Zoe Metcalfe's term as North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner ended at midnight last night after the role was transferred to the new Mayor of York and North Yorkshire. Labour’s David...
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Zoe Metcalfe departs as crime commissioner
Zoe Metcalfe's term as North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner ended at midnight last night after the role was transferred to the new Mayor of York and North Yorkshire. Labour’s David Skaith, who won the inaugural mayoral election on Friday, will now take...
Call to halt succession of North Yorkshire rural school closures
Liberal Democrats are calling on the Conservative-led North Yorkshire Council to place a moratorium on school closures until the first county-wide Local Plan development blueprint is adopted in 2028. Members of the 14-councillor political group have tabled a notice of...
How Labour defeated the Tories in North Yorkshire’s first mayor election
“We have not been doing the basics,” said David Skaith to reporters huddled around him after becoming the first Mayor of York and North Yorkshire. It was a seismic victory for Labour over the Conservatives, with a 14,794 majority. The result at Harrogate Convention...
Keane Duncan defends campaign as Conservatives lose North Yorkshire mayor election
Keane Duncan has defended his campaign for Mayor of York and North Yorkshire after the Conservatives lost the election to Labour. Mr Duncan admitted that the national political picture “inevitably” affected his race to be mayor, but said Rishi Sunak should stay on as...
Glum Tories in Harrogate see blue wall crumble in Rishi Sunak’s backyard
There was much talk at the last general election about the collapse of Labour's red wall in its northern heartlands. Today's York and North Yorkshire mayoral election was an opportunity to see if the Conservatives' blue wall of control in England's largest county was...
Labour’s David Skaith pledges to ‘get basics right’ as mayor
Newly elected Mayor of York and North Yorkshire, David Skaith, has pledged to “get the basics right” as the first mayor of the county. The Labour Party candidate won the inaugural mayoral election with 66,761 votes. Speaking after the result, Mr Skaith, who is...
How to vote in today’s mayoral election
Polling stations across Harrogate and Craven open at 7am today for residents to choose the first-ever mayor of York and North Yorkshire. Here is everything you need to know about the election. What will the mayor do? The mayor will lead a new public body called the...
Mayoral candidates make final pitches to voters
Candidates in tomorrow's York and North Yorkshire mayoral election have been out and about making their final attempts to woo voters. Polling stations will open at 7am tomorrow (May 2) and close at 10pm. Counting won't start until Friday so whoever is elected to the...
MPs Watch: Rwanda, housing and the mayoral election
Every month the Stray Ferret tries to find out what our local MPs have been up to in their constituencies and in the House of Commons. In April, Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill looked set to reach royal ascent, while MPs threw their weight behind their party's candidates in...
Council has pumped almost 3,000 tonnes of grout into Ripon void
North Yorkshire Council has revealed it has pumped almost 3,000 tonnes of grout into a void underneath Ripon leisure centre as part of ground stabilisation works that began last summer and have cost £3.4 million to date. The Jack Laugher Leisure and Wellness Centre...
How will North Yorkshire’s mayor help the economy?
Investment, attracting business and growing the economy - that has been the mantra for most of the candidates vying to become the first Mayor of York and North Yorkshire. For all the six people contesting the position, each of them has sought to push their credentials...
Who are North Yorkshire’s mayoral candidates?
Voters will head to the polls in five days time to elect the first Mayor of York and North Yorkshire. The Stray Ferret has profiled each of the six candidates vying for the role on May 2. Each major party is contesting the election, as well as two independents. Below,...
