Bev Craig: “I actually got involved in politics because I didn’t see enough people in politics who looked like me.”

I never believed as a girl growing up on a council estate that one day I would have the chance to stand for the place that I love.

So, the hard work begins. I’ve done it with a promise and a plan, and my promise to you is that I will leave this city region better.

For a prime minister two weeks in, to start giving powers out of Whitehall and putting it in the places that can make a difference - that can change our lives.

I am standing as my own person, with my own ideas, and I’ll be accountable to this region, and to no one else.