| Official Name: | Keighley Central |
| Static Image Name: | Keighley Central Ward 2004.png |
| Static Image Caption: | 2004 Boundaries of Keighley Central Ward |
| Metropolitan County: | West Yorkshire |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country: | England |
| Constituency Westminster: | Keighley |
| Councillor1: | Mohsin Hussain |
| Party1: | Labour |
| Councillor2: | Zafar Ali |
| Party2: | Independent |
| Councillor3: | Mohammed Nazam |
| Party3: | Conservative |
| Population: | 18,255 |
| Population Ref: | (Ward.2011) |
| Coordinates: | 53.866°N -1.904°W |
| Os Grid Reference: | SE063411 |
| Hide Services: | yes |
Keighley Central is a ward in City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in the county of West Yorkshire, England. Its population is 16,276 as per the United Kingdom Census 2001, increasing to 18,255 at the 2011 Census.[1]
It contains the centre of Keighley, together with residential areas to its north west such as Utley. It has a large Pakistani community, which was measured at 43.3% of the local population in the 2011 Census. White British residents were the second largest group with 38.7% of the population at that time.[2]
Keighley Central ward is represented on Bradford Council by three councillors, Mohsin Hussain, Zafar Ali and Mohammed Nazam .[3]
| Election | Councillor | Councillor | Councillor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | John Morris Prestage (Lab) | Lynne Joyce (Lab) | Khadim Hussain (Lab) | ||||
| 2006 | Shamim Akhtar (Lab) | Lynne Joyce (Lab) | Khadim Hussain (Lab) | ||||
| 2007 | Shamim Akhtar (Lab) | Zafar Ali (Con)[7] | Khadim Hussain (Lab) | ||||
| 2008 | Shamim Akhtar (Lab) | Zafar Ali (Con) | Khadim Hussain (Lab) | ||||
| 2010 | Abid Hussain (Lab) | Zafar Ali (Con) | Khadim Hussain (Lab) | ||||
| 2011 | Abid Hussain (Lab) | Kaneez Akthar (Lab) | Khadim Hussain (Lab) | ||||
| 2012 | Abid Hussain (Lab) | Kaneez Akthar (Lab) | Khadim Hussain (Lab) | ||||
| 2014 | Abid Hussain (Lab) | Kaneez Akthar (Lab) | Khadim Hussain (Lab) | ||||
| 2015 | Abid Hussain (Lab) | Zafar Ali (Con) | Khadim Hussain (Lab) | ||||
| 2016 | Abid Hussain (Lab) | Zafar Ali (Con) | Khadim Hussain (Lab) | ||||
| 2018 | Abid Hussain (Lab) | Zafar Ali (Con) | Khadim Hussain (Lab) | ||||
| 2019 | Abid Hussain (Lab) | Zafar Ali (Con | Khadim Hussain (Ind) | ||||
| 2021 | Mohsin Hussain (Lab) | Zafar Ali (Con) | Mohammed Nazam (Con) | ||||
| 2022 | Mohsin Hussain (Lab) | Zafar Ali (Ind) | Mohammed Nazam (Con) | ||||