We've got the full list of candidates who are standing to be elected to Bradford Council across Ilkley, Wharfedale, Craven, Keighley and the Worth Valley.
On Thursday 2nd May people across the district will go to the polls to vote in the local elections – where 30 of the 90 seats on Bradford Council will be up for grabs.
Like many councils, Bradford operates on a system where every council seat is up for grabs each four-year cycle.
Three of those years will include an election where a third of seats are contested, with a fourth year with no local elections.
It is likely to be the first of two elections in 2024 – a General Election in which local MPs will be decided is expected to take place before the end of the year.
In Bradford 152 candidates are running for the 30 available seats, with Labour, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Greens fielding candidates in all wards.
The Yorkshire Party had multiple candidates, and there are a large number of people running as independents. Other parties represented in the candidate list include Reform UK, the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, British Democrats, Social Democrats, and UKIP – Protect Free Speech.
Labour currently has a large majority on Bradford Council, with 53 out of the 90 Council seats. Conservatives are the largest opposition party with 16 councillors, followed by Green (8) and Liberal Democrats (5). The remainder of the Councillors are independent.
The final lists of candidates standing in our area are as follows:
ILKLEY
Baldwin, Michael Andrew – Labour Party
Briggs, John – Liberal Democrat
Brown, Ros – Green Party
Hawkesworth, Anne Gillian – Independent
Sugden, Joanne – Conservative Party
WHARFEDALE (includes Burley-in-Wharfedale and Menston)
Felstead, Bob – Local Conservatives
Martins, Rachel – Yorkshire Party
Needle, Jamie Luke – Liberal Democrats
O’Connor, Bernard James – Labour
Turner, Chris – Green
CRAVEN (includes Silsden, Addingham, Steeton)
Buckley, George William – Conservative Party
Kaye, Peter John – Yorkshire Party
Knight, Andrew Mark James – Labour Party
Mann, Paul Michael – Liberal Democrats
Robinson, Leo Alexander – UKIP – Protect Free Speech
Whitaker, Neil Charles – Green Party
KEIGHLEY CENTRAL
Abberton, Clare Alison – Conservative Party
Allon, Nick – Liberal Democrats
Ferguson, Peter Alan – Green Party
Hussain, Moshin – Labour
Shabir, Vaz – Independent
KEIGHLEY EAST
Ahmed, Fulzar – Labour
Allon, Pauline Heather – Liberal Democrats
Ambler, Jenna – Conservative Party
Hunnisett, Duncan Nigel Stuart – Green Party
Razak, Nasser – Independent
Vann, Alexander Richard – Social Democratic Party
KEIGHLEY WEST
Atlas, Dominic James – Yorkshire Party
Farley, Adrian Stuart – Green Party
Glentworth, Julie – Conservative Party
Hewitt, David John – Liberal Democrats
Judson, Andrew Mark – Reform UK
O’Keeffe, Joe – Labour Party
WORTH VALLEY
Brown, Russell – Conservatives
Joomun-Whitehead, Ashwaan – Labour
Kirkham, Kay – Liberal Democrats
Telfer, Alyson Claire – Green
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