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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.
- ^ a b c "Yorkshire party elects co-leaders". Yorkshire Party. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022.
- ^ Registration summary - Yorkshire Party, Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ "Yorkshire Party launches new principles document". Yorkshire Party. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ "Devolution". Yorkshire Party. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ "Member Parties". European Free Alliance. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ^ "Devolution". Yorkshire Party. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Chris outlines his hopes for Yorkshire". Yorkshire Party. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Party unveils 28 General Election candidates". Yorkshire Party. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Open Council Data UKwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Election results 2021: Tracy Brabin elected West Yorkshire mayor". BBC News. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
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