Ryedale District Council in North Yorkshire, England was established in 1974 and abolished in 2023.
Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 30 councillors were elected from 20 wards.
[1] Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2] Ryedale operated on a committee system, and decided at each annual meeting whether to appoint a leader of the council that year or not.
When no leader was appointed, political leadership was exercised by the chair of the policy and resources committee; the role of chair of the council was largely ceremonial.
Since 2007, the leaders, or chairs of the policy and resources committee when there was no leader, were:[3][4]