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Worth Valley
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2004 Boundaries of Worth Valley Ward
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Worth Valley
Location within West Yorkshire
Population14,387 (2011 Census) [1]
OS grid reference SE031349
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town KEIGHLEY
Postcode district BD22
Dialling code 01535
Police West Yorkshire
Fire West Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
UK Parliament
Councillors
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UK
England
Yorkshire
53°48′37″N1°57′16″W / 53.81038°N 1.95440°W / 53.81038; -1.95440

Worth Valley is a ward in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, West Yorkshire. The population of the ward taken at the 2011 Census was 14,387. [1] It is named after the River Worth that runs through the valley to the town of Keighley where it joins the River Aire. In the north it is bounded by North Yorkshire, in the west by Lancashire and in the south by Calderdale District.

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Ward

Worth Valley ward is a semi-rural area and the largest of the six wards that make up the constituency of Keighley in West Yorkshire. [2] [3] Historically, it elects mostly Conservative councillors, except in 2004, when a representative of the British National Party was returned to Bradford District Council. The previous councillor stated that this was a protest vote that "went disastrously wrong." [4] [5]

It contains the Keighley villages of Oakworth, Oldfield, Haworth, Cross Roads, Oxenhope and Stanbury; areas of farmland; and large expanses of moorland. Its attractive villages, particularly Haworth and its Pennine landscape are at the heart of Brontë Country and attract many visitors. [6] [7] [8]

Councillors

Worth Valley ward is represented on Bradford Council by three Conservative councillors; Rebecca Poulsen, Chris Herd and Russell Brown. In 2017, before the 2018 elections, Glen Miller was deselected as a prospective councillor by the Keighley and Ilkley Conservative Association. Miller stated that he tended to speak his mind and that he had disagreed with a policy about letting members of other political parties leave and join the Conservatives. [9]

ElectionCouncillorCouncillorCouncillor
2004 Christopher Neil Kirby (BNP)Peter Henry Hill (Con) Kirstan Frederick Hopkins (Con)
2006 Glen William Miller (Con)Matthew James Steven Palmer (Con) Kirstan Hopkins (Con)
2007 Glen Miller (Con)Matt Palmer (Con) Kirstan Hopkins (Con)
2008 Glen Miller (Con)Matt Palmer (Con) Kirstan Hopkins (Con)
May 2010 Glen Miller (Con)Matt Palmer (Con) Kirstan Hopkins (Con)
By-election
25 November 2010 		Glen Miller (Con)Matt Palmer (Con)Russell Brown (Con) [10]
2011 Glen Miller (Con)Rebecca Poulsen (Con)Russell Brown (Con)
2012 Glen Miller (Con)Rebecca Poulsen (Con)Russell Brown (Con)
2014 Glen Miller (Con)Rebecca Poulsen (Con)Russell Brown (Con)
2015 Glen Miller (Con)Rebecca Poulsen (Con)Russell Brown (Con)
2016 Glen Miller (Con)Rebecca Poulsen (Con)Russell Brown (Con)
2018 Chris Herd (Con) [11]
2019 Rebecca Poulsen (Con) [12] Chris Herd (Con)Russell Brown (Con)

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

The following people were born in the Worth Valley, have lived there in the past or are currently resident in the valley.

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References

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