Craven (Bradford ward)

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| official_name = Craven

| static_image_name = Craven Ward 2004.png

| static_image_width = 240px

| static_image_caption = 2004 Boundaries of Craven Ward

| region =

| country =

| constituency_westminster = Keighley

| councillor1 = Owen Goodall

| party1 = Conservative

| councillor2 = Peter Clarke

| party2 = Conservative

| councillor3 = Caroline Whitaker

| party3 = Green

| population = 16,373

| population_ref = (ward.2011)

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Craven is an electoral ward within the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, West Yorkshire, England. The population of the ward at the 2011 Census was 16,373.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689854&c=Craven&d=14&e=62&g=6369359&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1456051886688&enc=1|title=City of Bradford ward population 2011|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|access-date=19 February 2016|archive-date=14 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314143030/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13689854&c=Craven&d=14&e=62&g=6369359&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1456051886688&enc=1|url-status=dead}}

It encompasses the villages of Steeton with Eastburn in the south, Silsden in the centre and Addingham in the north.

It is adjacent to the Craven district of North Yorkshire.

Councillors

The ward is represented on Bradford Council by 2 Green Party councillors, Caroline Whitaker {{cite web |title=Councillor Caroline Whitaker |url=https://bradford.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=17563 |access-date=24 September 2017 |website=bradford.moderngov.co.uk |publisher=City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council |archive-date=26 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526133441/https://bradford.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=17563 |url-status=live }} and Janet Russell,{{cite web |title=Councillor Janet Russell |url=https://bradford.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=21144 |access-date=2 January 2024 |website=bradford.moderngov.co.uk |publisher=City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council |archive-date=2 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102122700/https://bradford.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=21144 |url-status=live }} and one Conservative Party councillor, Peter Clarke.{{cite web |title=Councillor Peter Clarke |url=https://bradford.moderngov.co.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=15553 |access-date=24 September 2017 |website=bradford.moderngov.co.uk |publisher=City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council}}

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Electioncolspan="2"|Councillorcolspan="2"|Councillorcolspan="2"|Councillor
2004

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Andrew Charles Mallinson (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Michael John Kelly (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| David Robert Emmott (Con)

2006

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Andrew Mallinson (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Michael Kelly (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| David Emmott (Con)

2007

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Andrew Mallinson (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Michael Kelly (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| David Emmott (Con)

2008

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Andrew Mallinson (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Michael Kelly (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Adrian Paul Naylor (Con)

2010

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Andrew Mallinson (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Michael Kelly (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Adrian Naylor (Con)

2011

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Andrew Mallinson (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Michael Kelly (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Adrian Naylor (Con)

March 2012

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Andrew Mallinson (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Michael Kelly (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}"|

|bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| Adrian Naylor (Independent){{cite news | last = Staff writer | title = Councillor Adrian Naylor quits Conservative Party | url = http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/9592294.Councillor_Adrian_Naylor_quits_Conservative_Party/ | work = Craven Herald | date = 15 March 2012 | access-date = 24 September 2017 | archive-date = 25 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170925132045/http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/9592294.Councillor_Adrian_Naylor_quits_Conservative_Party/ | url-status = live }}

May 2012

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Andrew Mallinson (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Michael Kelly (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}"|

|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Adrian Naylor (Independent)

2014

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Andrew Mallinson (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}"|

|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Christopher Michael Atkinson (Independent){{cite news | last = Staff writer | title = Tributes paid to Craven ward councillor Michael Kelly | url = http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/10993551.Tributes_paid_to_Craven_ward_councillor_Michael_Kelly/ | work = Craven Herald | date = 6 February 2014 | access-date = 24 September 2017 | archive-date = 25 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170925083424/http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/10993551.Tributes_paid_to_Craven_ward_councillor_Michael_Kelly/ | url-status = live }}

|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}"|

| Adrian Naylor (Independent)

2015

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Andrew Mallinson (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Jack Rickard (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}"|

| Adrian Naylor (Independent)

2016

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Andrew Mallinson (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Jack Rickard (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}"|

|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Adrian Naylor (Independent)

2018

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Rebecca Whitaker (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Jack Rickard (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}"|

| Adrian Naylor (Independent)

2019

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Rebecca Whitaker (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Owen Goodall (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}"|

| Adrian Naylor (Independent)

2021

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Rebecca Whitaker (Con)

| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Owen Goodall (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

|bgcolor="#99CCFF"| Peter Clarke (Con)

2022

|style="background-color: {{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}|

|bgcolor="#99CCF"| Caroline Whitaker (Green)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Owen Goodall (Con)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Peter Clarke (Con)

2023

|style="background-color: {{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}|

| Caroline Whitaker (Green)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Green Party of England and Wales}}|

|bgcolor="#99CCF"| Janet Russell (Green)

|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}"|

| Peter Clarke (Con)

{{Color box|#99CCFF|border=darkgray}} indicates seat up for re-election.

{{Color box|#C0C0C0|border=darkgray}} indicates councillor defection.

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