The Yorkshire Party will hold its Autumn conference in Wakefield. The main event will be on Saturday October 12 at Wakefield College and will include speakers from UK organisations and pro-devolution movements from across Europe. The Party’s decision to hold its conference in Wakefield follows its best performance in the […]
Members are being urged to nominate candidates for the broad leadership of the Party in an election that will see eight Executive Committee posts filled. The poll will choose five Executive members to serve two-year terms until October 2021, and three to serve a year, to fill vacant positions until […]
Chris Whitwood has been elected as leader of the Yorkshire Party. Chris, who took on the leadership pending an election after Stewart Arnold gave up the post, received 84% of the vote – well ahead of rival Jack Bannan, the Party’s Communications Director. He will serve for two years and, […]
Boris Johnson has pledged to fund a new high-speed rail route between Leeds and Manchester. The BBC and other media reported that the Prime Minister used a speech in Manchester (July 27, 2019) to back the trans-Pennine link to “turbo-charge” the region’s economy. The 36-mile route would cut journey time […]
The new Minister who will decide the Government’s stance on regional devolution has received an early reminder that Yorkshire’s ambitions should be high up his agenda. Yorkshire Party Leader Chris Whitwood has welcomed the incoming Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick and urged him to back the One Yorkshire plan, which has […]
Any members who have not yet voted in the Party’s leadership election have just a few more days in which to register their choice. Voting closes at 23.59 on Sunday July 28. The two candidates are Chris Whitwood and Jack Bannan: Chris is the incumbent, having taken on the leadership, pending this […]
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 […]