Английская Википедия:City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox legislature City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council is the local authority of the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in West Yorkshire and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of local government services in Bradford. Since 2014 it has been a constituent member of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

History

The town of Bradford had been governed by improvement commissioners from 1793. It was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1847, after which it was governed by a body formally called the "mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Bradford", generally known as the corporation or town council. When elected county councils were established in 1889, Bradford was considered large enough to provide its own county-level services and so it was made a county borough, independent from the new West Riding County Council. The borough boundaries were enlarged several times between 1847 and 1974. Bradford was awarded city status in 1897, after which the corporation was also known as the city council. On 18 September 1907 the council was granted the right to appoint a Lord Mayor.

The modern district was created as a metropolitan borough in 1974, covering the county borough of Bradford plus the Borough of Keighley, the Urban Districts of Baildon, Bingley, Cullingworth, Denholme, Ilkley, Shipley and Silsden, along with part of Queensbury and Shelf Urban District and part of Skipton Rural District by the Local Government Act 1972. 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. As such the council could call itself "Bradford City Council", which name is sometimes used for it in official documents and the media, but the council styles itself "City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council" instead.

Between 1974 and 1986 the council was a lower tier district-level authority, with county-level functions being provided by West Yorkshire County Council. The county council was abolished in 1986, with Bradford taking on the county council's former functions in the area.

In March 2006, the UK's Audit Commission issued a report "in the public interest" regarding concerns about the procurement process for the acquisition of an asset management system. The report identified weaknesses in the Council's programme management and procurement processes, which the Council accepted "without reservation".

In 2012 a referendum was held on whether to introduce a directly elected mayor for Bradford; the proposal was rejected, with 55% of the votes being against it. Since 2014 the council has been a constituent member of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority. The combined authority has been led by the directly elected Mayor of West Yorkshire since 2021.

Political control

The council has been under Labour majority control since 2014.

Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms took effect has been as follows:

Party in control		Years
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1974–1980
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1980–1982
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1982–1986
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1986–1988
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1988–1990
Шаблон:Party name with colour	1990–2000
Шаблон:Party name with colour	2000–2014
Шаблон:Party name with colour	2014–present

Leadership

Шаблон:Also The role of Lord Mayor is largely ceremonial in Bradford. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1979 have been:

Councillor	Party		From	To
Brian Womersley	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1979	1980
Derek Smith	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1980	1982
Tom Hall	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1982	1984
Ronnie Farley	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1984	1986
Phil Beeley	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1986	1988
Eric Pickles	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1988	1990
Tommy Flanagan	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1990	1992
Gerry Sutcliffe	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1992	1994
Tony Cairns	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1994	1997
John Ryan	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1997	1998
Ian Greenwood	Шаблон:Party name with colour	1998	2000
Margaret Eaton	Шаблон:Party name with colour	2000	2006
Kris Hopkins	Шаблон:Party name with colour	2006	25 May 2010
Ian Greenwood	Шаблон:Party name with colour	25 May 2010	6 May 2012
David Green	Шаблон:Party name with colour	22 May 2012	17 May 2016
Susan Hinchcliffe	Шаблон:Party name with colour	17 May 2016

Composition

Following the 2023 election and subsequent by-elections and changes of allegiance up to December 2023, the composition of the council was:

Party		Councillors
Шаблон:Party name with colour	54
Шаблон:Party name with colour	15
Шаблон:Party name with colour	8
Шаблон:Party name with colour	8
Шаблон:Party name with colour	5
Total		90

Of the eight independent councillors, four sit together as the "Bradford Independent" group, two form the "Bradford South Independents" and the other two do not belong to a group. The next election is due in 2024.

Elections

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Map of wards within the City of Bradford

Since the last boundary changes in 2004 the council has comprised 90 councillors representing 30 wards, with each ward electing three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council (one councillor for each ward) being elected each time for a four year term of office.

Parliamentary constituencies

The district is currently covered by five constituencies with six wards in each constituency: Bradford East, Bradford South, Bradford West, Keighley and Shipley.

Premises

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Britannia House, Hall Ings: Council's main offices.

The council meets at Bradford City Hall on Centenary Square in the city centre, which had been completed in 1873 for the old borough council. The council's main offices are nearby in Britannia House on Hall Ings.

External links

• City of Bradford MDC