FULL LIST: Who is standing in next month's local elections?

They include the majority of the Labour-led Council’s decision making Executive – including its leader, as well as some of the most prominent figures from all the major political parties in Bradford.

Residents will cast their votes on Thursday, May 4 for the first time since controversial new changes that will require voters to show photo ID were introduced by Government.

Like many local authorities, Bradford Council operates on a cycle where elections are held three out of every four years.

Each of these elections sees 30 out the of 90 Council seats contested.

Last year’s election saw Labour tighten its grip on the Council that it has held since 2010, when the party regained power after 10 years of Conservative rule.

The 2022 election also saw the Green Party double the number of Councillors it has on the authority after gaining three seats.

A polling station

This year’s election, which will involve 139 candidates, could prove to be highly significant.

Council Leader Susan Hinchcliffe (Lab) is hoping to retain her Windhill and Wrose seat.

Her colleagues on the Labour Executive, Deputy Leader Imran Khan (Bowling and Barkerend), Executive for Healthy People and Places Sarah Ferriby (Wyke) and Executive for Children and Families Sue Duffy (Thornton and Allerton) are also up for re-election.

On the other side of the chamber, the leader of the Conservative opposition Rebecca Poulsen is looking to retain her Worth Valley seat.

And long standing Liberal Democrat Councillor Jeanette Sunderland (Idle and Thackley) is also up for re-election.

The main four political parties are fielding candidates in virtually every ward, with many Yorkshire Party candidates also on the ballots.

Parties including Reform UK and the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition are also fielding candidates, and several people are running as independents, including former Mayor of Bradford Zafar Ali (Keighley Central), who recently left the Conservatives.

Currently the Council is made up of 52 Labour Councillors, 20 Conservatives, six Liberal Democrats, six Green Councillors and six independents.

Here is the recently published list of all the candidates standing in this year’s local elections.

BAILDON

Ashton, Peter Joseph – Labour

Dunk, Carl Andrew – Green

Moncaster, Phill – Reform UK

Pollard, Mike – Local Conservatives

Wilkinson, David John – Liberal Democrats

BINGLEY

Drucquer, Rachael Katherine – Green

Fricker, Susan Katherine – Labour

Russell, Peter Shannon – Liberal Democrats

Winnard, Geoff – Conservatives

BINGLEY RURAL

Bacon, Cath – Independent

Baranowski, Helen – Liberal Democrats

Malik, Abdul Wahid – Labour

Newham, Brian – Green

Sullivan, Paul Gerald – Local Conservatives

BOLTON AND UNDERCLIFFE

Barras, Wendy Elaine – Yorkshire Party

Bourn, Sid – Reform UK

Choudhry, Suhail Mushtaq – Labour

Gibson, Tom Ernest – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Gulland, Bruce Michael – Green

