Filey's divorce from the former Scarborough Borough needs to be looked at again according to some local councillors.
The local government reorganisation in April was done using the existing parliamentary constituencies which means filey is now in a local government area with Thirsk and Malton rather than Scarborough and Whitby.
Councillor Sam Cross says it's not serving the town well.
When the district an Borough councils were abolished in April and replaced with the unitary North Yorkshire Council, the council's divisions were realigned to match the parliamentary constituencies. That means that While Scarborough and Whitby remained in one local area, Filey and Hunmanby are now part of the Malton and Thirsk area.
Filey has been in the Thirsk and Malton constituency for many years for parliamentary elections despite having been in the Scarborough Borough for local government.
There is now concern among some councillors in the town that that Filey is missing out, with local politicians worried that the town's coastal needs are being overlooked as a result of the new arrangements.
Filey Town Councillor Linda Randall is one of those worried about the situation.
Concerns have been raised about the effect of the new structure for Filey and Hunmanby. Their constituency area stretches some 62 miles inland to cover Malton and Thirsk, towns which have very different issues to the coastal towns.
Town Councillor, Mike Cockerill, says he's been told that the earliest opportunity for the boundary situation to be looked at again would in 2027.
Each parliamentary constituency has it's own "Local Area Committee" consisting of the councillors from that area, it's expected to meet four times a year.
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