Campaigners to hold voting reform rally
CAMPAIGNERS for voting reform will hold a rally in York on Thursday.
View ArticleNew Selby and Ainsty MP gets down to work
THE newly elected MP for Selby and Ainsty has got straight down to work by holding his first surgeries.
View ArticlePoultry candidates at York primary school election
FORGET Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg – chickens were the candidates in an election with a difference at a York primary school. Pupils at Ralph Butterfield Primary staged an election to...
View ArticleYork Liberal Democrats back deal efforts
SENIOR York Liberal Democrats have backed Nick Clegg’s efforts to reach a deal with the Conservatives – but disagreed over the importance of winning an absolute commitment to proportional...
View ArticleMPs greet dawn of a new era with coalition government
TORY MPs from the York area have expressed delight and goodwill towards the coalition Government formed between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.
View ArticleReducing deficit top priority for local commerce
REDUCING the national debt needs to be the first priority for the new coalition Government, business leaders in York have said.
View ArticleHugh Bayley backs David Miliband for leader of the Labour Party
Hugh Bayley, Labour MP for York Central, has thrown his weight behind David Miliband to be the next leader of the Labour party.
View ArticleBusiness job for Vince Cable in new government
BUSINESSES in York have welcomed the decision to make York-born Vince Cable Business Secretary.
View ArticleVoting protest stepped up during two-day rally
MORE than 100 campaigners took to the streets of York in the second part of a two-day rally for a fairer political system.
View ArticleRyedale poll is first feedback for new Conservative-Lib-Dem coalition
THE delayed General Election vote in Thirsk and Malton is being touted nationally as the first chance the public has to react to the Conservative-Lib-Dem coalition.
View ArticleCandidates in final push to woo Thirsk and Malton voters
WITH just one week to go before polling stations open in Thirsk and Malton for the postponed election, the five candidates vyving to represent us each state their case in the hope of securing your vote.
View ArticleThirsk and Malton candidates face voters in last constituency battle
CANDIDATES battling for the last remaining seat in Parliament were quizzed by residents of Malton last night.
View ArticlePolitical parties in push for Malton and Thirsk votes
POLITICAL figures from across the parties were in Malton ahead of this week’s delayed General Election poll.
View ArticlePolls open for Thirsk and Malton constituency's General Election vote
ELECTORS in Ryedale finally go to the polls today, 21 days after the rest of the country voted in the General Election.
View ArticleAnne McIntosh wins Thirsk and Malton for the Conservatives
ANNE McIntosh has claimed the new Thirsk and Malton seat for the Conservatives in the delayed General Election vote.
View ArticleElection fever
VOTERS in York are set to go to the polls next week in increased numbers for one of the most hotly contested General Elections in years.
View Article‘Going for gold’
The Liberal Democrats are “going for gold” in an election contest which is now a straight fight with the Tories, Nick Clegg said.
View ArticleHomeward bound
British troops would start coming home from Afghanistan during the next Parliament under a Conservative government, David Cameron indicated.
View ArticleTony backs Gordon
Tony Blair rode to the support of his successor, Gordon Brown, insisting Labour could still snatch victory in the final days of the General Election campaign.
View ArticleCandidate apologises to rival over leaflet claims amid threat of legal action
ONE of York’s election candidates has apologised to a rival after being threatened with legal action over campaign literature sent out by his party.
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