ANDREW COOPER – GREEN

THERE ARE homes across West Yorkshire standing empty when they could be warm, green places to live. I will introduce a Green Building Fund to ensure all public-sector and social-housing projects are built to the highest energy-efficiency standards.

West Yorkshire is one of the most congested places in the country. We will end new road building and invest in green transport to tackle air pollution.

We will invest in public transport to make it comfortable, reliable and affordable.

Green jobs will be vital in the post-pandemic society. Investment in green transport and housing will provide a massive increase in job opportunities.

People must have more say in the policing priorities in their area and we will make sure our police force better represents all our communities.

Voters deserve to know who will take the role of deputy mayor in charge of policing. I will ask Hawarun Hussain – a former deputy lord mayor of Bradford to take on this role.

The worst of all worlds is a Labour mayor talking to Labour council leaders. Similarly a Conservative mayor doing the bidding of national Government doesn’t fill me with a sense of a mayor providing a worthwhile and distinctive role.

A Green mayor would have the power to introduce policies that could transform our county and provide a green future.

I will not accept the mayor’s salary of £105k but take £26k, the average West Yorkshire wage. The remainder will go to good causes across West Yorkshire.