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Oct 2021
Women's Equality Party puts forward police commissioner candidate
The Women's Equality Party (WEP) has put forward a candidate for the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner (PFCC) by-election following the resignation of Philip Allott.
Dr Hannah Barham-Brown, who is well-known for her campaigning work on both women's and disabled people's rights, is set to contest the role.
While some candidates for this election stood at the previous election in May when Mr Allott won, this is the first time that Dr Barham-Brown has put herself forward for North Yorkshire's PFCC.
If elected, she said her first step would be to launch an independent inquiry into misogyny and sexism in North Yorkshire Police.
Dr Barham-Brown, the Women’s Equality Party candidate for the North Yorkshire PFCC by-election said:
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The PFCC is being held following the resignation of Mr Allott, who stepped down after his comments on the murder of Sarah Everard led to hundreds of official complaints and a vote of no confidence.
Voters will head to the polls to elect a new police commissioner on November 25.
Mandu Reid, leader of the Women's Equality Party, added:
Other candidates for the PFCC role
- The Liberal Democrats have selected James Barker
- The Conservatives have selected Zoe Metcalfe
- Labour has selected Emma Scott-Spivey
- Keith Tordoff is standing as an independent candidate
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