With nominations now closed, all four main political parties – Conservatives, Greens, Labour and Lib Dems – will be fielding candidates in the May 2 vote. But no-one from the Yorkshire Party will be standing.
The candidates are, in alphabetical order:
- Felicity Cunliffe-Lister, Liberal Democrat – a Yorkshire businesswoman (and co-owner, with her husband Mark, of Swinton Park Hotel) and North Yorkshire unitary councillor for Masham and Fountains
- Keane Duncan, Conservative – a former leader of Ryedale District Council from May 2019 to February 2021. He became the council leader at 24, making him the youngest council leader in the country at the time
- Kevin Foster, Green - the North Yorkshire unitary councillor for Hipswell & Colburn and a former civil servant who also served more than 30 years in the Armed Forces Reserves
- Paul Haslam, independent – the North Yorkshire unitary councillor for Bilton & Nidd Gorge and the council’s climate change champion
- David Skaith, Labour – A York businessman (owner of Winstons of York clothing retailer) and former chair of York High Street Forum
- Keith Tordoff, independent – a one-time Leeds police officer turned businessman (he owns a sweet shop in Pateley Bridge) and former chairman of Nidderdale Chamber of Trade, who was made an MBE in 2018
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York is set for its hottest day of the year so far today (Thursday, May 1) – with temperatures expected to hit 26C.
