Local councillors are elected by the community to decide how the council should carry out its various activities. They represent public interest as well as individuals living within the ward in which he or she has been elected to serve a term of office.
They have regular contact with the general public through council meetings, telephone calls or surgeries. Surgeries provide an opportunity for any ward resident to go and talk to their councillor face to face and these take place on a regular basis.
Councillors are not paid a salary for their work, but they do receive allowances. By law, all members of the council are required to complete a declaration of interest form, the details of which are published annually.
To find your councillor please use the below links:
Bishop Monkton and Newby
Conservative
Boroughbridge
Conservative
Deputy Mayor
Claro
Fountains and Ripley
Harrogate Bilton Grange
Liberal Democrats
Harrogate Bilton Woodfield
Conservative
Harrogate Central
Conservative
Leader
Harrogate Coppice Valley
Conservative
Harrogate Duchy
Conservative
Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Resources, Enterprise and Economic Development
Harrogate Fairfax
Liberal Democrats
Harrogate Harlow
Harrogate High Harrogate
Conservative
Cabinet Member for Planning
Harrogate Hookstone
Liberal Democrats
Harrogate Kingsley
Conservative
Harrogate New Park
Liberal Democrats
Harrogate Oatlands
Conservative
Harrogate Old Bilton
Conservative
Harrogate Pannal
Conservative
Harrogate Saltergate
Conservative
Harrogate St Georges
Conservative
Harrogate Starbeck
Liberal Democrats
Harrogate Stray
Conservative
Harrogate Valley Gardens
Conservative
Cabinet Member for Environment, Waste Reduction and Recycling
Killinghall and Hampsthwaite
Conservative
Knaresborough Aspin and Calcutt
Conservative
Cabinet Member Carbon Reduction and Sustainability
Knaresborough Castle
Conservative
Knaresborough Eastfield
Liberal Democrats
Knaresborough Scriven Park
Liberal Democrats
Marston Moor
Masham and Kirkby Malzeard
Conservative
Nidd Valley
Liberal Democrats
Ouseburn
Conservative
Pateley Bridge and Nidderdale Moors
Conservative
Cabinet Member for Culture, Tourism and Sport
Ripon Minster
Ripon Independents
Ripon Moorside
Conservative
Ripon Spa
Conservative
Cabinet Member for Housing and Safer Communities
Ripon Ure Bank
Ripon Independents
Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale
Conservative
Washburn
Conservative
Mayor
Wathvale
Conservative