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13

Nov 2021

Politics
Politics

North Yorkshire PFCC candidate launches campaign with single policy

Published: 13 Nov 2021, 15:00 GMT

by Connor Creaghan

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Dr Hannah Barham-Brown, on behalf of the Women's Equality Party (WEP), has written a manifesto with a single policy to end violence against women and girls.

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Dr Hannah Barham-Brown hopes that she can be the next PFCC for North Yorkshire.

A candidate for the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner (PFCC) by-election has launched her manifesto with a single policy.

Dr Hannah Barham-Brown, on behalf of the Women's Equality Party (WEP), has written a manifesto with a single policy to end violence against women and girls.

She unveiled her manifesto today at Oatlands community centre in Harrogate before she said she would bring a revolutionary approach to the role of PFCC.

The WEP candidate then said she would work with politicians to urge them to do more for women concerned about the threats they face.

Dr Hannah Barham-Brown said:

"I am contesting this election for one reason and for one reason only: to put ending violence against women and girls front and centre in our policing and political priorities in North Yorkshire, and I challenge all of my fellow candidates to join me in this.
"So far in the campaign, I’ve seen other candidates pay lip-service to ending violence, but offering no clear plan on how they’ll do so. Enough is enough.
"While this doesn’t mean I won’t engage with residents' concerns on a wide range of topics, it does mean I will be singularly focused on ending violence in my campaign."


During her speech Dr Barham-Brown added that women and girls had been badly let down by Philip Allott, who stepped down as PFCC after his comments on the Sarah Everard case.



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If elected, she has pledged to fund specialist support for those who have reported abuse or sexual violence, introduce an expert scrutiny panel for rape and sexual violence cases.

Her plan also includes rooting out misogyny in the police force, addressing racism in domestic abuse cases and guaranteeing that migrant women have access to specialist support.

She added:

"This violence is not inevitable, but we are at this point because of a total failure of political leadership.
"Politicians of all parties are consistently failing to show up for women, except when it’s already too late.
"Women and girls deserve a PFCC who focuses on ending violence against women - not just managing it - every day and not just when it hits the headlines.
"I promise to deliver that. Women and girls in North Yorkshire deserve to live free from threat and fear of violence, and with the right political leadership we can make that happen.”


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


The election of North Yorkshire PFCC will be held on November 25.