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Keighley Central
2004 Boundaries of Keighley Central Ward
Keighley Central is located in West Yorkshire
Keighley Central
Keighley Central
Location within West Yorkshire
Population18,255 (Ward.2011)
OS grid reference SE063411
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
UK Parliament
Councillors
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UK
England
Yorkshire
53°51′58″N 1°54′14″W / 53.866°N 1.904°W / 53.866; -1.904

Keighley Central is a ward in City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in the county of West Yorkshire, England. Its population is 16,276 as per the United Kingdom Census 2001, increasing to 18,255 at the 2011 Census. [1]

It contains the centre of Keighley, together with residential areas to its north west such as Utley. It has a large Pakistani community, which was measured at 43.3% of the local population in the 2011 Census. White British residents were the second largest group with 38.7% of the population at that time. [2]

Councillors

Keighley Central ward is represented on Bradford Council by three councillors, Mohsin Hussain, Zafar Ali and Mohammed Nazam . [3]

  • Mohsin Hussain (Labour) [4]
  • Zafar Ali (Independent) [5]
  • Mohammed Nazam (Conservative) [6]
Election Councillor Councillor Councillor
2004 John Morris Prestage ( Lab) Lynne Joyce ( Lab) Khadim Hussain ( Lab)
2006 Shamim Akhtar ( Lab) Lynne Joyce ( Lab) Khadim Hussain ( Lab)
2007 Shamim Akhtar ( Lab) Zafar Ali ( Con) [7] Khadim Hussain ( Lab)
2008 Shamim Akhtar ( Lab) Zafar Ali ( Con) Khadim Hussain ( Lab)
2010 Abid Hussain ( Lab) Zafar Ali ( Con) Khadim Hussain ( Lab)
2011 Abid Hussain ( Lab) Kaneez Akthar ( Lab) Khadim Hussain ( Lab)
2012 Abid Hussain ( Lab) Kaneez Akthar ( Lab) Khadim Hussain ( Lab)
2014 Abid Hussain ( Lab) Kaneez Akthar ( Lab) Khadim Hussain ( Lab)
2015 Abid Hussain ( Lab) Zafar Ali ( Con) Khadim Hussain ( Lab)
2016 Abid Hussain ( Lab) Zafar Ali ( Con) Khadim Hussain ( Lab)
2018 Abid Hussain ( Lab) Zafar Ali ( Con) Khadim Hussain ( Lab)
2019 Abid Hussain ( Lab) Zafar Ali ( Con Khadim Hussain ( Ind)
2021 Mohsin Hussain ( Lab) Zafar Ali ( Con) Mohammed Nazam ( Con)
2022 Mohsin Hussain ( Lab) Zafar Ali ( Ind) Mohammed Nazam ( Con)

  indicates seat up for re-election.

References

  1. ^ "City of Bradford Ward parish 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Keighley Central". UK Census Data. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Your councillors by ward". bradford.moderngov.co.uk. City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Councillor Mohsin Hussain". bradford.moderngov.co.uk. City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Councillor Zafar Ali". bradford.moderngov.co.uk. City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Councillor Mohammed Nazam". bradford.moderngov.co.uk. City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  7. ^ Labour incumbent Lynne Joyce was controversially dropped by the party for this election in favour of Mark Taylor.
    See: Shand, Alistair (6 April 2007). "Election 'runners and riders' revealed". Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 26 September 2017.