Great Horton Explained

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Official Name:	Great Horton
Static Image Name:	Great Horton Ward 2004.png
Static Image Width:	220px
Static Image Caption:	Great Horton Ward 2004
Metropolitan County:	West Yorkshire
Region:	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country:	England
Constituency Westminster:	Bradford South
Councillor1:	Joanne Dodds
Party1:	Labour
Councillor2:	Tariq Hussain
Party2:	Labour
Councillor3:	Abdul Jabar
Party3:	Labour
Population:	17,683
Population Ref:	(Ward. 2011 census)
Hide Services:	yes

Great Horton is a ward of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, with a population of 17,683 at the 2011 Census.^[1]

Great Horton is west of Bradford and east of the village of Clayton and also includes Scholemore, Paradise Green, Lidget Green and Pickles Hill. Horton Bank Bottom, Horton Bank, and to some extent itself extends into neighbouring wards.

Councillors

Great Horton electoral ward is represented on Bradford Council by three Labour Party councillors, Joanne Dodds, Tariq Hussain and Abdul Jabar.^[2]

Election	Councillor		Councillor		Councillor
2004		Intkhab Alam (Con)		John Derek Godward (Lab)		Paul John Flowers (Lab)
2006		Joanne Margaret Dodds (Lab)^[3]		John Godward (Lab)		Paul Flowers (Lab)
2007		Joanne Dodds (Lab)		John Godward (Lab)		Paul Flowers (Lab)
2008		Joanne Dodds (Lab)		John Godward (Lab)		Paul Flowers (Lab)
2010		Joanne Dodds (Lab)		John Godward (Lab)		Paul Flowers (Lab)
May 2011		Joanne Dodds (Lab)		John Godward (Lab)		Paul Flowers (Lab)
By-election 24 November 2011^[4] ^[5]		Joanne Dodds (Lab)		John Godward (Lab)		Abdul Jabar (Lab)
2012		Joanne Dodds (Lab)		John Godward (Lab)		Abdul Jabar (Lab)
2014		Joanne Dodds (Lab)		John Godward (Lab)		Abdul Jabar (Lab)
2015		Joanne Dodds (Lab)		Tariq Hussain (Lab)		Abdul Jabar (Lab)
2016		Joanne Dodds (Lab)		Tariq Hussain (Lab)		Abdul Jabar (Lab)

indicates seat up for re-election. indicates a by-election.

See also

• Listed buildings in Bradford (Great Horton Ward)

External links

• BBC; Local Elections 2007: BRADFORD; Accessed 6 Nov 2008
• BCSP (Internet Explorer only)
• BBC election results
• Council ward profile (pdf)

Notes and References

1. Web site: City of Bradford Ward population 2011. Office for National Statistics. Neighbourhood Statistics. 19 February 2016.
2. Web site: Your councillors by ward . bradford.moderngov.co.uk . . 25 September 2017.
3. Two seats were contested after incumbent councillor Intkhab Alam was jailed in March 2006 for trying to pervert the course of justice after his minicab hit and killed a man.

   See: News: Staff writer . Disgraced councillor made £12,000 claim . . 17 July 2006 . 25 September 2017.

4. [Paul Flowers (banker)|Cllr. Paul Flowers]
5. News: Wright . Steve . Labour hold on easily to Great Horton ward . . 25 November 2011 . 4 October 2017.