Yorkshire Party | |
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Chair | Andy Walker[1] |
Co-leader | Bob Buxton[1] |
Co-Leader | Simon Biltcliffe [1] |
Founded | April 2014 |
Headquarters | 9 Fern Bank St. Johns Place Wakefield WF1 3UL[2] |
Ideology | Regionalism Social democracy[3] Devolution[4] |
Political position | Centre to centre-left |
European affiliation | European Free Alliance[5] |
Colours | Sky blue White |
Local government in Yorkshire | 3 / 1,139 |
Website | |
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The Yorkshire Party is a regionalist political party in Yorkshire, a historic county of England. The party, which was founded in 2014, campaigns for the establishment of a devolved Yorkshire Parliament within the United Kingdom, with powers over education, environment, transportation and housing.[6]
It describes itself as a centrist party built on social-democratic principles and believes that "changing the way the UK political system works is the best way to address the everyday issues faced by people living in Yorkshire".[7]
The party has parish, town, district, and county councillors. It stood 21 candidates at the 2017 general election, and secured 8.6% of the vote in the 2018 Sheffield City Region mayoral election. The party nominated 28 candidates for the 2019 general election.[8] As of 8 January 2024, the party has a total of three local councillors.[9]
In the 2021 West Yorkshire mayoral election, it received nearly 60,000 votes (nearly 10% of the vote share) in the first round and third overall, behind Labour and the Conservatives.[10] The party came third behind Labour and the Conservatives in the first round of the 2022 South Yorkshire mayoral election, with a higher vote share of 13.4%, only 3.1% away from beating the Conservatives into the second round.
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