Worth Valley
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Worth Valley is a
Ward
Worth Valley ward is a semi-rural area and the largest of the six wards that make up the constituency of Keighley in West Yorkshire.[2][3] Historically, it elects mostly Conservative councillors, except in 2004, when a representative of the British National Party was returned to Bradford District Council. The previous councillor stated that this was a protest vote that "went disastrously wrong."[4][5]
It contains the Keighley villages of
Councillors
Worth Valley ward is represented on Bradford Council by three Conservative councillors; Rebecca Poulsen, Chris Herd and Russell Brown. In 2017, before the 2018 elections, Glen Miller was deselected as a prospective councillor by the Keighley and Ilkley Conservative Association. Miller stated that he tended to speak his mind and that he had disagreed with a policy about letting members of other political parties leave and join the Conservatives.[9]
Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | |||
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2004 | Christopher Neil Kirby (BNP) | Peter Henry Hill (Con) | Kirstan Frederick Hopkins (Con) | |||
2006 | Glen William Miller (Con) | Matthew James Steven Palmer (Con) | Kirstan Hopkins (Con) | |||
2007 | Glen Miller (Con) | Matt Palmer (Con) | Kirstan Hopkins (Con) | |||
2008 | Glen Miller (Con) | Matt Palmer (Con) | Kirstan Hopkins (Con) | |||
May 2010 | Glen Miller (Con) | Matt Palmer (Con) | Kirstan Hopkins (Con) | |||
By-election 25 November 2010 |
Glen Miller (Con) | Matt Palmer (Con) | Russell Brown (Con)[10] | |||
2011 | Glen Miller (Con) | Rebecca Poulsen (Con) | Russell Brown (Con) | |||
2012 | Glen Miller (Con) | Rebecca Poulsen (Con) | Russell Brown (Con) | |||
2014 | Glen Miller (Con) | Rebecca Poulsen (Con) | Russell Brown (Con) | |||
2015 | Glen Miller (Con) | Rebecca Poulsen (Con) | Russell Brown (Con) | |||
2016 | Glen Miller (Con) | Rebecca Poulsen (Con) | Russell Brown (Con) | |||
2018 | Chris Herd (Con)[11] | |||||
2019 | Rebecca Poulsen (Con)[12] | Chris Herd (Con) | Russell Brown (Con) |
indicates seat up for re-election. indicates a by-election.
Notable people with Worth Valley links
The following people were born in the Worth Valley, have lived there in the past or are currently resident in the valley.
- Brontë Sisters, lived in the village of Haworth
- Branwell Brontë, (1817–1848), painter and poet[16]
- Rev Patrick Brontë, (1777–1861), clergyman and writer[17]
- Eric Pickles, Conservative MP, started his political career as a councillor in the Worth Valley Ward[18]
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ISBN 0-415-26833-8.
- ^ "Election Maps". www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ Norfolk, Dominic Kennedy and Andrew (12 June 2004). "BNP's gamorous new face gives it more pulling power". Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ Mulholland, Hélène (26 April 2006). "The battle for Bradford". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ Mead, Helen (5 July 2011). "Why tourism is on the increase in the Bradford district". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ Somerville, Christopher (28 February 2005). "Yorkshire: Walk of the month". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "Literary treasure". The Yorkshire Post. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ Knights, David (28 September 2017). "Shock as two prominent councillors snubbed by party ahead of elections". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "Good night for Labour in Keighley, but Conservatives hit back outside the town". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ Shand, Alistair (3 May 2019). "ELECTION: Keighley-district results". Keighley News. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3522. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3523. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3524. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3526. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/3525. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "House of Commons Standing Committee D (pt 2)". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
External links
- BCSP (Internet Explorer only)
- BBC election results
- Council ward profile (pdf)
- http://worthvalley.org