City (ward)

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City is an electoral ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council.

City covers the centre of Bradford within the inner ring road and the areas of Shearbridge, Lister Hills, Brown Royd, Dirk Hill, Little Horton Green and part of Lidget Green all to the west of the commercial centre.[1]

It is part of the Bradford West parliamentary constituency.[2]

Councillors

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The ward is represented on Bradford Council by three Labour Party councillors, Nazam Azam, Shakeela Lal and Aneela Ahmed.[3]

Election Councillor Councillor Councillor
2004 Khadam Hussain (Con) Jamshed Khan (Con) Sajawal Hussain (Lab)
2006 Munir Ahmed (Lab) Jamshed Khan (Con) Sajawal Hussain (Lab)
2007 Munir Ahmed (Lab) Shakeela Jan Lal (Lab) Sajawal Hussain (Lab)
2008 Munir Ahmed (Lab) Shakeela Lal (Lab) Sajawal Hussain (Lab)
2010 Mohammed Nazam Azam (Lab) Shakeela Lal (Lab) Sajawal Hussain (Lab)
2011 Nazam Azam (Lab) Shakeela Lal (Lab) Sajawal Hussain (Lab)
2012 Nazam Azam (Lab) Shakeela Lal (Lab) Ruqayyah Collector (Respect)
October 2013 Nazam Azam (Lab) Shakeela Lal (Lab) Ruqayyah Collector (Ind)[4]
2014 Nazam Azam (Lab) Shakeela Lal (Lab) Ruqayyah Collector (Ind)
March 2015 Nazam Azam (Lab) Shakeela Lal (Lab) Ruqayyah Collector (Respect)[5]
May 2015 Nazam Azam (Lab) Shakeela Lal (Lab) Ruqayyah Collector (Respect)
2016 Nazam Azam (Lab) Shakeela Lal (Lab) Aneela Bano Ahmed (Lab)

  indicates seat up for re-election.   indicates councillor defection.

References

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  1. ^ Council ward profile (pdf)
  2. ^ BCSP (Internet Explorer only)
  3. ^ "Your councillors by ward". bradford.moderngov.co.uk. City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  4. ^ Black, Michael (25 October 2013). "All five Respect councillors in Bradford quit party in bitter rift with officials". Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  5. ^ Pidd, Helen (31 March 2015). "Four Bradford councillors rejoin George Galloway's Respect party". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 September 2017.