Idle and Thackley

Idle and Thackley

2004 Boundaries of Idle and Thackley Ward
Idle and Thackley
Idle and Thackley shown within West Yorkshire
Population 16,135 (ward. 2011)
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRADFORD
Postcode district BD
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
Councillors

Idle and Thackley is a Ward in Bradford Metropolitan District in the county of West Yorkshire, England, named after the villages of Idle and Thackley around which it is drawn. The population of 14,541 according to the 2001 UK census had increased at the 2011 Census to 16,135.[1]

As well as the villages of Idle and Thackley, the ward includes the villages of Apperley Bridge, Greengates, a small part of the Thorpe Edge housing estate, and a part of Little London near Rawdon.[2]

The ward is currently served by three Liberal Democrat councillors, Jeanette Sunderland (Leader of Bradford Council Liberal Democrats), Dominic Fear and Alun Griffiths.

References

  1. "City of Bradford ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  2. "BMDC Idle & Thackley Ward Polling Districts". Bradford District Council. 2005.


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