The Yorkshire Post has published its annual “Yorkshire Power 100” list of the most influential people in God’s own country, and Professor Charlie Jeffery has taken 36th place.
The list, which has passed from the Yorkshire Post’s title Yorkshire Business Insider to its sister publication Inside Yorkshire, contains “the region’s most influential individuals”.
The preamble to the list by the Yorkshire Post’s Ian Leech says the choice is: “based not just on the power vested in them by titles but also through an ability to drive change through quiet diplomacy, respect and influence.”
The Vice-Chancellor’s listing says that the University: “has been hit particularly hard by the current financial crisis in higher education… It has also lost its ranking as Yorkshire’s top university to Sheffield according to The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025.” Sheffield’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Koen Lamberts, comes in at 22nd.
The top spot went to the Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who is the MP for Leeds West & Pudsey. She takes the top spot from Rishi Sunak, MP for Richmond, who this year doesn’t even make the list.
Other local university Vice-Chancellors include: Prof. Shearer West, the Vice-Chancellor at the University of Leeds (38th); and Liz Mossop, the Vice-Chancellor at Sheffield Hallam University (79th).
Other well-known local figures on the list include: York & North Yorkshire Metro Mayor David Skaith (8th); Steve Heapy, Chief Executive of Jet2Airways (7th); Energy Secretary Ed Miliband (28th); Carl Les, Leader of North Yorkshire Council (40th); and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper (82nd).