Windhill and Wrose (population 16,408 –
2011 UK census
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) is a
ward
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within the
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
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in the
county
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of
West Yorkshire
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,
England
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, named after the districts of Windhill and
Wrose
Wrose is a village and civil parish in the City of Bradford metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, about three miles north of Bradford city centre, and southeast of Shipley.
Wrose is in the Windhill and Wrose ward.
The civil parish ...
around which it is drawn.
The population in the 2011 census had increased from 14,541 at the census of 2001.
As well as Windhill and Wrose, the ward includes the districts of Owlet, Bolton Woods, West Royd and Wood End.
Councillors
Windhill and Wrose ward is represented on
Bradford Council
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by three
Labour councillors, Liz Rowe, Susan Hinchcliffe and Alex Ross-Shaw.
indicates seat up for re-election.
See also
*
Listed buildings in Windhill and Wrose
Windhill and Wrose is a Ward (electoral subdivision), ward, and Wrose is a civil parish, both in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The ward and parish contain ten Listed building#England and Wales, list ...
References
Further reading
*
Joseph Wright (1893), ''A Grammar of the Dialect of Windhill''.
External links
*
Archive of Bradford Council Election Results 2002–PresentCouncil ward profilepdf)
.
Wards of Bradford
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