YDM

The Yorkshire Devolution Movement is an independent pressure group set up in 2012 to campaign for a directly elected parliament for Yorkshire... Inspired by former Home Secretary, David Blunkett, who in October 2010 challenged Prime Minister, David Cameron, to give one valid reason why Yorkshire should not have her own ‘White Rose Parliament' (he failed), Yorkshireman, Nigel Sollitt, began campaigning to achieve exactly that. In doing so, he came across many others who shared his vision. In April 2012 they formed a social media group which Nigel named ‘Yorkshire Devolution Movement' and at a meeting he arranged in York, an Executive Committee was founded on 2nd March 2013 comprising Nigel as Chair, Gareth Shanks as Secretary and Stewart Arnold as Vice-Chair.

Also known as: Yorkshire Devolution Movement

Primary location: Hull United Kingdom