Scarborough (borough)
Coordinates: 54°16′48″N 0°24′07″W / 54.280°N 0.402°W
| Borough of Scarborough | |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Administrative county | North Yorkshire |
| Founded | |
| Admin. HQ | Scarborough |
| Government | |
| • Type | Scarborough Borough Council |
| • Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| • Executive: | Conservative / Independent / Liberal Democrat |
| • MPs: | Robert Goodwill, Anne McIntosh |
| Area | |
| • Total | 315.3 sq mi (816.5 km2) |
| Area rank | 43rd |
| Population (2010 est.) | |
| • Total | 108,600 |
| • Rank | Ranked 207th |
| • Density | 340/sq mi (130/km2) |
| Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | British Summer Time (UTC+1) |
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| ONS code | 36UG |
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| Ethnicity | 99.0% White |
| Website | scarborough.gov.uk |
Scarborough (pronounced Scar-bruh) is a non-metropolitan district and borough of North Yorkshire, England. In addition to the town of Scarborough, it covers a large stretch of the coast of Yorkshire, including Whitby and Filey.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a merger of the urban district of Filey and part of the Bridlington Rural District, from the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, along with the municipal borough of Scarborough, Scalby and Whitby urban districts, and Scarborough Rural District and Whitby Rural District, from the historic North Riding.
In 2007, the Borough was threatened with extinction. In March of that year, North Yorkshire County Council was shortlisted by the Department for Communities and Local Government to be a unitary authority. If the bid had been successful then the Borough of Scarborough would have—along with all other districts and boroughs in the present county of North Yorkshire -- been abolished. The bid, however, was unsuccessful and the districts remained as they were previously constituted.
At the last elections in May 2007, the Conservative party lost overall control of the council but the council is still led by a Conservative Minority administration.
The Political composition of the council as a result of the 2007 election was as follows.
| Year | Conservatives | Liberal Democrats | Labour | Green | Independents |
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| 2007 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
The Political composition of the council on entering the 2011 election was as follows.
| Year | Conservatives | Liberal Democrats | Labour | Green | Independents | Others |
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| 2011 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 3 |
The Political composition of the council as a result of the 2011 election was as follows.
| Year | Conservatives | Liberal Democrats | Labour | Green | Independents |
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| 2011 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
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