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Bradford's city status and lord mayoralty were transferred to the whole of the new district on the day the new system came into force. [8] As such the council could call itself "Bradford City Council", which name is sometimes used for it in official documents and the media, [ 9 ] [ 10 ] but the council styles itself "City of Bradford ...
Bradford was part of the Yorkshire and the Humber European constituency, which elected six Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) using the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation, until the UK exit from the European Union on 31 January 2020. The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council has 90 councillors (2023). As of ...
Previously a voluntary aided school administered by Bradford City Council, [4] in September 2023 St Bede's and St Joseph's Catholic College converted to academy status. [5] The school is now sponsored by the Blessed Christopher Wharton Catholic Academy Trust, [6] but continues to be under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds.
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.
Previously a community school administered by Bradford City Council, The Challenge College converted to academy status on 1 September 2013 and was renamed Oasis Academy Lister Park. The school is now sponsored by the Oasis Trust but continues to coordinate with Bradford City Council for admissions.
Prior to the election the council had been under Labour majority control since the 2014 council election. Of the 30 seats contested in the previous election in 2023 , Labour won 22 on 47.0% of the vote, the Conservatives won four seats on 24.0% of the vote, the Green Party won three seats on 14.5% of the vote, and the Liberal Democrats won one ...
A parish council can become a town council unilaterally, simply by resolution; [9] and a civil parish can also gain city status, but only if that is granted by the Crown. [9] The chairman of a town or city council is called a mayor. [9]
Little Horton (population 17,368 – 2001 UK census) is a ward in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in the county of West Yorkshire, England, named after the de Horton family, who were once Lords of the Manor. The population at the 2011 Census was 21,547.