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It was the county's fourth largest district, as well the seventh largest non-metropolitan district in
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Elections to the borough council were 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
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This was the last composition of the former 54 seat council, prior to boundary changes.
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and subsequent by-elections, the political composition of
Harrogate was as follows:
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The district was divided between three parliamentary constituencies: the whole of
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The composition of the new 40 seat council after boundary changes was as follows:
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were transferred from the
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area. According to the 2001 census, these parishes had a population of 5,169.
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322:, from 1974 to 2023. Its council was based in the town of
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postcode areas, while a small part of it was within the
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977:Localdemocracy.harrogate.gov.uk
584:Harrogate District Council 2017
443:. It fell primarily within the
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951:North Yorkshire County Council
901:Office for National Statistics
863:Office for National Statistics
810:Jean MacQuarrie: October 2021.
647:and the north western part of
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807:Jonathan Wild: 18 July 2012.
635:Parliamentary constituencies
641:Harrogate and Knaresborough
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859:National Statistics Online
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528:gained a majority at the
512:Harrogate local elections
398:Wharfedale Rural District
386:Nidderdale Rural District
374:North Riding of Yorkshire
355:Local Government Act 1972
308:local government district
166:Harrogate Borough Council
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54:Harrogate Council Offices
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36:Non-metropolitan district
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1072:The Harrogate Advertiser
402:West Riding of Yorkshire
330:, and almost all of the
130:Yorkshire and the Humber
822:Army Foundation College
702:Aldborough Roman Museum
394:Wetherby Rural District
343:North Yorkshire Council
220:320/sq mi (130/km)
183: • Executive:
1004:Yorkshire Evening Post
749:Freedom of the Borough
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771:adding missing items
717:Knaresborough Castle
304:Borough of Harrogate
217: • Density
178:Leader & Cabinet
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235:Greenwich Mean Time
115:Constituent country
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790:Individuals
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278:96.9% White
1264:Categories
1098:53°59′25″N
829:References
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510:See also:
392:, part of
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286:0.6% Black
280:1.0% Mixed
268:36UD (ONS)
204:Population
173:Leadership
158:Government
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1224:Hambleton
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889:UK Census
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490:Abolition
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324:Harrogate
275:Ethnicity
226:Time zone
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506:Politics
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264:ONS code
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1160:Unitary
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320:England
312:borough
291:Website
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