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Yorkshire Party
The Yorkshire Party is a regionalist political party in Yorkshire.
Founded in 2014, it campaigns for the establishment of a devolved Yorkshire Parliament within the United Kingdom, with powers over education, environment, transport and housing.
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".
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. It fielded 28 candidates at the 2019 general election.
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 the Labour Party and the Conservative Party. 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.
The party was founded as Yorkshire First in 2014 by the businessmen Stewart Arnold and Richard Honnoraty, and the management consultant Richard Carter. Carter was the party's first leader. The party's launch was welcomed by a spokesperson for Mebyon Kernow.
Contesting the 2014 European Parliamentary elections in the Yorkshire and the Humber constituency, the Yorkshire Party received 19,017 votes (1.5%). Arnold, its lead candidate, described this as "a hugely significant result".
In 2015 it fought its first general election, fielding 14 candidates. The party also gained its first town and parish council seats. Internationally, the party was granted observer status in the European Free Alliance grouping and has since become a full member.
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Yorkshire Party
The Yorkshire Party is a regionalist political party in Yorkshire.
Founded in 2014, it campaigns for the establishment of a devolved Yorkshire Parliament within the United Kingdom, with powers over education, environment, transport and housing.
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".
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. It fielded 28 candidates at the 2019 general election.
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 the Labour Party and the Conservative Party. 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.
The party was founded as Yorkshire First in 2014 by the businessmen Stewart Arnold and Richard Honnoraty, and the management consultant Richard Carter. Carter was the party's first leader. The party's launch was welcomed by a spokesperson for Mebyon Kernow.
Contesting the 2014 European Parliamentary elections in the Yorkshire and the Humber constituency, the Yorkshire Party received 19,017 votes (1.5%). Arnold, its lead candidate, described this as "a hugely significant result".
In 2015 it fought its first general election, fielding 14 candidates. The party also gained its first town and parish council seats. Internationally, the party was granted observer status in the European Free Alliance grouping and has since become a full member.