Yorkshire First To Meet Would Be Voters in Beverley This Saturday

Saturday will see parliamentary candidates from Yorkshire First take to the streets in towns around the East Riding including Beverley.

Yorkshire First candidates will be joined by supporters of the party who aim to meet with potential voters in Cottingham, Beverley and Driffield.

Founded in April last year, the party wants a stronger voice for Yorkshire with similar powers to Scotland.

In a statement released a spokesperson for Yorkshire first said;

“The party’s aim is for a Yorkshire parliament with significant devolved powers but not independence.”

“Yorkshire First will fight 14 parliamentary seats across Yorkshire as well as around a further 20 seats for local councils.”

They are scheduled to make their first appearance in Beverley at Cross Street between 11.30-12.30

Yorkshire First candidates in the East Riding are Lee Walton, Beverley & Holderness, Stewart Arnold, East Yorkshire and Diana Wallis who is standing in Haltemprice & Howden.

Yorkshire First emergence is yet another example of how the political landscape is starting to change in the UK.

Across the country small groups are beginning to form as more people become disillusioned and feel there is no difference between the so called big parties.

Leader of Yorkshire First, Richard Carter, said:

“For too long there has been no effective choice for people in great swathes of Yorkshire and Beverley and Holderness is no different. We want people to have that choice and have a chance to influence the outcome of the most unpredictable election in decades.”

“We support decisions being made based, not on whether they are left or right wing, but on how they affect Yorkshire, its people, environment and economy.”

Mr. Walton who is targeting Graham Stuarts seat in the May elections said;

“There is no reason why Yorkshire should not have first rate devolution like the Scots. After all Yorkshire has a slightly bigger population than them, but no unified voice. Too many decisions in this country are taken in Whitehall. That has to change.”