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 First Avenue in the north of the ward | |
 2004 Boundaries of Bradford Moor Ward | |
| Population | 21,210 (ward.2011) |
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Bradford Moor is an electoral ward within theCity of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 21,210.[1]The ward includes the areas ofLaisterdyke andThornbury.
Bradford Moor Barracks were located at the corner of Leeds Old Road and Killinghall Road.
The ward covers the areas of Bradford known as Bradford Moor,Laisterdyke andThornbury. It is bordered on the west byBarkerend and on the south by Bowling (both part of the same ward); on the north side is theEccleshill ward and on the east is thePudsey area ofLeeds. The direct route between the centres of Bradford and Leeds passes through the middle of the ward as Leeds Old Road (B6381).
Bradford Moor was originally amoor, as the name suggests. Despite being near the centre of Bradford, it was urbanised relatively late in the city's history, but is now inner-city in character.
The ward is represented onBradford Council by twoLabour Party councillors, Mohammed Shafiq and Zafar Iqbal, and oneLiberal Democrat councillor, Riaz Ahmed.[2]
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Diloar J. Ali (Lib Dem) | Ghazanfer Khaliq (Lab) | Riaz Ahmed (Lib Dem) | |||
| 2006 | Mohammed Shafiq (Lab) | Ghazanfer Khaliq (Lab) | Riaz Ahmed (Lib Dem) | |||
| 2007 | Mohammed Shafiq (Lab) | Ghazanfer Khaliq (Lab) | Riaz Ahmed (Lib Dem) | |||
| 2008 | Mohammed Shafiq (Lab) | Ghazanfer Khaliq (Lab) | Riaz Ahmed (Lib Dem) | |||
| 2010 | Mohammed Shafiq (Lab) | Ghazanfer Khaliq (Lab) | Riaz Ahmed (Lib Dem) | |||
| 2011 | Mohammed Shafiq (Lab) | Ghazanfer Khaliq (Lab) | Riaz Ahmed (Lib Dem) | |||
| 2012 | Mohammed Shafiq (Lab) | Ghazanfer Khaliq (Lab) | Faisal Khan (Respect) | |||
| October 2013 | Mohammed Shafiq (Lab) | Ghazanfer Khaliq (Lab) | Faisal Khan (Ind)[3] | |||
| 2014 | Mohammed Shafiq (Lab) | Ghazanfer Khaliq (Lab) | Faisal Khan (Ind) | |||
| March 2015 | Mohammed Shafiq (Lab) | Ghazanfer Khaliq (Lab) | Faisal Khan (Respect)[4] | |||
| May 2015 | Mohammed Shafiq (Lab) | Zafar Iqbal (Lab) | Faisal Khan (Respect) | |||
| 2016 | Mohammed Shafiq (Lab) | Zafar Iqbal (Lab) | Riaz Ahmed (Lib Dem) | |||
indicates seat up for re-election. indicates councillor defection.