Lubenko, Suzanna Julia – Liberal Democrats

Singh, Sukhchain – Conservative

BOWLING AND BARKEREND

Khan, Imran Ahmed – Labour

Middleton, Howard – Liberal Democrats

Rickford, Andy – Green

Wasim Ul Fazal, Muhammad – Conservatives

Wood, Kyle Michael – Yorkshire Party

BRADFORD MOOR

Grant, William John James – Yorkshire Party

Iqbal, Asif – Conservative

Iqbal, Zafar – Labour

Thair, Mohammed – Liberal Democrats

Wood, Andy – Green

CITY

Lal, Shakeela Jan – Labour

Patel, Amena Imtiaz – Conservative

Tadych, Mateusz – Green

CLAYTON AND FAIRWEATHER GREEN

Cotterill, Steven Michael – Liberal Democrat

Lawton, Kate – Conservative

May, Susan – Green

Thirkill, Carol Ann – Labour

CRAVEN

Irving, Eddie – Conservative

Kaye, Peter John – Yorkshire

Knight, Andrew Mark James – Labour

Mann, Paul Michael – Liberal Democrats

Russell, Janet Ann – Green

ECCLESHILL

Barras, Jonathan Daniel Stewart – Yorkshire

Knox, Susan – Liberal Democrats

Parsons, Ian Squire – Labour

Rasool Wajid – Conservative

Vanicat, Sophie Francine – Green

GREAT HORTON

Boota, Harry – Independent

Grant, William John – Yorkshire

Hussain, Tariq – Labour

Khan, Sangeeta Kauser – Conservative

Moses, Sarah Mary – Liberal Democrat

Sykes, Alexander John Eric – Green

HEATON

Ali, Allah Ditta – Liberal Democrats

Amran, Mohammed – Labour

Khan, Saika Kauser – Conservative

Mahmood Khalid – Green

IDLE and THACKLEY

Barras, Lara Joy – Yorkshire

Lawrence, Tess – Green

Logan, Gareth David – Labour

Robertshaw, John Anthony – Conservative

Sunderland, Jeanette – Liberal Democrat

ILKLEY

Baldwin, Michael Andrew – Labour

Brown, Ros – Green

Jones, Caroline Rosemary – Liberal Democrats

Nunns, David – Conservative

KEIGHLEY CENTRAL

Akhtar, Javaid – Conservative

Ali, Zafar – Independent

Allon, Nicholas James – Liberal Democrats

Robinson, Leo Alexander – Independent

Telfer, Alyson Claire – Green

Zaman, Amjad Ali – Labour

KEIGHLEY EAST

Briggs, John – Liberal Democrats

Crangle, Martin Jon – Conservative

Hunnisett, Duncan Nigel Stuart – Green

Robinson, Lisa Ann – Labour

Vann, Alexander Richard – Social Democratic

KEIGHLEY WEST

Kelly, Laura Ann – Conservative

Lintern, Julie – Labour

Spoerry, Steven James – Liberal Democrats

Whitaker, James Jonathan – Green

LITTLE HORTON

Afzal, Muhammad – Conservative

Ali Arobi, Nurjahan – Green

Longhorn, Darren James – Yorkshire

Mahmood, Tariq – Liberal Democrats

Salam, Taj Mubarik – Labour

MANNINGHAM

Anjum, Khalid Mahmood – Conservative

Featherstone, Anne Betts – Green

Aslam, Muhammed Ali – Independent

Kauser, Safina – Labour

QUEENSBURY

Dodwell, Eithne – Green

Hargreaves, Robert Paul – Independent

Mitchell, Alex – Labour

Paterson, Adam Luke – Conservative

Whitrick, Mary – Liberal Democrats

ROYDS

Ekoumba Bayap, Emmanuel Ludovick – Conservative

Riach, Ines Linda – Liberal Democrats

Sharp, Ian – Green

Tait, Angela – Labour

SHIPLEY

Errington, Nicholas Andrew – Liberal Democrats

Golding, Paul Belcombe Constantine – Local Conservatives

Martin, Vera Jane – Labour

Warnes, Kevin Robert – Green

THORNTON and ALLERTON

Duffy, Sue – Labour

Griffiths, Anthea Lynne – Liberal Democrats

Morton, Jac – Conservative

Whitaker, John Simon – Green

TOLLER Ford, Brian Richard – Green

Iqbal, Shaheen – Conservatives

Shaheen, Fozia – Labour

TONG

Elliott, Susan Anne – Liberal Democrats

Inman, Baz – Yorkshire

Mukhtar, Kauser Parveen – Labour

Sutcliffe, Ursula Pauline – Green

Turpin, Paul – Conservative

WHARFEDALE Cochrane, Peter Sidney – Local Conservatives

Needle, Jamie Luke – Liberal Democrats

Steele, Christopher Eric – Labour

Turner, Chris – Green

WIBSEY

Berry, Ralph David Richie – Labour

Boulton, Brian James – Liberal Democrats

Buxton, Bob – Yorkshire

Daw, Michael John – Green

Peterken, Nick – Conservative

WINDHILL and WROSE

Harrison, Wendy – Local Conservatives

Hinchcliffe, Susan Kathryn – Labour

Thorne, Gillian – Liberal Democrats

Wood, John – Green

WORTH VALLEY Hussain, Hawarun Nesa – Green

Joomun Whitehead, Ash – Labour

Kirkham, Kay – Liberal Democrats

Poulsen, Rebecca – Conservatives

WYKE

Ferriby, Sarah – Labour

Hall, Kevin Anthony – Liberal Democrats

Lewthwaite, James Graham – British Democrats

Mclean, Malcolm Arthur – Conservative

Parkinson, Darren James – Green

Walker, Ian – Reform UK