Are the main parties taking West Yorkshire mayoral election seriously?

The whole of West Yorkshire is soon to elect an executive mayor, with wide-ranging powers to influence the governance and future development of our region.

Other regional mayors have been big beasts of the political or business worlds: London with Ken Livingstone, Boris Johnson and Sadiq Khan; West Midlands with Andy Street, former chief executive of John Lewis; Manchester with Andy Burnham, a former senior Cabinet Minister.

And here in West Yorkshire? Well (with apologies to the Lib Dems and other minor parties), we are being given a choice between a relatively new MP of limited experience and her opponent, whose relevant experience appears to be 11 years as an opposition councillor.

Are the two major parties taking this election seriously?

Are the main parties taking West Yorkshire mayoral election seriously? - YEP letters