Yorkshire Party

The Yorkshire Party is a <a href="/facts/Regionalism_(politics)/KLQ7Kq32">regionalist</a> political party in <a href="/facts/Yorkshire/jE4s4LNG">Yorkshire</a>.
Founded in 2014, it campaigns for the establishment of a <a href="/facts/Devolution/SB1q2IVU">devolved</a> Yorkshire Parliament within the United Kingdom, with powers over education, environment, transportation and housing.
It describes itself as a <a href="/facts/Centrist/jybYq4vR">centrist</a> party built on <a href="/facts/Social-democratic/Ttb0ryDT">social-democratic</a> 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 <a href="/facts/2017_United_Kingdom_general_election/Q4zj9MVp">2017 general election</a>, and secured 8.6% of the vote in the <a href="/facts/2018_Sheffield_City_Region_mayoral_election/P9azLIy6">2018 Sheffield City Region mayoral election</a>. It fielded 28 candidates at the <a href="/facts/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election/1ustxDDe">2019 general election</a>. As at 8 January 2024 it has 3 local councillors.
In the <a href="/facts/2021_West_Yorkshire_mayoral_election/KnNRHY7w">2021 West Yorkshire mayoral election</a> it received nearly 60,000 votes (nearly 10% of the vote share) in the first round and third overall, behind the <a href="/facts/Labour_Party_(UK)/jr0wYRdF">Labour Party</a> and the <a href="/facts/Conservative_Party_(UK)/0LPlRq1a">Conservative Party</a>. The party came third behind Labour and the Conservatives in the first round of the <a href="/facts/2022_South_Yorkshire_mayoral_election/NjXt1gRh">2022 South Yorkshire mayoral election</a>, with a higher vote share of 13.4%, only 3.1% away from beating the Conservatives into the second round.

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Yorkshire Party