City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Third of council elected three years out of four
	Coat of arms
Type
Type	Metropolitan district council of the City of Bradford
Houses	Unicameral
Term limits	None
History
Founded	1 April 1974
Leadership
Lord Mayor of Bradford	Cllr Doreen Lee, Labour Party
Leader of the Council	Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe, Labour Party
Chief executive	Kersten England
Structure
Seats	90 councillors
Political groups	Administration (52) Labour (52) Other parties (38) Conservative (22) Liberal Democrat (9) Green Party (2) Independent (5)
Joint committees	West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Elections
Last election	2014 (one third of councillors); 2015 (one third of councillors); 2016 (one third of councillors)
Next election	2018 (one third of councillors); 2019 (one third of councillors); 2020 (one third of councillors)
Meeting place
	Bradford City Hall
Website
	bradford.gov.uk

City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council is the local authority of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in West Yorkshire and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Bradford. Since 1 April 2014 it has been a constituent council of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.^[1]

History

In 1974, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council was created to administer the newly formed metropolitan borough. The county borough of Bradford was merged with the Borough of Keighley, the Urban Districts of Baildon, Bingley, Cullingworth, Denholme, Ilkley, Shipley and Silsden, along with part of Queensbury and Shelf Urban District and part of Skipton Rural District by the Local Government Act 1972. The Council, which is based at Bradford City Hall in Centenary Square, governs the whole metropolitan district. The city was granted the right on 18 September 1907 to elect a Lord Mayor.

The district is divided into 30 Electoral Wards, each ward electing three Councillors. Elections are held in May, where one third of the 90 seats (one for each ward) are contested and the successful candidate is elected for a period of four years.

At the local elections in 2015, Labour won 17 of the 30 seats available to hold majority of the Council – on 46 of 90 seats.

Parliamentary representation

The council is currently covered by five constituencies with six wards in each constituency: Bradford East, Bradford South, Bradford West, Keighley and Shipley.^[2]

Wards and Councillors

Each ward is represented by three councillors.^[3]

