Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the abolition of Harrogate Borough Council on 1 April 2023 and the related extension of existing councillors' terms, what plans they have, if any, to legislate to allow electors of Marston Moor Ward at Harrogate Borough Council to vote for a representative ahead of the North Yorkshire Unitary election.

We are aware that since the end of January there has been a vacancy in this ward.

The North Yorkshire (Structural Changes) Order 2022 cancelled the ordinary elections in May 2022 in Harrogate.

My officials are discussing with Harrogate’s officers what the implications are for representation in this ward for Harrogate Borough council.