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Keighley and Ilkley / ˈ k iː θ l i / ⓘ is a constituency in West Yorkshire [n 1] created in 1885 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament [n 2] since 2019 by Robbie Moore of the Conservative Party. Although the constituency had contained the town of Ilkley since 1983, it was formally known as Keighley until the 2024 general ...
For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England opted to combine West Yorkshire with North Yorkshire as a sub-region of the Yorkshire and the Humber Region, resulting in the creation of two new cross-county boundary constituencies: Selby which comprises the ...
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Bradford (/ ˈ b r æ d f ər d / ⓘ), [6] also known as the City of Bradford, is a metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England.It is named after its largest settlement, Bradford, but covers a larger area which includes the towns and villages of Keighley, Shipley, Bingley, Ilkley, Haworth, Silsden, Queensbury, Thornton and Denholme.
On 21 August 2008, Cryer announced she would not contest the next general election, due to her health, energy levels and age. [1] In May 2012, Cryer unsuccessfully stood as a candidate for the Ilkley ward of City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. [11] She was interviewed in 2014 as part of The History of Parliament's oral history ...
Grogan lost his Keighley seat in the 2019 general election to the Conservative candidate Robbie Moore. [51] In November 2022, he was elected by members as the prospective parliamentary candidate in Keighley and Ilkley for the 2024 general election. [52] In the election he was defeated again by Robbie Moore, who won against the national swing. [53]
Boundaries of Keighley/Keighley and Ilkley — constituency of UK Parliament — form 2010 to 2024 (virtually unchanged in 2024): Source No source specified. Please edit this file description and provide a source. Date 19 August 2021 Author Rcsprinter123. Permission (Reusing this file) See below.
Keighley is 8 miles (13 kilometres) north-west of Bradford, 4 mi (6.5 km) north-west of Bingley, 11 mi (18 km) north of Halifax and 8 mi (13 km) south-east of Skipton. It is governed by Keighley Town Council and Bradford City Council. Keighley is located in West Yorkshire, close to the borders of North Yorkshire and Lancashire.