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The Borough of Harrogate is a local government district and borough of North Yorkshire, England. Its population at the census of 2011 was 157,869.[2] Its council is based in the town of Harrogate, but it also includes surrounding towns and villages. This includes the cathedral city of Ripon and almost all of the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Borough of Harrogate
Borough
Harrogate Council Offices
Coat of arms Council logo
Shown within North Yorkshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Admin. HQ	Harrogate
Government
• Type	Harrogate Borough Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• Executive:	Conservative
• MPs:	Nigel Adams, Andrew Jones, Julian Smith
Area
• Total	505 sq mi (1,308 km2)
• Rank	16th
Population  (mid-2019 est.)
• Total	160,831
• Rank	Ranked 121st
• Density	320/sq mi (120/km2)
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	36UD (ONS) E07000165 (GSS)
Ethnicity	96.9% White 1.0% Mixed 0.8% S.Asian 0.8% Chinese or other 0.6% Black[1]
Website	Harrogate.gov.uk

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the Masham and Wath rural districts, and part of Thirsk, from the North Riding of Yorkshire, along with the boroughs of Harrogate and the city of Ripon, the Knaresborough urban district, Nidderdale Rural District, Ripon and Pateley Bridge Rural District, part of Wetherby Rural District and part of Wharfedale Rural District, all in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

The district is part of the Leeds City Region, and borders seven other areas; the Craven District, Richmondshire, Hambleton District, Selby District and York districts in North Yorkshire and the boroughs of the City of Bradford and City of Leeds in West Yorkshire. It falls primarily within the HG, LS and YO postcode areas, while a small part of it is within the BD area.

It is the county's fourth largest district, as well the seventh largest non-metropolitan district in England. It was previously the county's second largest district until 1 April 1996, when the parishes of Nether Poppleton, Upper Poppleton, Hessay and Rufforth were transferred from the Borough of Harrogate to become part of the newly formed York unitary authority. According to the 2001 census, these parishes had a population of 5,169.

Politics

Elections to the borough council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the 54 seats on the council being elected at each election. After being under no overall control from the 2006 election, the Conservative party gained a majority at the 2010 election.

Following the 2016 United Kingdom local elections and subsequent by-elections,[3] the political composition of Harrogate is as follows:

Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Independent
2016	37	10	7

This was the last composition of the former 54 seat council, prior to boundary changes.

The current composition of the new 40 seat council after boundary changes is as follows:

Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Independent
2018	31	7	2

Abolition

In July 2021 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced that in April 2023, the non-metropolitan county will be reorganised into a unitary authority. Harrogate Borough Council will be abolished and its functions transferred to a new single authority for the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire.[4][5]

Parliamentary constituencies

The district is divided between three parliamentary constituencies: the whole of Harrogate and Knaresborough, the eastern part of Skipton and Ripon and the north western part of Selby and Ainsty.

Towns

By population:
1. Harrogate
2. Ripon (city)
3. Knaresborough
4. Boroughbridge
5. Pateley Bridge
6. Masham

Historical sites

• Aldborough Roman Museum
• Fountains Abbey
• Ripon Cathedral
• Knaresborough Castle
• Ripley Castle
• Spofforth Castle
• Marston Moor
• Devil's Arrows

Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Harrogate.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (September 2021)

Individuals

• Rt Hon Lord Halifax KG OM GCSI GCMG GCIE TD PC: 1926.[6]
• Jonathan Wild: 18 July 2012.[7]
• Jean MacQuarrie: October 2021.[8]

Military units

• The Army Foundation College.

References

Media related to Borough of Harrogate at Wikimedia Commons

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[de] Borough of Harrogate

Harrogate [.mw-parser-output .IPA a{text-decoration:none}ˈhærəgət] ist ein Verwaltungsbezirk mit dem Status eines Borough in der Grafschaft North Yorkshire in England. Verwaltungssitz ist die gleichnamige Stadt Harrogate. Weitere bedeutende Orte sind Boroughbridge, Knaresborough, Pateley Bridge, Ripon und Wath-upon-Dearne.

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[ru] Боро-оф-Харрогейт

Боро-оф-Харрогейт (англ. Borough of Harrogate) — неметрополитенский район (англ. non-metropolitan district) в церемониальном неметрополитенском графстве Норт-Йоркшир.

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