| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 53.783°N -1.733°W |
| Official Name: | Bowling and Barkerend |
| Population: | 20,618 |
| Population Ref: | Ward. 2011 |
| Metropolitan Borough: | City of Bradford |
| Metropolitan County: | West Yorkshire |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Constituency Westminster: | Bradford East |
| Post Town: | BRADFORD |
| Postcode District: | BD4 BD3 |
| Postcode Area: | BD |
| Dial Code: | 01274 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SE178318 |
| Static Image Name: | Bowling and Barkerend Ward 2004.png |
| Static Image Caption: | 2004 Boundaries of Bowling and Barkerend Ward |
| Councillor1: | Rizwana Jamil |
| Party1: | Labour |
| Councillor2: | Imran Khan |
| Party2: | Labour |
| Councillor3: | Hassan Khan |
| Party3: | Labour |
Bowling and Barkerend is an electoral ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council. The population at the 2011 Census was 20,618.[1]
Bowling and Barkerend covers the area immediately east and south of Bradford centre. It includes the areas known as Barkerend, Bowling, East Bowling, Swaine Green, Cutler Heights and Goose Hill. St Clement's Church on Barkerend Road has Pre-Raphaelite decorations by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Note that West Bowling is in neighbouring Little Horton ward.
It is bounded on the west side by the Bradford Inner Ring Road (Canal Road, Shipley Airedale Road, Croft Street) then the railway line from Bradford Interchange to Halifax until it meets New Cross Street where the boundary heads south east around the edge of Parkside (New Cross Street, Avenue Road, Parkside Road and along the edge of the Cemetery). On the south side the boundary follows the Outer Ring Road (Rooley Lane, Sticker Lane) past Wakefield Road then forks east on Cutler Heights Lane which becomes Dick Lane as it curves northward. The boundary then follows the Bradford to Leeds railway line west. The boundary heads north again along Birksland Street and continues the same line between Gledhill Road and Whitehead Street, through the grounds of Leeds Road Hospital and along the edge of the allotments to Barkerend Road. Then north east along the path marking the edge of Bradford Moor Golf Course to re-join the Outer Ring Road (Killinghall Road). Along the north side the boundary forks west off Killinghall Road onto Northcote Road then turns west along Otley Road. The boundary loops south round Undercliffe Cemetery and back to Otley Road, as the road turns south the boundary continues west along the edge of the school fields to Bolton Road and continues west down the hill to Canal Road as it feeds into the inner ring road.
Bowling and Barkerend ward is represented on Bradford Council by three Labour Party councillors, Rizwana Jamil, Imran Khan and Hassan Khan.[2]
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Mukhtar Ali (Lib Dem) | Mohammed Jamil (Con) | Rupert Oliver (Lib Dem) | ||||
| 2006 | Zameer Hussain Shah (Con) | Mohammed Jamil (Con) | Rupert Oliver (Lib Dem) | ||||
| October 2006 | Zameer Shah (Con) | Mohammed Jamil (Con) | Rupert Oliver (Lab) | ||||
| 2007 | Zameer Shah (Con) | Mohammed Jamil (Con) | Rupert Oliver (Lab) | ||||
| 2008 | Zameer Shah (Con) | Mohammed Jamil (Con) | John Robertshaw (Con) | ||||
| 2010 | Zameer Shah (Con) | Mohammed Jamil (Con) | John Robertshaw (Con) | ||||
| 2011 | Zameer Shah (Con) | Imran Ahmed Khan (Lab) | John Robertshaw (Con) | ||||
| 2012 | Zameer Shah (Con) | Imran Khan (Lab) | Hassan Uzzaman Khan (Lab) | ||||
| 2014 | Rizwana Jamil (Lab) | Imran Khan (Lab) | Hassan Khan (Lab) | ||||
| 2015 | Rizwana Jamil (Lab) | Imran Khan (Lab) | Hassan Khan (Lab) | ||||
| 2016 | Rizwana Jamil (Lab) | Imran Khan (Lab) | Hassan Khan (Lab) | ||||
In the 2015 election one of the three councillor posts was up for re-election. Imran Ahmed Khan for the Labour Party was the incumbent. The election was held in conjunction with the 2015 UK general election. Turnout is often increased in local elections when held in conjunction with general elections.
In the 2014 election one of the three councillor posts was up for re-election. Zafir Hussain Shah for the Conservative Party was the incumbent. The percentage changes are calculated in comparison to the 2012 election.[4]
In the 2012 election one of the three councillor posts was up for re-election. John Anthony Robertshaw for the Conservative Party was the incumbent. The percentage changes are calculated in comparison to the party performances in the 2011 election.
In the 2011 election one of the three councillor posts was up for re-election. Mohammed Jamil for the Conservative Party was the incumbent. The percentage changes are calculated compared to the party performances in the 2010 election.
In the 2010 election one of the three councillor posts was up for re-election. Zameer Shah for the Conservative Party was the incumbent. The percentage changes are calculated compared to the party shares in the 2008 election. The election was held in conjunction with the 2010 General Election, turnout is often increased when local elections coincide with General Elections.
In the 2008 election one of the three councillor posts was up for re-election. Rupert Oliver for the Labour Party was the incumbent though he had been elected for the Liberal Democrats. The percentage changes are calculated compared to the party shares in the 2007 election.
In July 2006 Rupert Oliver, elected for the Liberal Democrats, resigned the Liberal Democrat whip & joined the Labour Party.