorkshire and the new district became a separate non-metropolitan county, while remaining part of the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire.[16] The previous district itself had been reconstituted in 1974 from the county borough with the same boundaries.[17]
York is within the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire and, until 1974, was within the jurisdiction of the Lord Lieutenant of the County of York, West Riding and the County of The City of York. The city retains the right to appoint its own Sheriff. The holder of the Royal dukedom of York has no responsibilities, either ceremonially or administratively, as regards to the city.