YDM - Key Persons
Richard Carter, Stewart Arnold and Richard Honnoraty founded the Yorkshire Party (Yorkshire First) in 2014 and along with Gareth Shanks, left YDM over the next three years, but not before we were joined by Martin Clayton and his son, Keith Clayton, who, ironically, came to us from the Yorkshire Party. After the departures of Messrs Carter, Arnold & Honnoraty, Martin doubled as Vice Chair and Secretary and Nigel doubled as Chair and Treasurer. With both Martin and Keith being IT experts, we set about completely overhauling our IT platforms and were at that point joined by Paul Clayton, also Martin's son, our current IT advisor.
Unfortunately, Martin was found to have a medical complication in 2020 which gradually deteriorated his health to a point where he had to resign as a Director in 2021. Despite this, he carried on in an advisory capacity until he passed away, peacefully in his sleep, in November 2023.