Date announced for Whitby by-election

​A by-election will be held in the Stakesby division in Whitby to elect a new councillor to Whitby Town Council.

​North Yorkshire Council said it had received “sufficient requests for an election” in the Stakesby Ward caused by Anne Brown’s resignation, according to the town clerk.

​The date of the byelection will be Thursday, April 2, and the official Notice of Election, the timetable, and the nomination pack will be available on North Yorkshire Council’s website on Thursday, February 26.

​However, Whitby Town Council has said it will not cover the cost of polling cards in the byelection.

​Holding the by-election is set to cost £4,000, and councillors were asked to decide whether the authority should also cover the cost of polling cards.

​At a meeting earlier this month, members “considered the costs associated with a potential by-election for Stakesby Ward, including estimated election costs of £4,000 and an additional discretionary cost of £1,800 for the issue of polling cards”.

​Following a discussion on whether the council would meet the polling card costs, a motion was put forward proposing that WTC would not pay for them, and the motion was approved.