Yorkshire Party

Yorkshire Party
ChairAndy Walker[1]
Co-leaderBob Buxton[1]
Co-LeaderSimon Biltcliffe [1]
FoundedApril 2014; 10 years ago (April 2014)
Headquarters9 Fern Bank
St. Johns Place
Wakefield
WF1 3UL[2]
IdeologyRegionalism
Social democracy[3]
Devolution[4]
Political positionCentre to centre-left
European affiliationEuropean Free Alliance[5]
Colours  Sky blue
  White
Local government in Yorkshire
3 / 1,139
Website
www.yorkshireparty.org.uk

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.

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