Our region is amazing, we've got a powerful industry on the Humber, a beautiful coastline for leisure and fishing, fantastic green fields producing good food and we've got a city, towns and villages proud of their heritage and past.

Full statement

I'm standing to be your mayor because I believe in this region and I want us to be proud of our future too; the best times are yet to come.

We need a mayor who will listen, act and deliver for all our communities, urban, rural and coastal.

We need a mayor who doesn't just talk, but who gets stuff done.

With your support I'll be that mayor and I will do all I can to make our region an even better place to live, work and raise a family.

When I was a teenager, I went to work in an egg factory to help my mum pay the bills; I know how hard it can be to make ends meet and that's why I want to bring more well paid for local people to our region.

I've ran my own business and I know how diffucult and lonely it can be at times to keep that business afloat; that's why I want to support local businesses, big and small.

I was a college lecturer so I know how much potential our local people of all ages have and that's why I want to ensure eveyone has the opportunity to train to get the good jobs I will bring to this area.

I've served our communities as a concillor, so I know how important our roads, our buses and our broadband and phone signal are to local people. That's why I will fix the roads, I will improve public tansport and I will deliver decent phone signal and broadband for everyone, from our city to our most remote farm.

I believe a local mayor making decisions not civil servants in Westminster will make local people's lives better. Which is why I fought as Leader of East Riding Council to secure us this devolution deal. And why I have pledged to never inflict a mayoral tax on hard working local people. This deal should put more money in your pocket, not take it out.

A vote for me is a vote for someone who loves our region, who has the experience and drive to serve it. And a mayor who will listen, act and deliver for all our communities, urban, rural and coastal.