Borough of Scarborough

{{Short description|Former local government district in England}}

{{For|the former borough in Canada|Scarborough, Ontario}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}

{{Use British English|date=November 2020}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Scarborough

|type = Borough and non-metropolitan district

|image_skyline = Scarborough Borough Council, Town Hall, St Nicholas Street, Scarborough (geograph 4998998).jpg

|imagesize = 250px

|image_caption = Scarborough Town Hall

|image_blank_emblem=

|blank_emblem_type = Coat of Arms

|image_map = Scarborough UK locator map.svg

|map_caption = Scarborough shown within North Yorkshire

|mapsize = frameless

|subdivision_type = Sovereign state

|subdivision_name = United Kingdom

|subdivision_type1 = Constituent country

|subdivision_name1 = England

|subdivision_type2 = Region

|subdivision_name2 = Yorkshire and the Humber

|subdivision_type3 = Ceremonial county

|subdivision_name3 = North Yorkshire

|seat_type = Administrative HQ

|seat = Scarborough (Town Hall)

|government_type = Non-metropolitan district

|governing_body = Scarborough Borough Council

|leader_title = Leadership

|leader_name = Leader and Cabinet

|leader_title1 = Executive

|leader_name1 = {{English district control|GSS=E07000168}}

|leader_title2 = Leader

|leader_name2 = Steve Siddons
(Labour)

|leader_title3 = Mayor

|leader_name3 = Hazel Lynskey

|leader_title4 = Chief Executive

|leader_name4 = Michael Greene

|leader_title5 = MPs:

|leader_name5 = Robert Goodwill,
Kevin Hollinrake

|established_title = Founded

|established_date =

|founder =

|area_total_km2 = {{formatnum:816.2|R}}

|population_as_of = 2021

|population_total = 108,959

|population_density_km2 = auto

|population_blank1_title = Ethnicity

|population_blank1 = 99.0% White

|timezone = Greenwich Mean Time

|utc_offset = +0

|timezone_DST = British Summer Time

|utc_offset_DST = +1

|postal_code_type = Postcode area

|postal_code = YO (11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22)

|area_code =

|blank_name = GSS code

|blank_info = E07000168

|blank1_name = NUTS 3 code

|blank1_info = UKE22

|blank2_name = ONS code

|blank2_info = 36UG

|blank3_name = OS grid reference

|blank3_info =

|blank4_name =

|blank4_info =

|website = [http://www.scarborough.gov.uk/ www.scarborough.gov.uk]

|coordinates = {{coord|54.280|-0.402|display=inline,title|region:GB_scale:50000}}

}}

The Borough of Scarborough ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|k|ɑr|b|ər|ə}}){{cite web|url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/scarborough |title=Definition of Scarborough |publisher=Collins English Dictionary |access-date=8 March 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/Scarborough?q=Scarborough+ |title=Definition for Scarborough – Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English) |publisher=Oxforddictionaries.com |accessdate=8 March 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116214845/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/Scarborough?q=Scarborough+|archivedate=16 January 2014|url-status=dead}} was a non-metropolitan district with borough status in North Yorkshire, England. In addition to the town of Scarborough, it covered a large stretch of the coast of Yorkshire, including Whitby and Filey.{{cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Scarborough-England|title=Scarborough {{!}} England, United Kingdom|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=15 September 2017}} It bordered Redcar and Cleveland to the north, the Ryedale and Hambleton districts to the west and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the south.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a merger of the urban district of Filey and part of the Bridlington Rural District, from the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, along with the municipal borough of Scarborough, Scalby and Whitby urban districts, and Scarborough Rural District and Whitby Rural District, from the historic North Riding.

In 2007, the borough was threatened with extinction. In March of that year, North Yorkshire County Council was shortlisted by the Department for Communities and Local Government to become a unitary authority. If the bid had been successful then the Borough of Scarborough would — along with all other districts and boroughs in the present county of North Yorkshire — have been abolished then. The bid, however, was unsuccessful and the districts remained as they were previously constituted.

However, in July 2021 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced that in April 2023, the non-metropolitan county would be reorganised into a unitary authority. Scarborough Borough Council was abolished and its functions were transferred to a new single authority for the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire.{{cite web |title=Next steps for new unitary councils in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/next-steps-for-new-unitary-councils-in-cumbria-north-yorkshire-and-somerset |website=GOV.UK |access-date=20 December 2021 |language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/new-council-0|title=The new council|publisher=North Yorkshire County Council|accessdate=20 December 2021}}