Pressure continues to mount in support of One Yorkshire devolution. A One Yorkshire Group set up by John Grogan, the Labour MP for Keighly and Ilkley, met in York and was attended by Yorkshire Party Councillor Mike Jordan. The session followed a regular meeting of Yorkshire council leaders to co-ordinate […]
Voting has opened in the contest to be the new Leader of the Yorkshire Party. Deputy Chairman Matt Clover, who is running the poll, has written to all members eligible to vote to explain the procedure and send their unique voting identification codes. “The voting period will run until 23.59 […]
The Party has appealed directly to members to help raise resources to help fight council seats. The move initiated by Deputy Leader Laura Walker comes after candidate Paul Walker came third in the East Riding of Yorkshire by-election for Bridlington North ward. Paul notched up a creditable 349 votes, behind […]
The Yorkshire Party has joined the call for Northern Rail to lose its franchise after another delay in scrapping antiquated Pacer trains in the region. Alex Sobel, the Leeds North West MP has argued that Northern Rail should be stripped of its rail franchise Pacers were due to be taken […]
Present Yorkshire Party Leader Chris Whitwood and the Party’s Communications Director Jack Bannan are to stand in the election to pick the Party’s next Leader. Later this month, members will choose between them, after Deputy Chairman Matt Clover, who is the Returning Officer running the process, declared them as candidates […]
The Yorkshire Party has condemned a move by rail chiefs to hamper disabled access to Hull’s Paragon train station Bosses at the station have announced plans to close an entrance that, for many disabled people, is their only accessible route. This decision doesn’t only affect people living locally but the […]
Yorkshire Party Councillor Dave Brook has kept his promise to voters to stand up to for them and has helped to defeat a housing plan for a playground in their village Four weeks ago Selby District Council advised it was submitting a proposal for a development of 12 houses on […]
The Yorkshire fishing industry is on the edge of an abyss amid the Brexit uncertainty, warns the Yorkshire Party’s Business Spokesperson Tim Norman. And Tim, who represents coastal Bridlington on East Riding of Yorkshire Council, urged MPs to stand up for the inshore and deep-water fishing fleets. “If there is […]
The Yorkshire Party’s increasing importance in guiding the county towards a clean energy future, has been underlined by its role in a national event focusing on solar energy. Party Leader Chris Whitwood and Environment Spokesperson Andy Walker were invited to a Parliamentary reception on the future of the technology The […]