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City of Bradford

City of Bradford
Geography
Status:	Metropolitan borough, City (1897)
Region:	Yorkshire and the Humber
Ceremonial County:	West Yorkshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 130th 366.42 km²
Admin. HQ:	Bradford
ONS code:	00CX
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 3rd 473,374 1,292 / km²
Ethnicity:	78.3% White 18.9% S.Asian
Politics
Bradford City Council http://www.bradford.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Conservative
MPs:	Terry Rooney, Gerry Sutcliffe, Marsha Singh, Ann Cryer, Christopher Leslie

Bradford is a metropolitan borough and city in West Yorkshire, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Bradford.

Places within the borough boundaries include Addingham, Baildon, Bingley, Bradford, Burley in Wharfdale, Cleckheaton, Haworth, Ilkley, Keighley, Lister, Manningham, Oxenhope, Queensbury, Saltaire, Shipley, Silsden, Thornton and Undercliffe.

The current borough boundaries date from April 1, 1974, when the county borough of Bradford was merged with the borough of Keighley, the urban districts of Baildon, Bingley, Denholme, Ilkley, Shipley and Silsden, along with part of Queensbury and Shelf urban district and part of Skipton Rural District.

Parishes

Most of Bradford is unparished, but there are parish and town councils for the following parishes

• Addingham
• Cullingworth
• Denholme
• Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury
• Ilkley
• Keighley
• Oxenhope
• Silsden
• Steeton with Eastburn

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Districts of England - Yorkshire and the Humber
Barnsley | Bradford | Calderdale | Craven | Doncaster | East Riding of Yorkshire | Hambleton | Harrogate | Hull | Kirklees | Leeds | North Lincolnshire | North East Lincolnshire | Richmondshire | Rotherham | Ryedale | Scarborough | Selby | Sheffield | Wakefield | York
Administrative counties with multiple districts: North Yorkshire - South Yorkshire - West Yorkshire