Parliamentary constituency	Ward		Councillor	Party	Term of office
Bradford East	Bolton and Undercliffe	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"\|	Rachel Sunderland	Liberal Democrats	2019–22
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Suhail Choudhry	Labour	2019–23
		style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Ward	Liberal Democrats	2016–20
	Bowling and Barkerend	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Rizwana Jamil	Labour	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Imran Khan	Labour	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Hassan Khan	Labour	2016–20
	Bradford Moor	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Mohammed Shafiq	Labour	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Zafar Iqbal	Labour	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"\|	Riaz Ahmed	Liberal Democrats	2016–20
	Eccleshill	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"\|	Geoff Reid	Liberal Democrats	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"\|	Nicola Pollard	Liberal Democrats	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"\|	Brendan Stubbs	Liberal Democrats	2016–20
	Idle and Thackley	style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"\|	Julie Humphreys	Liberal Democrats	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"\|	Jeanette Sunderland	Liberal Democrats	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Liberal Democrats (UK)/meta/color"\|	Alun Griffiths	Liberal Democrats	2016–20
	Little Horton	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Fareeda Mir	Labour	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Taj Salam	Labour	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Talat Sajawal	Labour	2016–20
Bradford South	Great Horton	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Joanne Dodds	Labour	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Tariq Hussain	Labour	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Abdul Jabar	Labour	2016–20
	Queensbury	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Robert Hargreaves	Conservative	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Andrew Senior	Conservative	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color"\|	Lynda Cromie	Independent	2016–20
	Royds	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Ruth Wood	Labour	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Angela Tait	Labour	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Andrew Thornton	Labour	2016–20
	Tong	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Alan Wainwright	Labour	2014–18
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Tess Peart	Labour	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Michael Johnson	Labour	2016–20
	Wibsey	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Sabiya Khan	Labour	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Ralph Berry	Labour	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Green	Labour	2016–20
	Wyke	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Warburton	Labour	2014–18
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Sarah Ferriby	Labour	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Rosie Watson	Labour	2016–20
Bradford West	City	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Nazam Azam	Labour	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Shakeela Lal	Labour	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Aneela Ahmed	Labour	2016–20
	Clayton & Fairweather Green	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Sinead Engel	Labour	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Carol Thirkill	Labour	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Michelle Swallow	Labour	2016–20
	Heaton	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Nussrat Mohammed	Labour	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Mohammed Amran	Labour	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Mohammad Shabbir	Labour	2016–20
	Manningham	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Shabir Hussain	Labour	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Sameena Akhtar	Labour	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Sarfraz Nazir	Labour	2016–20
	Thornton and Allerton	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Richard Dunbar	Labour	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Sue Duffy	Labour	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Beverley Mullaney	Labour	2016–20
	Toller	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Kamran Hussain	Labour	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Fozia Shaheen	Labour	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Arshad Hussain	Labour	2016–20
Keighley	Craven	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Rebecca Whitaker	Conservative	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Jack Rickard	Conservative	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color"\|	Adrian Naylor	The Independents	2016–20
	Ilkley	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Mike Gibbons	Conservative	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Martin Smith	Conservative	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Independent/meta/color"\|	Anne Hawkesworth	The Independents	2016–20
	Keighley Central	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Abid Hussain	Labour	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Zafar Ali	Conservative	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Khadim Hussain	Labour	2016–20
	Keighley East	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Caroline Firth	Labour	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Doreen Lee	Labour	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Malcolm Slater	Labour	2016–20
	Keighley West	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Paul Godwin	Labour	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Cath Bacon	Labour	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Adrian Farley	Labour	2016–20
	Worth Valley	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Chris Hird	Conservative	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Rebecca Poulsen	Conservative	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Russell Brown	Conservative	2016–20
Shipley	Baildon	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Valerie Townend	Conservative	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Mike Pollard	Conservative	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Debbie Davies	Conservative	2016–20
	Bingley	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	David Heseltine	Conservative	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Mark Shaw	Conservative	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	John Pennington	Conservative	2016–20
	Bingley Rural	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Michael Ellis	Conservative	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Simon Cooke	Conservative	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Naveed Riaz	Conservative	2016–20
	Shipley	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Vick Jenkins	Labour	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"\|	Kevin Warnes	Green Party	2019–23
		style="background-color: Template:Green Party of England and Wales/meta/color"\|	Martin Love	Green Party	2016–21*
	Wharfedale	style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Gerald Barker	Conservative	2014–22
		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Jackie Whiteley	Conservative	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Dale Smith	Conservative	2016–20
	Windhill and Wrose	style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Vanda Greenwood	Labour	2018–22
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Susan Hinchcliffe	Labour	2015–19
		style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"\|	Alex Ross-Shaw	Labour	2016–20

2020 election postponed until 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic

References

^ The West Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2014
^ "Your MPs". bradford.moderngov.co.uk. Bradford Council. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
^ "Your Councillors by Ward". bradford.moderngov.co.uk. Bradford Council. Retrieved 26 September 2017.

External links

City of Bradford MDC

[1] The West Yorkshire Combined Authority Order 2014

[2] "Your MPs". bradford.moderngov.co.uk. Bradford Council. Retrieved 26 September 2017.

[3] "Your Councillors by Ward". bradford.moderngov.co.uk. Bradford Council. Retrieved 26 September 2017.

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v t e Local authorities in West Yorkshire
Joint arrangements	West Yorkshire Combined Authority West Yorkshire Joint Services
Metropolitan district councils	Bradford Calderdale Kirklees Leeds Wakefield

v t e Metropolitan districts of England
Districts	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton
Councils	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton
Local elections	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Doncaster Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton

History

Parliamentary representation

Wards and Councillors

See also

References

External links