He was Mayor of Hastings from 2001 to 2017, and a Member of Parliament representing the Tukituki electorate for the National Party from 2017 to 2020.

[3] In 2016, the Hastings district was hit by an outbreak of campylobacter in drinking water which affected thousands of people.

[4][5] In the last mayoral election he stood in, in 2016, Yule received more than 3,000 more votes than his closest rival.

[6] After National MP Craig Foss announced his retirement from politics in December 2016.

[9] In the 2020 New Zealand general election, Yule stood again for Tukituki, again against Anna Lorck.