Yorkshire Party leader Bob Buxton has started a Parliament Petition to “allow a referendum on devolving powers to a Yorkshire Regional Parliament,” with powers and funding similar to Scotland and Wales. Dr Buxton said: “It’s Yorkshire’s turn to have Yorkshire’s choice. We need a stronger Yorkshire in a stronger, fairer […]

The Yorkshire Party has claimed that the Government is delaying, dithering and downgrading its commitments to rail investment in the North. The Party believes only full devolution of transport decisions can deliver modern transport to Yorkshire. Yorkshire Party leader, Bob Buxton, said: “Reports last week tell us that the building […]

The Yorkshire Party has accused Boris Johnson of being scared of a powerful devolved Yorkshire and claimed that he never wanted the region to have proper devolution. Yorkshire Party leader, Bob Buxton, said: “The Prime Minister’s remarks about devolution being a disaster north of the border show his true attitudes […]

Yorkshire Party Leader Bob Buxton has thanked Benton Park School in Rawdon for providing live online lessons, when an issue with the school’s water supply forced it to close for a day last week. Bob Buxton said: “Despite the unforeseen closure, Benton Park provided one or two lessons for each […]

The Yorkshire Party has criticised the Government for breaching its own 2018 Biological Security Strategy. The strategy claimed that, in 2018: “The UK has in place a comprehensive and well-tested system for rapidly detecting and identifying disease outbreaks.” Yorkshire Party leader, Bob Buxton, said: “What system? Why has it not […]

The Yorkshire Party has criticised the Government for mismanaging the epidemic and claimed that devolved bodies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have performed better. The Party has also criticised unequal furlough funding in the North. Yorkshire Party leader, Bob Buxton, said: “The regional approach failed because England doesn’t have […]

Cllr George Derx, a Doncaster Councillor representing the Stainforth and Barnby Dun ward and former Civic Mayor of Doncaster, has resigned from the Labour Party and today (30 August) joined the Yorkshire Party. Cllr Derx had previously served as a Labour Party Councillor at Borough and Town level, between 2017 […]

Bob Buxton has become the Yorkshire Party candidate for the inaugural West Yorkshire Mayor election, expected in May 2021. He became Yorkshire Party leader in May this year and stood in the last three General Elections. Dr Buxton said: “We will campaign on a platform of fighting for stronger, better-funded […]

The Yorkshire Party is proposing a mass reversal of Beeching cuts and a number of new railway lines, along with improvements to all forms of transport. Policy Director, Andy Shead, said: “The Yorkshire Party is pleased to see £589 million commitment by Government for rail improvements in the North but […]

The Yorkshire Party has criticised the proposed West Yorkshire Devolution Deal’s ‘undemocratic voting rules and woeful lack of funding’, and called for properly funded OneYorkshire devolution. If Mayoral elections go ahead, the Yorkshire Party campaign on a platform of fighting for ‘real devolution’. Yorkshire Party leader, Bob Buxton, said: “We’re […]

Thank you from Chris Last month, outgoing leader Chris Whitwood announced his intention to step down after leading the party through the 2019 local, EU and general elections. Prior to becoming leader, Chris had served for two years as Deputy Leader, including six months as acting leader, and had been […]

Dear Yorkshire Party Members I am honoured to become party leader. I look forward to carrying on the hard work of fighting for proper devolution for Yorkshire and the benefits it will bring. I want Yorkshire to become an example of prosperity, equality and success to which other regions aspire. […]

At the close of the scheduled nomination period at midnight on Sunday 24th May 2020, the successfully nominated candidates for the position of party Leader are confirmed as follows: 1. Dr Bob Buxton Due to only one candidate being nominated, the 2020 Yorkshire Party Leadership Election is uncontested. Therefore in […]

The West Yorkshire Devolution deal signifies a substantial change in how Westminster views Yorkshire and the North of England as a whole. The deal stands as testimony to the work of the Yorkshire Party, and all the organisations that have flown the Yorkshire devolution flag—proving our campaigns, elections and presence […]

Schools have provided lots of work for pupils during lockdown but actual teaching provision varies, with many thousands of students being disadvantaged by a total lack of online teaching. Since March, I have taught my entire normal timetable to post 16 engineering apprentices via Microsoft Teams. My children, however, have […]

Preamble: The COVID-19 situation is a tragedy that has struck at the very heart of our society. The deadly nature of the virus has snatched the lives of our loved ones, stripping them away from their families and placing many more into a critical condition both health-wise and financially. Yet, […]

  Due to the rise in UK cases of coronavirus, we have reluctantly taken the decision to cancel the Yorkshire Party Spring Conference that was due to take place on Saturday 21st March 2020. This was not an easy decision to make as an enormous amount of work has been put into organising the […]

As the leader of the Yorkshire Party Group I have been consulted at all stages on the various committees where it has been deemed appropriate and the group have participated as best able under current conditions. Some decisions have been left as a not urgent and with others Cllr Mark […]