The Green Party has today announced Kerry Harrison as its candidate for the Hull
and East Yorkshire Mayoral election taking place in May 2025. This would be the first
Metro Mayor for the party, coming after stunning success in the July General
Election, where the party quadrupled its number of MPs.
About Kerry:
Kerry moved to the area in 2016 after attending university in Leeds and has lived
here ever since – she now lives in Hessle with her family. Kerry runs her own social
media consultancy, is a life coach and does work at a special needs school in
Anlaby. Kerry is also a trustee for a local cat rescue charity (Jenny’s Cat House) and
is on the committee for the Balfour Community Centre on Holderness Road. She’s
hosted a pop-up café and has run women’s circles. Her two sons are members of
local grassroots football and rugby clubs.
After her successful selection, Kerry said:
“To make this so-called devolution work, it has to be about all the people in Hull and
the East Riding, not just about big corporations. What do they want from their new
Mayor?
“I run my own business, work in special needs education, am a certified coach and
training towards a counselling qualification, and one important skill that binds all of
these roles together is ‘to listen’.
“Listen to your customers, your suppliers, your employees, your colleagues and so
on. That way success comes that benefits everyone.
“And this is also why I am going to spend the next few months listening to people
across our communities. Of course, l have my own views on climate change and
social justice, for example, but I also want to engage with people and to understand
their priorities.
“A new Mayor has the opportunity to provide a fresh start for our communities by
rethinking the way we do things. It shouldn’t be about reheating old policies and
recycling second hand politicians.”