Idle and Thackley is a

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within the

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in the

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, named after the villages of Idle and

Thackley Thackley is a small suburb near Bradford, West Yorkshire in England. The village is loosely bordered by the village of Idle to the south, to the west by the West Royd area of Shipley and elsewhere by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Thackley i ...

around which it is drawn. The population of 14,541 according to the

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had increased at the 2011 Census to 16,135. As well as the villages of Idle and Thackley, the ward includes the villages of Apperley Bridge,

Greengates Greengates is a small suburban area in the north-east of the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, in England. The area is bordered by Idle and Thackley to the north-west, and the large council estate known as Thorpe Edge to the west. To the sout ...

, a small part of the Thorpe Edge housing estate, and a part of Little London near Rawdon.

Councillors

Idle and Thackley electoral ward is represented on Bradford Council by three

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councillors, Dominic Fear, Jeanette Sunderland and Alun Griffiths. Eccleshill Ward 2004

indicates seat up for re-election.

References

External links

BCSP
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BBC election results

Council ward profile
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