City of Bradford
Bradford | |
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status | Metropolitan Borough , City |
region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Ceremony county | West Yorkshire |
Trad. county | Yorkshire |
Administrative headquarters | Bradford |
surface | 366.42 km² |
Residents | 537.173 |
was standing | June 30, 2018 |
ONS code | 00CX |
Website | www.bradford.gov.uk |
Bradford is a metropolitan borough with the status of a city in the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire in England . The administrative seat is the city of the same name Bradford , in which almost two thirds of the population live. Other significant places in the borough are Addingham , Baildon , Bingley , Burley in Wharfedale , Denholme , Haworth , Ilkley , Keighley , Menston , Oxenhope , Saltaire , Shipley , Silsden and Thornton .
The reorganization of the borders and the competencies of the local authorities resulted in the formation of the Metropolitan Borough in 1974. The County Borough Bradford, Borough Keighley, the Urban Districts Baildon, Bingley, Denholme, Ilkley, Shipley and Silsden, part of the Urban District Queensbury and Shelf and individual villages of the Rural District Skipton were merged.
In 1986 Bradford became a de facto unitary authority when the central government dissolved the superordinate administration of West Yorkshire. Bradford remained part of West Yorkshire for ceremonial purposes , as well as for individual higher-level functions such as police, fire services and public transport.
politics
In the last general election in 2010 , Labor won three constituencies, Bradford West, Bradford South and Bradford East, while the Conservatives won two constituencies, Shipley and Keighley.
In the city council (as of 2013) no party has an absolute majority: Labor 44, Conservatives 23, Liberal Democrats 8, Greens 3, Others 12.
Town twinning
Bradford currently has the following twinning partnerships:
city | coat of arms | Country | since |
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Skopje | North Macedonia | 1963 | |
Roubaix | France | 1969 | |
Verviers | Belgium | 1970 | |
Mönchengladbach | Germany | 1971 | |
Hamm | Germany | 1976 | |
Galway | Ireland | 1987 | |
Mirpur District Kashmir |
Pakistan | 1998 friendship contract |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mid 2018 Estimates of the population for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
- ^ Composition of Bradford City Council ( Memento of April 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Town twinning of Bradford ( Memento June 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 53 ° 48 ′ N , 1 ° 45 ′ W